Screens

Halliburton Screens
Halliburton is committed to setting the standards for well Features
screen manufacturing. • Dimpled shroud
• Crimped end rings
Halliburton’s quality program satisfies the requirements of
International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 9002 • Wire-wrapped inner drainage layer
Quality Management System.
Benefits
• Optimizes inflow performance, supports mesh layer, and
Filtration Technology helps maintain sand control integrity in all load
scenarios
Mesh Screens • Eliminates crossflow of solids at end of filter cartridge
and superior cartridge attachment
PetroGuard™ Mesh Screen • Support for mesh filter layer, compatible with inflow
For sand control applications where a more efficient control devices, improved flow efficiency into basepipe
filtration media is required, the PetroGuard™ Mesh screen
provides effective solids filtration in a shrouded, non-bonded
mesh screen.

Woven mesh often provides better performance than wire-

wrapped screen in unconsolidated formations. This is
especially true when it comes to filtering a high percentage of
fines and in formations with more poorly sorted sands. The
unique construction of the PetroGuard Mesh screen
optimizes the inflow area and filtration efficiency to provide
superior sand control completion performance.

The PetroGuard Mesh screen consists of a perforated

basepipe and a non-bonded mesh filter cartridge. The
perforated outer shroud protects the mesh filter during
deployment, while the dimples in the shroud lend stability
to the mesh and ensure the filter layer overlaps, maintaining
sand control integrity and reducing erosional failure
potential. The inner wire wrapped drainage layer provides
further mesh stability and allows flow efficiency into
the basepipe.

The PetroGuard Mesh screen can be used as a standalone

system or in conjunction with gravel or frac pack
applications, providing a reliable barrier against production
of formation sands. When used in conjunction with other
technologies, such as EquiFlow™ inflow control devices and
zonal isolation tools, PetroGuard Mesh screen is the heart of
a total sand control solution.
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PetroGuard™
Mesh Screen

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PoroMax® Screen
Combining the global sand control experience of This makes the PoroMax screen suitable for installations with
Halliburton with the recognized filtration technology of an extended reach and/or long open hole and for installation
Purolator Facet, Inc., the PoroMax®* screen is a premium through a casing window (such as for multilateral
shrouded, diffusion-bonded laminate screen product completions) with or without centralization. With improved
engineered for optimum inflow area. Diffusion bonding not dirt-holding capacity and pressure drop performance due to
only provides precise pore size control in all load conditions its optimized inflow design, PoroMax screens are also
but also provides superior solids filtration and toughness. suitable for high-flow applications.

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*PoroMax is a registered trademark of Purolator Facet, Inc.
PoroMax® Dimensions
Basepipe PoroMax® Screen
Holes per Open Area of
Basepipe OD ft Basepipe Hole Size Basepipe Holes Max. Assembly OD Weight Screen Area

in. mm in. mm in.²/ft cm²/m in. mm lb/ft kg/m in.²/ft cm²/m

1.05 26.67 54 5/16 7.87 4.1 86.80 1.690 42.93 1.69 2.52 46 973.82
1.32 33.53 66 5/16 7.87 5.1 107.87 1.950 49.53 2.00 2.98 56 1185.52
1.66 42.16 78 5/16 7.87 6.0 127.02 2.300 58.42 2.40 3.58 69 1460.73
1.9 48.26 42 3/8 9.65 4.6 97.38 2.470 62.74 2.69 4.01 77 1630.09
2.06 52.32 42 3/8 9.65 4.6 97.38 2.720 69.09 2.88 4.29 84 1778.28
2.38 60.45 54 3/8 9.65 6.0 127.02 3.030 76.96 3.24 4.83 95 2011.15
2.88 73.15 66 3/8 9.65 7.3 154.54 3.530 89.66 3.82 5.70 113 2392.21
3.5 88.90 78 3/8 9.65 8.6 182.06 4.150 105.41 4.54 6.77 137 2900.29
4.0 101.60 90 3/8 9.65 9.9 209.58 4.650 118.11 5.12 7.63 156 3302.52
4.5 114.30 102 3/8 9.65 11.3 239.22 5.140 130.56 5.70 8.50 175 3704.75
5.0 127.00 114 3/8 9.65 12.6 266.74 5.650 143.51 6.28 9.36 194 4106.98
5.5 139.70 126 3/8 9.65 13.9 294.26 6.160 156.46 6.86 10.23 213 4509.21
6.63 168.40 138 3/8 9.65 15.3 323.90 7.310 185.67 8.17 12.18 255 5398.35
7.0 177.80 150 3/8 9.65 16.6 351.42 7.690 195.33 8.60 12.82 269 5694.73
7.63 193.80 162 3/8 9.65 17.9 378.94 8.330 211.58 9.33 13.91 293 6202.81
8.63 219.20 186 3/8 9.65 20.5 433.99 9.350 237.49 10.49 15.64 331 7007.27
9.63 244.60 210 3/8 9.65 23.2 491.14 10.370 263.40 11.65 17.37 368 7790.56

