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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2020
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Peter DW Inglis, Dundee, GB;
Katherine Ann Davies, Camoustie, GB;
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Ball valves, methods to close a ball valve, and methods to form a well barrier are discussed. A ball valve includes a valve housing and a ball that is rotatably movable from an open position to a closed position. The ball valve also includes an actuation mechanism operable to rotate the ball from the open position to the closed position, where a fluid passage of the ball is not aligned with a fluid passage of the valve housing while the ball is in the closed position. The ball valve further includes a sleeve disposed in the valve housing and operable to shift from a first position to a second position to actuate the actuation mechanism.