Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Stephen Michael Greci

Michael Linley Fripp

Brandon Thomas Least

Thomas Jules Frosell

Ryan Wesley McChesney

Luke William Holderman

Jean-Marc Lopez

Richard Decena Ornelaz

Jean Marc Lopez

Gregory Scott Cunningham

Ibrahim El Mallawany

John C Gano

Ryan Michael Novelen

Jan Veit

Zachary William Walton

Aaron James Bonner

Gary John Geoffroy

Christopher Michael Pelto

Andrew Penno

James Jun Kang

Scott Cunningham

Pete Clement Dagenais

Caleb Thomas Warren

James Dan Vick, Jr

Daniel David Gleitman

William David Henderson

Travis Thomas Hailey, Jr

Paul Gregory James

Liang Zhao

Nicholas A Kuo

Srividhya Sridhar

Emile Edmund Sevadjian

John Todd Broome

Donald Kyle

Larry Steven Eoff

Mikko K Jaaskelainen

William Mark Richards

Donn Jason Brown

Mathew Dennis Rowe

Paul Joseph Jones

Mark Christopher Glaser

Xiaoguang Allan Zhong

Peter Besselink

Jon Troy Gosney

Brad Robert Bull

Graham Baines

Aswin Balasubramanian

Brian Williams Cho

Frederic Nicolas Felten

Gordon McLeary

Andrew David Penno

Matthew Franklin

Weiqi Yin

Abdel Hamid R Abeidoh

Austin Lee Wright

Maxime P M Coffin

Maxime Coffin

Finn Gamble McCarthy

Ryan W Mcchesney

Abdolreza Gharesi

Liam Andrew Aitken

David Symon Grant

Rutger Evers

Hadi Arabnejad Khanouki

Jacob Zachariah

Chris M Pelto

Edmund Christopher Williamson

Kanishk Parmar

Uriel Arias

Maxime Pm Coffin

Abdel Hamid Abeidoh

Ryan Wesley Mcchesney

Matthew Earl Franklin

Wilfried Van Moorleghem

Matthew Arran Willoughby

Cem Sonat

Terapat Apichartthabrut

Fraser Murray

Peter C Dagenais

Celso Max Trujillo, Jr

Matthew Ryan Gommel

Darrell Adkins

Ping Chew Chay

Richard Decene Ornelaz

Terapat Apicharthabrut

Bryan Ping Chew Chay

Shanu Thottungal Eldho

Scott Crowley

Steven R Hernandez, Jr

Julia Mosina

Celso Max Trujillo

Gordon Mcleary

James Dan Vick

Jyotsana Verma

Onyema C Oyeka

Provided is a float for use with a fluid flow control device, a fluid flow control device, a method for manufacturing a fluid flow control device, and a well system. The float, in one aspect, includes a base material having one or more hollow ceramic shells therein, the base material and the one or more hollow ceramic shells creating a net density for the float that is between a first density of a desired fluid and a second density of an undesired fluid, such that the float may control fluid flow through a flow control device when encountering the desired fluid or the undesired fluid.

Low-density floats including one or more hollow ceramic shells for use in a downhole environment

An inflow control device for a well that may include a chamber, a cavity fluidly connected to the chamber, wherein the cavity comprises a seat, a fluid passageway fluidly connected to the cavity, and an actuator at least partially disposed within the chamber and at least partially disposed in the cavity. The inflow control device may further include a hydraulic passageway fluidly connected to the chamber, a fluid pressure storage fluidly connected to both the hydraulic passageway, and a solenoid disposed on the hydraulic passageway and configured to control a flow of a hydraulic fluid from the fluid pressure storage to the chamber. The method may include receiving a fluid from a formation with an inflow control device (ICD) disposed on a tubular string within a formation and adjusting the actuator within the chamber and the cavity using the solenoid.

Using an internal hydraulic control system to function an electric inflow valve

Provided is a slip ring for use with a sealing assembly, a sealing tool, and a method for sealing an annulus within a wellbore. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, includes an expandable metal ring member having a width (w), a wall thickness (t), an inside diameter (d) and an outside diameter (d), the expandable metal ring member comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis. The slip ring, in at least one aspect, further includes one or more cuts located in the wall thickness (t) and spaced around a circumference of the expandable metal ring member, the one or more cuts configured to allow the expandable metal ring member to move between a radially reduced state and a radially enlarged state.

Expandable metal slip ring for use with a sealing assembly

Provided is a float for use with a fluid flow control device, a fluid flow control device, a method for manufacturing a float, and a well system. The float, in one aspect, includes a fluid tight enclosure. The float, according to this aspect, further includes density specific material located within the fluid tight enclosure, the fluid tight enclosure and the density specific material creating a net density for the float that is between a first density of a desired fluid and a second density of an undesired fluid, such that the float may control fluid flow through a flow control device when encountering the desired fluid or the undesired fluid.

