US Patent Issued to Royal Completion Tools on Jan. 20 for "Selectively activating a wellbore check valve" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,286, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Royal Completion Tools LLC (Houston).

"Selectively activating a wellbore check valve" was invented by Zachary Silva (Pinehurst, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A contingency measure for wireline conveyed installation methods, generally for oil and gas completions, and more specifically in plug and perforation completions. A fracturing (frac) plug has a ported sleeve and a seat that allows a valve mechanism to seat against the apparatus with the application of fluid flow. The plug allows for fluid flow to bypass the valve and flow through the frac plug, to allow pump down operations as long...