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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2009
Applicant:
Sebastiaan Wolters, Kingwood, TX (US);
Inventor:
Sebastiaan Wolters, Kingwood, TX (US);
Assignee:
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 34/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for reducing the number of control lines needed to control a plurality of downhole devices including supplying a first control line in operable communication with a plurality of devices, the plurality of devices including at least one group of devices; supplying a second control line in operable communication with said at least one group of devices; and actuating each device of the plurality of devices in said at least one group of devices simultaneously in response to a pressure event.