US 12,305,453 B2
Casing shoe assembly
Jeffery Morrison, Missouri City, TX (US)
Assigned to FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by FORUM US, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/529,881.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/430,550, filed on Dec. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0183231 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 17/14 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 33/14 (2006.01); E21B 34/10 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/14 (2013.01) [E21B 7/061 (2013.01); E21B 17/1035 (2013.01); E21B 33/14 (2013.01); E21B 34/10 (2013.01); E21B 41/0035 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A casing shoe assembly, comprising:
an outer housing;
an inner body at least partially disposed within the outer housing and formed out of a drillable material, the inner body comprising a bore formed through the inner body;
a check valve assembly disposed within the bore of the inner body and configured to allow fluid flow in one direction and prevent fluid flow in the opposite direction;
a guide plate disposed within the outer housing above the inner body having a plurality of wellbore openings formed through the guide plate and a separate opening formed through the guide plate to provide fluid flow into the bore formed through the inner body; and
a wellbore guide located below each wellbore opening of the guide plate and within a hole formed in the inner body, wherein each wellbore guide does not extend through the entire inner body, and each hole has a sidewall that does not extend through the entire length of the inner body.