Roscoe Moss Company Memo


Discussion of source information concerning open area requirements for well screen.

No area of well design is subject to more hyperbole than selection of well screen. Type of opening and its configuration percent area of opening, aperture size, and entrance velocity have been the subject of numerous investigations, evaluations and published papers.

This memo details the history of a few of these studies and offers factual information useful to the well designer.

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