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US 11,767,744 B2Granted
Methods and systems for fracing and casing pressuring
AssigneeVertice Oil Tools Inc.
InventorsMike Lo, Stephen Parks
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Abstract
A frac plug with a flapper positioned within a shearable housing. More specifically, embodiments are directed towards an upper portion of the shearable housing that is configured to be separated from an insert responsive to flowing back through the frac plug.
Claims20
A downhole tool comprising:
- a breakable housing with an upper portion and a lower portion, the upper portion and the lower portion of the breakable housing being concentrically positioned within a mandrel, the upper portion and the lower portion of the breakable housing each having a smaller outer diameter than an inner diameter of the mandrel;
- breakable portions positioned between the upper portion and the lower portion along a longitudinal axis of the breakable housing, the upper portion and the lower portion of the breakable portions being configured to break longitudinally between the upper and lower portion based on hydraulic pressure being applied to an object to decouple the upper portion and the lower portion;
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- the object extending across the breakable housing before the breakable housing is positioned downhole.
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A method associated with a downhole tool comprising:
- extending an object across an inner diameter of a breakable housing before the breakable housing is positioned downhole;
- running the breakable housing and the object downhole together within a mandrel, the breakable housing having an upper portion and a lower portion, wherein the upper portion and the lower portion of the breakable housing being concentrically positioned within the mandrel, the breakable housing having a smaller outer diameter than an inner diameter of the mandrel;
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- decoupling breakable portions of the breakable housing along a longitudinal axis of the breakable housing based on hydraulic pressure being applied to the object to decouple the upper portion and the lower portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.