Wells inventions 10/07

20070246210 - Inflow control devices for sand control screens: Inflow control devices for sand control screens. A well screen includes a filter portion and at least one flow restrictor configured so that fluid which flows through the filter portion also flows through the flow restrictor. The flow restrictor includes at least one tube which forces the fluid to change... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070246211 - Plunger lift apparatus: A plunger of improved construction for reciprocating in a production string of a gas or oil well to remove fluid from the well. The plunger includes a sleeve having a through passage extending longitudinally from a first end to a second end, the second end forming a seat, a sealing... Agent: Bay Area Patent Group, LLC

20070246212 - Well screens having distributed flow: Well screens having distributed flow. A well screen includes a generally tubular structure having a longitudinal axis, and a passage for flow between an interior and an exterior of the well screen; and a filter assembly having a restriction to flow which varies in a direction parallel to the longitudinal... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070246213 - Gravel packing screen with inflow control device and bypass: A gravel packing screen with an inflow control device and a bypass. A well screen includes a flow restricting device for restricting inward flow through the screen, and a bypass device for increasing a proportion of the inward flow which passes through the flow restricting device, the bypass device including... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070246214 - Proppants made from filled polymers for use during oil and gas production and associated processes: Novel proppants useful in facilitating the hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations are disclosed, made from filled polymers such as polyamides and polyesters. A process for the hydraulic fracturing of subterranean formations using filled polymeric proppants is disclosed.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070246215 - Blowout preventers and methods of use: Methods and apparatuses for severing a wellbore tubular, the apparatus, in certain aspects, including: a first member movable toward a tubular to be severed; a second member with a second blade disposed opposite to the first member and movable toward the tubular; a first blade on the first member having... Agent: Guy Mcclung

20070246216 - Isolation system comprising a plug and a circulation valve and method of use: An isolation system for an oil and gas well is described wherein the system comprises an isolation section and a first isolation device integral with the section and a second isolation device sealingly engaged to the section. The first isolation device may be a pressure-actuated valve and the second isolation... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn:IPDocketing

20070246217 - Downhole swivel joint assembly and method of using said swivel joint assembly: A downhole swivel joint assembly comprising an upper component and a lower component. The components may assume either of two stable positions relative to each other, namely an unactivated configuration in which the components are rotationally fast with each other by virtue of the inter-engagement of splines of the lower... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070246218 - Safety valve having mono spring closure mechanism: A safety valve having a mono spring closure mechanism. The closure mechanism may be free of any spiral wound spring. The closure mechanism may include a spring having a beam which bends along its length to apply a biasing force to the closure member at its fully closed position and... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070246220 - Retrievable tubing hanger installed below tree: A subsea wellhead assembly has a tubing hanger landed in a wellhead housing. A spool lands on the wellhead housing and has a bore with a laterally extending production flow outlet. A tree cap having an axially extending flow passage and a laterally extending production flow outlet lands within the... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070246219 - Seal for a fluid assembly: A fluid assembly comprising a first part (28) and a second part (30) which interact by relative linear movement therebetween. A groove (40) extends around the circumference of the cylindrical interacting surface (36) of the first part (38) and a seal (50) is situated within the groove (40). The seal... Agent: Don W. Bulson (parker Hannifin) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20070246221 - Dispersive riserless drilling fluid: A method for drilling riserless that includes providing a drilling fluid to a drilling assembly for drilling a borehole on a seafloor, the drilling assembly comprising a drill string and a bottomhole assembly, and wherein the drilling fluid includes a brine, and a non-hydratable clay, wherein the drilling fluid is... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20070246222 - Method for recovering oil from a gas-lifted oil well penetrating a subterranean oil-bearing formation: In a method for optimizing gas lift operations in the production of crude oil, a surfactant is injected with the lift gas into the an oil well such that the surface tension between the lift gas and the formation fluid being produced is reduced and/or a lift gas-formation fluid foam... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20070246223 - Erosion control for use with flow control devices: A flow control device for use in a wellbore which has a nozzle with an output to provide a jet of fluid and a structure proximate the nozzle. The structure is positioned a set distance away from the output of the nozzle, where the set distance is greater than a... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070246224 - Offset valve system for downhole drillable equipment: Float equipment is constructed to have the check valve in an offset and/or skewed position with respect to the centerline of the tubular housing that is part of a string. The design is applicable to poppet type check valves as well as flapper type valves that are actuated with a... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070246226 - Apparatus and methods for limiting debris flow back into an underground base pipe of an injection well: In some embodiments, apparatus for assisting in reducing flowback of debris from an earthen formation into an underground fluid injection system includes a screen member disposed around and longitudinally moveable relative to a base pipe and shielded from direct contact with fluid as it is ejected from the base pipe.... Agent: Jones & Smith , LLP

