Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Plugging device deployment
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Application No.: US16931322Application Date: 2020-07-16
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Publication No.: US11377926B2Publication Date: 2022-07-05
- Inventor: Brock W. Watson , Gary P. Funkhouser
- Applicant: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Applicant Address: US OK Oklahoma City
- Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US OK Oklahoma City
- Agency: Smith IP Services, P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B33/13
- IPC: E21B33/13 ; E21B41/00 ; E21B43/11

Abstract:
A method of deploying plugging devices in a well can include a spacing between the plugging devices by controlling a ratio flow rates through intersecting pipes. A deployment apparatus can include an actuator and a release structure that releases the plugging devices into a conduit connected to a tubular string in the well. Another method of deploying plugging devices in a well can include operating an actuator, thereby displacing a release structure, and the release structure releasing the plugging devices into the well in response to operating the actuator. Another deployment apparatus can include intersecting pipes and a valve that selectively permits and prevents displacement of the plugging devices through one of the pipes.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200347695A1 PLUGGING DEVICE DEPLOYMENT Public/Granted day:2020-11-05
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