PURGING FLUID CIRCUITS IN WELLBORE CONTROL DEVICES
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Sep 18, 2014
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Mar 17, 2014
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Mar 15, 2013
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Abstract
The disclosure relates to purging a RCD including a bearing of contaminants with a fluid circuit, the fluid circuit having at least one housing adjacent to the RCD, a first plurality of valves within the bearing, a second plurality of valves within the housing, at least one inlet port located on the RCD, each inlet port being connected to the housing, at least one outlet port located on the RCD, each outlet port being connected to the housing, and a purge outlet in fluid communication with the fluid circuit.
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Patent Owner(s)
Patent Owner | Address | |
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WEATHERFORD TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LLC | 2000 ST JAMES PLACE HOUSTON TX 77056 |
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- 2014 Application Filing Year
- E21B Class
- 4199 Applications Filed
- 3550 Patents Issued To-Date
- 84.55 % Issued To-Date
Inventor(s)
Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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Bailey, Thomas F | Abilene, US | 116 | 6284 |
# of filed Patents : 116 Total Citations : 6284 | |||
Chambers, James W | Houston, US | 51 | 1844 |
# of filed Patents : 51 Total Citations : 1844 | |||
Gray, Kevin L | Houston, US | 28 | 1127 |
# of filed Patents : 28 Total Citations : 1127 |
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