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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2024
Citadel Casing Solutions, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Todd Stair, Conroe, TX (US);
Henry E. Rogers, Owasso, OK (US);
Jimmy Venizelos, Richmond, TX (US);
Carlos A. Valdez, Humble, TX (US);
Citadel Casing Solutions LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of well construction includes first, providing a tool with a housing extending from a top end to a bottom end; then, positioning a first valve within the housing, the first valve creating a seal within the housing to prevent fluid flow past the first valve and into a well casing from the bottom end of the housing during a well operation; next, securing the tool to the well casing; then, running the tool and the well casing into a wellbore; and, finally, performing one or more well operations, the one or more well operations do not establish cement integrity within the tool such that the first valve is not filled with cement.