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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:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
May. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Douglas J Lehr, Woodlands, TX (US);
James T Matte, Broussard, LA (US);
Assignee:
BJ Services Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
166278 ; 166 51 ;
Abstract
A through tubing gravel pack assembly which is capable of being run on a coiled tubing string inside existing tubing for repairing a preexisting gravel pack. The through tubing gravel pack system comprises a hydraulically releasable running tool and service assembly, a hydraulically set through tubing packer assembly and a crossover sleeve and sliding sleeve valve assembly. The gravel pack assembly is adapted to be shiftable between a circulating mode and a squeeze mode for conducting a circulating gravel pack and/or a squeeze gravel pack without the necessity of having to trip the assembly out of the borehole.