Baker Hughes, a Ge Compnay, LLC

Baker Hughes Corporation

Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC

Vulcan Industrial Holdings, LLC

Baker Huges Incorporated

Baker Hughes Holdings LLC

Baker Hugues Incorporated

Zhiyue Xu

Lei Zhao

YingQing Xu

Zhihui Zhang

Michael H Johnson

Gaurav Agrawal

Yingqing Xu

James C Doane

Guijun Deng

Ke Wang

Bennett M Richard

Deepak Kumar

Bobby J Salinas

Goang-Ding Shyu

Michael Johnson

Randall V Guest

Wayne Furlan

Chengjiao Yu

Gregory Lee Hern

Juan Carlos Perez

Juan Carlos Flores Perez

Zhi Yong He

Carlos A Prieto

John C Welch

Edward T Wood

Oleg Antonovych Mazyar

Soma Chakraborty

Richard YingQing Xu

Sean Gaudette

James Andy Oxford

Matthew Stone

Colin Patrick Andrew

James Edward Goodson

Nicholas Carrejo

James B Crews

Yang Xu

James G King

Yuh Loh

Colin Andrew

Wayne R Furlan

Richard Yingqing Xu

Edward O'Malley

Jason D Smith

Jason M Harper

Oleksandr V Kuznetsov

Ping Duan

Larry Thomas Palmer

Ronnie D Russell

Thomas McClain Scott

Chance Ray Mullins

David Peter Gerrard

James Scott Sanchez

David B Ruddock

Kevin Edgar Harrington

Jack David Farmer

Kent S Meyer

Kushal Seth

Tarik Abdelfattah

Xiao Wang

Yash Parekh

Beau Wright

Helmuth Sarmiento Klapper

Adriana Hightower

Bin Zhu

Steve M Winnon

Lily Truong

Mike Johnson

Guobin Ma

Caleb R Newman

Felipe Rivero

David Ruddock

Jack Farmer

David Gerrard

Edward Wood

James King

An embodiment of a valve seat for a pumping assembly includes a body having a bore. In addition, the valve seat includes an embedded structure embedded in the body so as to define, at least partially, a strike face of the valve seat. The strike face extends circumferentially about the bore, and the embedded structure includes a gradient material structure having a first material, a second material spaced from the first material, and a compositional transition region between the first material and the second material.

Valve seat with embedded structure and related methods

A valve seat for a pumping assembly. The valve seat includes a body including a gradient material structure that defines a strike face for the valve seat. The gradient material structure has a first material, a second material spaced from the first material, and a smooth compositional transition between the first material and the second material. In addition, the valve seat includes a bore extending through the body.

Gradient material structures and methods of forming the same

A casing/liner string buoyancy arrangement including a casing/liner string, and a material defining a volume disposed within the string, the material excluding downhole fluids from the volume, the volume being of a lower specific gravity than the same downhole fluids. A method for managing buoyancy of a casing/liner string including configuring a casing/liner string, running the string, and selectively maintaining or degrading the material to adjust buoyancy of the string. A borehole system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, and an arrangement disposed in the borehole.

Liner/casing buoyancy arrangement, method and system

A valve seat for use within a hydraulic fracturing pump includes a first portion including a strike face for interacting with a reciprocating component associated with the valve seat. The valve seat also includes a second portion having a recess to receive at least a portion of the first portion, the first portion being coupled to the second portion using a hybrid joining method that includes both a mechanical fastener to secure the first portion to the second portion and a joining process to secure the first portion to the second portion.

Mechanically or hybrid mounted valve seat

A disintegrable rubber seal includes a rubber composite, which contains a rubber matrix including a crosslinked rubber; and an energetic filler configured to generate heat upon activation to disintegrate the rubber matrix. The energetic filler contains a metal and a metal oxide. A weight ratio of the energetic filler to the rubber matrix is about 6:1 to about 1:1.

Disintegrable rubber seal, method of manufacture, and application thereof

A flow control device including a flow channel having a housing defining an inside surface, the inside surface having an irregular helical structure of constant orthogonal cross-sectional dimensions.

Inflow control device, method and system

An anchoring device comprises a degradable substrate; and a ceramic biting member secured to an outer surface of the degradable substrate and configured for engagement with another member, the ceramic biting member comprising a ceramic material which has a density of greater than about 90% of theoretical density and contains one or more of the following: AlO; MgO; CaO; SiO; TiO; YO; ZrO; SiC; BN, or SiN.

