公开(公告)号：US07090005B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-15

申请号：US10941383

申请日：2004-09-15

申请人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Martin P. Coronado ,  Andy Tom ,  Van N. Ho ,  Fatih M. Kara

发明人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Martin P. Coronado ,  Andy Tom ,  Van N. Ho ,  Fatih M. Kara

IPC分类号： E21B23/00 ,  E21B43/10

CPC分类号： E21B43/103 ,  E21B43/105

摘要： Tools for expanding downhole tubulars into each other or in open hole are disclosed. One embodiment uses a movable cone biased by Bellville washers to move longitudinally against such bias and allow collets to move radially in or out to a predetermined maximum diameter. A release system allows collet retraction to avoid hang up on removal. In an alternate embodiment, more suitable for open hole applications, pressurized gas pushes a movable cone longitudinally against the collets. A stationary cone is on the opposite side of the collets from the movable cone. The collet rides out or in between the cones and raises the gas pressure when forced in. A pressure actuated release allows the lower cone to shift downwardly to allow the collets to retract for removal.

公开(公告)号：US07028770B2

公开(公告)日：2006-04-18

申请号：US10260139

申请日：2002-09-30

申请人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Martin P. Coronado ,  Andy Tom ,  Van N. Ho ,  Fatih M. Kara

发明人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Martin P. Coronado ,  Andy Tom ,  Van N. Ho ,  Fatih M. Kara

IPC分类号： E21B23/00

CPC分类号： E21B43/103 ,  E21B43/105

摘要： Tools for expanding downhole tubulars into each other or in open hole are disclosed. One embodiment uses a movable cone biased by Bellville washers to move longitudinally against such bias and allow collets to move radially in or out to a predetermined maximum diameter. A release system allows collet retraction to avoid hang up on removal. In an alternate embodiment, more suitable for open hole applications, pressurized gas pushes a movable cone longitudinally against the collets. A stationary cone is on the opposite side of the collets from the movable cone. The collet rides out or in between the cones and raises the gas pressure when forced in. A pressure actuated release allows the lower cone to shift downwardly to allow the collets to retract for removal.

公开(公告)号：US06880632B2

公开(公告)日：2005-04-19

申请号：US10387049

申请日：2003-03-12

申请人： Andy Tom ,  Sidney K. Smith, Jr.

发明人： Andy Tom ,  Sidney K. Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： B21D39/20 ,  E21B43/10 ,  E21B47/08 ,  E21B23/00

CPC分类号： E21B43/105 ,  B21D39/20 ,  E21B47/08

摘要： A swaging tool is configured to drive the swage up a ramp until a series of dogs engages the inside wall of an outer tubular member. At that point the swage will be at the necessary position on the ramp to adequately expand the inner tubular for a proper supporting relation to the outer tubular. If the inside diameter of the outer tubular is at the high end of the tolerance allowed by API specifications, the diameter of the swage is increased to compensate. Similarly, if the inside diameter of the outer tubular is at the low end of the tolerance range of API specifications, then the dogs make contact with the inside wall sooner and the resulting diameter of the swage is necessarily smaller.

摘要翻译： 一个型锻工具被配置成在斜坡上向上推动一直到一系列的啮合到外部管状构件的内壁的狗。 在这一点上，挤压件将在斜面上的必要位置上以充分地膨胀内管以便与外管形成适当的支撑关系。 如果外管的内径处于API规范所允许的公差的高端，则增加了模具的直径以进行补偿。 类似地，如果外管的内径处于API规格的公差范围的低端，则狗会更快地与内壁接触，并且所得的直径的模具必须更小。

公开(公告)号：US08132619B2

公开(公告)日：2012-03-13

申请号：US12028941

申请日：2008-02-11

申请人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Leopoldo S. Gomez ,  Andy Tom

发明人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Leopoldo S. Gomez ,  Andy Tom

IPC分类号： E21B43/10

CPC分类号： E21B7/20 ,  E21B33/14 ,  E21B43/103 ,  E21B43/105

摘要： A tool allows in a single trip advancing the liner while more hole is made until the liner is properly positioned. Slips are actuated into the inside of the liner to grasp it as a swage is released to move to support the liner to the surrounding tubular. With the liner supported in the hole, the running tool can be picked up to test the release feature and then set down again for cementing. The tool is then picked up higher to release a flapper and re-pressurized to set a seal adjacent the support previously engaged by swage operation. The flapper has a rupture disc blown and the tool is removed. The tool has an emergency release.