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PetroGuard™ Advanced Mesh Screen
PetroGuard™ Advanced Mesh screen brings superior
filtration technology to the upstream oil and gas industry. Its
multi-layered construction is designed to provide the highest
solids retention and plugging resistance possible.

Conceived for fines-prone heavy oil reservoirs, development

testing confirmed this breakthrough in oilfield filtration
technology is ideal for a wide range of sand control
applications. In fact, the more poorly sorted the sand, the
better the relative performance of the PetroGuard Advanced
Mesh screen when compared with wire-wrapped screen and
premium metal mesh screen products.

Unlike older depth filtration technology, the PetroGuard

Advanced Mesh screen is formed from a series of surface
filter layers. This means precise pore size control and no
tortuous flow paths, making it possible to backflush to clean
the screen.

Features
• Custom designed for each project
• Multiple graduated filtration layers
• No tortuous flow path
• Precise pore size control
• Durable outer shroud for protection during installation

Benefits
• Higher solids retention
• Improved plugging resistance
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• Optimized filtration for each field

• Reduced need for pumped sand control solution

This technology allows the use of bare screen sand control

techniques in completions where typically a pumped sand
control solution was required due to poor grain size
uniformity. Using graduated filtration layers, the PetroGuard
Advanced Mesh screen filters progressively smaller particles
from the production stream as flow moves toward the
basepipe, allowing the valuable final filtration layer to be
challenged by fewer solid particles.

Each screen is designed specifically for a project's unique

sand sample. The result is a custom-designed sand screen—
a significant improvement over traditional screen
sizing methods.

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Rib and Wire-Wrap Screens
Direct-Wrap Screens The keystone-shaped wire reduces
the risk of screen plugging associated
Direct-wrap screens, often referred to
with particles becoming lodged
as wrap-on-pipe screens are wire-wrap-
between wires, while providing self-
type screens featuring a filtration layer
cleaning action and great reduction in
made up of shaped wires wrapped over
flow friction. The resulting screen
and welded to support, or rib, wires.
provides the client with a robust solids
The resulting filter uses the interference
filter for use in both cased and
fit created by wrapping directly onto
openhole environments.
the basepipe, enhanced by the cooling
and shrinking of the wire after welding,
The PetroGuard Wrap screen can be
to create a remarkably strong
used as a standalone system or in
attachment. Wrap-on-pipe screens are
conjunction with gravel or frac pack
continuously wound in tension directly
applications, providing a reliable
over the support rods. These screens are
barrier against production of formation
available in sizes ranging from 3-1/2
sands. When used in conjunction with
through 7 in.
other technologies, such as EquiFlow™
inflow control devices and zonal
PetroGuard™ Wrap Screen isolation tools, the PetroGuard Wrap
PetroGuard™ Wrap screen is a wrap- screen forms part of a total sand control
on-pipe screen featuring wire wrapped solution.
directly onto the basepipe. Bringing
together the latest machine technology Features
and an optimized wire design results in • Monitored wire wrapping process
a screen product with best-in-class • Wrap wire welded to ribs at every
performance. The PetroGuard Wrap contact point
screen has longitudinal ribs that
support the wrap wire and function as a Benefits
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drainage layer, ensuring an open flow • Consistent gauge for reliable sand
path to the basepipe perforations. The control
wire is not only wrapped tightly around • Increased strength allows “working” PetroGuard™
the basepipe, but additional strength is of completion in the hole Wrap Screen
achieved when the wire is welded to the
ribs, and the cooling process shrinks
the wire around the pipe. The basepipe
perforations are designed to optimize
flow while retaining strength.
PetroGuard™ Wrap Screen
Basepipe Perforations Per Basepipe Hole Open Area of Number of Wrap Wire Maximum OD
OD Foot Size Basepipe Holes Ribs Size (End Ring)
in. in. in.²/ft in. in.
4.5 30 0.375 3.31 30 0.070 x 0.165 5.15
5 32 0.375 3.53 32 0.070 x 0.165 5.65
5.5 32 0.375 3.53 32 0.070 x 0.165 6.15
6.625 40 0.375 4.42 40 0.070 x 0.165 7.28
7 44 0.375 4.86 44 0.070 x 0.165 7.65
Additional sizes in development

