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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2021
Applicant:
Vertice Oil Tools Inc., Stafford, TX (US);
Inventors:
Tyler Roberts, Houston, TX (US);
Ben Weber, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Vertice Oil Tools, Inc., Stafford, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 29/02 (2006.01); E21B 47/11 (2012.01); E21B 47/002 (2012.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 29/02 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/002 (2020.05); E21B 47/11 (2020.05);
Abstract
A dissolvable frac plug with an internal chamber surrounded by an external wall with the chamber containing a tracer compound in an amount sufficient to be observed from water or other wellbore fluids when released. The tracer compound is released from the chamber as a portion or portions of the external wall dissolves due to contact with water or other wellbore fluids. The released tracer compound can be monitored from the water or other wellbore fluids.