Patent 10041336 was granted and assigned to Halliburton on August, 2018 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A method of securing a nozzle in an end of a slurry discharge tube can include inserting the nozzle into the end of the slurry discharge tube, and crimping the slurry discharge tube onto the nozzle. A well screen shunt tube assembly can include a slurry discharge tube, and a nozzle inserted into an end of the slurry discharge tube, the slurry discharge tube being crimped onto the nozzle.