Fluid tight float for use in a downhole environment

Provided is a fluid flow control system, a well system, and a method. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, includes a flow restrictor operable to receive production fluid having a pressure (P3) and discharge control fluid having a control pressure (P2), and a fluidic diode placed between the flow restrictor and the tubing, the fluidic diode configured to increase the control pressure (P2) to a higher control pressure (P2) when the fluidic diode encounters lower viscosity fluids and is configured to increase the control pressure (P2) to a lower control pressure (P2) when the fluidic diode encounters higher viscosity fluids. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, further includes an inflow control device having a production fluid inlet, a control inlet operable to receive control fluid having the higher control pressure (P2) or the lower control pressure (P2), and a production fluid outlet.

Fluid flow control system employing a fluidic diode for control pressure

A variety of methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a valve system comprising: a valve; and a valve actuation assembly comprising: a linear motion actuator configured to move linearly; a cable coupled to the linear motion actuator; and a shaft coupled to the cable, wherein the cable extends from the linear motion actuator to the shaft, wherein the shaft is configured to rotate and actuate the valve in response to linear movement of the linear motion actuator.

Valve actuation assembly with a cable and shaft

Methods for actuating a downhole device in a wellbore. An example of the method is positioning a downhole device in a wellbore, the downhole device comprising a reactive metal and a reaction-inducing fluid; wherein the reaction-inducing fluid is isolated from the reactive metal. The method further includes removing the isolation of the reactive metal such that it reacts with the reaction-inducing fluid to generate a hydrogen gas, and actuating the downhole device with the hydrogen gas.

Actuating a downhole device with a reactive metal

An apparatus for supplying clean fluid to a component in a well may include a filter. The filter may include a housing having an outlet, a conical permeable element disposed at least partially inside the housing, and a tapered helical coil disposed at least partially inside the permeable element. A first opening may be formed at a first axial end of the permeable element, and a second opening may be formed at a second axial end of the permeable element. The apparatus may further include first conduit fluidly coupling the outlet and the component, and a second conduit fluidly coupling the second opening and a tubular of the well.

Vortex filtration for debris-sensitive components in a well

Provided is a fluid flow control system and a well system. The fluid flow control system, in one aspect, includes a valve having a fluid inlet operable to receive fluid, a control inlet operable to receive a control fluid, and a fluid outlet operable to pass the fluid to the tubing, the valve configured to open or close the fluid outlet based upon the control fluid. The fluid flow control system according to this aspect further includes a density control valve having an inlet conduit operable to receive the fluid and an outlet conduit coupled to the control inlet of the valve, the density control valve operable to send the control fluid to the valve to open or close the fluid outlet based upon a density of the fluid.

Fluid flow control system employing gravity driven floats and a valve

Some implementations include a flow control device positioned in a tubing string within a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, the flow control device configured to produce a liquid or a gas. The flow control device may comprise a movable restrictor configured to move, in response to the liquid at a first velocity from the subsurface formation, from a closed position to an open position and a pilot-operated valve configured to attenuate a flow of the liquid through the flow control device when the movable restrictor is in the open position.

Restrictor and bridge valve for restricting water and producing gas

Provided is a sealing tool, a method for sealing an annulus within a wellbore, and a well system. The sealing tool, in at least one aspect, includes a sealing assembly positioned about a mandrel. In at least one aspect, the sealing assembly includes one or more elastomeric sealing elements having a width (W), the one or more elastomeric sealing elements operable to move between a radially relaxed state and a radially expanded state. In at least this aspect, the sealing assembly includes a pair of expandable metal features straddling the one or more elastomeric sealing elements, each of the pair of expandable metal features comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis and having a width (W), and further wherein the width (WSE) is at least three times the width (W).

Expandable metal as backup for elastomeric elements

A downhole sealing tool and method use a swellable material (e.g., a swellable rubber or a swellable metallic material) with increased surface area for faster reaction with an activation fluid. In one example, a swellable metallic sealing element and actuator are carried on a tool mandrel for lowering into a wellbore on a conveyance. The sealing element includes a plurality of expandable metal wires supported along the tool mandrel. The expandable metal wires comprise a swellable metallic material that swells in response to exposure to an activation fluid. The actuator is used to separate at least a portion of the expandable metal wires, to increase a surface area exposed to the activation fluid and thereby accelerate the reaction.

Fast-acting swellable downhole seal

Provided is a downhole tool, a method for sealing within a well system, and a well system. The downhole tool, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular, and a collection of individual separate chunks of expandable metal positioned about the tubular, the collection of individual separate chunks of expandable metal comprising a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis.

Individual separate chunks of expandable metal

Provided is a downhole tool, a method for sealing within a well system, and a well system. The downhole tool, in at least one aspect, includes a tubular, and one or more expandable metal seal elements placed about the tubular. In at least one aspect, the one or more expandable metal seal elements comprise a metal configured to expand in response to hydrolysis and have a surface-area-to-volume ratio (SA:V) of at least 2 cm.

Rapid setting expandable metal

A flow control system for use in controlling flow of a fluid composition in a subterranean well is disclosed. The flow control system includes a flow chamber that includes an inlet and an outlet oriented such that the fluid composition flows circuitously through the chamber, forming a vortex at least at the outlet. The flow control system further comprises at least one flow control structure shaped and positioned in the flow chamber such that a velocity of the circuitous flow is reduced and the vortex is eliminated or substantially reduced.

Flow control system for use in a subterranean well

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Little Elm, TX, United States of America

Stephen Michael Greci