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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2016
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Peter D W Inglis, Dundee Tayside, GB;
Katherine Ann Davies, Reflections, SG;
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/06 (2006.01); F16K 5/06 (2006.01); F16K 5/08 (2006.01); F16K 27/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/063 (2013.01); E21B 34/06 (2013.01); F16K 5/06 (2013.01); F16K 5/0605 (2013.01); F16K 5/08 (2013.01); F16K 27/067 (2013.01); E21B 2200/04 (2020.05);
Abstract
A ball valve can include a housing that contains a flow path and a ball positioned in the flow path. The ball can be configured to seal a first portion of the flow path from a second portion of the flow path in a closed position, and at least a portion of the ball can be dissolvable and the ball can include a bore formed therethrough.