摘要翻译： 一个工具允许在单行程中推进衬套，同时制造更多的孔直到衬垫被正确定位。 滑动件被致动到衬套的内部以抓住它，当模具被释放以移动以将衬垫支撑到周围的管状物时。 当衬套支撑在孔中时，可以拾取运行工具以测试释放特征，然后再次固定固定。 然后将该工具拾取更高以释放挡板并重新加压，以便通过挤压操作先前接合的支撑件邻近设置密封件。 挡板具有破裂盘吹出并且该工具被移除。 该工具有一个紧急释放。

公开(公告)号：US06595282B2

公开(公告)日：2003-07-22

申请号：US09832028

申请日：2001-04-10

申请人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr.

发明人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： E21B3316

CPC分类号： E21B33/16

摘要： A wiper plug for downhole use is disclosed. It features an inflatable structure that allows it to ride inside tubulars that change or gradually vary in inside diameter. In a preferred embodiment the bladder is actuated by fluid displaced by a biased piston. The piston is capable of moving in opposite directions to allow original insertion into a launcher and subsequent bladder expansion. In another embodiment, the piston can be fluid driven in opposed directions by a pump and an on board control system which can regulate, on a real time basis, the contact pressure of the bladder to a predetermined level or range, as the bladder encounters varying interior wall diameters of the tubular string or associated equipment.

公开(公告)号：US06457517B1

公开(公告)日：2002-10-01

申请号：US09771745

申请日：2001-01-29

申请人： Jim Goodson ,  Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Paul Zutz ,  Yusheng Yuan

发明人： Jim Goodson ,  Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Paul Zutz ,  Yusheng Yuan

IPC分类号： E21B1714

CPC分类号： E21B33/16

摘要： A composite landing collar is disclosed which is preferably adhesive bonded to the liner string using a high temperature epoxy. The spacing during bonding is maintained within dimensional limits using spacers. The body features a bi-directional material, with an appropriate ratio in the warp and fills directions, for about a quarter of the wall thickness. A unidirectional material with the fibers axially aligned aids in reduction of thermal stresses in the thick wall during curing, as well as reducing shear stress concentration along the adhesive bonding interface.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种复合着陆衣领，其优选地使用高温环氧树脂粘合到衬垫绳上。 使用间隔件将接合期间的间隔保持在尺寸限度内。 身体具有双向材料，在经向和填充方向上具有适当的比例约四分之一的壁厚。 具有纤维轴向排列的单向材料有助于在固化期间减小厚壁中的热应力，以及降低沿粘合界面​​的剪切应力集中。

公开(公告)号：US06431277B1

公开(公告)日：2002-08-13

申请号：US09671788

申请日：2000-09-27

申请人： James D. Cox ,  John L. Baugh ,  Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  George E. Givens ,  Rodney D. Bennett ,  Timothy Wootan

发明人： James D. Cox ,  John L. Baugh ,  Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  George E. Givens ,  Rodney D. Bennett ,  Timothy Wootan

IPC分类号： E21B2301

CPC分类号： E21B23/04 ,  E21B23/01 ,  E21B43/10

摘要： A liner hanger assembly has a slip actuation system which is locked for run-in. A piston assembly bolts onto the mandrel in a sealable manner to actuate a mechanical lock. Upon release of the lock, a plurality of springs actuate a sleeve which is in turn attached to the slips to move them relative to their slip seats. The slip seats are preferably mounted to the mandrel without welding and have longitudinal spaces for mud or cement flow therebetween. Load is distributed from each slip through its slip seat into the mandrel without interaction from an adjacent slip or slip seat. A rupture disk ensures that a predetermined pressure is built up before the piston can actuate to defeat the lock. The lock can come in a variety of configurations. One of which is a sliding sleeve over a dog and another is a yoke over a split ring which, when shifted, allows the split ring to expand, thus unlocking the parts. The slips can also be configured to allow flow of mud or cement behind them, thus reducing the resistance to flow of such materials.

摘要翻译： 衬管悬挂器组件具有滑动致动系统，其被锁定以便进入。 活塞组件以可密封的方式螺栓到心轴上以致动机械锁。 在释放锁定时，多个弹簧致动套筒，套筒又连接到滑动件上，以使它们相对于滑动座移动。 滑动座优选地安装到心轴上而不进行焊接，并且具有用于泥浆或水泥流之间的纵向空间。 负载从每个滑块通过其滑动座分配到心轴中，而不与相邻的滑动或滑动座相互作用。 破裂盘确保在活塞可以致动之前建立预定的压力以打败锁。 锁可以有多种配置。 其中一个是在狗上的滑动套管，另一个是在开口环上的轭，当移位时允许开口环膨胀，从而解锁零件。 滑动件还可以被配置为允许泥浆或水泥在其后面流动，从而降低这种材料的流动阻力。

