WATER SENSING DEVICES AND METHODS UTILIZING SAME TO CONTROL FLOW OF SUBSURFACE FLUIDS

• Main Authors: KEVIN C. HOLMES, STEVEN R. HAYTER, STEVE L. CROW, PRIYESH RANJAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 13.05.2010
• Subjects: EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

An apparatus for controlling fluid flow in a wellbore includes a reactive element that reacts when exposed to a fluid and a flow control device configured to control a flow of the fluid. The flow control device may be actuated by a reaction of the reactive element to the fluid. In embodiments, the r...