ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company has awarded Weatherford a limited international licence for the company’s Alternate Path technology patent portfolio for gravel packing cased and open-hole completion wells.
Alternate Path is a patented technology developed by ExxonMobil to improve the reliability of wells completed in sand-prone reservoirs.
Alternate Path provides alternate flow paths called shunt tubes in the down-hole tool used for packing gravel in the producing sections of a well.
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