IP Library Granted Patent US 10,443,350
Granted Patent B2
US 10,443,350 · App. 15/978,601 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Methods and systems for setting and unsetting packers within a well

Inventor: Peter Kris Cleven (Grand-Barachois, CA)
Assignee: COMITT WELL SOLUTIONS US HOLDING INC.
E21B34/102E21B23/08E21B33/1285E21B34/063E21B34/10E21B43/25E21B43/267E21B43/26E21B2034/007
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,443,350
App. No.
15/978,601
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A casing having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, a packer positioned on a tool configured to expand across an annulus, and a pressure port positioned within a between the inner diameter and the outer diameter of the casing. The pressure port includes a first end being positioned on a lower annulus on a first side of the packer and second end being positioned on an upper annulus on a second side of the packer, wherein the pressure port is configured to create a pressure differential between the upper annulus and the lower annulus.

Claims (11)

1. A system for stimulating a well, the system comprising:

a casing having an inner diameter and an outer diameter, the casing including a stimulation port;

a packer positioned on a tool configured to expand across an annulus to create an upper annulus and a lower annulus, the packer being configured to expand across the annulus responsive to flowing fluid within the inner diameter of the tool;

a valve sleeve positioned adjacent to an inner diameter of the casing, the valve sleeve including a valve port, and the valve sleeve being configured to move to align the valve port with the stimulation port responsive to increasing the pressure within the upper annulus;

a pressure port positioned outside of the tool, the pressure port being positioned below the valve sleeve, wherein the pressure port creates a pressure differential between the upper annulus and the lower annulus when the packer is set.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising: a locking mechanism positioned on the valve sleeve; a locking element positioned on the casing, the locking element being configured to receive the locking mechanism to maintain the alignment of the stimulation port and the valve port after the stimulation port is aligned with the valve port.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising: a shifting profile configured to expand across the annulus to secure the tool in place, wherein the valve sleeve is configured to move while the tool is fixed in place.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the shifting profile is configured to retract to no longer secure the tool in place responsive to decreasing a pressure within the inner diameter of the tool.

5. The system of claim 3 , further comprising: a shearable element configured to pull the tool down the well, wherein the shifting profile is configured to expand across the annulus responsive to the shearable element being decoupled from the tool.

6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising: a piston sleeve positioned between the shearable element and the shifting profile, the piston sleeve being configured to move and expose the shifting profile responsive to the shearable element being decoupled from the tool.

7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising: a check valve tool configured to move between a first mode and a second mode while positioned in the tool based on the fluid flow rate, wherein in the first mode the check valve covers a passageway and in the second mode the check valve does not cover the passageway, the packer being set in the first mode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2023
From: COMITT WELL SOLUTIONS US HOLDING INC.
To: COMITT WELL SOLUTIONS LLC
Reel/Frame 063157/0522 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2018
From: CLEVEN, PETER KRIS
To: COMITT WELL SOLUTIONS US HOLDING INC.
Reel/Frame 045795/0871 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2017032822 · May 16, 2017
Continuation 15197158 · Jun 29, 2016
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