Abstract: A casing valve is disclosed that includes a first component configured to connect to a casing string, a second component configured to connect to the casing string, a mandrel disposed between the first component and the second component, the mandrel having a plurality of ports, a housing disposed outside of the mandrel, the housing having a plurality of ports, a piston disposed between the mandrel and the housing and configured to move in a first direction from a first position that forms a barrier between the ports of the mandrel and the ports of the housing to a second position that is adjacent to the ports of the mandrel and the ports of the housing and a dissolvable component configured to restrain the piston in the first position and to dissolve when exposed to a fluid to release the piston.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 17, 2022
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2024
Assignee:
SUMMIT CASING SERVICES, LLC
Inventors:
Colten T. Francis, Ian Beckett, Andrew M. Eldridge
Abstract: A casing valve, comprising a first component configured to connect to a casing string, a second component configured to connect to the casing string, a mandrel disposed between the first component and the second component, the mandrel having a plurality of ports, a housing disposed outside of the mandrel, the housing having a plurality of ports, a piston disposed between the mandrel and the housing and configured to move in a first direction from a first position that forms a barrier between the ports of the mandrel and the ports of the housing to a second position that is adjacent to the ports of the mandrel and the ports of the housing and a dissolvable component configured to restrain the piston in the first position and to dissolve when exposed to a fluid to increase a lateral force on the piston.
Type:
Application
Filed:
September 21, 2022
Publication date:
March 21, 2024
Applicant:
Summit Casing Services, LLC
Inventors:
Colten T. Francis, Ian Beckett, Andrew M. Eldridge
Abstract: A casing valve is disclosed that includes a first component configured to connect to a casing string, a second component configured to connect to the casing string, a mandrel disposed between the first component and the second component, the mandrel having a plurality of ports, a housing disposed outside of the mandrel, the housing having a plurality of ports, a piston disposed between the mandrel and the housing and configured to move in a first direction from a first position that forms a barrier between the ports of the mandrel and the ports of the housing to a second position that is adjacent to the ports of the mandrel and the ports of the housing and a dissolvable component configured to restrain the piston in the first position and to dissolve when exposed to a fluid to release the piston.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 17, 2022
Publication date:
February 22, 2024
Applicant:
Summit Casing Services, LLC
Inventors:
Colten T. Francis, Ian Beckett, Andrew M. Eldridge
Abstract: A well plug, comprising a cylindrical body, a plurality of cylindrical fins encircling the cylindrical body, a concrete core disposed within the cylindrical body and a locking feature disposed in the concrete core and configured to lock with an adjacent well plug.
Abstract: A casing centralizer comprising a cylindrical base and a plurality of blades extending from the cylindrical base. The plurality of blades and the cylindrical base are compression molded as a single piece from a mineral filled, glass and specialty fiber reinforced polyester molding compound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 22, 2016
Date of Patent:
December 12, 2017
Assignee:
SUMMIT CASING SERVICES, LLC
Inventors:
Mitchel D. Hansen, Andrew M. Eldridge, Jody D. Riddle, Jeffrey Scott Danielson