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US3419074A
US3419074A US55659466A US3419074A US 3419074 A US3419074 A US 3419074A US 55659466 A US55659466 A US 55659466A US 3419074 A US3419074 A US 3419074A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E21B33/12—Packers; Plugs
    • E21B33/127—Packers; Plugs with inflatable sleeve
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/08—Introducing or running tools by fluid pressure, e.g. through-the-flow-line tool systems
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/12—Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells
    • E21B43/121—Lifting well fluids
    • E21B43/122—Gas lift
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/2931—Diverse fluid containing pressure systems
    • Y10T137/2934—Gas lift valves for wells
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10T—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
    • Y10T137/00—Fluid handling
    • Y10T137/8593—Systems
    • Y10T137/86493—Multi-way valve unit
    • Y10T137/86509—Sequentially progressive opening or closing of plural ports

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1. APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING AND REMOVING WELL TOOL MEANS IN A FLOW CONDUCTOR INCLUDING SLIDING SLEEVE VALVE MEANS HAVING SLEEVE MEANS MOVABLE BETWEEN OPEN AND CLOSED POSITIONS AND MEANS FOR RELEASABLY LOCKING WELL TOOL MEANS WITHIN SAID SLEEVE VALVE MEANS, COMPRISING: FIRST SEAL MEANS SLIDABLE IN SAID FLOW CONDUCTOR; FIRST SLEEVE SHIFTING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID FIRST SEAL MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SLEEVE MEANS IN A FIRST DIRECTION; DETENT MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID FIRST SLEEVE SHIFTING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING SAID APPARATUS AGAINST MOVEMENT WITHIN SAID FLOW CONDUCTOR; SECOND SLEEVE SHIFTING MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID DETENT MEANS FOR MOVING SAID SLEEVE MEANS IN A SECOND DIRECTION; SECOND SEAL MEANS SLIDABLE IN SAID FLOW CONDUCTOR CONNECTED WITH SAID SECOND SLEEVE SHIFTING MEANS; AND WELL TOOL SUPPORT MEANS CONNECTED WITH SAID SECOND SEAL MEANS FOR HOLDING A WELL TOOL MEANS DURING INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF SAID TOOL MEANS IN SAID FLOW CONDUCTOR.
43. A METHOD OF INSTALLING DEVICES IN A WELL HAVING A TUBING STRING, A PLURALITY OF LOCKING NIPPLES IN SAID TUBING STRING, EACH NIPPLE HAVING A SELECTIVE SEAT FOR ONE OF SAID DEVICES, COMPRISING: THE STEPS OF INSERTING A TRAIN OF SAID DEVICES IN SAID TUBING STRING, PUMPING A FLUID INTO SAID TUBING STRING ABOVE SAID TRAIN TO MOVE SAID TRAIN DOWN SAID TUBING STRING TO A LOWER PORTION BELOW THE LOCKING NIPPLES, REVERSING THE FLOW OF FLUID IN THE TUBING STRING TO MOVE SAID TRAIN UP SAID TUBING STRING AND SEAT AND LATCH EACH DEVICE IN THE SELECTIVE LOCKING NIPPLE IN WHICH IT WILL SEAT UNTIL ALL OF SAID DEVICES ARE SEATED IN THEIR LOCKING NIPPLES.
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US3506068A (en) * 1967-04-20 1970-04-14 Otis Eng Corp Pumpable impeller pistons for flow conductors
US3646996A (en) * 1970-04-24 1972-03-07 Otis Eng Co Well tools
US3692108A (en) * 1970-04-17 1972-09-19 Guy Soulie Propelling devices for tools to lower or raise safety appliances in oil wells
US3827491A (en) * 1973-03-26 1974-08-06 Macco Oil Tool Co Inc Apparatus for selectively receiving and releasing well tools
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US6408948B1 (en) * 1998-07-15 2002-06-25 Deep Vision Llc Tubing handling for subsea oilfield tubing operations
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US3506068A (en) * 1967-04-20 1970-04-14 Otis Eng Corp Pumpable impeller pistons for flow conductors
US3692108A (en) * 1970-04-17 1972-09-19 Guy Soulie Propelling devices for tools to lower or raise safety appliances in oil wells
US3646996A (en) * 1970-04-24 1972-03-07 Otis Eng Co Well tools
US3827491A (en) * 1973-03-26 1974-08-06 Macco Oil Tool Co Inc Apparatus for selectively receiving and releasing well tools
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US9181775B2 (en) 2009-12-15 2015-11-10 Rawwater Engineering Company Limited Sealing method and apparatus
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