IP Library Granted Patent US 11,131,162
Granted Patent B2
US 11,131,162 · App. 16/878,294 · Granted Sep 28, 2021

Frac plug system with integrated setting tool

Inventors: Gregory Hern (Porter, TX); YingQing Xu (Tomball, TX); Juan Carlos Flores Perez (The Woodlands, TX)
Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
E21B33/128E21B23/0412E21B23/0417E21B33/1293
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Patent No.
US 11,131,162
App. No.
16/878,294
Granted
Sep 28, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A frac plug system, downhole tool and method of securing a frac plug system in a wellbore in a formation. A mandrel includes a first end and a second end. A setting assembly is coupled to the mandrel at the first end, and an anchor is arranged at the second end of the mandrel and receptive to the setting assembly. The anchor is settable to engage the wellbore. A bottom sub is arranged at the second end of the mandrel and includes a first member movable relative to the mandrel. A gas generates a pressure to shift the first member along the mandrel to move the anchor against the setting assembly, securing the setting assembly in the wellbore via radial deployment of the anchor. The mandrel is separated from the bottom sub to leave the setting assembly and the anchor in the wellbore.

Claims (37)

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

generating a pressure in a gas of the frac plug system disposed in the wellbore, the frac plug system including:

a mandrel having a first end and a second end;

a setting assembly is coupled to the mandrel at the first end;

an anchor arranged at the second end of the mandrel and receptive to the setting assembly, the anchor settable to engage the wellbore; and

a bottom sub arranged at the second end of the mandrel, the bottom sub including a first member movable relative to the mandrel;

wherein generating the pressure in the gas shifts the first member along the mandrel to move the anchor against the setting assembly to secure the setting assembly in the wellbore via radial deployment of the anchor; and

separating the mandrel from the bottom sub to leave the setting assembly and the anchor in the wellbore.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bottom sub further includes a second member and the first member and the second member form a chamber receptive to a fluid in the mandrel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a frusto-conical setting cone for receiving the anchor.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anchor includes an expandable slip and expanding the anchor further comprises radially expanding the slip to engage the wellbore as a unitary piece.

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 for receiving the anchor and an elastic member that couples the first setting member to the second setting member, wherein moving the second setting member by the anchor expands the elastic member into sealing arrangement with the wellbore.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises first setting cone and a second setting cone, wherein the second setting cone moves against the first setting cone to set the second setting cone in the wellbore, the first setting cone being coupled to the mandrel.

8. A frac plug system, comprising:

a mandrel having a first end and a second end;

a setting assembly coupled to the mandrel at the first end;

an anchor arranged at the second end of the mandrel and receptive to the setting assembly, the anchor settable to engage a wellbore; and

a bottom sub arranged at the second end of the mandrel, the bottom sub including a first member movable relative to the mandrel to move the anchor against the setting assembly to secure the setting assembly in the wellbore via radial deployment of the anchor;

wherein the mandrel is separable from the bottom sub to leave the setting assembly and the anchor in the wellbore.

9. The frac plug system of claim 8 , wherein the bottom sub further includes a second member and the first member and the second member form a chamber receptive to a fluid in the mandrel.

10. The frac plug system of claim 8 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a frusto-conical setting cone for receiving the anchor.

11. The frac plug system of claim 8 , wherein the anchor includes an expandable slip and expanding the anchor further comprises radially expanding the slip to engage the wellbore as a unitary piece.

12. The frac plug system 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 frac plug system of claim 8 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises first setting member, a second setting member having a frusto-conical surface and an elastic member that couples the first setting member to the second setting member.

14. The frac plug system of claim 8 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a first setting cone and a second setting cone, wherein the second setting cone moves against the first setting cone to set the second setting cone in wellbore, the first setting cone being coupled to the mandrel.

15. A downhole tool, comprising:

a mandrel having a first end and a second end;

a setting assembly coupled to the mandrel at the first end;

an anchor arranged at the second end of the mandrel and receptive to the setting assembly, the anchor settable to engage a wellbore; and

a bottom sub arranged at the second end of the mandrel, the bottom sub including a first member movable relative to the mandrel to move the anchor against the setting assembly to secure the setting assembly in the wellbore via radial deployment of the anchor;

wherein the mandrel is separable from the bottom sub to leave the setting assembly and anchor in the wellbore.

16. The downhole tool of claim 15 , wherein the bottom sub further includes a second member and the first member and the second member form a chamber receptive to a fluid in the mandrel.

17. The downhole tool of claim 15 , wherein the anchor includes an expandable slip and expanding the anchor further comprises radially expanding the slip as a unitary piece.

18. The downhole tool 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.

19. The downhole tool of claim 15 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises first setting member, a second setting member having a frusto-conical surface and an elastic member that couples the first setting member to the second setting member.

20. The downhole tool of claim 15 , wherein the setting assembly further comprises a first setting cone and a second setting cone, wherein the second setting cone moves against the first setting cone to set the second setting cone in the wellbore, the first setting cone being coupled to the mandrel.

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 052719/0054 →
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