Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC

Brandon Decuir

Frank J Maenza

Donavan Holland Brown

Edward J Kossa

Nicholas S Conner

Joshua Snitkoff

Farhat Shaikh

Claudia Leon

Rohan Buntval

A frangible disk sub including a housing, a break mechanism disposed in the housing a carrier movably disposed in the housing, a frangible disk supported by the carrier and movable with the carrier into contact with the break mechanism, and a release mechanism restraining movement of the carrier until a threshold load is exceeded. A method for rupturing a frangible disk including exceeding a threshold load with on the sub, releasing the release mechanism, moving the carrier and the frangible disk toward and into contact with the break mechanism, and rupturing the frangible disk with the break mechanism. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a frangible disk sub disposed within or as a part of the string.

Frangible disk sub, method and system

A frangible disk sub includes a housing, a carrier movably disposed in the housing, and a frangible disk sealedly disposed in the carrier. The sub further includes a breaker concealed within a breaker housing and a breaker housing movement inhibitor. A method includes pressuring the disk to exceed a threshold pressure, moving the disk, carrier and breaker mechanism relative to the housing. The method further includes causing the breaker to contact the stop, exposing a hard point of the breaker, and driving the disk into the hard point.

A burst disk including a body, and a stress riser unexposed to fluidic environment outside of the body.

Rupture disk, method and system

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Brandon Decuir