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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8087458 | Removable hydraulic-set packer A removable hydraulic set packer has a piston activated by fluid in the bore of the packer's mandrel. The piston disengages from the mandrel and pushes a lower wedge unit towards an upper wedge unit. The wedge units push a slip outward from the mandrel toward the su... | 01/03/2012 |
| 7661470 | Expandable packer with anchoring feature An expandable packer or anchor is disclosed. It features a gripping device integral to or mounted in a sleeve over the mandrel. Upon expansion, a sealing element engages an outer tubular and the gripping device, such as wickers on slips, preferably digs into the out... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7441605 | Optical sensor use in alternate path gravel packing with integral zonal isolation Devices and methods for monitoring wellbore conditions while conducting hydrocarbon production within a wellbore, particularly an open-hole wellbore, having multiple zones within. A production tubing string assembly is made up having a plurality of packers for seali... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7383891 | Hydraulic set permanent packer with isolation of hydraulic actuator and built in redundancy A packer includes one or more anchors for securing the packer in a wellbore and a pair of seal elements that form a fluid seal. The packer assembly is hydraulically set and, thus, it can be located at any desired position within the wellbore. The packer assembly is ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7377322 | Method and apparatus for cementing production tubing in a multilateral borehole A hydraulically actuated anchor and a mechanically actuated packer are used in combination to secure a production tubing system in a lateral prior to injection of a cement to line the lateral borehole in which the production tubing is positioned. The packer is expan... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7367401 | Ported velocity tube for gas lift operations An apparatus for use with a packer set within a well bore comprises a first flow path providing fluid communication between the well bore above the packer and the well bore below the packer, and a second flow path. A system for gas lifting fluids from a well bore wi... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357188 | Mono-diameter wellbore casing A mono-diameter wellbore casing is formed by radially expanding a first tubular liner off of a mandrel into contact with a second tubular liner. The first and second tubular liners are positioned within the wellbore in an overlapping relationship. The overlapping po... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357177 | Restriction tolerant packer cup The present invention relates to a packer cup 5 having a deformable leading edge 20 which moves away from well bore or casing obstructions as the packer cup 5 is moved into a well bore. The anaxisymmetric deformable leading edge 20 can be... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357189 | Seal There is disclosed an expandable seal for sealing at least part of a wall of a well borehole, an expandable seal assembly comprising at least two such expandable seals, and a method of sealing at least part of a well borehole using such a seal. In one embodiment, th... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7353871 | Downhole automatic tool release and method of use A release tool adapted to be connected between a perforating gun and a tubing for releasing the perforating gun from the tubing after detonation of the perforating gun, the tool including a housing in connection with the tubing, the housing having an axial bore; an ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353878 | Apparatus and method for wellbore isolation An apparatus for isolating a selected leg of a wellbore from the remainder of the wellbore includes a packer positionable in the selected leg of the wellbore, a tube extending through the packer from an uphole side of the packer to a downhole side of the packer to p... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7347274 | Annular barrier tool The present invention provides for an annular barrier tool to block or restrict the flow of well fluids in the annular region of a well. ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341110 | Slotted slip element for expandable packer A packer device includes a central packer mandrel and a radially surrounding expansion mandrel that can expand radially. At least one slip mandrel carrying wickers surrounds the expansion mandrel and a plurality of axial slots are disposed within the slip mandrel. | 03/11/2008 |
| 7325612 | One-trip cut-to-release apparatus and method Apparatuses and methods allow a downhole anchor device to be cut, released, and retrieved using a single one-trip cutter and removal assembly. The assembly preferably includes a cutter head recessed behind an anchor latch. The latch is landed to the anchor device to... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7287599 | Casing packoff system A well casing packer is provided that includes a seal mandrel having a first coupler, a second coupler, and a neck extending between the first coupler and the second coupler. A first compression body is slidably coupled to the seal mandrel at the first coupler. A se... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7258508 | Annular safety and flow control system for underground gas storage A gas storage well with a tubing string that is disposed within a wellbore communicating an underground storage cavern with the surface. A surface controlled subsurface safety and flow control system is provided within the wellbore so that all flow into or out of th... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249633 | Release tool for coiled tubing A bottom hole assembly for use with fracturing or fracing a wellbore using coiled tubing is described having a first packing element and a second packing element on a mandrel. The bottom hole assembly may be run into the wellbore such that the packing elements strad... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243727 | Isolation assembly for coiled tubing An isolation assembly for use with coiled tubing is described. The isolation assembly has a check valve for providing selective fluid communication through from the coiled tubing, through the isolation assembly, and into a downhole tool, such a straddle packer. The ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7240728 | Expandable tubulars with a radial passage and wall portions with different wall thicknesses A tubular liner including a first tubular portion, a second tubular portion, and an intermediate tapered tubular portion coupled to, and positioned between, the first and second tubular portions. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240729 | Apparatus for expanding a tubular member An apparatus for expanding a tubular member. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7240739 | Well fluid control A well conduit that has an aperture for communicating with a target reservoir and a one-way valve in the aperture may be used in injection and production wells. Other devices, systems, methods, and associated uses are also included in the present invention. For exam... