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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2016
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Ewoud J. Hulsewe, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Edward T. Wood, Kingwood, TX (US);
Baker Hughes, a GE company, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Fracking ports are initially obstructed with respective biased sleeves that have an associated release device responsive to a unique signal. The signal can be electronic or magnetic and delivered in a ball or dart that is dropped or pumped past a sensor associated with each release device. Each sensor is responsive to a unique signal. When the signal is received the release device allows the bias to shift the sleeve to open the fracture port and to let a flapper get biased onto an associated seat. The flapper and seat are preferably made from a material that eventually disappears leaving an unobstructed flow path in the passage. The method calls for repeating the process in an uphole direction until the entire zone is fractured. The flapper and seat can dissolve or otherwise disappear with well fluids, thermal effects, or added fluids to the well.