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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2011
Jimmy Duane Wiens, Willis, TX (US);
Yury P. Gutsu, Houston, TX (US);
Benson Thomas, Missouri City, TX (US);
Karsten Heidecke, Houston, TX (US);
Jim Hollingsworth, Cypress, TX (US);
Doyle Fredric Boutwell, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Rodney Stephens, Houston, TX (US);
Russell W. Thompson, Hallsville, TX (US);
Patrick James Zimmerman, Houston, TX (US);
Jimmy Duane Wiens, Willis, TX (US);
Yury P. Gutsu, Houston, TX (US);
Benson Thomas, Missouri City, TX (US);
Karsten Heidecke, Houston, TX (US);
Jim Hollingsworth, Cypress, TX (US);
Doyle Fredric Boutwell, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Rodney Stephens, Houston, TX (US);
Russell W. Thompson, Hallsville, TX (US);
Patrick James Zimmerman, Houston, TX (US);
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A fill up tool includes a mandrel; a primary sealing member disposed around the mandrel; and a selectively operable secondary sealing member activated by rotation of the mandrel. In another embodiment, the selectively operable secondary sealing member is activated using hydraulic pressure.