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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2015
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel George Purkis, Aberdeen, GB;
Oliver Webster, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Damien Gerard Patton, Aberdeenshire, GB;
Matthew Manning, Aberdeen, GB;
Steve Corbett, Aberdeen, GB;
Ian Duncan, Aberdeen, GB;
Santiago Galvez Porta, Peterhead, GB;
Petrowell Limited, Aberdeen, GB;
Abstract
A downhole tool () comprises a tool housing () defining a central bore () and including a fluid port (), and a valve member () mounted within the housing () and being moveable from a closed position in which the fluid port () is blocked to an open position in which the fluid port () is opened. The tool () further comprises a catching arrangement () mounted within the housing () and comprising one or more radially moveable seat members (), and being configurable from a free configuration in which the seat members () permit an object () to pass through the tool (), to a catching configuration in which the seat members () catch an object () passing through the tool ().