Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for actuating a downhole tool
- Patent Title (中): 用于致动井下工具的方法和装置
-
Application No.: US14073706Application Date: 2013-11-06
-
Publication No.: US09359864B2Publication Date: 2016-06-07
- Inventor: Michael J. Harris , Kenneth J. Anton
- Applicant: TEAM Oil Tools, LP
- Applicant Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Assignee: TEAM OIL TOOLS, LP
- Current Assignee: TEAM OIL TOOLS, LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Agency: MH2 Technology Law Group, LLP
- Main IPC: E21B34/10
- IPC: E21B34/10 ; E21B34/14 ; F16K27/04 ; F16K31/122 ; E21B34/06

Abstract:
The presently disclosed technique provides a method for operating a valve in a wellbore by: applying a first fluid pressure to a bore of the valve; trapping the first fluid pressure in a portion of the valve; reducing the pressure in the bore of the valve to a second fluid pressure thereby creating a pressure differential between the portion of the valve and the bore of the valve; and opening the valve responsive to the pressure differential. The valve may employ a first piston disposed in the body to trap a first fluid pressure in a chamber to create a differential pressure across a second piston when a second fluid pressure is applied to open the valve to fluid flow therethrough. The valve and the method may be used to actuate another valve downhole.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160084039A1 METHOD & APPARATUS FOR ACTUATING A DOWNHOLE TOOL Public/Granted day:2016-03-24
Information query