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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5058683 | Wet connector A wet concern for latchingly connecting an electric cable between surface equipment and a previously installed electrically powered well tool at a remote, downhole location in a well for transmitting electrical energy or signals thereto or therefrom. One ... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4997384 | Wet connector A wet connector for latchingly connecting an electric cable between surface equipment and a previously installed electrically powered well tool at a remote, downhole location in a well for transmitting electrical energy or signals thereto or therefrom. Th... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4938060 | Downhole inspection system A system and methods for the inspection of a well borehole and the formation around said borehole. The system includes a coiled tubing unit for injecting flexible coiled tubing into a wellbore through a wellhead, a pump and valves for control of injection... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4921438 | Wet connector A wet connector for latchingly connecting an electric cable between surface equipment and a previously installed electrically powered well tool at a remote, downhole location in a well for transmitting electrical energy or signals thereto or therefrom. On... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4418756 | Method and apparatus for performing operations in well tubing A pumpdown system in which the pistons providing for movement of the train into and out of the well do not travel down into the tubing below the wellhead and are connected to tools through reach rods extending down into the tubing. The cathead effect resu... | 12/06/1983 |
| 4355686 | Well system and method A method and apparatus especially adapted for use with an injection well in which a valve controlled H-member interconnects the two tubings of a two tubing installation and landing nipples are attached to the lower legs of the H-member to receive expendab... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4344602 | Lock open mechanism for subsurface safety valve A subsurface safety valve for use in wells, preferably adapted for placement in a tubing string, having a lock open mechanism for temporarily maintaining the safety valve in the open to flow position. The safety valve includes a closure device, such as a ... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4334581 | Balanced area safety valve A single line surface controlled, subsurface safety valve, adapted for connection in a well tubing string. The safety valve has a closure means disposed in the bore of the safety valve housing and is operable by action of control pressure fluid causing a ... | 06/15/1982 |
| 4204690 | Sealing retaining ring assembly A sealing ring assembly is disclosed for use in sealing the annular gap between two concentric cylindrical members, one of the members having an annular groove and the other member having a surface opposed to the groove. Deformable seal material and a rad... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4201363 | Tubing retrievable surface controlled subsurface safety valve Disclosed is a tubing retrievable surface controlled subsurface safety valve having provisions for blocking communication of control fluid to the valve's pressure responsive operator and for locking the valve open in the event of valve failure. This abstr... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4164977 | Well latch Disclosed is a well latch for locking well tools in a well flow conductor. The latch housing has a pressure equalizing passage extending through its wall. A valve controls flow through the equalizing passage. Keys, carried by the latch housing, are expand... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4127167 | Lubricator for moving well equipment through flow conductor Disclosed is a rod-type lubricator for moving well equipment through a flow conductor. A piston controls movement of the lubricator rod. The rod includes an equipment handling segment and reach segments. As many reach segments as desired may be employed. ... | 11/28/1978 |
| 4119147 | Pumpdown safety valve Disclosed is a pumpdown, retrievable, subsurface, safety valve for use in a well. The valve comprises a valve section including a valve member to control flow through the well tubing and one or more force exerting sections urging the valve member to a pos... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4078810 | Piston type seal unit for wells A seal unit for movement through a flow conductor for pumpdown piston or well swab service, including a mandrel body, a seal element mounting sleeve disposed for limited travel on the body, and elastic annular seal means secured on the mounting sleeve to ... | 03/14/1978 |
| 4049052 | Subsurface annulus safety valve Disclosed is a safety system to control flow within a well which includes an annulus safety valve to control flow in the annulus between concentric well pipe and which may include a tubing safety valve to control flow in the inner pipe.... | 09/20/1977 |
| 3935903 | Well tubing protective fluid injection system A down-the-hole well tubing protective fluid system, with an injection valve in fluid communication with a ported nipple above a packer assembly, for introduction of protective fluid to the tubing bore. The system includes a concentric protective fluid fl... | 02/03/1976 |