20070246225 - Well tools with actuators utilizing swellable materials: Well tools utilizing swellable materials. Actuators for well tools may incorporate swellable materials as force generating devices. A well tool includes an actuator which actuates the well tool in response to contact between a swellable material and a well fluid. A method of actuating a well tool includes the steps... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070246227 - Top-down hydrostatic actuating module for downhole tools: An apparatus for actuating a downhole tool within a well bore comprises a cylindrical mandrel extending longitudinally through the downhole tool; an interventionless, hydrostatic, top-down actuating piston disposed about the mandrel and forming a first chamber and a second chamber therebetween; and a rupture disk that prevents fluid communication between... Agent: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

20070246228 - Zonal isolation using elastic memory foam: A method and apparatus for forming an elastic memory foam into an expansion element with an outer diameter larger than a borehole, heating the expansion element to its transition temperature and compressing it to a smaller run-in diameter, cooling the compressed expansion element below its transition temperature and running it... Agent: Gerald W. Spinks

20070240873 - Surge chamber assembly and method for perforating in dynamic underbalanced conditions: A surge chamber assembly (70) for use in a wellbore includes a housing (80) having one or more openings (112), a surge chamber (100) and a combustion chamber (98). The openings (112) provide fluid communication between the exterior (82) of the housing (80) and the surge chamber (100). A sleeve... Agent: Lawrence R. Youst

20070240874 - Armored stripper rubber: A stripper rubber comprising a resilient stripper rubber body, an insert support, and a plurality of stripper rubber inserts. The resilient stripper rubber body has a drillstring bore extending therethrough. The insert support is at least partially within the body. The insert support includes a central opening generally aligned with... Agent: David Odell Simmons

20070240875 - Choke for controlling the flow of drilling mud: A drilling system and method for drilling a well bore in to an earth formation is provided with drilling means for drilling a well bore and pumping means for pumping drilling fluid into the wellbore during drilling. Also provided is a drilling outlet system for retrieving drilling fluid from the... Agent: Shell Oil Company

20070240876 - Non-metallic whipstock: A whipstock that is totally to substantially non-metallic is made preferably form a composite material. The body can include one or more stiffeners that are also preferably non-metallic. The mounting lug for the window mill can also be non-metallic. A metallic base can be uses to connect to an anchor.... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070240877 - Packer sealing element with shape memory material: A packer or bridge plug uses a sealing element made from a shape memory polymer (SMP). The packer element receives heat or other stimulus to soften the SMP while the element is compressed and retained. While so retained, the heat or other stimulus is removed to allow the SMP to... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070240878 - Apparatus for radial expansion of a tubular: A method and apparatus for expanding tubulars is disclosed. In an embodiment, a tubular expansion apparatus includes an expansion swage. In addition, the tubular expansion apparatus includes an actuator. Moreover, the tubular expansion apparatus includes at least two anchors. The tubular expansion apparatus further includes at least one anchor longitudinally... Agent: Tumey, L.L.P.

