Patents Represented by Law Firm Vaden, Eickenroht, Thompson, Bednar & Jamison Vaden, Eickenroht, Thompson, Bednar & Jamison
  • Patent number: 4407363
    Abstract: There is disclosed a subsurface well completion system comprising body means having a bore therethrough adapted to be connected in axial alignment with a tubing string suspended within a well bore, and a packer carried by the body means for closing off the annulus above a production zone of the well. Flow through each of the bore of the body means and a passageway within the body means which bypasses the packer to connect the annulus above and below the packer is controlled by safety valves having pressure responsive operators for moving such valves from normally closed to open positions by means of control fluid which is supplied thereto through a control line from a remote source. Upon loss of control fluid, as, for example, due to loss of the control line, the valves automatically close.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1983
    Assignee: AVA International
    Inventor: Neil H. Akkerman