US 12,241,334 B2
Unidirectional cementing baskets for cement top jobs
Dautmammet Rejepov, Abqaiq (SA); and Syed Muhammad Ali, Abqaiq (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on May 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/319,335.
Prior Publication US 2024/0384622 A1, Nov. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 33/136 (2006.01); E21B 33/14 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/136 (2013.01) [E21B 33/146 (2013.01); E21B 2200/05 (2020.05)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A method, comprising:
providing a casing string in a wellbore, wherein the casing string is made of multiple casing joints axially connected together, the multiple casing joints comprising:
a unidirectional rigid cement (URC) basket, comprising:
a first casing joint having a tubular body; and
a support ring positioned along the tubular body, wherein the support ring comprises:
an annular-shaped body extending radially outward from the tubular body;
multiple openings formed through a thickness of the support ring; and
multiple flapper valves, wherein each of the multiple flapper valves is provided in each of the multiple openings;
pumping cement through the casing string and into an annulus formed between the casing string and the wellbore in a first cementing stage; and
pumping the cement through the annulus from a location uphole of the URC basket in a second cementing stage.