Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC

Baker Hughes Holdings LLC

Juan Carlos Flores Perez

YingQing Xu

Rostyslav Dolog

Zhiyue Xu

James C Doane

Zhihui Zhang

Goang-Ding Shyu

Yingqing Xu

Valery Khabashesku

Gregory Lee Hern

Mikhail Gladkikh

James Doane

Oleg Antonovych Mazyar

Steve Rosenblatt

James Scott Sanchez

Muhammad Faisal Iqbal

Edward O'Malley

Terry R Bussear

Eugene Stolboushkin

Ronnie D Russell

Barbara Pratt

Yash Parekh

Tristan R Wise

Elias Pena

Beau Wright

Qusai A Darugar

Erwin D Hernaez

Seth Burke

Steven R Merrill

Vitaly Y Shkred

Methods may involve accepting pre-manufacture verification of manufacturer capabilities and product precursors for a product. Discrete packets of operational parameters to enable an additive manufacturing device to manufacture the product may be generated, each packet enabling manufacture of a respective portion of the product. The respective packets may be sent for only after receipt of confirmation that a previous packet is complete and associated operational parameters for the previous packet have been deleted. A time from completion of the previous packet may be sufficient to ensure that manufacture of another respective portion of the product may begin without interruption in an additive manufacturing process. In-manufacture verification of operational parameters utilized by the additive manufacturing device may be accepted. During at least some stages, a blockchain may be updated to associate data representative of workflows for the product with an encrypted, secure identifier utilizing a secure, distributed transaction ledger.

Systems and methods for verifying additive manufacturing workflows

Methods may involve sending identification of a product to an additive manufacturer. Confirmation from the additive manufacturer of availability may be received. Approval of a respective additive manufacturer may be confirmed. Discrete packets of operational parameters to enable an additive manufacturing device to manufacture respective portions of the product may be generated. Respective packets of operational parameters may be encrypted and sent to a network-connected additive manufacturing device. The respective packets may be sent only after confirmation that a previous packet is complete and has been deleted. A time from completion of the previous packet may be sufficient to ensure that manufacturing of another portion of the product may begin without interruption in an additive manufacturing process. During at least some stages, a blockchain may be updated to associate data representative of workflows for the product with an encrypted, secure identifier utilizing a secure, distributed transaction ledger.

Additive manufacturing distributed inventory management

Methods may involve accepting an order for a product to be manufactured and identification of a product file meeting the specification, the product file comprising instructions for manufacturing the product. Pre-manufacture verification of manufacturer capabilities and product precursors may be accepted. Operational parameters to enable an additive manufacturing device to manufacture the product may be sent as discrete packets. At least one packet may be sent only after receipt of confirmation that at least another previous layer is complete and associated operational parameters for the at least another previous layer have been deleted. In-manufacture verification of the operational parameters utilized by the additive manufacturing device when manufacturing the product may be accepted. At each stage, a blockchain for certifying characteristics of the product may be updated to associate data representative of workflows for the product with an encrypted, secure identifier utilizing a secure, distributed transaction ledger.

Systems and methods for end-to-end verification of manufacturing workflows

A downhole tool for controlling the flow of a fluid in a wellbore includes a component that comprises: a cementitious material; an aggregate; and a ductility modifying agent comprising one or more of the following: an ionomer; a functionalized filler; the functionalized filler comprising one or more of the following: functionalized carbon; functionalized clay; functionalized silica; functionalized alumina; functionalized zirconia; functionalized titanium dioxide; functionalized silsesquioxane; functionalized halloysite; or functionalized boron nitride; a metallic fiber; or a polymeric fiber.

Downhole tools containing ductile cementing materials

A method of forming a sand control device comprising: infusing a curable inorganic mixture with a degradable material configured to disintegrate upon exposure to an external stimuli; forming the curable inorganic mixture infused with the degradable material about a tubular; and curing the curable inorganic mixture infused with the degradable material.

