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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2025
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Steven Craig, Spring, TX (US);
Bennie Jackson Lindsey, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Nauman Mhaskar, Cypress, TX (US);
Abstract
A work string performs a method of circulating a fluid in a borehole. The work string includes a sub includes a housing having a first section including a first flow bore and a second section including a second flow bore, a valve between the first flow bore and the second flow bore, at least one slot at a side of the housing in the first section, a sleeve movable within the first flow bore, the sleeve having an end proximate the valve and at least one opening along its side, and a linear actuator for moving the sleeve. The linear actuator places the sleeve in a position at which the end of the sleeve closes the valve and fluid flows from the first flow bore to a region outside of the housing through the at least one opening.