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Wire-Wrapped Screens Enhanced Low Profile (ELP) and Premium Low
Profile (PLP) Prepack Screens
All-Welded (AW) Wire-Wrapped Screens
Halliburton’s all-welded wire-wrapped screen is field proven These screens can be used in gravel-packed and non-gravel-
with years of reliable oilfield service. The keystone-shaped packed wells. They incorporate a strong inner wire wrap
wire decreases screen plugging associated with particulates layer made from round wire and a keystone-shaped outer
lodging between wires. The wire wrap is manufactured wire wrap layer. The annulus between the inner and outer
separately from the basepipe. The wire wrapped jacket is wire wrap is then filled with a resin-coated sand and placed
then placed over the perforated basepipe and welded to the in an oven to consolidate the resin-coated sand. The resin-
basepipe at either end. coated sand in the annulus between the inner and outer
wraps optimizes the filtering capabilities with minimal
screen OD implications. This durable slimhole prepack
screen can be installed in horizontal wells with a short radius
entry angle. The premium low profile screens feature a
slightly larger annulus between the inner and outer wire
wraps that can be altered to suit customer needs. PLP screens
also undergo a fiber-optic quality inspection that verifies the
prepack density and inner and outer jacket concentricity.
Improved jacket centralization is an important feature in
wells used in deepwater, critical service applications.

Dual-Screen Prepack Screens

When gravel packing is not feasible, dual-screen prepack
screens provide built-in sand control. Dual-screen prepack
screens incorporate a keystone-shaped wire for the inner and
outer wire wraps. A resin-coated sand is placed between the
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wire wrap jackets. The screen is then placed in an oven to

consolidate the resin-coated sand. The screens have a high
inlet area and allow maximum radial placement of aggregate
All-Welded Wire between the screen jackets.
Wrapped Screen

Prepacked Screens
Halliburton offers several prepack screen designs to suit your
sand control needs including enhanced low profile, premium
low profile, and dual-screen. The prepack design resists
erosion where voids may exist in the pack. The prepack sand,
typically resin coated and consolidated, can be provided in
regular resieved sand varieties.

All Halliburton prepack screens are packed separately from

the basepipe. This allows for inspection of the complete
jacket for voids.
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Enhanced Low Dual-Screen

Profile Prepack Prepack Screen
Screen

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Flow Control Screens

EquiFlow™ Inflow Control Device

EquiFlow™ inflow control devices (ICD) are designed to
improve completion performance and efficiency by
balancing inflow throughout the length of a completion.
Differences in influx from the reservoir can result in
premature water/gas breakthrough, leaving valuable reserves
in the ground. Typical applications include wells
experiencing “heel-toe” effects, breakthrough of water/gas,
permeability differences, and water challenges in high
viscous oil reservoirs. By using the EquiFlow device, the

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reservoir inflow from high productivity zones can be reduced
while stimulating low productivity zones.

Features Benefits
• Built as a part of the completion string • Helps reduce water and gas production associated with
• Easily configured for use in various applications - Heel-toe effects
• Robust construction - Breakthrough of water/gas
- Permeability differences
• No control lines - High oil viscosity wells
• Simulation software for optimum configuration • Helps increase productivity and recovery
• No specialist installation time - Delays water and gas breakthrough

Heel Toe Heel Toe

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Horizontal well without ICD – early breakthrough Layered reservoir well without ICD – early breakthrough

Heel Toe Heel Toe

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Horizontal well with ICD – delayed breakthrough. One ICD is shown Layered reservoir well with ICD – delayed breakthrough. One ICD is
for illustrative purposes. Actual number required will be determined shown for illustrative purposes. Actual number required will be
through modeling. determined through modeling.

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Application and Installation
The EquiFlow inflow control device is installed as a part of The EquiFlow inflow control device consists of an annular
the completion string and is combined with sand screen in chamber on a standard oilfield tubular. If screen is required,
unconsolidated sand reservoirs. In order to configure the the reservoir fluid is produced from the formation, through
EquiFlow device completions properly, Halliburton the sand screen, and into the flow chamber. The flow
coordinates closely with the customer to run both nodal continues through a set of tubes, which creates a pressure
analysis and reservoir simulation software to optimize drop, and then into the pipe through a set of ports. Tube
completion configuration to maximize reservoir length and ID are designed to give the pressure drop needed
performance. This includes placement of zonal isolation for optimum completion efficiency.
devices, such as Swellpacker® isolation systems or
mechanical openhole packers.

