Abstract: A method of excluding particles entrained in formation fluids includes introducing a tubular into a wellbore, forming a sand control device formed from a curable inorganic cementitious mixture infused with an engineered degradable material about the tubular, introducing an external stimulus onto the sand control device causing the degradable material to dissolve, and flowing formation fluids through the sand control device into the tubular.

Abstract: A method of forming a sand control device comprising: infusing a curable inorganic mixture with a degradable material configured to disintegrate upon exposure to an external stimuli; forming the curable inorganic mixture infused with the degradable material about a tubular; and curing the curable inorganic mixture infused with the degradable material.

Abstract: A method and system for augmenting a neural network is provided herein. The method comprises connecting an input layer to a pre-input layer. The method further comprises joining a hidden layer to the input layer. The method comprises linking an output layer to the hidden layer. The method further comprises connecting a layer for computing physics equations to the output layer. The neural network system further comprising, an input layer, a hidden layer connected to the input layer and an output layer joined to the hidden layer. The system further comprising a layer for computing physics equations connected to the output layer and a pre-input layer attached to the input layer.

Abstract: A downhole barrier having a component thereof comprising a spalling material.

Abstract: An element including an undercut in the element extending from an innermost surface of the element radially outwardly into the element, and a pathway intersecting the undercut and extending from the undercut to an outermost surface of the element, the pathway fluidly connecting the outermost surface of the element to the undercut prior to setting of the seal.

Abstract: A method of forming a sand control device comprising: infusing a curable inorganic mixture with a degradable material configured to disintegrate upon exposure to an external stimuli; forming the curable inorganic mixture infused with the degradable material about a tubular; and curing the curable inorganic mixture infused with the degradable material.

Abstract: A downhole tool includes a tool member having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The radially inner surface includes an angled section. A drive member is axially spaced from the tool member. The drive member includes a radially outer surface portion and a radially inner surface portion. The radially outer surface portion includes an angled portion. A seal element is provided on the drive member. The seal element includes a first portion coupled to the radially outer surface portion and a second portion that is radially outwardly disengagable from the radially outer surface portion in response to one of fluid pressure and fluid flow.

Abstract: An element including an undercut in the element extending from an innermost surface of the element radially outwardly into the element, and a pathway intersecting the undercut and extending from the undercut to an outermost surface of the element, the pathway fluidly connecting the outermost surface of the element to the undercut prior to setting of the seal.

Abstract: An anchor member comprises a substrate; and at least one insert secured to the substrate and extending outwardly from an outer surface of the substrate. The insert is configured for engagement with another member. In an embodiment, the insert comprises a shell at least partially defining an empty core. Alternatively, the insert comprises an inner portion and an outer portion disposed on the inner portion; the inner portion comprising a soft material which comprises one or more of the following: a low carbon steel or an aluminum alloy; and the outer portion comprising the soft material and a hard material and having a gradient in the weight ratio of the soft material to the hard material, the hard material comprising one or more of the following: an intermetallic compound; a ceramic; a hard steel; or a titanium alloy.

Abstract: An element including an undercut in the element extending from an innermost surface of the element radially outwardly into the element, and a pathway intersecting the undercut and extending from the undercut to an outermost surface of the element, the pathway fluidly connecting the outermost surface of the element to the undercut prior to setting of the seal.

Abstract: A downhole barrier having a component thereof comprising a spalling material.

Abstract: A downhole tool includes a tool member having a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The radially inner surface includes an angled section. A drive member is axially spaced from the tool member. The drive member includes a radially outer surface portion and a radially inner surface portion. The radially outer surface portion includes an angled portion. A seal element is provided on the drive member. The seal element includes a first portion coupled to the radially outer surface portion and a second portion that is radially outwardly disengagable from the radially outer surface portion in response to one of fluid pressure and fluid flow.

