128 patents
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Utility
Ultra-short Disposable Setting Tool
14 Apr 22
A setting tool for setting an auxiliary tool in a well, the setting tool including an inner mandrel having an upper section and a lower section, the upper section having an internal chamber configured to house a power charge; a barrel piston enclosing the upper section of the inner mandrel, the barrel piston having (1) an outer section fixedly attached with a tread to the upper section, and (2) an inner section slidably inserted between the outer section and the upper section; and an actuation chamber located between the upper section of the inner mandrel and the outer section of the barrel piston and configured to receive a pressured gas from the internal chamber, through a slot that extends transversal to the thread of the upper section of the inner mandrel.
Wayne ROSENTHAL
Filed: 15 Sep 21
Utility
Ultra-short Disposable Setting Tool
14 Apr 22
A setting tool for setting an auxiliary tool in a well, the setting tool including an inner mandrel having an upper section and a lower section, the upper section having an internal chamber suitable for housing a power charge; an outer cylindrical piston enclosing the upper section of the inner mandrel; a slidable ring formed concentric, and between the inner mandrel and the outer cylindrical piston; and an actuation chamber located between the outer cylindrical piston, the ring, and the inner mandrel, and configured to receive a pressured gas from the internal chamber, through a slot that extends transversal to a thread of the upper section of the inner mandrel.
Wayne ROSENTHAL
Filed: 15 Sep 21
Utility
Perforation Cluster Design Method and System Based on a Hybrid Model to Predict Proppant Distribution
14 Apr 22
A method for determining the distribution of a proppant and associated slurry exiting perforations made in a casing, which is placed in a well, includes receiving settling data describing the proppant settling in the casing; receiving a slip parameter describing a casing velocity of the proppant relative to a perforation velocity of the proppant; calculating with a computing device, based on a constant proppant concentration model, (1) initial flow rates Q′(i) of the proppant through the perforations and (2) initial flow rates Q′case(i) of the proppant through the casing, wherein i is the number of perforations; and calculating with the computing device, based on (1) a variable proppant concentration model, (2) the settling data, (3) the slip parameter, (4) the initial flow rates Q′(i) of the proppant through the perforations, and (5) the initial flow rates Q′case(i) of the proppant through the casing, normalized flow rates Q′s(i) of the proppant through the perforations.
Jack J. KOLLE, Alan C. MUELLER
Filed: 13 Oct 21
Utility
Connection System for a Marine Drilling Riser
31 Mar 22
The present invention concerns a connection system 1 for a marine drilling riser 10 having one or more auxiliary lines 20, the connection system comprising: a moveable coupling member 30 having at least one first connector and at least one second connector coupled to the at least one first connector, wherein the at least one second connector is adapted for engaging with at least one connector of an auxiliary line of the marine drilling riser The connection system further comprising a control line support 18 for fixing at or adjacent an outer surface of the marine drilling riser; a control line supported by the control line support and for attachment to the moveable coupling member; and a tailing line for attachment to the moveable coupling member.
Garry Stephen, Richard Johnston, David Symonds, Gordon Wallace
Filed: 18 Sep 19
Utility
Wellbore gun perforating system and method
29 Mar 22
A wellbore perforating system and method with reliable and safer connections in a perforating gun assembly is disclosed.
John T. Hardesty
Filed: 21 Sep 20
Utility
Addressable switch assembly for wellbore systems and method
22 Mar 22
A method for controlling a target switch assembly in a chain of switch assemblies includes distributing the chain of switch assemblies in a wellbore; placing a controller at a head of the wellbore; making a first decision, at the controller, to actuate a corresponding detonator of the target switch assembly; transmitting, from the controller to the target switch assembly, a fire command to activate the corresponding detonator; and making a second decision, locally, at the target switch assembly, to activate the detonator, after the fire command from the controller is received.
Phillip Phelps, Brad Perry, Rick Wallace
Filed: 16 Mar 18
Utility
Asymmetric Shaped Charges and Method for Making Asymmetric Perforations
17 Mar 22
There is a shaped charge for making an asymmetrical perforation into a casing.
David WESSON, Phil SNIDER, Nathan CLARK, Wenbo YANG, John HARDESTY
Filed: 20 Dec 19
Utility
Asymmetric Initiated Shaped Charge and Method for Making a Slot-like Perforation
10 Mar 22
A shaped charge is configured to make a non-circular perforation into a casing.
Wenbo YANG
Filed: 2 Mar 21
Utility
Constant entrance hole perforating gun system and method
8 Mar 22
A perforating gun includes first and second shaped charges.
