Steven Drew Gentry

US Patent:

8485282, Jul 16, 2013

Filed:

Sep 30, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/894785

Inventors:

Steven Richard Gentry - The Woodlands TX, US

Assignee:

Baker Hughes Incorporated - Houston TX

International Classification:

E21B 7/28
E21B 10/32

US Classification:

175271, 175267, 175269, 175291

Abstract:

Expandable reamers for enlarging wellbores include a tubular body and one or more blades configured to extend and retract. A sleeve member within the tubular body has open ends to allow fluid to flow therethrough. A fluid port extends through a wall of the sleeve member. A restriction member within the sleeve is movable between first and second positions. In the first position, fluid flow through the downhole end of the sleeve is generally unimpeded, and fluid flow through the fluid port is generally impeded. In the second position, fluid flow through the downhole end of the sleeve member is generally impeded, and fluid flow through the fluid port is generally unimpeded. The restriction member may be configured to move responsive to changes in the rate of fluid flow through the sleeve member. Methods of using such reamers are also disclosed.

US Patent:

20130299245, Nov 14, 2013

Filed:

Jul 15, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/941944

Inventors:

Steven Richard Gentry - The Woodlands TX, US

International Classification:

E21B 10/32
E21B 7/28

US Classification:

175 57, 175267

Abstract:

Expandable reamers for enlarging wellbores include a tubular body and one or more blades configured to extend and retract. A sleeve member within the tubular body has open ends to allow fluid to flow therethrough. A fluid port extends through a wall of the sleeve member. A restriction member within the sleeve is movable between first and second positions. In the first position, fluid flow through the downhole end of the sleeve is generally unimpeded, and fluid flow through the fluid port is generally impeded. In the second position, fluid flow through the downhole end of the sleeve member is generally impeded, and fluid flow through the fluid port is generally unimpeded. The restriction member may be configured to move responsive to changes in the rate of fluid flow through the sleeve member. Methods of using such reamers are also disclosed.