Apparatus and methods for well control

Abstract

A completion joint 100 has two sand control jackets 120 A-B connected on each end of an intermediately-mounted inflow control device 130. Both jackets 120 A-B communicate with a housing chamber 155 through dedicated open end-rings 140 A-B. The basepipe's flow openings 118 are isolated from this housing chamber 155 by a sleeve 160 fitted with flow ports 170. The housing 150 is removable to allow access to the flow ports 170 for pinning to configure the ports 170 open or closed for a given implementation.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A fluid flow control apparatus for a wellbore completion comprising:
 a basepipe with a bore for conveying the production fluid to the surface;   a first screen and a second screen disposed on an exterior surface of the basepipe, each of the first and second screens disposed radially apart from the basepipe so as to create a first screen flow channel between the basepipe and the first screen and a second screen flow channel between the basepipe and the second screen, the first and second screens for screening fluid flowing through the screen and into the respective first screen flow channel and second screen flow channel; and   an intermediately-mounted inflow control device (ICD) positioned between the first and second screens and in fluid communication with screened fluid from the first screen flow channel and the second screen flow channel; and   a fluid port in the basepipe for conveying fluid from the ICD into the basepipe bore, wherein the ICD controls the rate of fluid flow into the basepipe.