Patent · US Expired

Downhole tool with pressure balancing

US7290604B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateNov 4, 2003
Grant dateNov 6, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 8, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B31/1135
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A downhole tool is provided that creates balancing forces that allow a tool such as ajar to continue to function when intrusion of gas into the fluid chamber of the jar occurs to cause gas pressure in the jar to exceed hydrostatic pressure. The excess pressure is balanced by forming an area acted on by the gas pressure equal to the cross-sectional area of the mandrel, such that the forces on the mandrel are equal and opposite.

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