Method and apparatus for dropping a pump down plug or ball

    公开(公告)号:US11519243B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-06

    申请号:US17192200

    申请日:2021-03-04

    发明人: Phil Barbee

    IPC分类号: E21B33/05 E21B33/16 E21B34/02

    摘要: An improved method and apparatus for dropping a ball, plug or dart during oil and gas well operations (e.g., cementing operations) employs a specially configured valving member with curved and flat portions that alternatively direct fluid flow through a bore or opening in the valving member via an inner channel or around the periphery of the valving member in an outer channel. In one embodiment, the ball(s), dart(s) or plug(s) are contained in a sliding sleeve that shifts position responsive to valve rotation. An optional indicator indicates to a user or operator that a ball or plug has passed a selected one of the valving members.

    Method and apparatus for dropping a pump down plug or ball

    公开(公告)号:US11459845B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-04

    申请号:US17166999

    申请日:2021-02-03

    摘要: An improved method and apparatus for dropping a ball, plug or dart during oil and gas well operations (e.g., cementing operations) employs a specially configured tool body assembly having valving members (e.g., safety or kelly values) and valving members holding plugs, balls, or darts to be dropped. In one embodiment, the ball(s), dart(s) or plug(s) are contained in a sliding sleeve that shifts position responsive to valve rotation. An optional indicator indicates to a user or operator that a ball or plug has passed a selected one of the valving members. A transmitter (or transceiver) provides an ability to generate a wireless signal that is received by receivers (or transceivers) on the tool body assembly. Each receiver (or transceiver) controls an electrical actuator that engages a valving member or the indicator. Wireless signals can be used to open or close a valve or to reset a “tripped” indicator.

    DOUBLE GRIP RETENTION FOR WELLBORE INSTALLATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20220034184A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-03

    申请号:US17390332

    申请日:2021-07-30

    IPC分类号: E21B33/04 E21B33/05

    摘要: A wellhead assembly with a gripping device for securing multiple components of the wellhead assembly is provided. In one embodiment, a system includes a wellhead housing mounted above a hollow body, such that an axial bore extends through the wellhead housing and the hollow body, and a wellhead hanger positioned within the axial bore. The system also includes a clamp that provides a first grip that secures the wellhead housing to the hollow body and a second grip that secures the wellhead hanger within the axial bore. The second grip includes elastic deformation, via the clamp, of at least one of the wellhead housing or the hollow body into tight engagement with an exterior of the wellhead hanger to secure the wellhead hanger at the location within the axial bore. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed.

    CEMENTING HEAD APPARATUS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220003064A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17290766

    申请日:2020-05-08

    IPC分类号: E21B33/05 E21B23/00 E21B33/13

    摘要: A cementing head apparatus includes a plug-launching tool and a tubular plug receiver cage disposed within a bore of the launching tool, plus one or more paddles selectively movable within a bore of the receiver cage between a hold position in which the paddles at least partially occlude the receiver cage bore to hold a plug within a retained plug interval of the receiver cage bore, and a launch position in which the paddles are substantially retracted from the receiver cage bore to allow passage of the plug through the receiver cage bore and onward into a casing string to which the launching tool is mounted. Upper and lower fluid bypass ports may be provided through the wall of the receiver cage, above and below the retained plug interval, to allow fluid flow within the receiver cage bore to bypass the retained plug interval via the receiver annulus

    CEMENT HEAD AND FIBER SHEATH FOR TOP PLUG FIBER DEPLOYMENT

    公开(公告)号:US20210238946A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-05

    申请号:US17090518

    申请日:2020-11-05

    摘要: Methods and systems for modifying a plug container to permit a fiber pass-through allowing data to be communicated from a pressurized environment into a non-pressurized environment. The systems and methods including surrounding a communication line with a protective sheath coupled with a top plug and a cap of a plug container including an elongated body having a flow path therethrough. The cap including a pass-through for receiving the communication line and obtaining data corresponding to one or more wellbore conditions including at least a temperature, a pressure, and a top plug location.