Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
166290000 | By tubing which is subsequently lifted | 10 |
20090183875 | Method and Apparatus to Set a Plug - The invention provides an apparatus to be lowered in a borehole, comprising: (i) a delivery section for delivering a plugging fluid; (ii) a setting section comprising a longitudinal element and a flexible and permeable sleeve into which the plugging fluid is delivered; and (iii) a disconnect mechanism to allow the delivery section to be disconnected from the setting section, characterized in that the flexible sleeve is connected by at least one floating means to the longitudinal element. Additionally, the invention provides a method of installing a plug in a borehole, comprising: positioning the apparatus as described above in the borehole at a position at which the plug is to be installed, pumping fluid into the flexible sleeve via the delivery section so as to inflate the flexible sleeve, disconnecting the setting section from the delivery section, pumping an excess of the fluid into the borehole above the plug and withdrawing the delivery section from the borehole leaving the setting section at the position, said setting section acting as the plug. | 07-23-2009 |
20100218951 | Cementing with Electric Line Coiled Tubing - An open hole is drilled with coiled tubing that has an electric line. At the conclusion of drilling the drilling bottom hole assembly is removed and a liner running tool is connected between the coiled tubing and the liner. The electric line remains in the coiled tubing but spacers can be added to keep the lower end of the electric line away from the running tool. A wiper plug has a passage therethrough and a movable stinger that can hold open a pair of flapper valves. The liner is released from the running tool and cement is delivered through the stinger with a bit of excess that is above the running tool. The lifting of the stinger with the coiled tubing closes the flappers and allows circulation out of excess cement. Setting down on the coiled tubing allows a seal to re-engage in the deployment sleeve, allowing pressure to be placed against the wiper plug, such that it can be launched to displace the remaining cement within the liner into the annulus around the liner. | 09-02-2010 |
20120103610 | SEGREGATING FLOWABLE MATERIALS IN A WELL - A method of segregating flowable materials in conjunction with a subterranean well can include segregating flowable cement from a fluid by placing a flowable barrier substance between the cement and the fluid, and the barrier substance substantially preventing displacement of the cement by force of gravity through the barrier substance and into the fluid. Another method of segregating flowable materials can include flowing a barrier substance into a wellbore above a fluid already in the wellbore, and then flowing cement into the wellbore above the barrier substance. A system for use in conjunction with a subterranean well can include a flowable cement isolated from a fluid by a flowable barrier substance positioned between the cement and the fluid, whereby the barrier substance substantially prevents displacement of the cement by force of gravity through the barrier substance and into the fluid. | 05-03-2012 |
20120222861 | Mechanical Liner Drilling Cementing System - A packer setting tool sets a liner top packer by mechanical rotation of the running tool and set down weight following cementing of a liner. The packer setting tool includes a tubular release body mounted on an end of the running tool. An annular dog sub circumscribes a portion of the release body. The dog sub is linked to the release body with a shear screw. A thread on an outer surface of the release body engages a thread on an inner surface of the dog sub to define a threaded connection between the dog sub and the release body. When the running tool rotates, the thread on the release body rotates with respect to the thread on the dog sub driving the release body in an axial direction fracturing the shear screw and urges an adapter sleeve against the packer assembly to set the packer assembly. | 09-06-2012 |
20130105158 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEALING A WELL BY MEANS OF A CORE PLUG, PLUG FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD, AND EXTRACTOR TOOL DESIGNED TO REMOVE IT | 05-02-2013 |
20130105159 | Methods for Stimulating Multi-Zone Wells | 05-02-2013 |
20140216745 | METHOD OF DRILLING AND RUNNING CASING IN LARGE DIAMETER WELLBORE - A well is drilled and casing installed utilizing a casing drilling technique. A bottom hole assembly having a drill bit and a fluid diverter is secured to a string of drill pipe and installed within a casing string. Drilling fluid is pumped down the drill pipe string to cause the drill bit to rotate and drill the well while the fluid diverter is in a drilling mode position. At the total depth for the casing string, the operator moves the fluid diverter to a cementing position and pumps cement down the drill pipe and up the casing string annulus. After cementing, the operator moves the fluid diverter to a packer set position and again pumps drilling fluid down the drill string to set the packer. | 08-07-2014 |
20160010415 | Method for Downhole Cutting of At Least One Line Disposed Outside and Along a Pipe String in a Well, and Without Simultaneously Severing the Pipe String | 01-14-2016 |
20160017686 | Swellable Elastomer Plug and Abandonment Swellable Plugs - A process for plugging a wellbore, e.g., an oil or gas well, which comprises installing swelling elastomer sealing units across an interval of casing which is properly in the annulus space between the outside of the casing and the rock face. The swellable elastomer sealing units can also be used to seal off perforated casing, production screen and open hole completions. The plug and abandonment system is comprised of swelling elastomer units that are connected together to achieve a desired sealing contact length. These connected units may be hung off below or placed above a packer, cement retainer, cast iron bridge plug or setting slips. Both the tubular form of the plugging unit and the rod form of the plugging unit can be used in conjunction with conventional settable medium (cementing, barite or sized aggregate) plug setting operations. The elastomers incorporated are designed to swell with the current wellbore fluid and/or any possible future wellbore fluid. The swelling elastomers create sufficient expansion force to effectively seal off the wellbore internal to the casing, liner, screen or open-hole interval. | 01-21-2016 |
20160201428 | NON-ROTATING CONNECTOR FOR WELLBORE CEMENTING TOOL | 07-14-2016 |