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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 31, 2018
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Peter D. W. Inglis, Dundee, GB;

Michael Linley Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);

Thomas Jules Frosell, Irving, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/06 (2006.01); E21B 34/10 (2006.01); E21B 34/16 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/066 (2013.01); E21B 34/10 (2013.01); E21B 34/16 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); E21B 2200/04 (2020.05);
Abstract

An actuation system for remotely transitioning a downhole wellbore tool between distinct operational configurations includes a sensor that can detect a downhole pressure in a tubular string extending into a wellbore and an electronic decoder that monitors the pressure the tubular string until a target pressure profile is detected. When the target pressure profile is detected, the decoder issues a command to an actuation mechanism, causing the downhole wellbore tool to transition between the distinct operational configurations. The target pressure profile may be transmitted from the surface location by operating a pump to produce specific downhole pressure levels for specific time intervals. The specific downhole pressures do not need to be applied directly to the downhole wellbore tool, and thus the each of a plurality of various downhole wellbore tools may be operated independently without interfering with one another.


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