WELL FILTER Russian patent published in 2005 - IPC

FIELD: mining and oil- and gas-production industry, particularly for oil well development.

SUBSTANCE: well filter has tube with orifices arranged in helical rows on tube side and shear plugs installed in the orifices. Filter also has at least one filtering net and protective case, which are concentric to the tube. The case comprises orifices and is composed of several sheets located in end-to-end mode along the full tube length. Longitudinal butts between the sheets and orifice rows of adjacent sheets are mutually displaced in circumferential direction. Orifices made in protective case and in tube may be shifted one relative another. Ends of the case and filtering net may be closed with limiting rings secured to the tube. Filtering net with fine cells may be installed between two layers of nets with coarse cells. Plugs may be hollow. Total area of orifices made in protective case may exceed cross-sectional area of the tube.

EFFECT: increased oil recovery, filter performance and efficiency of extractive product cleaning of contaminants.

6 cl, 3 dwg