IP Library Granted Patent US 10,995,593
Granted Patent B2
US 10,995,593 · App. 16/517,606 · Granted May 4, 2021

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 Braekke (Stavanger, NO)
Assignee: VERTICE OIL TOOLS INC.
E21B43/08E21B34/10E21B34/102E21B34/142E21B43/26E21B2200/06
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Patent No.
US 10,995,593
App. No.
16/517,606
Granted
May 4, 2021
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 (39)

1. A fracturing device comprising:

an outer sidewall with a first outer port and a second outer port;

a first sleeve with a single first passageway, the first passageway being configured to be aligned with the first outer port in a first mode and the single first passageway being configured to be aligned with the second outer port in a second mode;

a second sleeve with a second passageway, the second passageway being configured to be aligned and misaligned with the single first passageway.

2. The fracturing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a screen positioned in the second passageway.

3. The fracturing device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a dissolvable material positioned within the second outer port.

4. The fracturing device of claim 1 , wherein the second passageway is not aligned with the first outer port in the first mode.

5. The fracturing device of claim 4 , wherein the second passageway is aligned with the second outer port in the first mode.

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

a first ball seat on the first sleeve.

7. A fracturing device comprising:

an outer sidewall with a first outer port and a second outer port;

a first sleeve with a first passageway, the first passageway being configured to be aligned with the first outer port in a first mode and the first passageway being configured to be aligned with the second outer port in a second mode;

a second sleeve with a second passageway, the second passageway being configured to be aligned and misaligned with the first passageway;

a ball seat on the second sleeve, wherein the first sleeve is positioned between the second sleeve and the outer sidewall.

8. The fracturing device of claim 1 , wherein the second passageway is positioned closer to a proximal end of the fracturing device than the first outer port and the second outer port in the first mode.

9. The fracturing device of claim 8 , wherein the second sleeve is configured to be aligned with the second outer port and the single first passageway in the second mode.

10. A method of operating a fracturing device comprising:

moving a first sleeve within an outer sidewall to align a single first passageway within the first sleeve with a first outer port in a first mode;

moving the first sleeve within the outer sidewall to align the single first passageway with a second outer port in a second mode;

moving a second sleeve to align and misalign a second passageway within the second sleeve the single first passageway.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

positioning a screen in the second passageway.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

positioning a dissolvable material within the second outer port.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

misaligning the second passageway with the first outer port in the first mode.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

aligning the second passageway with the second outer port in the first mode.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

positioning a first object on a first ball seat within the first sleeve.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

positioning a second object on a second ball seat within the second sleeve.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the first sleeve is positioned between the second sleeve and the outer sidewall.

18. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second passageway is positioned closer to a proximal end of the fracturing device than the first outer port and the second outer port in the first mode.

19. The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

aligning the second passageway with the second outer port and the single first passageway in the second mode.

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 Jul 21, 2019
From: SARAYA, MOHAMED; TRONES, JARLE; BRAEKKE, KRISTOFFER
To: VERTICE OIL TOOLS
Reel/Frame 049810/0067 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2018047516 · Aug 22, 2018
Continuation 15698358 · Sep 7, 2017
Related Publication 20190345798A1 · Nov 14, 2019