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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2011
William D. Myers, Spring, TX (US);
William D. Myers, Spring, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A tubular closure assembly responsive to speed or velocity of an object. The tubular closure assembly includes at least one sensor in operable communication with an interior of a tubular. The at least one sensor sensing an object passing a first point and then a second point within the tubular. A processor receiving an output from the at least one sensor and calculating speed of the object from the first point to the second point. A control panel receiving information from the processor and a closure system movable between an open condition and a closed condition. Activatable to the closed condition by the control panel in response to the object moving from the first point to the second point at speed faster than a preset value or at a velocity outside a preset range. Also included is a method of closing a tubular of a borehole.