20070240879 - Hinge device for portable terminal: A hinge device for a portable terminal that includes a first housing and a second housing is provided. The first and second housings are connected by a hinge device at one end of the first housing, and they rotate so that the front and back faces may be reversed. The... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070240880 - Sub-surface coalbed methane well enhancement through rapid oxidation: Methods of stimulating production of coalbed methane from a coal-bearing formation are described, one method involving providing a perforation charge comprising a standard charge portion and a charge additive able to produce localized temporary oxidizing environments in perforations; perforating a coal-bearing formation with the perforation charge to form initial perforations... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20070240881 - Integrated sand control completion system and method: An integrated sandface completion tool that can be positioned within a wellbore in a single trip and a method of providing a sandface completion in a wellbore. An embodiment of the integrated sandface completion tool includes a casing section having a casing wall, at least one explosive charge connected to... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070240882 - Accumulator for subsea equipment: Pressure-balanced accumulator apparatus for use in subsea operations is disclosed which comprises a housing and an accumulator within the housing at the first end of the housing. The accumulator has first and second chambers that are hermetically sealed from one another, with a pressurized gas in the first chamber and... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070240883 - Downhole tool: A downhole tool (10) for use in isolating a formation in a well bore from fluid pressure introduced from the surface. Mounted in a work string, the tool provides an axial throughbore (18) and radial outlets (40, 42) above and below a permanent sealing element (26), such as a diverter... Agent: Osha Liang/mi

20070240884 - Pivoting pipe handler for off-line make up of drill pipe joints: An apparatus and method for use in the off-line make-up of drill pipe stands on drilling rigs used in the exploration and production of oil and gas reserves are disclosed. The disclosed invention is a pipe handling system in which a section of the V-door ramp attached to a drilling... Agent: Howrey LLP

20070240885 - Packer sealing element with shape memory material: A packer or bridge plug uses a sealing element made from a shape memory polymer (SMP). The packer element receives heat to soften the SMP while the element is compressed and retained. While so retained, the heat is removed to allow the SMP to get stiff so that it effectively... Agent: Duane Morris LLP

20070235181 - Hydraulic fracturing: Method and apparatus for estimating a fluid driven fracture volume during hydraulic fracturing treatment of a ground formation. A series of tiltmeters are positioned at spaced apart tiltmeter stations at which tilt changes due to the hydraulic fracturing treatment are measurable by those tiltmeters. Tilt measurements obtained from the tiltmeters... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070235182 - Cup tool with three-part packoff for a high pressure mandrel: A cup tool for use with a high-pressure mandrel of a wellhead isolation tool has a three-part packoff assembly that slides over a cup tool tube from an unset position to a set position. The three-part pack off assembly includes an elastomeric cup, a rigid alignment ring located above the... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070235183 - Water well casing: A novel design for the connection of lengths of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) casing. Each length of casing has a male end and a female end. The female end has a narrowing interior diameter with its wider interior diameter at its outermost end sufficient to receive the male end of similar... Agent: Gunn & Lee, P.C.

20070235185 - Measuring a characteristic of a well proximate a region to be gravel packed: A gravel pack service tool is lowered into a well. At least one sensor proximate a well region to be gravel packed measures at least one characteristic of the well, where the measuring is performed during a gravel pack operation by the gravel pack service tool. The gravel pack service... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070235184 - Method and apparatus for sensing a borehole characteristic: An apparatus and method are disclosed for sensing a characteristic of a borehole. An exemplary apparatus includes a conductive pipe; an inlet, connected to the conductive pipe, for applying pulse to the conductive pipe; a resonant network device connected with the conductive pipe; and a transducer which is in operative... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070235186 - Pressure communication assembly external to casing with connectivity to pressure source: A pressure communication assembly external to casing with various forms of connectivity to a pressure source. A well system includes a casing string positioned in the well, with a bore extending longitudinally through the casing string; a chamber attached to the casing string and positioned external to the casing string... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070235187 - Low temperature oxidation for enhanced oil recovery: Methods and systems for enhancing oil recovery are disclosed. A method for enhancing oil recovery in a formation includes placing a catalyst in a wellbore; and introducing an oxidizing agent into the wellbore to contact the catalyst such that a hydrocarbon in the formation is oxidized to produce heat and... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070235188 - Non-damaging manganese tetroxide water-based drilling fluids: A water-based drilling fluid containing Mn3O4 has been found to be effective in providing petroleum reservoirs with the ability to flow naturally and achieve a return permeability of 90% or greater without the need for acidizing treatments.... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070235189 - Method for treating a subterranean formation: Disclosed are acid fracturing methods for subterranean siliceous formations employing a viscous dissolving fluid to create a permeable conduit that bypasses the near wellbore damage. The viscous dissolving fluids used according to the invention are acid-fracturing treatment fluids containing a dissolving agent viscosified with a material such as a viscoelastic... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20070235190 - Viscosified treatment fluids and associated methods of use: In one embodiment, provided is a method of fracturing a portion of a subterranean formation that comprises providing a viscosified treatment fluid comprising a single salt aqueous fluid having a density of greater than 9 pounds per gallon and a crosslinked viscosifying agent, and contacting the portion of the subterranean... Agent: Robert A. Kent Halliburton Energy Services