公开(公告)号：US06182752B2

公开(公告)日：2001-02-06

申请号：US09115360

申请日：1998-07-14

申请人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  William B. Preece

发明人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  William B. Preece

IPC分类号： E21B2300

CPC分类号： E21B33/05 ,  Y10T137/4891

摘要： A plug-dropping head capable of dropping balls or plugs or other objects is disclosed. The plug-dropping head has a compact design with a cylinder having multiple chambers for storage of plugs and/or balls. The device can be actuated manually or automatically, locally or remotely, to rotate the cylinder to present a different bore in alignment with a flowpath through the housing. An exterior signal indicates that the object has fallen through the device. An indexing feature assures alignment of the individual bores in the cylinder which contain a plug or wiper with the main passage through the tool. Flow can be maintained through the tool as the cylinder is rotated. Rotation of the cylinder allows an obstruction device in the flowpath to move out of the way to allow the ball or plug to drop when sufficient alignment is reached.

摘要翻译： 公开了一种能够滴下球或塞子或其他物体的插头头。 插头头具有紧凑的设计，其具有用于存储插头和/或球的具有多个腔室的圆筒。 该装置可以手动或自动地，局部地或远程地致动，以使气缸旋转以呈现与穿过壳体的流路对准的不同孔。 外部信号表示物体已经通过设备掉落。 分度特征确保包含塞子或刮水器的圆柱体中的各个孔与主通道通过工具的对准。 当气缸旋转时，可以通过工具保持流量。 气缸的旋转允许流动路径中的阻塞装置移动离开路径，以在达到足够的对准时允许球或塞子下降。

公开(公告)号：US4726425A

公开(公告)日：1988-02-23

申请号：US87990

申请日：1987-08-17

申请人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr.

发明人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr.

IPC分类号： E21B17/06 ,  E21B23/02 ,  E21B43/10

CPC分类号： E21B23/02 ,  E21B17/06 ,  E21B43/10

摘要： A combination landing unit and seal assembly is shown for engaging and sealing within the internal bore of the liner within a well. A special latch mechanism carried on the seal assembly includes an externally threaded latch collet which can be stabbed into the setting sleeve threads which are normally provided in the interior of the liner for use with the running tool which installs the liner in the well bore. An integral seal assembly is carried in the assembly in an upward extension of the landing unit and floats within a tubular extension of the landing unit. A plug can be installed in the landing unit to allow the seal assembly to be retrieved to the well surface without killing the well.

摘要翻译： 示出了组合着陆单元和密封组件，用于在井内的衬里的内孔内接合和密封。 在密封组件上承载的特殊的闩锁机构包括外螺纹的闩锁夹头，其可以刺入设置套筒螺纹中，所述套筒螺纹通常设置在衬套的内部，以与将衬套安装在井眼中的运行工具一起使用。 整体密封组件在组件中承载在着陆单元的向上延伸部并且浮起在着陆单元的管状延伸部内。 塞子可以安装在着陆单元中以允许密封组件被回收到井表面而不会造成井。

公开(公告)号：US07845400B2

公开(公告)日：2010-12-07

申请号：US12020973

申请日：2008-01-28

申请人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Donald G. Parmer, Jr.

发明人： Sidney K. Smith, Jr. ,  Donald G. Parmer, Jr.

IPC分类号： E21B33/08

CPC分类号： E21B33/16

摘要： A wiper plug release tool uses a first pump down plug that lands in the tool to pressurize an internal chamber to slide a sleeve that undermines a set of dogs to allow the lower wiper plug to be decoupled from support. The shifting of this sleeve cams a second set of dogs into an internal passage in the tool to act as a landing location for a second pump down plug. Landing the second pump down plug on the now extended dogs allows a net pressure to be applied to an upper piston which shifts a sleeve to release the support for the second wiper plug. The upper piston remains in pressure balance unless the second pump down plug can be landed on the dogs that only extended because the sleeve that released the lower wiper plug had shifted.

摘要翻译： 刮水器插头释放工具使用第一个降压塞，该第一抽水塞落在工具中以对内部室进行加压，以滑动套筒，从而破坏一组狗，以允许下雨刮器从支撑件脱离。 该套筒的移动将第二组狗凸轮拉入工具中的内部通道，用作第二个抽水塞的着陆位置。 将第二个抽水塞着陆在现在的扩展的狗上，允许将净压力施加到上活塞，上活塞移动套筒以释放用于第二雨刷的支撑。 上活塞保持压力平衡，除非第二个抽水塞可以降落在只能延伸的狗上，因为释放下雨刮器的套筒已经移动。