EquiFlow™ ICD Technical Specifications

Basepipe OD 3 1/2 in. 4 in. 4 1/2 in. 5 in. 5 1/2 in. 6 5/8 in. 7 in.

ICD OD 4.625 in. 5.125 in. 5.625 in. 6.125 in. 6.625 in. 8.000 in. 8.125 in.

Screen OD 4.640 in./ 5.140 in./ 5.640 in./ 6.140 in./ 6.640 in./ 7.695 in./ 8.140 in./
(Mesh/WoP Wrap) 3.986 in. 4.690 in. 5.190 in. 5.690 in. 6.190 in. 7.315 in. 7.690 in.

ICD Length 11.125 in. 11.125 in. 11.125 in. 11.125 in. 11.125 in. 11.125 in. 11.125 in.

Standard Metallurgy* 316L 316L 316L 316L 316L 316L 316L

Standard 325°F 325°F 325°F 325°F 325°F 325°F 325°F

Temperature Range** (160°C) (160°C) (160°C) (160°C) (160°C) (160°C) (160°C)

Units per Well One every joint - Simulation used for optimization

Flow Rate
Dependent on design
Through Each Unit

Reservoir Pressure No limitations

*Additional metallurgies available upon request

**Higher ratings available upon request

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ChekFlo™ RS Screen
To prevent formation damage, it is advantageous to install a
fluid loss device, which is typically installed above the lower
completion string.

The ChekFlo™ RS screen offers simple, reliable fluid loss at

the sandface integral to the screen. An elastomeric coated
collet is installed between the screen and/or EquiFlow inflow
control device technology and the entry into the basepipe.
The ChekFlo RS screen prevents fluid flow from inside the

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screen to the wellbore but allows flow from the reservoir into
the screen. Tested at temperature up to 3,000 psi from the ID
ChekFlo™ RS Screen
with multiple pressure cycles, this tool can also be used to
allow activation of many hydraulic- or hydrostatic-set
packers and provides washdown capability without the need
for washpipe. CAPS Service Adds Value
• Improves frac pack and annular gravel packing reliability
of long or complex intervals
CAPSSM Concentric Annular Pack Screen
Service • Provides more uniform frac pack treatment of multiple
sand layers
Halliburton's CAPSSM concentric annular pack screen service • Enhances alpha-beta packing for horizontal gravel packs
coupled with advanced pumping and fluids technology helps
• Enables bypassing of annular bridges, unstable hole
ensure successful sand control completions in
sections, or washouts
unconsolidated sands to achieve optimum well productivity
and longevity.

Applications
• In FracPac™ system applications with:
- Formations with varying permeability
- Formations with distinct layer separations With a conventional gravel pack, premature bridging
- Deviated wellbores through zone of interest causes incomplete packing.
- Zones separated by un-perforated casing
- Requirement for enhanced FracPac system
placement reliability
- Need for complete annular pack
- Immediate or future recovery of FracPac system
bottomhole assembly

• In horizontal gravel pack applications with:

CAPSSM service allows bypassing of bridges.
- Potential for annular blockage
- Changing hole diameters
- Alpha-beta sand placement
- Hole stability issues
- Protect screen from damage while running in hole
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CAPS system enhances annular packing to form a
complete pack.

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Features • Added strength protects the screen from subsidence
With CAPSSM service, a perforated shroud surrounds the damage
screen and provides multiple flow paths. The concentric • Can pack past annular blockages
shroud with an engineered hole pattern increases the
• Enhances the proven alpha-beta wave packing method
likelihood of placing a uniform frac pack treatment of
complex intervals and complete gravel packing by allowing • Improved frac pack placement
annular bridges to be bypassed. In addition, the shroud • Time-saving makeup
protects the screen, which can be of any type (mesh or direct
• Smooth outer profile facilitates retrieval for workovers
wrap) while running into the well and resists future
subsidence damage. • Economical
• Larger screen size in open hole than similar systems
CAPS™ System Provides Flexibility for Well Conditions
• Lower friction pressure/higher rate capability
• Fluid losses in excess of 50% can be tolerated without
detrimental effects on pack efficiency • Treatment simulators assist in design

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Washpipe

Openhole
Annulus 3
Wire Wrap
Perforated
Outer Rods
Shroud

Annulus 1

Perforated
Basepipe
Annulus 2
CAPS™ Concentric Annular Pack Screen System

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