US 11,668,147 B2
Circulating valve and associated system and method
Brock W. Watson, Sadler, TX (US); Roger L. Schultz, Newcastle, OK (US); and James C. Tucker, Springer, OK (US)
Assigned to THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC., Newcastle, OK (US)
Filed by THRU TUBING SOLUTIONS, INC., Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/69,646.
Prior Publication US 2022/0112779 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 21/10 (2006.01); E21B 34/10 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 21/103 (2013.01) [E21B 34/10 (2013.01)] 34 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of performing an operation in a subterranean well, the method comprising:
closing a bypass valve of a circulating valve assembly, thereby blocking fluid communication between an internal flow passage of the circulating valve assembly and an annulus external to the circulating valve assembly; and
then applying a first longitudinally tensile force to the circulating valve assembly while a fluid flow passes longitudinally through the flow passage, the bypass valve remaining closed when the first longitudinally tensile force is applied to the circulating valve assembly.