IP Library Granted Patent US 10,400,555
Granted Patent B2
US 10,400,555 · App. 15/698,358 · Granted Sep 3, 2019

Methods and systems for controlling substances flowing through in an inner diameter of a tool

Inventors: Mohamed Ibrahim Saraya (Sugar Land, TX); Jarle Trones (Sandnes, NO); Kristoffer Brække (Stavanger, NO)
Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools
E21B43/08E21B34/10E21B34/102E21B43/26E21B2034/007
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Patent No.
US 10,400,555
App. No.
15/698,358
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Example of the present disclosure relate to frac sleeve with set of inner sleeves that allow selective open and close of such sleeves, where clusters of the same frac sleeves to be treated top to bottom.

Claims (45)

1. A fracturing device comprising:

an outer sidewall with a frac port and a production port;

a first sleeve with a first active port, the first active port being a single passageway through the first sleeve, the first active port having a first opening positioned on an inner circumference of the first sleeve and a second opening positioned on an outer circumference of the first sleeve, and a hollow chamber positioned between the first opening and the second opening;

a second sleeve with a second active port, wherein the second active port includes a first screen, the second active port being configured to be aligned and misaligned with the first active port;

an annular gap positioned between an outer circumference of the second sleeve and an inner circumference of the outer sidewall, the screen being configured to filter materials, wherein the first active port is configured to be aligned with the frac port in a first mode, and the first active port is configured to be aligned with the production port in a second mode.

2. The fracturing device of claim 1 , wherein the first screen is housed within the second active port.

3. The first frac sleeve of claim 1 , wherein the production port includes a dissolvable material.

4. The fracturing device of claim 1 , wherein the first sleeve is configured to move independently from the first sleeve.

5. The fracturing device of claim 1 , wherein the first screen is configured to not be aligned with the frac port in the first mode, and is configured to be aligned with the production port in the second mode.

6. The fracturing device of claim 1 , further including:

a second fracturing device positioned below the first sleeve and the second sleeve, the second fracturing device including a third sleeve and a fourth sleeve, the fourth sleeve including a second screen.

7. The fracturing device of claim 6 , wherein orifices associated with the first screen are a different size than orifices associated with the second screen.

8. The fracturing device of claim 7 , wherein a first number of orifices associated with the first screen are different than a second number of orifices associated with the second screen.

9. A fracturing device comprising:

an outer sidewall with a frac port and a production port;

a first sleeve with a first active port;

an second sleeve with a second active port, wherein the second active port includes a first screen, the screen being configured to filter materials, the second active port being configured to be aligned and misaligned with the first active port;

a first ball seat coupled to the first sleeve;

a second ball seat coupled with the second sleeve, wherein the first screen is configured to move when a ball is positioned on the second ball seat.

10. A method associated with a fracturing device comprising:

positioning a first sleeve with a first active port within an outer sidewall of the fracturing device, the outer sidewall including a frac port and a production port, the first active port extending through the first sleeve, the first active port being a single passageway through the first sleeve, the first active port having a first opening positioned on an inner circumference of the first sleeve and a second opening positioned on an outer circumference of the first sleeve, and a hollow chamber positioned between the first opening and the second opening;

positioning a second sleeve with a second active port within the outer sidewall, the second active port extending through the second sleeve, wherein the second active port includes a first screen, the screen being configured to filter materials, the second active port being configured to be aligned and misaligned with the first active port;

forming an annular gap positioned between an outer circumference of the second sleeve and an inner circumference of the outer sidewall;

aligning the first active port with the frac port in a first mode;

aligning the first active port with a production port in a second mode.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

housing the first screen is housed within the second active port; and

moving the first screen responsive to the second sleeve moving.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

positioning a dissolveable material with the production port.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

misaligning the first screen with the frac port in the first mode, and aligning the first screen with the production port in the second mode.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

moving the first sleeve independently from the second sleeve.

15. The method of claim 10 , including:

moving the lower screen responsive to a first frac ball being positioned on a first ball seat, the first ball seat being coupled to the first screen; and

moving the first screen responsive to a second frac ball being positioned on a second ball seat, the second ball seat being coupled to the second screen.

16. The method of claim 10 , further including:

positioning a second fracturing device is positioned below the fracturing device, the second frac sleeve including a third sleeve and a fourth sleeve, the fourth sleeve including a second screen.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein orifices associated with the first screen are a different size than orifices associated with the second screen.

18. A fracturing device comprising:

an outer sidewall with a production port;

a first sleeve with a first active port, the first active port being a single passageway through the first sleeve, the first active port having a first opening positioned on an inner circumference of the first sleeve and a second opening positioned on an outer circumference of the first sleeve, and a hollow chamber positioned between the first opening and the second opening;

an second sleeve with a second active port, wherein the second active port includes a first screen, the screen being configured to filter materials, wherein in a first mode the first active port and the second active port are aligned with each other and misaligned with the production port, and material is configured to flow from the production port through a passageway formed by the aligned first active port and second active port;

an annulus positioned between an inner circumference of the first sleeve and an outer circumference of the second sleeve.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2020
From: VERTICE OIL TOOLS, INC.
To: SILICON VALLEY BANK
Reel/Frame 052533/0187 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 11, 2017
From: SARAYA, MOHAMED; TRONES, JARLE; BRÆKKE, KRISTOFFER
To: VERTICE OIL TOOLS
Reel/Frame 043543/0985 →
Continuity (1)
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