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US3096823A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Well bore testing and pressuring apparatus

Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
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Filing: 1959-04-28
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Granted: 1963-07-09
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Expires: 1979-04-28
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Talmadge L Crowe

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 09:39
CPC Classifications
E; E21; E21B; E21B23/00; E21B23/004; E21B23/006; E21B33/00; E21B33/10; E21B33/12; E21B33/129; E21B33/1294

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 186 words
IN APPARATUS FOR TESTING A WELL BORE AND ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A TUBULAR STRING EXTENDING TO THE TOP OF THE WELL BORE: A WELL PACKER ADAPTED TO BE ANCHORED IN THE WELL BORE AGAINST UPWARD AND DOWNWARD MOVEMENT THEREWITHIN AND HAVING A FLUID PASSAGE; A TESTER VALVE ABOVE SAID CONNECTED TO SAID PACKER AND COMMUNICABLE WITH SAID PACKER PASSAGE, SAID TESTER VALVE BEING SHIFTABLE BETWEEN OPENED AND CLOSED CONDITIONS TO SELECTIVELY PERMIT FLUID TO FLOW FROM SAID PACKER PASSAGE THROUGH SAID VALVE OR PREVENT SUCH FLOW; AND SAID TESTER VALVE INCLUDING A PORTION DETACHABLY SECURED IN SAID TESTER VALVE AND REMOVABLE THEREFROM THROUGH THE TUBULAR STRING TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGE THROUGH SAID TESTER VALVE; AN UNLOADER VALVE ABOVE AND CONNECTED TO SAID TESTER VALVE AND ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE TUBULAR STRING, SAID UNLOADER VALVE BEING SHIFTABLE BETWEEN OPENED AND CLOSED CONDITIONS TO SELECTIVELY PERMIT FLUID TO FLOW BETWEEN THE INTERIOR OF SAID UNLOADER VALVE AND THE ANNULUS SURROUNDING THE TUBULAR STRING OR TO PREVENT SUCH FLOW, SAID UNLOADER VALVE HAVING A PASSAGE THROUGH WHICH SAID TESTER VALVE PORTION CAN MOVE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 186 words
IN APPARATUS FOR TESTING A WELL BORE AND ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO A TUBULAR STRING EXTENDING TO THE TOP OF THE WELL BORE: A WELL PACKER ADAPTED TO BE ANCHORED IN THE WELL BORE AGAINST UPWARD AND DOWNWARD MOVEMENT THEREWITHIN AND HAVING A FLUID PASSAGE; A TESTER VALVE ABOVE SAID CONNECTED TO SAID PACKER AND COMMUNICABLE WITH SAID PACKER PASSAGE, SAID TESTER VALVE BEING SHIFTABLE BETWEEN OPENED AND CLOSED CONDITIONS TO SELECTIVELY PERMIT FLUID TO FLOW FROM SAID PACKER PASSAGE THROUGH SAID VALVE OR PREVENT SUCH FLOW; AND SAID TESTER VALVE INCLUDING A PORTION DETACHABLY SECURED IN SAID TESTER VALVE AND REMOVABLE THEREFROM THROUGH THE TUBULAR STRING TO PROVIDE A SUBSTANTIALLY UNOBSTRUCTED PASSAGE THROUGH SAID TESTER VALVE; AN UNLOADER VALVE ABOVE AND CONNECTED TO SAID TESTER VALVE AND ADAPTED TO BE ATTACHED TO THE TUBULAR STRING, SAID UNLOADER VALVE BEING SHIFTABLE BETWEEN OPENED AND CLOSED CONDITIONS TO SELECTIVELY PERMIT FLUID TO FLOW BETWEEN THE INTERIOR OF SAID UNLOADER VALVE AND THE ANNULUS SURROUNDING THE TUBULAR STRING OR TO PREVENT SUCH FLOW, SAID UNLOADER VALVE HAVING A PASSAGE THROUGH WHICH SAID TESTER VALVE PORTION CAN MOVE.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-07-08 1967-01-07 1967-07-09 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-07-08 1971-01-07 1971-07-09 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-07-08 1975-01-07 1975-07-09 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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