Abstract: A valve for a plug passage features opposed perforated magnetic discs that repel each other to stay apart allowing flow through the openings of the spaced discs. When a predetermined flow rate is exceeded, the magnetic repelling force is overcome and one disc moves toward the other to shut off flow as contact between the discs closed the openings between them. One way is to offset the openings and guide the moving disc axially while rotationally locking the moving disc. Another way is to spirally guide the moving disc so that openings initially aligned rotate out of alignment. One or more edge slots can be provided in each disc to sweep out debris that can settle between the discs that would otherwise impede the moving disc from contacting the stationary disc for passage closure.

Abstract: An element including an undercut in the element extending from an innermost surface of the element radially outwardly into the element, and a pathway intersecting the undercut and extending from the undercut to an outermost surface of the element, the pathway fluidly connecting the outermost surface of the element to the undercut prior to setting of the seal.

Abstract: A single-cone bidirectional slip system including a single cone, a slip in operable communication with the cone, and bidirectional wickers associated with the slip.

Abstract: A pressure differential plug including a mandrel, a baffle within the mandrel, and one or more passageways in the baffle, the passageways configured and dimensioned to restrict flow therethrough due to a valve coefficient thereof to both allow fluid flow therethrough and simultaneously allow the building of actuation pressure against the baffle without landing a member on the baffle. A borehole system including a borehole, a string in the borehole, the string including a plug as as in any prior embodiment. A method for causing an actuation via pressure including flowing fluid through a baffle of a plug as in any prior embodiment, increasing a flow rate through the baffle to raise pressure upstream of the baffle to an actuation level without seating a member on the baffle.

Abstract: A valve for a plug passage features opposed perforated magnetic discs that repel each other to stay apart allowing flow through the openings of the spaced discs. When a predetermined flow rate is exceeded, the magnetic repelling force is overcome and one disc moves toward the other to shut off flow as contact between the discs closed the openings between them. One way is to offset the openings and guide the moving disc axially while rotationally locking the moving disc. Another way is to spirally guide the moving disc so that openings initially aligned rotate out of alignment. One or more edge slots can be provided in each disc to sweep out debris that can settle between the discs that would otherwise impede the moving disc from contacting the stationary disc for passage closure.

Abstract: A thread shear based wireline adapter kit and downhole tool setting arrangement including a downhole tool having an inside diameter flow path extending therethrough after setting of the downhole tool, a wireline adapter kit disposed in the flow path, a member disposed at a downhole end of the downhole tool, the member having a threadform therein, the threadform threaded to the wireline adapter kit, the threadform shearable to release the wireline adapter kit from the downhole tool after setting leaving the flow path open. A method for setting a downhole tool including pulling a wireline adapter kit (WLAK) that is secured to a downhole tool by a threadform, loading the threadform axially to set the tool, further loading the threadform to axially shear the threadform, releasing the WLAK from the downhole tool leaving a flow path through the downhole tool.

Abstract: An anchor member comprises a substrate; and at least one insert secured to the substrate and extending outwardly from an outer surface of the substrate. The insert is configured for engagement with another member. In an embodiment, the insert comprises a shell at least partially defining an empty core. Alternatively, the insert comprises an inner portion and an outer portion disposed on the inner portion; the inner portion comprising a soft material which comprises one or more of the following: a low carbon steel or an aluminum alloy; and the outer portion comprising the soft material and a hard material and having a gradient in the weight ratio of the soft material to the hard material, the hard material comprising one or more of the following: an intermetallic compound; a ceramic; a hard steel; or a titanium alloy.

Abstract: A tapered mandrel is advanced into a spirally cut sleeve having a corresponding taper to the mandrel. The outer surface of the sleeve conforms to the surrounding borehole and features an exterior recess in which a sealing element is mounted. The sleeve diameter expands as the tapered mandrel is axially advanced. Axial cuts in the spiral sleeve further reduce the force needed for setting. A leading nose is provided for the uphole end of the sealing element to allow high treatment flow rate while the sealing element is protected from the erosive effects of high velocities.