IP Library Granted Patent US 10,907,430
Granted Patent B2
US 10,907,430 · App. 16/264,766 · Granted Feb 2, 2021

Plugging devices and deployment in subterranean wells

Inventors: Gary P. Funkhouser (Roman Forest, TX); Brock W. Watson (Sadler, TX); Andrew M. Ferguson (Moore, OK); Jenna N. Robertson (Norman, OK); Roger L. Schultz (Newcastle, OK)
Assignee: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
E21B29/02E21B17/20E21B33/138E21B43/114E21B43/26
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Patent No.
US 10,907,430
App. No.
16/264,766
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method can include deploying a plugging device into a well, the plugging device including a body, and an outer material enveloping the body and having a greater flexibility than a material of the body, and conveying the plugging device by fluid flow into engagement with the opening, the body preventing the plugging device from extruding through the opening, and the outer material blocking the fluid flow between the body and the opening. In another method, the plugging device can include at least two bodies, and a washer element connected between the bodies, the washer element being generally disk-shaped and comprising a hole, a line extending through the hole and connected to the bodies on respective opposite sides of the washer element, the washer element preventing the plugging device from being conveyed through the opening, and the washer element blocking the fluid flow through the opening.

Claims (11)

1. A method of completing a well, the method comprising:

conveying the bottom hole assembly into the well with a conveyance, wherein the conveying comprises fluid flow displacing the bottom hole assembly through the well;

perforating a first zone with a perforator of a bottom hole assembly in the well;

fracturing the first zone;

perforating a second zone; and

fracturing the second zone, wherein the first zone perforating, the first zone fracturing, the second zone perforating and the second zone fracturing are performed without withdrawing the bottom hole assembly from the well.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first zone fracturing and the second zone fracturing is performed while the bottom hole assembly is positioned in the well.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conveyance extends longitudinally across the first zone after the first zone perforating and during the second zone fracturing.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the conveyance comprises a wireline.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising displacing the bottom hole assembly to an increased diameter section of the well prior to the first zone fracturing.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, after the first zone perforating, displacing the bottom hole assembly to a position downhole from the first zone, and wherein the bottom hole assembly remains at the position during the first zone fracturing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2019
From: FUNKHOUSER, GARY P.; WATSON, BROCK W.; FERGUSON, ANDREW M.; ROBERTSON, JENNA N.; SCHULTZ, ROGER L.
To: THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC.
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Continuity (9)
Division 15726160 · Oct 5, 2017
Continuation 15296342 · Oct 18, 2016
Continuation In Part 15138968 · Apr 26, 2016
Continuation In Part 14698578 · Apr 28, 2015
Continuation In Part PCTUS2015038248 · Jun 29, 2015
Provisional Application 62348637 · Jun 10, 2016
Provisional Application 62195078 · Jul 21, 2015
Provisional Application 62243444 · Oct 19, 2015
Related Publication 20190162035A1 · May 30, 2019
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