Gregory Charles Badke

7552777, Jun 30, 2009

Dec 28, 2005

11/320113

Douglas J. Murray - Humble TX, US
Vel Berzin - Houston TX, US
Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

E21B 23/00

166381, 166376

Setting mechanisms for downhole tools are described that take advantage of hydrostatic pressure in the wellbore which is harnessed to set a tool after exposure to well fluids for a given time or temperature defeats a lock and allows hydrostatic forces to trigger the setting of the tool. Alternatively, some other biasing source is released to set the downhole tool after exposure to well fluids for a time or a temperature and time defeats a lock and allows the biasing source to set the tool. While applications to packers are preferred, other downhole tools can be set in his manner removing the need for an inner string, dropping a ball on a seat or pressurizing the wellbore to achieve the setting of the downhole tool.

7597152, Oct 6, 2009

Dec 13, 2007

11/955650

Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Conroe TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

E21B 33/127

166387, 166187, 166179, 277333, 277934

An inflatable features a swelling layer. The swelling layer can be made integral or attached to the element or it can be bonded or otherwise secured to the mandrel. Upon inflation with fluid, the element expands into sealing contact with a surrounding tubular or wellbore. The fluid is absorbed or otherwise interacts with the swelling layer so that, in a preferred embodiment, the total occupied volume of the swelling layer and fluid individually is retained after mixing with the swelling of the layer acting to hold the seal of the inflatable element even if a problem develops in the sealing element.

7997338, Aug 16, 2011

Mar 11, 2009

12/401994

Anthony P. Foster - Katy TX, US
Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Ammar Munshi - Houston TX, US
Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US
Nervy Enrique Faria - Houston TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

E21B 33/12

166188, 166195, 1662422, 1662423

A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can also be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.

8225861, Jul 24, 2012

Jul 11, 2011

13/180062

Anthony P. Foster - Katy TX, US
Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Ammar Munshi - Houston TX, US
Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US
Nervy Enrique Faria - Houston TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

E21B 33/12

166188, 166195, 1662422, 1662423

A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.

8371374, Feb 12, 2013

May 1, 2012

13/461126

Anthony P. Foster - Katy TX, US
Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Ammar Munshi - Houston TX, US
Edward T. Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US
Nervy Enrique Faria - Houston TX, US

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

E21B 33/12

166188, 166195, 1662422, 1662423

A swelling element on a packer has a trough formed on a longitudinal axis. The control line or cable or conduit that needs to run along the string where the packer is mounted is first wrapped in a preferably non-swelling underlayment that can be a loose scroll or have its seam sealed. A swelling cover is placed over the underlayment using a seam that can be longitudinal or spiral to allow rapid deployment. The covering assembly for the control line or conduit is placed in the slot of the swelling element of the packer. The line or cable continues out opposed ends and can be secured to the tubular string with clamps. The control line can be covered with a swelling material and forced into a groove that runs the length of the packer swelling element.

20050110217, May 26, 2005

Nov 22, 2004

10/995593

Edward Wood - Kingwood TX, US
Gregory Badke - Conroe TX, US

E21B033/127

277333000

An inflatable that features a swelling layer is disclosed. The swelling layer can be made integral or attached to the element or it can be bonded or otherwise secured to the mandrel. Upon inflation with fluid, the element expands into sealing contact with a surrounding tubular or wellbore. The fluid is absorbed or otherwise interacts with the swelling layer so that, in a preferred embodiment, the total occupied volume of the swelling layer and fluid individually is retained after mixing with the swelling of the layer acting to hold the seal of the inflatable element even if a problem develops in the sealing element

20070137865, Jun 21, 2007

Dec 21, 2005

11/316020

Amy Farrar - Houston TX, US
Douglas Murray - Humble TX, US
Gregory Badke - Conroe TX, US

E21B 23/08

166381000, 166383000

A setting mechanism is made to respond to hydrostatic pressure. Upon reaching a predetermined depth corresponding to a given pressure, a pilot piston is shifted to allow well fluids to bypass a first set of piston seals and reach a second set. A shear pin that held the pilot piston in position is broken as the hydrostatic pressure increases with greater depth attained. However, the shifting of the pilot piston does not cause the main piston in the assembly to set the downhole tool. The action of the well fluids on the secondary seal set on the pilot piston eventually fail the second seal set allowing hydrostatic pressure to bypass them and actuate the main piston that will set the downhole tool. Raising the tool from the wellbore allows the spring acting on the pilot piston to seal in a bore to isolate hydrostatic pressure from the operating piston.

20100230902, Sep 16, 2010

Mar 12, 2009

12/402667

Robert O. Castillo - Stafford TX, US
Darwin D. Arline - Houston TX, US
Gregory C. Badke - Houston TX, US

BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED - Houston TX

E21B 33/127

277331, 277314

Disclosed herein is a downhole sealing device. The device includes, a swellable member, and a passageway having a perimetrically continuous wall. The swellable member is configured to cause sealing between a downhole structure and a plurality of tubulars when in a swelled condition, the plurality of tubulars are routed through a plurality of voids extending longitudinally through the swellable member, each of the plurality of voids has perimetrically continuous walls surrounding each of the plurality of tubulars.