Technique and apparatus to deploy a perforating gun and sand screen in a well
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1. A method usable with a well, comprising:
- in a single trip into the well, perforating the well and installing a sand screen in the well, comprising running an assembly comprising a tubular member and the sand screen into the well;
providing fins on the assembly, each of the fins comprising a continuous segment that longitudinally extends along a longitudinal axis of the tubular member and radially extends away from the tubular member by a substantially constant radial offset along the entire length of the segment;
disposing perforating charges in pockets formed in a distal end of at least one of the fins such that the segment of each fin having pockets formed therein contains multiple perforating charges; and
circumferentially disposing the sand screen in separate segments about a longitudinal axis of the assembly, each segment circumferentially extending about the longitudinal axis between two of the fins.
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Abstract
A system that is usable with a well includes tubular body, at least one perforating charge that is disposed on the tubular body and at least one screen section that is disposed on the tubular body. The perforating charge(s) and the screen sectional(s) are adapted to be run downhole in a single trip into the well with the tubular body.
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1. A method usable with a well, comprising:
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in a single trip into the well, perforating the well and installing a sand screen in the well, comprising running an assembly comprising a tubular member and the sand screen into the well; providing fins on the assembly, each of the fins comprising a continuous segment that longitudinally extends along a longitudinal axis of the tubular member and radially extends away from the tubular member by a substantially constant radial offset along the entire length of the segment; disposing perforating charges in pockets formed in a distal end of at least one of the fins such that the segment of each fin having pockets formed therein contains multiple perforating charges; and circumferentially disposing the sand screen in separate segments about a longitudinal axis of the assembly, each segment circumferentially extending about the longitudinal axis between two of the fins. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system usable with a well, comprising:
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a tubular body; fins, each fin comprising a continuous segment to longitudinally extend along the longitudinal axis of the tubular body and radially extend away from the tubular body by a substantially constant radial offset along the entire length of the segment; a plurality of pockets formed in a distal end of at least one of the fins along the longitudinal axis thereof; perforating charges disposed in the plurality of pockets of the fins, such that each segment of each fin having pockets formed therein contains multiple perforating charges; and a sand screen attached to the tubular body and circumferentially disposed about the longitudinal axis, the sand screen comprising separate segments and each of the segments circumferentially extending about the longitudinal axis between two of the fins, wherein the perforating charges and the sand screen are adapted to be run downhole in a single trip into the well with the tubular body. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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