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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Applicant:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Joe Noske, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/10 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 34/10 (2006.01); E21B 34/14 (2006.01); E21B 34/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/103 (2013.01); E21B 34/06 (2013.01); E21B 34/10 (2013.01); E21B 34/102 (2013.01); E21B 34/14 (2013.01); E21B 2034/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
An isolation valve for use in a wellbore includes: a housing; a piston longitudinally movable relative to the housing; a flapper carried by the piston for operation between an open position and a closed position, the flapper operable to isolate an upper portion of a bore of the valve from a lower portion of the bore in the closed position; an opener connected to the housing for opening the flapper; and an abutment configured to receive the flapper in the closed position, thereby retaining the flapper in the closed position.