Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Multi-stage fracturing with smart frack sleeves while leaving a full flow bore
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Application No.: US15176858Application Date: 2016-06-08
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Publication No.: US10082002B2Publication Date: 2018-09-25
- Inventor: Ewoud J. Hulsewe , Edward T. Wood
- Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Steve Rosenblatt
- Main IPC: E21B34/10
- IPC: E21B34/10 ; E21B43/26 ; E21B34/14 ; E21B34/16 ; E21B43/14 ; E21B34/00

Abstract:
Fracking ports are initially obstructed with respective biased sleeves that have an associated release device responsive to a unique signal. The signal can be electronic or magnetic and delivered in a ball or dart that is dropped or pumped past a sensor associated with each release device. Each sensor is responsive to a unique signal. When the signal is received the release device allows the bias to shift the sleeve to open the fracture port and to let a flapper get biased onto an associated seat. The flapper and seat are preferably made from a material that eventually disappears leaving an unobstructed flow path in the passage. The method calls for repeating the process in an uphole direction until the entire zone is fractured. The flapper and seat can dissolve or otherwise disappear with well fluids, thermal effects, or added fluids to the well.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160281464A1 Multi-stage Fracturing with Smart Frack Sleeves While Leaving a Full Flow Bore Public/Granted day:2016-09-29
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