Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High pressure and high temperature ball seat
- Patent Title (中): 高压高温球座
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Application No.: US13091988Application Date: 2011-04-21
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Publication No.: US09045963B2Publication Date: 2015-06-02
- Inventor: Piro Shkurti , John C. Wolf
- Applicant: Piro Shkurti , John C. Wolf
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Smith International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agent Jeffrey R. Peterson; Brandon S. Clark
- Main IPC: E21B33/12
- IPC: E21B33/12 ; E21B33/128 ; E21B34/00

Abstract:
An isolation device for a frac plug, the isolation device including a ball seat having a seating surface and a ball configured to contact the seating surface, wherein a profile of the seating surface corresponds to a profile of the ball. A frac plug including a mandrel having an upper end and a lower end, a sealing element disposed around the mandrel, and a ball seat disposed within a central bore of the mandrel, wherein the ball seat includes a seating surface having a non-linear profile. A method of isolating zones of a production formation, the method including setting a frac plug between a first zone and a second zone, disposing a ball within the frac plug, and seating a ball in a ball seat of the frac plug, the ball seat including a seating surface having a profile that substantially corresponds to the profile of the ball.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110259610A1 HIGH PRESSURE AND HIGH TEMPERATURE BALL SEAT Public/Granted day:2011-10-27
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