Degradable anchoring device with gavanic corrosion resistant component interface

Downhole hanger systems and methods for hanging a first structure from a second structure in downhole environments are described. The systems include a first structure and a second structure, with the first structure disposed within the second structure. A composite joint is arranged on an outer surface of the first structure. The composite joint is formed of a material configured to be fused to both the first structure and the second structure and form a hanger joint having a shear strength of at least 2 ksi when the material is fused to the outer surface of the first structure and an inner surface of the second structure.

Methods and systems for hanging structures in downhole environments

In one aspect, a material is disclosed, including: a periodic structure including a plurality of unit cells, the plurality of unit cells having a respective plurality of shared nodes, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells has a plurality of members forming an open cell volume; and a matrix material associated with the periodic structure. In another aspect, a method of forming a material is disclosed, including: forming a periodic structure including a plurality of unit cells, the plurality of unit cells having a respective plurality of shared nodes, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells has a plurality of members forming an open cell volume; and associating a matrix material with the periodic structure. Matrix material selection, composition, manufacturing, interfacial bonding modification, and post-treatments of the periodic structure-matrix material composites are disclosed.

Periodic structured composite and articles therefrom

A reinforced composite comprises: a reinforcement material comprising one or more of the following: a carbon fiber based reinforcing material; a fiberglass based reinforcing material; a metal based reinforcing material; or a ceramic based reinforcing material; and a carbon composite; wherein the carbon composite comprises carbon and a binder containing one or more of the following: SiO; Si; B; BO; a metal; or an alloy of the metal; and wherein the metal is one or more of the following: aluminum; copper; titanium; nickel; tungsten; chromium; iron; manganese; zirconium; hafnium; vanadium; niobium; molybdenum; tin; bismuth; antimony; lead; cadmium; or selenium.

Reinforced composites, methods of manufacture, and articles therefrom

A plug system including a housing, a member movably disposed in the housing, a seat disposed at the member, the seat receptive to an object, and a flapper connected to the member and closable onto the member when the member is shifted by the object.

Plug system

An article comprises a substrate; a polymer coating; and an intermediate layer disposed between the substrate and the polymer coating, the intermediate layer comprising a carbon composite, wherein the carbon composite comprises carbon and a binder containing one or more of the following: SiO; Si; B; BO; a metal; or an alloy of the metal; and wherein the metal comprises one or more of the following: aluminum; copper; titanium; nickel; tungsten; chromium; iron; manganese; zirconium; hafnium; vanadium; niobium; molybdenum; tin; bismuth; antimony; lead; cadmium; or selenium.

Methods of forming polymer coatings on metallic substrates

A powder metal compact is disclosed. The powder metal compact includes a cellular nanomatrix comprising a nanomatrix material. The powder metal compact also includes a plurality of dispersed particles comprising a particle core material that comprises an Al&#x2014;Cu&#x2014;Mg, Al&#x2014;Mn, Al&#x2014;Si, Al&#x2014;Mg, Al&#x2014;Mg&#x2014;Si, Al&#x2014;Zn, Al&#x2014;Zn&#x2014;Cu, Al&#x2014;Zn&#x2014;Mg, Al&#x2014;Zn&#x2014;Cr, Al&#x2014;Zn&#x2014;Zr, or Al&#x2014;Sn&#x2014;Li alloy, or a combination thereof, dispersed in the cellular nanomatrix.

Aluminum alloy powder metal compact

A system comprises a casing and a liner. The liner is concentric with the casing and the casing is disposed in a borehole. A layer of material disposed between the liner and the casing. The layer of material forms a first bond with the liner and a second bond with a metal alloy disposed on an inner surface of the casing thereby enabling hanging the liner from the casing. The layer of material is an expandable metal disposed upon a tapered surface of the liner. The layer of material contacts the metal alloy along a circumferential surface of the layer of material. The layer of material comprises a product of an exothermic reaction package; where a product is produced by an exothermic reaction of a metal with a metal alloy.

Methods for hanging liner from casing and articles derived therefrom

A system for degrading a structure includes the structure formed of a degradable-on-demand material, an ignitor arranged to transfer heat to the structure; and, a mechanical impactor movable with respect to the structure, wherein the ignitor increases in temperature upon impact of the mechanical impactor into the ignitor, and heat from the ignitor initiates degradation of the structure.

System for degrading structure using mechanical impact and method

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