20070235191 - Push/pull belleville stack for use with zertech mtm seal: A settable and unsettable seal arrangement includes a metal-to-metal seal element; a setting/releasing sleeve in operable communication with the seal element; a retraction ring fixedly attached to the setting/releasing sleeve; a load preservation and unsetting sleeve fixedly attached to the seal element; and a resilient member operably disposed between the... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070235192 - Cement retarder systems, and retarded cement compositions: A cement retarder system for use in underground wells included a borate compound, an organophosphonate salt, and a copolymer formed from AMPS and a monomer selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid, acrylamide and mixtures thereof. A method of using the retarder system in an underground well having a... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20070235193 - Method of cooling a downhole tool and a downhole tool: A method of cooling a downhole tool. A first step involves providing a cooling chamber in the downhole tool. The cooling chamber is positioned in proximity to components to be cooled. A second step involves ports through defining walls of the downhole tool. The ports must be adapted to allow... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070235194 - Packer apparatus with annular check valve: A well packer assembly with an annular fluid bypass and a check valve. The well packer assembly has an upper packer apparatus and a lower packer apparatus with a stimulation port therebetween. An annular fluid bypass in the upper packer apparatus communicates the well annulus from above packer elements on... Agent: John W. Wustenberg

20070235195 - Subsea flowline jumper containing esp: A subsea production system on a sea floor has a pump flowline jumper with a straight intermediate portion and two end portions. Each end portion has a connector for ROV assisted connection between production units. A submersible pump assembly is mounted in the straight portion of the flowline jumper and... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070235196 - Floating shaft gas separator: A progressing cavity pump is located within a well and has a gas separator for separating gas before reaching the pump. The pump has a rotor that is driven by a string of rods extending to the surface. A drive shaft for the gas separator is coupled to the rotor... Agent: James E. Bradley

20070235197 - Gas lift chamber purge and vent valve and pump systems: The present invention is directed to producing fluid from an oil or gas well by means of a combination intermittently filled down hole chamber accumulation device and a connected upper continuous gas lift flow system, separated by an inline one-way reverse flow check valve. A two-way purge and vent valve... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn: Docketing Dept.

20070235198 - Mechanism and method for connecting ends of metal tubing: A mechanism and method for connecting ends of coiled tubing for insertion and use in a well bore of a gas or oil well. The mechanism and method requires only a sleeve for insertion into the ends of the coiled tubing to be connected and a roll forming operation to... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070235199 - Methods and apparatus for actuating a downhole tool: The present invention relates to apparatus and methods for remotely actuating a downhole tool. In one aspect, the present invention provides an apparatus for activating a downhole tool in a wellbore, the downhole tool having an actuated and unactuated positions. The apparatus includes an actuator for operating the downhole tool... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070227722 - Automated flowback and information system: An automated flowback system allows control and operation of the system from a remote location away from the dangers of high-pressure gases or abrasives traveling at high velocities that cause damage or failure to equipment piping valves. The system provides techniques and mechanical components installed in flowlines in any position... Agent: Dennis F Armijo

