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Time delay nipple locator and/or decelerator for pump down well tool string operations

US3997003A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 1975
Grant dateDec 14, 1976
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Expiry dateJun 9, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B23/08
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A yieldable detent unit useful for pump-down well tool train operations that imparts a selected time delay from moment of unit engagement with a stop shoulder in a tubing run until the detent stop action is released, thereby causing a controlled duration fluid pressure increase pulse to be generated in the pump down system.

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