US 12,065,898 B2
System and method for setting a barrier in a well string
Brandon Blake Shirley, Cypress, TX (US); Kenneth Reed, Denver, CO (US); Pheng Aun Soh, Singapore (SG); and Edward Ganzinotti, III, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/756,573
Filed by Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/066034
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/127450, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,145, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0412183 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 33/068 (2006.01); E21B 23/06 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/068 (2013.01) [E21B 23/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. A method of positioning a barrier in a well string, the method comprising:
securing a barrier device at a lubricator extension of a lubricator assembly;
positioning the lubricator assembly at a wellhead assembly having a wellhead from which a well string is suspended;
advancing the lubricator extension to advance the barrier device into the well string; and
setting the barrier device within the well string, wherein setting the barrier device within the well string includes routing at least one of a hydraulic control fluid or a ball through the lubricator extension to the barrier device to set the barrier device within the well string.