Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Convertible tracer valve assemblies and related methods for fracturing and tracing
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Application No.: US17782334Application Date: 2020-04-24
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Publication No.: US11959370B2Publication Date: 2024-04-16
- Inventor: Dustin Ellis , Shan Zi , John Ravensbergen , Craig Harty , Brock Gillis , Stanley Mberia , Anna Cruse , Rio Whyte
- Applicant: NCS MULTISTAGE INC. , NCS MULTISTAGE, LLC
- Applicant Address: CA TX Calgary
- Assignee: NCS MULTISTAGE INC.,NCS MULTISTAGE, LLC.,REPEAT PRECISION, LLC.
- Current Assignee: NCS MULTISTAGE INC.,NCS MULTISTAGE, LLC.,REPEAT PRECISION, LLC.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Calgary; US TX Houston; US TX Houston
- Agency: UB Greensfelder LLP
- Agent Richard C. Himelhoch
- International Application: PCT/CA2020/050540 2020.04.24
- International Announcement: WO2021/108891A 2021.06.10
- Date entered country: 2022-06-03
- Main IPC: E21B43/26
- IPC: E21B43/26 ; E21B34/14 ; E21B47/11

Abstract:
A valve assembly for integration within a wellbore string disposed within a hydrocarbon-containing reservoir is provided. The valve assembly includes a valve housing having a plurality of frac ports for establishing fluid communication between a central passage and the reservoir. The valve assembly includes a bottom sleeve operatively mounted within the valve housing configured to selectively open the frac ports, and a top sleeve operatively mounted within the valve housing slidable between (i) a first position defining a first fluid pathway whereby fluid is flowable down into the central passage and into the reservoir via the frac ports, and (ii) a tracing position defining a second fluid pathway whereby fluid is flowable from the reservoir into an annulus defined between the top sleeve and the housing. The valve assembly also has a tracer compartment defined within the annulus forming part of the second fluid pathway and accommodating a tracer material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20230003110A1 CONVERTIBLE TRACER VALVE ASSEMBLIES AND RELATED METHODS FOR FRACTURING AND TRACING Public/Granted day:2023-01-05
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