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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Joe Noske, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Christopher McDowell, Houston, TX (US);
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A well tool can include a closure member having open and closed positions, a seat having a flow passage blocked by the closure member in the closed position, and a line extending through the seat. A communication method can include positioning a conduit in an interior of a well tool, and conducting a signal via the conduit between annular structures surrounding a longitudinal flow passage of the well tool. A well system can include a well tool connected in a tubular string, a flow passage of the tubular string extending through the well tool, the well tool including a closure member having open and closed positions, in which the closure member respectively permits and blocks flow through the flow passage, an annular cavity surrounding the flow passage, and a line, the closure member and the line being positioned in the annular cavity in the open position.