IP Library Granted Patent US 10,378,304
Granted Patent B2
US 10,378,304 · App. 15/452,975 · Granted Aug 13, 2019

Sub-surface release plug system

Inventor: Marcel Budde (Vlaardingen, NL)
Assignee: WEATHERFORD NETHERLANDS, B.V.
E21B33/12E21B33/16E21B34/063E21B34/10E21B43/10E21B2034/007
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Patent No.
US 10,378,304
App. No.
15/452,975
Granted
Aug 13, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A subsurface release plug system includes a plug mandrel body and a plug. The plug mandrel body includes a bore, a flow port fluidly connected to the bore, and a sleeve adjustable from a first position to a second position. The sleeve prevents fluid flow through the flow port when in the first position and allows fluid flow through the flow port when in the second position. The plug is releasably connected to the plug mandrel body, wherein the plug is configured to be released from the plug mandrel body by fluid flowing through the flow port.

Claims (14)

1. A subsurface release plug system comprising:

a plug mandrel body including:

a bore;

a flow port fluidly connected to the bore; and

a sleeve adjustable from a first position to a second position, the sleeve preventing fluid flow through the flow port when in the first position and allowing fluid flow through the flow port when in the second position;

a plug releasably connected to the plug mandrel body, wherein the plug is configured to be released from the plug mandrel body by fluid flowing through the flow port; and

a detachable insert releasably connected to the plug mandrel body;

wherein the plug mandrel body further includes a channel and the plug includes a protrusion located within the channel, the channel extending longitudinally along the plug mandrel body and the detachable insert, wherein the protrusion is configured to slide downwardly within the channel after the plug is released from the plug mandrel body.

2. The subsurface release plug system of claim 1 , wherein the bore includes an inlet port and an outlet port, the flow port located downstream of the inlet port and upstream of the outlet port.

3. The subsurface release plug system of claim 2 , wherein the inlet port is positioned along a longitudinal axis of the plug mandrel body and the outlet port and the flow port are horizontally spaced from the longitudinal axis.

4. The subsurface release plug system of claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises a release member configured to be pumped downstream within the bore of the plug mandrel body.

5. The subsurface release plug system of claim 4 , wherein the release member is a dart and the subsurface release plug system is configured so the dart remains within the bore after the plug is released from the plug mandrel body.

6. The subsurface release plug system of claim 1 , wherein the sleeve adjusts from the first position to the second position upon receipt of a release member flowing downstream within the bore of the plug mandrel body.

7. The subsurface release plug system of claim 1 , wherein the plug is a first plug and the flow port is a first flow port, and the subsurface release plug system further comprising a second plug releasably connected to the plug mandrel body, the plug mandrel body further including a second flow port fluidly connected to the bore, the first flow port located adjacent the first plug and the second flow port located adjacent the second plug, the second plug configured to be released from the plug mandrel body by fluid flowing through the second flow port of the plug mandrel body.

Assignments (9)
PATENT SECURITY INTEREST ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Apr 26, 2023
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
To: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 063470/0629 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2021
From: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC; WEATHERFORD NETHERLANDS B.V.; WEATHERFORD NORGE AS; HIGH PRESSURE INTEGRITY, INC.; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES, INC.; WEATHERFORD CANADA LTD.; WEATHERFORD SWITZERLAND TRADING AND DEVELOPMENT GMBH; WEATHERFORD U.K. LIMITED
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 057683/0706 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2021
From: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC; WEATHERFORD NETHERLANDS B.V.; WEATHERFORD NORGE AS; HIGH PRESSURE INTEGRITY, INC.; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES, INC.; WEATHERFORD CANADA LTD; WEATHERFORD SWITZERLAND TRADING AND DEVELOPMENT GMBH; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES ULC; WEATHERFORD U.K. LIMITED
Reel/Frame 057683/0423 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2020
From: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC; WEATHERFORD NETHERLANDS B.V.; WEATHERFORD NORGE AS; HIGH PRESSURE INTEGRITY, INC.; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES, INC.; WEATHERFORD CANADA LTD.; WEATHERFORD SWITZERLAND TRADING AND DEVELOPMENT GMBH; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES ULC; WEATHERFORD U.K. LIMITED
To: WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 054288/0302 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2020
From: WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC; WEATHERFORD NETHERLANDS B.V.; WEATHERFORD NORGE AS; HIGH PRESSURE INTEGRITY, INC.; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES, INC.; WEATHERFORD CANADA LTD.; WEATHERFORD SWITZERLAND TRADING AND DEVELOPMENT GMBH; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES ULC; WEATHERFORD U.K. LIMITED
Reel/Frame 053838/0323 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 26, 2019
From: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC; WEATHERFORD NETHERLANDS B.V.; WEATHERFORD NORGE AS; HIGH PRESSURE INTEGRITY, INC.; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES, INC.; WEATHERFORD CANADA LTD.; WEATHERFORD SWITZERLAND TRADING AND DEVELOPMENT GMBH; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES ULC; WEATHERFORD U.K. LIMITED
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 051419/0140 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2019
From: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC; WEATHERFORD NETHERLANDS B.V.; WEATHERFORD NORGE AS; HIGH PRESSURE INTEGRITY INC.; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES INC.; WEATHERFORD CANADA LTD.; WEATHERFORD SWITZERLAND TRADING AND DEVELOPMENT GMBH; PRECISION ENERGY SERVICES ULC; WEATHERFORD U.K. LIMITED
To: WELLS FARGO BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 051891/0089 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded May 18, 2017
From: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
To: WEATHERFORD NETHERLANDS, B.V.
Reel/Frame 042428/0778 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2017
From: BUDDE, MARCEL
To: WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 041929/0905 →
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