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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert C Knight, Page, AZ (US);
Gerald W Haws, Littleton, CO (US);
Assignee:
Marathon Oil Company, Findlay, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ; E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166184 ; 166192 ; 166324 ; 166250 ; 277169 ;
Abstract
A bottom hole shut-in tool incorporating a ball and seat shut-off valve and a ball and seat pressure equalizing valve. The ball elements of the valves are formed of elastomeric material, which allows the ball elements to engage their seats in continuous annular sealing contact even when debris from the well is trapped between a ball and its seat or when a ball is not exactly aligned with its seat. This arrangement effectively seals off the pressure gauge used in conducting a pressure survey from fluid in the well tubing located above the shut-off valve.