Wells – Valves – closures or changeable restrictors – Destructible element
Patent
1982-04-15
1984-04-10
Leppink, James A.
Wells
Valves, closures or changeable restrictors
Destructible element
166322, 166321, 166332, 137 71, E21B 3408, E21B 3410
Patent
active
044415583
ABSTRACT:
A well system in which a dual annular type valve with wall flow ports, operable by ambient pressures, is utilized as part of the well tool string to provide an unrestricted flow path for production through and prevent excess back pressure on the producing formation. The valve has outside seals and internal valves above and below the wall ports controlling flow therethrough. Higher pressure outside the valve will open the biased closed lower sleeve valve to production flow through the wall ports into the flow path through the well production tubing. If pressure in the flow path through increases, both valves close preventing flow out through the wall ports. Increasing flow path pressure to a predetermined value shears lower valve seat positioning pins to open wall flow ports to high volume flow pumped into the formation to kill the well and to two-way flow afterward.
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patent: 3874634 (1975-04-01), Gazda
patent: 3990511 (1976-11-01), Gazda
patent: 4044829 (1977-08-01), Jessup et al.
patent: 4201364 (1980-05-01), Taylor
Heard Thomas J.
Welch William R.
Cox Roland O.
Dang Hoang C.
Leppink James A.
Otis Engineering Corporation
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