METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SAND FAILURE IN A HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION WELL AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON FLUIDS FROM AN EARTH FORMATION - Patent 4334570

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EP 4 334 570 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	13.03.2024 Bulletin 2024/11

(21)	Application number: 22728761.2

(22)	Date of filing: 05.05.2022

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

E21B 43/00^(2006.01)

E21B 47/06^(2012.01)

(52)	Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
	E21B 43/00; E21B 47/06; E21B 2200/20

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP2022/062161

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2022/234020 (10.11.2022 Gazette 2022/45)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	KH MA MD TN

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Priority:

07.05.2021 US 202163185446 P

(71)	Applicant: Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V.
	2596 HR The Hague (NL)

(72)	Inventors:
	MENDEZ MARTINEZ, Hector Luis Mystic (US) KINGHORN, Paul Lawrence Katy Texas, 77450 (US) QUEIPO, Nestor Vinicio Houston, TX 77082-3101 (US)

(74)	Representative: Shell Legal Services IP
	PO Box 384 2501 CJ The Hague 2501 CJ The Hague (NL)

(54)	METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREDICTING SAND FAILURE IN A HYDROCARBON PRODUCTION WELL AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING HYDROCARBON FLUIDS FROM AN EARTH FORMATION