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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Geodynamics, Inc., Millsap, TX (US);
Dennis E. Roessler, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Varun Garg, Millsap, TX (US);
John T. Hardesty, Weatherford, TX (US);
Kevin R. George, Cleburne, TX (US);
Raymond C. Shaffer, Burleson, TX (US);
Philip M. Snider, Tomball, TX (US);
David S. Wesson, Fort Worth, TX (US);
GEODYNAMICS, INC., Millsap, TX (US);
Abstract
A catch-and-release tool conveyed with a well casing for use in a wellbore comprising an outer housing having flow ports therethrough, a functioning apparatus disposed within the outer housing comprising a movable member/sleeve and a holding device, and a blocking apparatus comprising a blocking member configured to block the flow ports in a first position. When a ball deployed into the well casing passes through the tool in a downstream direction and moves back in an upstream direction, the restriction element engages onto the holding device and moves the movable member such that a port is exposed to up hold pressure and the blocking member travels to a second position in a reverse direction unblocking flow ports and enabling fluid communication to the wellbore. The ball is thereafter released in an upstream direction.