20070227723 - Device for diversion of cavitation flowback: A diverter for containing and reducing the velocity of the particulate discharge from a well bore being subjected to the process of “cavitation.” The diverter has a generally conical hollow containment shell and an internal diverter assembly with replaceable wear parts wherein the flow is directed into a spiral path... Agent: Kenton L. Freudenberg

20070227724 - Packer cable sealing system: A packer for temporarily closing a well or a pipe including a support and an inflatable tubular element attached to the support, the element having a wall of elastic material that is deformable radially outwards under the action of internal pressure so as to press hermetically against the wall of... Agent: Schlumberger Oilfield Services

20070227725 - Packer cup systems for use inside a wellbore: The present invention provides a packer cup system for use inside a wellbore comprising a packer cup and a backup component coupled thereto. In one configuration, the backup component further comprises a support member and a rubber ring disposed between the support member and the packer cup. The support member... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20070227726 - Slip on screen with expanded base pipe: A method for manufacturing a wellscreen and a wellscreen that have the mechanical properties of a direct-wrap wellscreen and the precise slot tolerance of a slip-on wellscreen are provided. In one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a wellscreen for use in a wellbore is provided. The method includes disposing a... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070227727 - Completion system having a sand control assembly, an inductive coupler, and a sensor proximate to the sand control assembly: A completion system for use in a well includes a first completion section and a second section. The first completion section has a sand control assembly to prevent passage of particulates, a first inductive coupler portion, and a sensor positioned proximate to the sand control assembly that is electrically coupled... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070227728 - Method and lightweight composition for sealing pipe and wellbores: The present invention provides a method and composition for sealing pipe in wellbores. The composition includes cement, water, gel and laminate particles. The laminate particles are added in a proportion to the cement to provide a weight to the slurry of between 12.5-14.5 pounds per gallon. The cement slurry is... Agent: Decker, Jones, Mcmackin, Mcclane, Hall & Bates, P.C.

20070227729 - Apparatus and method for extracting petroleum from underground sites using reformed gases: Methods and apparatus for removing oil or natural gas from the ground. In one example, the method may include reforming a fuel source by reaction with water to generate driver gas, and injecting the driver gas into the oil well. The reforming operation may include causing the combustion of a... Agent: Swanson & Bratschun, L.L.C.

20070227730 - Apparatus for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member: An apparatus for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20070227731 - System and method for controlling wellbore pressure during gravel packing operations: A technique is provided to facilitate gravel packing in a well. A conduit surrounded by a screen is deployed in an isolated lower wellbore region. The conduit cooperates with one or more valves that can be selectively opened to relieve wellbore pressure resulting from advancement of the beta wave during... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070227732 - Method of fracturing a coalbed gas reservoir: A method for stimulation of gas production from coal seams is described using a permeability modifier, such as a coal swelling agent, injected into the coal seams via a wellbore to reduce the permeability of the coal seams prior to a fracturing treatment.... Agent: Schlumberger-doll Research Attn: Intellectual Property Law Department

20070227733 - Method of sealing an annulus surrounding a slotted liner: A method of forming a seal circumferentially about a liner having pre-formed openings that is positioned in a wellbore includes the steps of running a perforating device and a seal applicator into the slotted liner, the seal applicator carrying a sealing fluid and a pumping mechanism, creating an aperture through... Agent: Schlumberger Ipc Attn: David Cate

20070227734 - Method and device for sealing a void incompletely filled with a cast material: A method and a device for sealing a void incompletely filled with a castable material, in which an expandable material is placed in the void which is to be filled with the castable material, the expandable material expanding into spaces which are not filled with cast material. A method of... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070227735 - System and method for well treatment and perforating operations: A technique is provided to facilitate perforation operations in a well. A well treatment operation is combined with a perforating operation to increase the efficiency of well preparation. A dart assembly has a dart for moving a well treatment fluid downhole and a perforating gun coupled to the dart. As... Agent: Schlumberger Reservoir Completions

