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Granted Patent B2
US 12680407 · App. 18/664,555 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Downhole releasable vibratory tool, system and method

Inventors: Roger L. Schultz (Ninnekah, OK); Robert Phillis (Camrose, CA)
Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
E21B31/005
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Patent No.
US 12680407
App. No.
18/664,555
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vibratory tool for use in a subterranean well can include an outer housing, an insert configured to produce vibrations in a tubular string in the well, and a release member that releasably secures the insert in the outer housing. A method for use with a subterranean well can include connecting at least one vibratory tool in a tubular string, the vibratory tool including an insert releasably secured in an outer housing, positioning the tubular string in the well, then releasing the insert from the outer housing in the well, and displacing the insert through the tubular string.

Claims (34)

1 . A vibratory tool for use in a subterranean well, the vibratory tool comprising:

an outer housing;

an insert configured to produce vibrations in a tubular string in the well; and

a release member that releasably secures the insert in the outer housing, in which the release member is configured to release the insert in response to a predetermined pressure differential created across the insert.

2 . The vibratory tool of claim 1 , in which the release member comprises a shear member.

3 . The vibratory tool of claim 2 , in which the shear member extends through a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing.

4 . The vibratory tool of claim 1 , in which the release member comprises a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing.

5 . The vibratory tool of claim 4 , in which the release sleeve is configured to break in response to the predetermined pressure differential created across the insert.

6 . The vibratory tool of claim 1 , in which the release member is configured to degrade in the well.

7 . The vibratory tool of claim 1 , in which the insert comprises a fluidic device.

8 . The vibratory tool of claim 1 , in which the insert is press fit in a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing.

9 . The vibratory tool of claim 1 , in which a release sleeve is secured in the outer housing between the insert and the outer housing, and in which the release sleeve is configured to degrade in the well.

10 . A method for use with a subterranean well, the method comprising:

connecting at least one vibratory tool in a tubular string, the vibratory tool including an insert releasably secured in an outer housing;

positioning the tubular string in the well;

creating a predetermined pressure differential across the insert, thereby releasing the insert from the outer housing in the well; and

displacing the insert through the tubular string.

11 . The method of claim 10 , in which the releasing further comprises shearing a release member of the vibratory tool.

12 . The method of claim 10 , in which the releasing further comprises breaking a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing.

13 . The method of claim 10 , in which the releasing further comprises deploying a plugging material into the tubular string uphole of the vibratory tool.

14 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising, after the releasing, degrading a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing.

15 . The method of claim 10 , in which the connecting comprises connecting multiple vibratory tools in the tubular string, and in which the releasing comprises releasing the insert of each of the vibratory tools from the respective outer housing of each of the vibratory tools.

16 . A vibratory tool for use in a subterranean well, the vibratory tool comprising:

an outer housing;

an insert configured to produce vibrations in a tubular string in the well; and

a release member that releasably secures the insert in the outer housing, in which the release member comprises a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing, and in which the release sleeve is configured to break in response to a predetermined pressure differential created across a plug engaged with the insert.

17 . A method for use with a subterranean well, the method comprising:

connecting at least one vibratory tool in a tubular string, the vibratory tool including an insert releasably secured in an outer housing;

positioning the tubular string in the well;

degrading a release member that releasably secures the insert in the outer housing, thereby releasing the insert from the outer housing in the well; and

displacing the insert through the tubular string.

18 . The method of claim 17 , in which the release member comprises a shear member.

19 . The method of claim 18 , in which the shear member extends through a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing.

20 . The method of claim 17 , in which the release member comprises a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing.