Patents Assigned to TD Tools, Inc.
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Patent number: 12203342Abstract: The present disclosure includes a cleaning system for cleaning clean a tubing, casing, or components of an oil well. In some aspects the cleaning system includes a washing tool having a body configured for insertion into a component of an oil well. The body may include a proximal end and a distal end and define an inlet at the proximal end, a channel in fluid communication with the inlet, and an outlet in fluid communication with the channel. The outlet my extend circumferentially along a perimeter of the body. In some configurations, the washing tool may be configured to clean the component by ejecting fluid in a 360 degree range without movement of the tool.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignees: TD Tools, Inc., Accu-Line Wireline Services, LLCInventors: Earl H. Dearborn, Thomas L. Dotson, Stanley Evans, John M. Piercy
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Patent number: 11938592Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method and apparatus to inject an abrasive fluid mixture into a high-pressure fluid flow using a clear fluid pump. The high-pressure fluid flow may be used in abrasive jet perforating and hydraulic fracturing applications in oil and gas wells, and other oilfield related work that uses high pressure fluids containing abrasive material. The embodiments include inserting abrasive material downstream of a high-pressure pump, such that a pump without specialized capability for abrasives (e.g., a clear fluid pump) can be used instead of a specialized pump that can withstand abrasives (e.g., hydraulic fracturing pump, oilfield cementing pump).Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: TD Tools, Inc.Inventors: Earl H. Dearborn, Thomas L. Dotson, John M. Piercy
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Publication number: 20230193733Abstract: The present disclosure includes an injection system for providing abrasive slurry output density in a system. In some aspects, the injection system can include a first vessel configured to receive a fluid from a high-pressure pump, a plurality of valves in selective communication with the first vessel, and a controller in communication with the plurality of valves. The controller can be configured to actuate the plurality of valves between a first state, in which a slurry is delivered to the first vessel and a second state in which the slurry is delivered from the first vessel. In some configurations, the controller may actuate the valves from the second state to the first state when an amount of slurry is less than a first threshold, and actuate the valves from the first state to the second state when the amount of slurry is greater than a second threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: TD Tools, Inc.Inventors: Earl H. Dearborn, Thomas L. Dotson, John M. Piercy, Henry Wohltjen
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Publication number: 20210069863Abstract: Embodiments of this disclosure provide a method and apparatus to inject an abrasive fluid mixture into a high-pressure fluid flow using a clear fluid pump. The high-pressure fluid flow may be used in abrasive jet perforating and hydraulic fracturing applications in oil and gas wells, and other oilfield related work that uses high pressure fluids containing abrasive material. The embodiments include inserting abrasive material downstream of a high-pressure pump, such that a pump without specialized capability for abrasives (e.g., a clear fluid pump) can be used instead of a specialized pump that can withstand abrasives (e.g., hydraulic fracturing pump, oilfield cementing pump).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicant: TD Tools, Inc.Inventors: Earl H. Dearborn, Thomas L. Dotson, John M. Piercy
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Patent number: 10174594Abstract: A system and method for jet perforating within a well are disclosed. A jet perforating tool configured to be lowered inside a production tubing string comprises a tool body with a passage, an inlet in the upper section, perforating jets in the lower section, and a stepped outer diameter configured to seat on a production tubing string restriction such as a seat nipple. The tool may be lowered into the production tubing string without the need to trip the production tubing string in and out of the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: TD Tools, Inc.Inventors: Thomas L. Dotson, Lonnie S. Rhoads, James F. Farr
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Patent number: 8925653Abstract: A method and system are provided for injecting high pressure abrasive fluid into an abrasive jet tool. The method and system comprise a slurry tank connected to an abrasive hopper and a low pressure abrasive pump for circulating abrasive slurry and transferring the slurry to a high pressure vessel. The method and system also contain a high pressure non-abrasive pump connected to a high pressure valve for pressurizing the high pressure vessel prior to injecting abrasive fluid into the abrasive jet tool.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2011Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: TD Tools, Inc.Inventors: Thomas L. Dotson, Henry Wohltjen
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Patent number: 8757262Abstract: An apparatus for abrasive jet cutting comprises an abrasive jet perforating tool coupled rotatably to a tubing string and a horizontal indexing tool coupled connectably to the perforating tool. A tubing swivel, an extension tool with protective sleeve, and an anchor may also be used. A method for abrasive jet cutting comprises determining well parameters for a well; assembling, according to the well parameters, the apparatus for abrasive jet perforating; and using the perforating tool to perforate tubular members in the well. A horizontal indexing tool is used to rotate the perforating tool and the perforating tool is used to cut tubular members in the well. An extension tool with a protective sleeve is used to protect the apparatus. A tubing swivel may be used to allow the perforating tool to rotate freely and an anchor may be used to prevent the perforating tool from moving vertically.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2009Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: TD Tools, Inc.Inventor: Thomas L. Dotson
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Publication number: 20140102705Abstract: An apparatus for performing abrasive jet perforating in a well comprises a generally cylindrically shaped tube with a side, an upper portion, and a lower portion; a plurality of smooth holes drilled into the side of the tube; abrasive jets mounted in at least some of the plurality of smooth holes; protective plates mounted in the side of the tube and surrounding the abrasive jets to hold the abrasive jets in place; wafers recessed into pockets on the protective plates and surrounding the abrasive jets to protect the abrasive jets from damage due to rebound of abrasive-carrying fluid slurry ejected by the abrasive jets; and fasteners securing the protective plates to the side of the tube and positioned away from the rebound of abrasive-carrying fluid slurry ejected by the abrasive jets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2012Publication date: April 17, 2014Applicant: TD Tools, Inc.Inventor: Thomas L. Dotson