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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Conocophillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ConocoPhillips Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/14 (2013.01); E21B 2200/06 (2020.05);
Abstract
Gravity driven reverse circulator tools are provided and methods of using same. One tool has nested pipes that when fully nested close a hole in one of the pipes, but when the drillstring is lifted, the pipes partially separate under the force of gravity to expose the hole. The other embodiment is similar, but the hole is hook shaped (hook on top as in a walking cane) and a protrusion from the other pipe fits in the hole. Thus, both lifting and rotation are needed open the tool.