Method of forming a sand control device from a curable inorganic mixture infused with degradable material and method of producing formation fluids through a sand control device formed from a curable inorganic mixture infused with degradable material

A method of manufacturing a fluid control device includes extruding a polymer melt into a chamber defined by an outer surface of a support structure and a disintegrable metallic tubular member disposed at the support structure, the polymer melt comprising a high heat polymer and a foaming agent, the high heat polymer having a heat deflection temperature of about 100&#xb0; C. to about 300&#xb0; C. measured at 1.82 MPa in accordance with ASTM D648-18; sealing the chamber; and foaming the high heat polymer to produce a porous filtration medium in a compacted shape.

Methods of manufacturing high temperature conformable polymeric screens

A disposable setting tool includes a housing having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a passage. A piston assembly is arranged in the passage. The piston assembly including a first piston portion and a second piston portion that extends axially outwardly of the second end of the housing. The first piston portion includes a first end portion, a second end portion, and an intermediate section having an outer surface portion and an inner surface portion that extends between the first end portion and the second end portion. The inner surface portion defines a pressure passage. An atmospheric chamber is defined between the inner surface of the housing and the outer surface portion of the piston assembly.

Disposable setting tool for wellbore operations

A system for diverting fluid in a borehole string includes an object configured to be deployed in the borehole string. The borehole string includes a plurality of fluid ports defining a plurality of zones along a length of the borehole string, each fluid port extending from a fluid conduit in the borehole string to at least one of: an annular region of the borehole string and a subterranean region. The object is configured to be advanced by a fluid to a fluid port to obstruct the fluid port and divert the fluid in the borehole string to another fluid port. The object includes a core portion made from a first material having a first property, and an outer portion at least partially surrounding the core portion and made from a second material, the second material being deformable and having a second property that is different than the first property.

Fluid diversion using deployable bodies

An apparatus for setting a plug in a borehole penetrating a subsurface formation includes a tool mandrel defining a chamber having a port and a power charge disposed in the chamber for emitting a pressurized gas upon ignition. The apparatus also includes an outer sleeve at least partially surrounding the tool mandrel and defining an annulus between the outer sleeve and the tool mandrel where the annulus is in communication with the port. The apparatus further includes a piston disposed in the annulus and having an outer surface facing uphole within the annulus, the piston being in mechanical communication with a setting sleeve of the plug, wherein displacement of the setting sleeve causes setting of a slip and a seal of the plug.

Plug setting tool

A plug with a resettable closure member including a body defining a flow bore and a closure member seat, a closure assembly connected to the body, the assembly includes a closure member and a magnetic catch disposed to hold the closure member in an open position, the magnetic catch being configured to release the closure member upon a selected hydrodynamic load upon the closure member.

Plug with a resettable closure member

A device for controlling fluid flow in a borehole includes a support structure including a fluid conduit, the fluid conduit defining a flow path having a longitudinal axis, and a valve seat connected to the support structure and disposed within the fluid conduit. The valve seat defines a first engagement surface and has an opening configured to permit fluid flow through the fluid conduit, the first engagement surface having an inclined shape, the inclined shape defining an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis. The device also includes a valve member disposed within the fluid conduit, the valve member configured to be actuated to move the valve member between an open position and a closed position, the valve member engaging the first engagement surface to restrict the fluid flow when in the closed position.

Valve component including inclined and/or curved seating element

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.

Frac plug system with integrated setting tool

A frac plug system downhole tool and method of securing a frac plug system in a wellbore. A mandrel extending from a first end to a second end. A setting assembly is on the first end of the mandrel and is movable along the mandrel. An anchor is at the second end of the mandrel and is expandable to engage the wellbore. A gas generates a pressure to move the setting assembly along the mandrel to expand the anchor at the second end of the mandrel.

A sand control screen system including a housing having an inner diameter, a filtration configuration disposed about the housing, a filtered volume between the housing and the filtration configuration, and a breach feature segregating the filtered volume from the inner diameter.

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The Woodlands, TX, United States of America

Juan Carlos Flores Perez