IP Library Patent Application 15960770
Patent Application
App. No. 15/960,770

MULTI-STAGE WELL ISOLATION AND FRACTURING

Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US None
App. No.
15/960,770
Abstract

An activation tool is provided for use in a well isolation and stimulation string, The activation tool has a stationary seat for receiving a ball deployed down the string, a stationary inner body, a stationary outer body and a moving sleeve positioned between the stationary inner and stationary outer bodies and movable from an open position to a closed position by force of the ball against the seat.

Claims (15)

1 . An activation tool for use in a well isolation and stimulation string, said activation tool comprising:

a. a stationary seat for receiving a ball deployed down the string;

b. a stationary inner body;

c. a stationary outer body; and

d. an internal sleeve positioned between the stationary inner and stationary outer bodies said internal sleeve being shiftable from an open position to a closed position by force of the ball against the seat, said internal sleeve further comprising:

i. a collet formed with the internal sleeve and shiftable to lock the moving internal sleeve in the closed position,

wherein the internal sleeve and the collet are shiftable with a single stroke.

2 . The activation tool of claim 1 , wherein deployment of the ball onto the seat prevents circulation of liner fluid through the activation tool and re-directs fluid into a chamber formed between the stationary inner body and the moving internal sleeve, said fluid acting to move the sleeve.

3 . The activation tool of claim 2 , further comprising one or more shears screws affixing the stationary inner body to the moving internal sleeve, said shear screws being shearable at a predetermined liner fluid accumulated in the tool when the ball lands on the seat, wherein shearing of said one or more shear screws allows the internal sleeve to shift to the closed position.

4 . A method of closing an activation tool on a stimulation string, said method comprising:

a. deploying a ball down the stimulation string to the activation tool;

b. receiving the ball on a stationary seat of the activation tool;

c. shifting an internal sleeve being from an open position to a closed position by force of the ball against the seat; and

d. shifting a collet integrally connected to the internal sleeve to lock the internal sleeve in the closed position,

wherein the internal sleeve and the collet are shifted in a single stroke.

Assignments (4)
MUTUAL RESCISSION OF ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 18, 2019
From: THE WELLBOSS COMPANY, LLC
To: THE WELLBOSS COMPANY, INC.
Reel/Frame 051368/0244 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2019
From: THE WELLBOSS COMPANY, INC.
To: THE WELLBOSS COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 051046/0459 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2018
From: HUGHES, JOHN; RASMUSSEN, RYAN D.; SCHMIDT, JAMES W.
To: RESOURCE WELL COMPLETION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Reel/Frame 045619/0779 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2018
From: RESOURCE WELL COMPLETION TECHNOLOGIES INC.
To: RESOURCE WELL COMPLETION SYSTEMS INC.
Reel/Frame 045619/0834 →