Wenbo Yang, Philip M. Snider, John T. Hardesty, David S. Wesson
Filed: 15 Oct 20
Utility
High Density Cluster Based Perforating System and Method
17 Feb 22
A perforating gun for use in a well casing, the gun having a gun carrier extending along a longitudinal axis; plural shaped charges located inside the gun carrier, in groups of three, a first group of three shaped charges being positioned in a first single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis, and a second group of three shaped charges being positioned in a second single plane, transverse to the longitudinal axis; and a charge holder configured to carry the plural shaped charges, the charge holder configured to be inserted into the gun carrier.
Wenbo YANG, James A. ROLLINS, Philip Martin SNIDER, John T. HARDESTY, David S. WESSON
Filed: 28 Oct 21
Utility
Convertible and Addressable Switchassembly for Wellbore Operations
10 Feb 22
A convertible and addressable switch assembly includes an interface (I/O) configured to connect to a controller along a telemetry system; and a processor connected to the interface (I/O).
Roger ARCHIBALD, Brad PERRY
Filed: 22 Oct 21
Utility
Frac Plug Slips with Uniform Breaking Mechanism and Method
3 Feb 22
A downhole tool for sealing a well includes a push ring, a first slip ring located adjacent to the push ring, a first wedge located adjacent to the first slip ring and configured to radially push the first slip ring and separate the first slip ring into individual parts, and a sealing element located adjacent to the first wedge and configured to seal the well.
Casey BARRETT, Jeremy Eli CASTANEDA, Raymond Christopher SHAFFER
Filed: 8 Jun 21
Utility
Well Perforator Evaluation System and Method
3 Feb 22
A testing system for a shaped charge of a perforating gun, the testing system including a housing; a casing assembly located inside the housing; a perforating gun having at least one shaped charge, the perforating gun being located within the casing assembly; a sample material located within the housing, and in direct contact with the casing assembly; a wellbore accumulator in direct contact with the casing assembly and configured to supply a first fluid, at a wellbore pressure, inside the casing assembly; and a formation accumulator in direct contact with the sample material and configured to supply a second fluid, at a formation pressure, on the sample material.
Seth POWERS, Michael D. WROBLICKY, Chris POOL, Jarrod Henry PEARSON, John T. HARDESTY
Filed: 30 Jul 21
Utility
Switch Device with Non-addressable Scheme for Wellbore Operations
3 Feb 22
A non-addressable switch device that is part of a chain of switch devices in a gun string, the non-addressable switch device including a first switch configured to make an electrical connection between an electrical line and another non-addressable switch device of the chain of switch devices; a second switch configured to make an electrical connection between a detonator and the electrical line; and a processor PA connected to the first and second switches and configured to close and open the first and second switches.
Roger ARCHIBALD
Filed: 27 Jul 21
Utility
Complex components for molded composite frac plugs
1 Feb 22
A downhole isolation tool for sealing a casing in a well, the downhole isolation including plural parts made of a composite material, each part having a preset functionality with regard to sealing the casing; and a sealing element configured to seal the casing.
John Hardesty
Filed: 29 Jul 19
Utility
Multi-layer Loading Tube for Perforating Gun
20 Jan 22
A perforating gun for perforating a casing of a well includes one or more shaped charges configured to perforate the casing; a loading tube configured to hold the one or more shaped charges; a housing having a cylindrical shape and configured to receive inside the loading tube and the one or more shaped charges; and a protective tube located in an annulus formed between the housing and the loading tube.
Wenbo YANG, Jim ROLLINS
Filed: 26 May 21
Utility
Multi-gun Cluster Carrier
6 Jan 22
A gun assembly for perforating a well, the gun assembly including a single carrier; a first gun cluster, the first gun cluster including first plural shaped charges; and a second gun cluster, the second gun cluster including second plural shaped charges.
Dennis ROESSLER, John HARDESTY
Filed: 5 Nov 19
Utility
Addressable Switch Assembly for Wellbore Systems and Method
23 Dec 21
A downhole system including a gun string configured to be deployed into a wellbore, the gun string including plural gun assemblies.
Phillip PHELPS, Brad PERRY, Rick WALLACE
Filed: 31 Aug 21
Utility
Perforating Gun Brake and Set Device and Method
16 Dec 21
A braking and setting device is configured to slow down a movement of a tool in a well and to fix the tool relative to the well.
Terrell SALTARELLI
Filed: 25 May 21
Utility
Dissolvable Time Delay Firing Head and Method
16 Dec 21
A firing head configured to initiate the firing of an element in a perforating gun.
Michael D. WROBLICKY
Filed: 15 Jun 21