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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2023
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Marc Carriere, Calgary, CA;
Justin Hibbs, Calgary, CA;
Abstract
A valve, including a housing having a port, a valve member positioned to selectively, adjustably, and repeatably obstruct, unobstruct, and partially obstruct the port solely by interaction with an untethered object, an indexer operably connected to the valve member; and an object profile in operable contact with the indexer. A method for managing a wellbore, including dropping an object to land on the object seat of a valve, cycling the indexer, moving the valve member to a position dictated by the indexer, changing the object on the profile, and releasing the object after changing the object. A borehole system, including a plurality of valves, each object profile of the plurality of valves having a different dimension. A wellbore system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a valve disposed within or as a part of the string.