IP Library Granted Patent US 11,125,045
Granted Patent B2
US 11,125,045 · App. 16/878,286 · Granted Sep 21, 2021

Frac plug system with integrated setting tool

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Patent No.
US 11,125,045
App. No.
16/878,286
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A frac plug system downhole tool and method of securing a frac plug system in a wellbore. A mandrel extending from a first end to a second end. A setting assembly is on the first end of the mandrel and is movable along the mandrel. An anchor is at the second end of the mandrel and is expandable to engage the wellbore. A gas generates a pressure to move the setting assembly along the mandrel to expand the anchor at the second end of the mandrel.

Claims (34)

1. A method of securing a frac plug system in a wellbore, comprising:

disposing the frac plug system in the wellbore, the frac plug system including:

a mandrel extending from a first end to a second end, the mandrel having an activation chamber including a piston separating a fluid from a power charge;

a setting assembly at the first end of the mandrel and forming a pressure chamber between the setting assembly and the mandrel, wherein the setting assembly is movable along the mandrel;

an anchor at the second end of the mandrel, the anchor expandable to engage the wellbore; and

activating the power charge to act on the piston to drive the fluid from the activation chamber into the pressure chamber to move the setting assembly from the first end to the second end to expand the anchor at the second end of the mandrel.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anchor is expandable to engage the wellbore as a unitary piece, further comprising moving the setting assembly against a slip to expand the anchor radially.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mandrel further comprises a port between the fluid of the activation chamber and the pressure chamber, further comprising driving the fluid through the port into the pressure chamber via the piston.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a frusto-conical setting cone movable from the first end to the second end to expand the anchor.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a collar and a setting member having first frusto-conical surface receptive to the collar and a second frusto-conical surface receptive to the anchor.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises first setting member, a second setting member having a frusto-conical surface and a member that couples the first setting member to the second setting member.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a first setting cone and a second setting cone between the first setting cone and the anchor, wherein the first setting cone moves against the second setting cone to expand the anchor.

8. A downhole tool, comprising:

a mandrel extending from a first end to a second end;

a setting assembly on the first end of the mandrel and forming a pressure chamber between the setting assembly and the mandrel, the setting assembly movable along the mandrel;

an anchor at the second end of the mandrel, the anchor expandable to engage a wellbore; and

an activation chamber in the mandrel, the activating chamber including a piston separating a fluid from a power charge activatable to act on the piston to drive the fluid from the activation chamber into the pressure chamber, thereby moving the setting assembly from the first end to the second end to expand the anchor at the second end of the mandrel.

9. The downhole tool of claim 8 , wherein the anchor is radially expandable to engage the wellbore as a unitary piece.

10. The downhole tool of claim 8 , further comprising a port in the mandrel between the fluid of the activation chamber and the pressure chamber.

11. The downhole tool of claim 8 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a setting cone having a frusto-conical surface that is moved against the anchor.

12. The downhole tool of claim 8 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a collar and a setting member having first frusto-conical surface receptive to the collar and a second frusto-conical surface receptive to the anchor.

13. The downhole tool of claim 8 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises first setting member, a second setting member having a frusto-conical surface and a member that couples the first setting member to the second setting member.

14. The downhole tool of claim 8 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a first setting cone and a second setting cone between the first setting cone and the anchor, wherein the first setting cone moves against the second setting cone to expand the anchor.

15. A frac plug system, comprising:

a mandrel extending from a first end to a second end;

a setting assembly on the first end of the mandrel and forming a pressure chamber between the setting assembly and the mandrel;

an anchor at the second end of the mandrel, the anchor expandable to engage a wellbore; and

an activation chamber in the mandrel, the activating chamber including a piston separating a fluid from a power charge activatable to act on the piston to drive the fluid from the activation chamber into the pressure chamber, thereby moving the setting assembly from the first end to the second end to expand the anchor at the second end of the mandrel.

16. The frac plug system of claim 15 , wherein the anchor is radially expandable to engage the wellbore as a unitary piece.

17. The frac plug system of claim 15 , further comprising a port in the mandrel between the fluid of the activation chamber and the pressure chamber.

18. The frac plug system of claim 15 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a setting cone having a frusto-conical surface that is moved against the anchor.

19. The frac plug system of claim 15 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a collar and a setting member having first frusto-conical surface receptive to the collar and a second frusto-conical surface receptive to the anchor.

20. The frac plug system of claim 15 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises first setting member, a second setting member having a frusto-conical surface and a member that couples the first setting member to the second setting member.

21. The frac plug system of claim 15 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a first setting cone and a second setting cone between the first setting cone and the anchor, wherein the first setting cone moves against the second setting cone to expand the anchor.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
To: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 060818/0965 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 16, 2022
From: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
To: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 061037/0086 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2020
From: HERN, GREGORY; XU, YINGQING; FLORES PEREZ, JUAN CARLOS
To: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 052716/0074 →