Patents by Inventor Mark E. Plante

Mark E. Plante has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160186511
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments relate to methods and devices for setting a plug seat within a downhole well, for example in fracing operations. In an embodiment, the expandable plug seat may include an expandable slip ring and one or more wedge rings. To set the expandable plug seat in place within the casing of the wellbore, longitudinal force would typically be applied to the one or more wedge rings, thereby deforming the expandable slip ring and driving it radially outward and into contact with the casing in the wellbore. In some embodiments, the expandable plug seat may be used with a dissolvable ball, which can be pumped to seat onto the plug seat device for sealing of the wellbore. Once the downstream section of the well has been isolated in this manner, hydraulic fracturing operations can commence. Eventually, the ball may dissolve, allowing access to the wellbore without the need to drill the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Martin P. Coronado, Luis A. Garcia, Mark E. Plante, Rodney D. Bennett
  • Publication number: 20160130901
    Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may relate to methods and devices which may assist in removal of casing from a wellbore, for example during abandonment operations. In an embodiment, the tool device may have a sleeve rotationally disposed on a housing body, such that rotation may operate to switch the tool between two configurations. In the first configuration, the tool may allow fluid flow down the length of the tool string through the longitudinal bore, and then back up to the surface through the annular space outside the housing. In the second configuration, the tool may allow fluid flow from the bore of the tool to the annular space, and then downward in the annular space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Martin P. Coronado, Luis A. Garcia, Mark E. Plante, Markus Iuell, Rodney D. Bennett
  • Patent number: 6520264
    Abstract: A pump-through electrical conductor line includes an electrically conductive wire, an insulative coating disposed over the electrically conductive wire, and a tubing having the electrically conductive wire with the insulative coating disposed thereover loosely positioned therein so as to form a non-obstructed annulus between the insulative coating and an inner surface of the tubing. An arrangement for downhole casing collar location includes a length of the pump-through electrical conductor line, a slickline running unit configured to deliver the pump-through electrical conductor line to a downhole environment, a plugging device disposed on a downhole end of the pump-through electrical conductor line, and a casing collar locator disposed on the pump-through electrical conductor line adjacent the plugging device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
    Inventors: Gordon R J MacKenzie, Mark E. Plante, Dwayne L. Whitney