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Apparatus and Method for Controlling Water In-Flow Into Wellbores

  • US 20090301726A1
  • Filed: 07/31/2009
  • Published: 12/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for controlling a flow of a formation fluid, comprising:

  • a tubular with one or more fluid flow passages; and

    a flow control device formed from a particulate and a hydrophilic material and placed outside the tubular, the flow control device configured to receive formation fluid along a radial direction to a longitudinal axis of the tubular when the flow control device is placed in a wellbore.

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