US 12,091,938 B2
Inflow control valve hammer for overcoming scale and sticking
Michael Linley Fripp, Singapore (SG); Mohan Gunasekaran, Singapore (SG); and Paul James, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/094,772.
Prior Publication US 2024/0229603 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 34/14 (2006.01); E21B 34/06 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 34/14 (2013.01) [E21B 34/066 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inflow control valve hammer system, comprising:
a ram disposed adjacent a valve feature;
a hammer device configured to drive the ram into the valve feature;
a retention feature configured to hold the hammer device in a loaded position, wherein the retention feature is configured to release the hammer device to impact the ram in response to a threshold force being exerted on the hammer device, wherein the impact drives the ram to jerk the valve feature;
a spring disposed adjacent the hammer device, wherein the spring is configured to exert the threshold force on the hammer device in an energized state; and
an actuator configured to energize the spring into the energized state.