20070227736 - System and method for unsticking a tool stuck in a wellbore: An unsticking assembly for releasing a tool that is stuck in a wellbore including a first anchor actuatable between an engaging position wherein the first anchor engages a wall of the wellbore and a retracted position wherein the first anchor does not engage the wall; a second anchor actuatable between... Agent: Schlumberger Ipc Attn: David Cate

20070227737 - Method and apparatus for downhole artificial lift system protection: A fluid conditioning system designed to be installed between the well perforation and the intake of a pump used to effect artificial lift is used to filter and chemically treat production fluids. The fluid conditioning system is an apparatus that provides scale inhibitors and/or other chemical treatments into the production... Agent: Wong, Cabello, Lutsch, Rutherford & Brucculeri, L.L.P.

20070227738 - Communication tool for accessing a non annular hydraulic chamber of a subsurface safety valve: A communication tool (100) includes a housing (102) having recesses (110) and a set of axial locating elements (112) radially extendable through the recesses (110) and engagably positionable within a profile of a tubing retrievable safety valve (50). An anti rotation device (140) is radially outwardly extendable relative to the... Agent: Lawrence R. Youst

20070227739 - Gas lift valve for high pressure operation: A unique gas lift valve bellows assembly in which an internal piston incorporated within the bellows provides over travel prevention and over pressure protection during valve operation, independent of the set or operating gas pressures exerted on the gas lift valve. The piston separates a hydraulic damping reservoir in the... Agent: Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP Attn: Docketing Dept.

20070227740 - Flying lead connector and method for making subsea connections: The present invention generally provides a rigid flying lead. The improved flying lead arrangement is configured to provide fluid communication between a first item of subsea equipment and a second item of subsea equipment in a marine body. In one embodiment, the flying lead includes a first substantially rigid end... Agent: Brent R. Knight Exxonmobil Upstream Research Company

20070227744 - Apparatus and method for lubricating and injecting downhole equipment into a wellbore: An apparatus and method for lubricating and injecting downhole equipment into a wellbore includes a blowout preventer, a spool for enclosing the downhole equipment, a pressure isolation window, and a hydraulic cylinder. The blowout preventer is positioned above a wellhead. The spool is positioned above the blowout preventer. The pressure... Agent: J. Elliot Alfred

20070227741 - Well servicing methods and systems: Well servicing methods and systems are described, in one embodiment comprising a pressure containment housing fluidly connected directly to a wellhead of a wellbore, and a reel positioned inside the housing on which is spooled a communication line. One method comprises introducing the communication line into the pressurized wellbore without... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate

20070227742 - Casing transition nipple and method of casing a well to facilitate well completion, re-completion and workover: A casing transition nipple and method of casing a well facilitates well completion, re-completion and workover while increasing safety and reducing expense. The casing transition nipple provides a connection between a large diameter production casing joint suspended by a wellhead and a standard production casing string. The large diameter production... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070227743 - Method of subsurface lubrication to facilitate well completion, re-completion and workover: A method of subsurface lubrication facilitates well completion, re-completion and workover while increasing safety and reducing expense. The method involves using a subsurface lubricator mounted to a wellhead of the cased wellbore to lubricate a downhole tool string into the cased wellbore by running a subsurface lubricator through the wellhead... Agent: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP

20070227745 - Secondary lock for a downhole tool: A downhole tool includes a mandrel, a sealing element disposed around the mandrel, an upper cone disposed above the sealing element and a lower cone disposed below the sealing element, an upper slip assembly disposed above the upper cone and a lower slip assembly disposed below the sealing element, at... Agent: Osha, Liang LLP / Smith

20070227746 - Packer cup systems for use inside a wellbore: The present invention provides a packer cup system for use inside a wellbore comprising a packer cup and a backup component coupled thereto. In one configuration, the backup component further comprises an angled support member and a rubber ring disposed between the angled support member and the packer cup. The... Agent: Schlumberger Technology Corporation David Cate