VALVE, METHOD, AND SYSTEM

Abstract: a valve, including a housing having a port, a valve member positioned to selectively, adjustably, and repeatably obstruct, unobstruct, and partially obstruct the port solely by interaction with an untethered object, an indexer operably connected to the valve member; and an object profile in operable contact with the indexer. a method for managing a wellbore, including dropping an object to land on the object seat of a valve, cycling the indexer, moving the valve member to a position dictated by the indexer, changing the object on the profile, and releasing the object after changing the object. a borehole system, including a plurality of valves, each object profile of the plurality of valves having a different dimension. a wellbore system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a valve disposed within or as a part of the string.

Inventor(s): Marc Carriere, Justin Hibbs

CPC Classification: E21B34/142 (EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS)

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