Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Zone select stage tool system
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Application No.: US13944568Application Date: 2013-07-17
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Publication No.: US09856714B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Richard L. Giroux
- Applicant: Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee: Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Blank Rome LLP
- Main IPC: E21B33/14
- IPC: E21B33/14 ; E21B34/06 ; E21B34/00

Abstract:
A stage tool operable with a plug is used for cementing a tubing string in a wellbore annulus. The tool can have a housing with a closure sleeve movably disposed in the internal bore of the housing. When pressure is applied downhole to the tool, a breachable obstruction on an exit port of the tool's bore opens and allows fluid such as cement slurry to communicate to the wellbore annulus. When cementing through the open tool is finished, a plug can be deployed downhole lands on a seat in the closure sleeve, and applied fluid pressure in the tool's bore against the seated plug closes the closure sleeve relative to the housing's exit port. Rotational catches between the housing's bore and the closure sleeve prevent the closure sleeve from rotating. A hydraulic mechanism on the tool can facilitate movement of the closure sleeve in response to a fluid pressure component.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150021026A1 Zone Select Stage Tool System Public/Granted day:2015-01-22
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