Abstract: A wellbore packer designed to be deployed and easily retrieved within a wellbore of vertical orientation, horizontal orientation, or any curve between the vertical and horizontal orientation of the wellbore. The packer includes a bottom sub on a downhole portion of the packer and a shear sub within an inner cavity of the bottom sub. The inner cavity is an opening of the bottom sub having a cylindrical cross section. The bottom sub includes a threaded hole through a wall of the bottom sub. The shear sub has a depression in a wall of the shear sub, the depression to align in a set position of the packer with the threaded hole of the bottom sub. The packer includes a body to extend from an uphole portion of the packer to the shear sub, the body secured to the shear sub.

Abstract: A ball dropping system includes a ball retention feature. The ball retention feature includes an ejection arrangement blocked from activating in a first condition of the ball dropping system, activatable in a second condition of the ball dropping system, and activated to eject a ball from the ball dropping system that is releasably secured by the ball retention feature in a third condition of the ball dropping system. A setting sleeve is movable from a first position to a second position with respect to the ejection arrangement. The setting sleeve has the first position to block the ejection arrangement from activating in the first condition of the ball dropping system. The setting sleeve is movable to the second position to render the ejection arrangement activatable in the second condition of the ball dropping system.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a novel thread form and slip alignment device and method for anchoring drillable downhole tools, such as fracturing plugs, bridge plugs, or cement retainers within a wellbore. The slips are oriented circumferentially about upper and lower cones between upper and lower slips and upper and lower load members whereby the downhole tool is capable of withstanding piston forces resulting from differential pressure from above and below the set position through the utilization of a sealing element to maintain differential pressure from above and/or below the tool. Upon wellbore pressure application above and/or below the plug, relative axial movement between the mandrel and the slips, tool, and cones occurs until halted by an upper and lower stop disposed on the mandrel at each distal and proximate end. Further, components used in the slip alignment feature may be manufactured from weak materials or anisotropic material properties for milling.

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 plug securement and running arrangement including a wireline adapter kit having a tension mandrel, a setting tool attached to the wireline adapter kit, a collet configured and dimensioned to be received in a bore of a downhole plug and having a material-penetrating engagement feature on an outer surface thereof attached to the tension mandrel, an interengagement feature interengaging the tension mandrel and the collet, and a support surface extending from the interengagement feature and disposed radially inwardly of the feature. A method for deploying a plug in a borehole system including penetrating an inside surface of a plug with a material-penetrating feature of a collet, setting the plug at a target location in the borehole system, disengaging the material-penetrating feature from the plug.

Abstract: A device and method for selectively closing and opening a flow path through a sealing element. The device includes second and third tubulars positioned within a bore of a first tubular. A sealing element having a bore is positioned between the second and third tubulars within the bore of the first tubular. The sealing element may be connected to one or both of the tubulars. Bores of the second and third tubulars communicate with the bore of the sealing element to provide a flow path. Movement of the third tubular with respect to the second tubular buckles the sealing element inward to selectively close a portion of the flow path. The third tubular may be moved away from the second tubular to reopen the flow path. The sealing element may engage a structure within the bore of the sealing element to selectively close the flow path through the sealing element.

Abstract: A ball dropping system includes a ball retention feature; an ejection arrangement blocked from activating in a first condition of the ball dropping system, activatable in a second condition of the ball dropping system, and activated to eject a ball from the ball dropping system that is releasably secured by the ball retention feature in a third condition of the ball dropping system; and, a setting sleeve movable from a first position to a second position with respect to the ejection arrangement, the setting sleeve having the first position to block the ejection arrangement from activating in the first condition of the ball dropping system, and the setting sleeve movable to the second position to render the ejection arrangement activatable in the second condition of the ball dropping system.

Abstract: A device and method for selectively closing and opening a flow path through a sealing element. The device includes second and third tubulars positioned within a bore of a first tubular. A sealing element having a bore is positioned between the second and third tubulars within the bore of the first tubular. The sealing element may be connected to one or both of the tubulars. Bores of the second and third tubulars communicate with the bore of the sealing element to provide a flow path. Movement of the third tubular with respect to the second tubular buckles the sealing element inward to selectively close a portion of the flow path. The third tubular may be moved away from the second tubular to reopen the flow path. The sealing element may engage a structure within the bore of the sealing element to selectively close the flow path through the sealing element.