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US 2026/0055680 A1Published application
Gravel pack service tool back pressure valve
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsJonathon Franklin Neal, Gary J. Geoffroy, Ping Chew Chay
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a service tool configured to be deployed in a wellbore as part of a managed pressure drilling operation of the wellbore, wherein an annulus is defined between a wall of the wellbore and a work string that includes the service tool, a drill pipe, and a lower completion, the service tool comprising, a crossover port; and a valve configured to maintain a back side pressure in the annulus without pressurizing the work string.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a service tool configured to be deployed in a wellbore as part of a managed pressure drilling operation of the wellbore, wherein an annulus is defined between a wall of the wellbore and a work string that includes the service tool, a drill pipe, and a lower completion, the service tool comprising,
- a crossover port;
- and
- a valve configured to maintain a back side pressure in the annulus without pressurizing the work string.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a service tool configured to be deployed in a wellbore as part of a managed pressure drilling operation of the wellbore, wherein an outer annulus is defined between a wall of the wellbore and a work string that includes the service tool, a drill pipe, and a lower completion, the service tool comprising,
- a crossover port;
- a ball seat configured to receive a ball from uphole such that after receipt of the ball a pressure is exceeded from a fluid flow to cause at least one shear pin to shear such that the service tool is to stroke down to create a fluid communication path for proppant to be pumped through the crossover port and a return back through an inner annulus, as part of gravel packing;
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- a valve positioned configured to maintain a back side pressure in the outer annulus without pressurizing the work string.
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A system comprising:
- a work string to be deployed downhole in a wellbore wherein an annulus is defined between a wall of the wellbore and the work string, the work string comprising,
- a drill pipe;
- a lower completion;
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- a service tool configured to be coupled below the drill pipe as part of a managed pressure drilling operation of the wellbore the service tool comprising,
- a crossover port;
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- a valve to be positioned below the crossover port and within the service tool, wherein the valve is configured to maintain a back side pressure in the annulus without pressurizing the work string.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.