Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus and method for compensating for pressure changes within an isolated annular space of a wellbore
- Patent Title (中): 用于补偿井筒隔离的环形空间内的压力变化的装置和方法
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Application No.: US12925307Application Date: 2010-10-19
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Publication No.: US08347969B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Benjamin R. Orr , Edward T. Wood , Aubrey C. Mills
- Applicant: Benjamin R. Orr , Edward T. Wood , Aubrey C. Mills
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Greenberg Traurig LLP
- Agent Anthony F. Matheny
- Main IPC: E21B34/06
- IPC: E21B34/06

Abstract:
Pressure relief devices comprise a chamber having a piston disposed therein. One side of the piston defines a hydrostatic chamber in fluid communication with an outside environment, such as an isolated wellbore annulus, through a port. The other side of the piston defines a sealed or isolated chamber. The pressure relief device permits changes in pressure in the isolated wellbore annulus to be distributed into the chambers so as to either reduce the pressure within the isolated wellbore annulus or increase the pressure within the wellbore annulus, both of which lessen the likelihood that the change in pressure within the isolated wellbore annulus will damage wellbore components disposed therein.
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