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Granted Patent B2
US 11,846,171 · App. 17/735,545 · Granted Dec 19, 2023

Methods and systems for fracing and casing pressuring

Inventors: Mike Lo (Houston, TX); Stephen Parks (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Vertice Oil Tools Inc.
E21B43/261E21B33/1294E21B33/12E21B33/13E21B34/142E21B2200/05E21B2200/08
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Patent No.
US 11,846,171
App. No.
17/735,545
Granted
Dec 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A frac plug with a flapper positioned within a shearable housing. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards an upper portion of the shearable housing that is configured to be separated from an insert responsive to flowing back through the frac plug.

Claims (19)

1. A downhole tool comprising:

a shearing housing with an upper portion and a lower portion, the shearing housing being positioned within a mandrel;

an object positioned within the shearing housing before the shearing housing is positioned downhole;

stress points positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion; and

ports radially extending through a circumference of the downhole tool, wherein the ports are configured to allow communication between a first area above the object and a second area below the object before the lower portion is sheared from the upper portion, wherein the upper portion of the shearing housing remains fixed in place when the lower portion of the shearing housing slides in a first direction to cover the ports when sheared based on a pressure applied across the shearing housing.

2. The downhole tool of claim 1 , wherein the upper portion of the shearing housing moves in a second direction after fluid flows in the second direction.

3. A downhole tool comprising: a shearing housing with an upper portion and a lower portion, each of the upper portion of the shearing housing and the lower portion of the shearing housing being positioned radially within an inner diameter of a mandrel;

an object positioned within the shearing housing before the shearing housing is positioned downhole;

stress points positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion of the shearing housing, and the stress points being part of the shearing housing and radially positioned within the inner diameter of the mandrel, wherein the stress points are configured to break to separate the upper portion and the lower portion,

wherein the upper portion of the shearing housing and the object move in the up hole direction, and

wherein the upper portion of shearing housing and the object move outside of the downhole tool after the stress points break.

4. The downhole tool of claim 3 , wherein the downhole tool is a cartridge that is configured to encompass the shearing housing and be pumped downhole and land on a ledge within the inner diameter of the mandrel.

5. The downhole tool of claim 3 , wherein the object cannot move outside of the shearing housing along a longitudinal axis of the mandrel until the upper portion of the shearing housing is sheared from the lower portion of the shearing housing.

6. The downhole tool of claim 3 , wherein the housing is configured to selectively secure the object in place, the object is positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion after the lower portion and the upper portion are sheared from each other, and a first area above the object and a second area below the object are isolated from each other after the lower portion and the upper portion are sheared from each other.

7. A downhole tool comprising:

a shearing housing with an upper portion and a lower portion, each of the upper portion of the shearing housing and the lower portion of the shearing housing being positioned radially within an inner diameter of a mandrel;

an object positioned within the shearing housing before the shearing housing is positioned downhole; and

stress points positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion of the shearing housing, and the stress points being radially positioned within the inner diameter of the mandrel, wherein the stress points are configured to break to separate the upper portion and the lower portion;

wherein the object is a flapper that is configured to rotate within the shearing housing to isolate a first area above the object from a second area below the object.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2023
From: PARKS, STEPHEN; LO, MIKE
To: VERTICE OIL TOOLS, INC.
Reel/Frame 065498/0124 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2022013005 · Jan 19, 2022
Continuation In Part 17175864 · Feb 15, 2021
Related Publication 20220259962A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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