Self locking plug seat, system and method
View Patent ↗A seat assembly includes a hollow frustocone; a slip subassembly interactive with the frustocone to anchor the frustocone in place during use. A seal disposed at the frustocone to receive a plug and upon receipt of the plug seal the plug to the frustocone and to a tubular structure in which the frustocone is anchored during use. A method for treating a borehole.
1. A seat assembly comprising:
a hollow frustocone;
a slip subassembly interactive with the frustocone to anchor the frustocone in place during use;
a seal disposed at the frustocone to receive a plug and upon receipt of the plug be disposed between the plug and the frustocone and between the plug and the tubular to seal with the plug, seal to the frustocone and seal to a tubular structure in which the frustocone is anchored during use.
2. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the frustocone includes wickers at an outer frustoconical surface thereof.
3. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein an outer surface of the frustocone is angled at a locking angle.
4. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 3 wherein the angle is less than seven degrees to an axis of the frustocone.
5. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the slip subassembly is a slip ring.
6. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the slip subassembly is a plurality of slips.
7. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 2 wherein the slip subassembly includes wicker threads complementary to the wickers of the frustocone.
8. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the frustocone includes a backup for the seal.
9. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein the seal covers a seat of the frustocone.
10. The seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 wherein one or more of the frustocone and slip subassembly are configured to chemically degrade in the presence of a specific fluid.
11. A borehole system comprising
a tubing string;
a seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 disposed in the tubing string.
12. The borehole system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the seat assembly is in a set positon.
13. The borehole system as claimed in claim 11 further including a plug configured to seal with the seal.
14. The borehole system as claimed in claim 13 wherein the plug is also configured to support the frustocone.
15. The borehole system as claimed in claim 13 wherein the plug is a ball.
16. The borehole system as claimed in claim 14 wherein the plug is a body.
17. A method for treating a borehole comprising
setting a seat assembly as claimed in claim 1 in a tubular structure;
landing a plug in the seat assembly; and
hydraulically pressuring against the plug in the seat assembly.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the landing further includes one or more of sealing the plug to the frustocone and sealing the plug to the tubular structure.
19. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the landing include deforming the seal against the tubular structure.
20. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the landing includes supporting the frustocone with the plug.
21. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the pressuring includes fracturing a borehole formation surrounding the tubular structure.