Abstract: A packer for a down hole oil well includes an inner mandrel assembly having an upper outer sleeve assembly that includes the hold down mechanism and upper packer seals with a piston on the underside of the packing seals to be pressure responsive and to deform the seals in response to pressure within the well string. Furthermore, a lower outer sleeve assembly has packing elements that are deformed and a setting mechanism to allow the packer to be set in a position within the well casing. Upper and lower unloading valves allow for fluid the bypass the packers when the packer is retrieved upward through the well casing.

Abstract: A mechanical setting tool 10 has an inner mandrel 12, an upper sleeve member 20, and a lower sleeve member 22. The inner mandrel 12 is connected through a shear stud 14 to a conventional wireline packer 16. The upper sleeve 20 has setting slips 52 therein which are set by abutting the cone 66 mounted on top of the lower sleeve 22. The lower sleeve has a bottom shoulder 78 which engages an outer sleeve of the packer 18. Upward movement of the mandrel 12 sets the slips 52 and thereafter sets the slips on the packer. The mandrel 12 then shears shear stud 14 and separates from the packer and then disengages its slips 52 so that it can be retrieved from the casing 11.