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234522 | Apparatus and method for drilling a wellbore with casing and cementing the casing in the wellbore A float system for use in cementing a casing in a wellbore. The wellbore is drilled with a drill bit attached to the casing. The drill bit is removed after the wellbore is drilled. The float system is lowered into the casing after the drill bit is removed. The float... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7234517 | System and method for sensing load on a downhole tool A system and method for determining load on a downhole tool according to which one or more sensors are embedded in one or more components of the tool or in a material on one or more of the components. The sensors are adapted to sense load on the components. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231987 | Deep set packer with hydrostatic setting actuator A packer and actuator therefor configured for use in relatively high hydrostatic pressure environments. In a described embodiment, a packer for use in a subterranean well includes an actuator for setting the packer. The actuator includes multiple pistons circumferen... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7231970 | Non-rotational casing hanger and seal assembly running tool A non-rotational casing hanger and seal assembly running tool for use in oil and gas drilling operations has a mandrel and a tool body that is carried by the mandrel. The tool body supports a plurality of latching segments for releasably connecting the tool body to ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225867 | Liner top test packer A liner hanger test packer assembly includes an axially translated liner top dressing mill having a calibrated shear mechanism for securing the mill at a first, top dressing position. Tool string load on the mill bearing upon the liner top in excess of the calibrate... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7225870 | Hydraulic tools for setting liner top packers and method for cementing liners Embodiments of the present invention relate to hydraulic tools which may be used to set a liner top packer and/or may be used to resist the lifting forces of cementing pack-offs. One embodiment of a tool string for use in wellbore operations comprises a hydraulic an... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222669 | Method of repair of collapsed or damaged tubulars downhole A method of repairing tubulars downhole is described. A swage is secured to a force magnification tool, which is, in turn, supported by an anchor tool. Applied pressure sets the anchor when the swage is properly positioned. The force magnification tool strokes the s... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219742 | Method and apparatus to complete a well having tubing inserted through a valve A method and apparatus for inserting a small diameter continuous hydraulic conduit or capillary tube down a well bore is presented. The methods and apparatus allow either the injection of chemicals to enhance production of oil and gas, or to provide a conduit for pr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216720 | Multi-string production packer and method of using the same A production packer comprising a packer body, a flat plate, a sealing element, production tubing, water overflow tubing, gas vent tubing, pump cable pack-off tubing, and an optional pressure transducer port. The flat plate is welded onto the top of the packer body. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7210533 | Disposable downhole tool with segmented compression element and method A disposable downhole tool includes an elongated body and a compression element. The compression element is disposed about the elongated body. The compression element includes at least one preconfigured division at disposal of the disposable downhole tool. ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7204305 | System and method for installing a liner in a borehole A system and a method for installing a liner conduit in a borehole. The system includes a packer assembly, a running tool or a packer assembly and a running tool. The method uses a packer assembly and a running tool for installing a liner conduit in a borehole. The ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7198100 | Apparatus for expanding a tubular member An apparatus for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member includes a support member comprising a fluid passage, an expansion device for radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member movably coupled to the support member for lon... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7198110 | Two slip retrievable packer for extreme duty A packer includes one dual, or double acting, slip and a single acting slip positioned on a mandrel on opposite sides of a packing element and a setting cylinder. The single acting slip is designed to resist forces acting on the mandrel in one direction. Setting for... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195061 | Apparatus for expanding a tubular member An apparatus for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member includes a support member comprising a fluid passage, an expansion device for radially expanding and plastically deforming the tubular member movably coupled to the support member for lon... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191828 | Hydraulically set concentric packer with multiple umbilical bypass through the piston A hydraulically set concentric packer with multiple umbilical bypass through the piston. In a described embodiment, a packer for use in a subterranean well includes a piston which displaces to set the packer in the well, and a line extending through the piston. The ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182142 | Downhole apparatus Apparatus (10) for facilitating coupling and cementing of downhole tubulars (12, 28) comprises a tubing section (12, 10) for use in lining a bore. The tubing section has upper and lower ends and defines a tubing wall having cement outlets (20... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172028 | Reciprocating slickline pump A reciprocating hydraulic slickline pump for use in a wellbore. The pump comprises a pump member. The pump member is reciprocated axially by slickline in order to form an upstroke and downstroke. The pump is configured such that it pressurizes fluid within a workstr... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172029 | Bi-directionally boosting and internal pressure trapping packing element system The present invention is a packer for sealing an annular region in a wellbore. The packer includes a packing element which is held through bidirectional forces. The packer first comprises an inner mandrel. Disposed around the inner mandrel are three tubulars: (1) a ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172027 | Expanding tubing A method of expanding tubing downhole comprises providing a section of expandable tubing of a first diameter, and axially compressing the tubing to induce buckling, such that the buckled portion describes a larger second diameter. The resulting diametric expansion m... | 02/06/2007 |
