US 12,392,215 B2
Hybrid dissolvable plug with improved drillability
Frank Duran, Houston, TX (US); Timmothy Lee, Tomball, TX (US); Manuel Morales, Houston, TX (US); Ryan Ward, Tomball, TX (US); and Steven Zakharia, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed by G&H Diversified Manufacturing LP, Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/224,966.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/391,733, filed on Jul. 23, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026748 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 33/129 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/128 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/1293 (2013.01) [E21B 33/1204 (2013.01); E21B 33/128 (2013.01); E21B 2200/08 (2020.05)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A plug deployable into a wellbore extending through a subterranean earthen formation to isolate a downhole section of the wellbore from an opposing uphole section of the wellbore, the plug comprising:
an annular sealing element extending between a pair of longitudinally opposed ends and configured to extend radially outwards into sealing engagement with a wall of the wellbore in response to the plug transitioning from a run-in configuration to a set configuration;
a slip assembly coupled to the sealing element and configured to attach to the wall of the wellbore in response to the plug transitioning from a run-in configuration to a set configuration, wherein the slip assembly comprises one or more radially displaceable slip members and an extrusion ring having a radially inclined outer surface configured to drive the one or more slip members radially outwards and into engagement with the wall of the wellbore in response to the plug transitioning from a run-in configuration to a set configuration; and
one or more connectors radially spaced from a central axis of the plug, each of the one or more connectors extending longitudinally from a first end coupled with and contacting the sealing element and a second end coupled with and contacting the extrusion ring of the slip assembly, wherein each of the one or more connectors comprises an elongate pin extending between longitudinally opposed ends.