Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for delivering a flowable substance and borehole sealing
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Application No.: US16321957Application Date: 2017-08-02
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Publication No.: US11053773B2Publication Date: 2021-07-06
- Inventor: Andrew Beach , Justin Bergh , Scott Sholer , Gavin McLeod
- Applicant: AUSTRALIAN MUD COMPANY PTY LTD
- Applicant Address: AU Balcatta
- Assignee: AUSTRALIAN MUD COMPANY PTY LTD
- Current Assignee: AUSTRALIAN MUD COMPANY PTY LTD
- Current Assignee Address: AU Balcatta
- Agent Felix L. Fischer
- Priority: AU2016903044 20160802
- International Application: PCT/AU2017/050812 WO 20170802
- International Announcement: WO2018/023162 WO 20180208
- Main IPC: E21B33/138
- IPC: E21B33/138 ; C09K8/42 ; E21B27/02 ; E21B33/124 ; C09K8/04 ; C09K8/508

Abstract:
A system (10) delivers of a flowable substance S to a remote location through a conduit (144). The system (10) has a body 12 with first and second portions (14,16) and at least two plugs (P1, P2) associated with the body (12) so that in a first configuration the plugs (P1, P2) are spaced apart and form a sealed region (20) for holding a volume of the substance S, and, in a second configuration at least the second plug (P2) is disposed in the second portion wherein the substance S can flow in a downstream direction past or through the second plug and out of the body (12). A first valve (66) is coupled with the body (12) and has: (a) and opened state where the substance S is able to flow out of the body (12) and (b) a closed state where the first valve (66) prevents flow of the substance S out of the body (12) and prevents flow of a further fluid into or out of the body (12) while allowing a bypass flow of the further fluid in an upstream direction through a bypass flow path (110) of the first valve (66) to facilitate travel of the system (10) through a column of the further fluid in the conduit (144).
Public/Granted literature
- US20190178051A1 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING A FLOWABLE SUBSTANCE AND BOREHOLE SEALING Public/Granted day:2019-06-13
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