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`Design and lttstallation ofa Cost-Effective Completion System for Horizontal Chalk Wolls-
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`1, Knvin O. Tn!-um. of the {owmhip arms Woodlands. in the Slate of Texas.
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`MAKE OATH AND SAY THAT:
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`I am over eighteen (18) years afuga, am coinpuh.-.nI to give this uffidwit.
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`'.I am currently. um! haw-. bun sincu 111104, preaidtml oi"?-rnhnn Oflfiaid
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`Consulting. LLC. whose principuz affine is in Comm. TX.
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`Consulting. 1.1.6‘ pmvidas design enginecting urvllm and lucitnicat export snrvioes
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`to nil and gas mrvice companies.
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`I have: bazn retained by Packer: Plus Energy
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`Services in cuaneclion with the nhove mfenmc-ed iuwsuit- I am tin expan in the ficid
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`3.
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`twns cmploycd by Baker Hughes from I992 to 5998 within the Halter Oil
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`Tools clivisiun when: I perfurmcd engineering duties Including design. devrtlopmcm,
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`lasting, patenting, selling, and lnstnllatlon of packet; and ngsacima gquipmmg,
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`Packets haw ‘amen used In the tail and gnu btuincss for nmrt: than 3''!» year:
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`fur isolating annular spttct: betwem the outside afar: internal string of pipes and the
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`inside of an axlantnl tttrittn ofpipe or the inside afa wall lmmhala. Packets with dual
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`putting glemcttls law: been used for more than 513 years.
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`11:: Rocltsetsl packet is a tool that is manulhctttred by Pttclcm Plus Emmy
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`Services. it is a dual packing element packer an n single body and utilizes a ccmtally
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`Iocttlcd hydraulic setting device. Tho cottcapt of list: Rotzkstml in and of itself, in my
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`packing ttluments on I single body with a centrally located hydraulic setting device is
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`not unique. novel. or patctttable. and it was not ttnique. novel. or pnlctttable in 1999.
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`Pntzlmt with than teamrtts hm-a existed tmmy yam. dating back at last as far as
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`t979. Top Tm‘! cumpmy dcvalopcd a dual element packer that utlllud dual packing
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`elements. a single body. and £1 canlrolly lucntcd ltydraulic setting devica.
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`employed additional features that wen: specifically apptimhio to perforation washing.
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`11,3, pawn: mmmbar 4,219,306 {sac Exhibit A} depicts a tool with these features and
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`was issued in 1931 [filed |9?9). Baker O£l'I‘uols has speaker that is very similar In
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`‘T11: Bulzerflil Tool: packer is known as the Model C
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`shown in Us ptttenl number 4,498,536 {fixhfuit B] Whiclt was applied for in 1983 and
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`which issued in 3935. Baker‘: Model C pulsar is specifically mentioned by name in
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`Exhibit B on page 5. On page 3 (drawing pages sheet} of 2), Figun: 3 shows tlw.
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`Model C packer in the runvln position and figtuc 4 shows this Model C pocket in tho
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`sctposition. Exhibit C is t: document that lctentad which shows the detailcd
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`limotlnnnlity oi’ tho Model C pnckzr vomta tho Rot-.k-ml paclcor in a simple format.
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`For the pmposos of the exhibit the pncldnn oittments or: depicted as compression
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`springs. Compmsaiott springs are tthown bacon.-In may on ettargizing mentbors that
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`are more comment Lo the gent-Jul public. 31. is we!) kztown by those skilled in the art of
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`oilfield packets that pauldng elements. as wall as slip and some amcltoring devices,
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`require energizing in order to pcrfcmn their intended ptuposc. Itt at large number of
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`me: than "cnergiz'mg"' is uncumpliszand by rulatlvo stroking of components that retain
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`the ttnetgizing elet-Mn! (spring, pttcltlng alomttnt, or slip and cone unclaoring dfllliti}
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`so that the retaining component: get closer togelltor. themforo stmtpmssi-ng the
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`spring, pngkjng ale;-ngm, or uncbot-it-t3 tnachnnism. Page I t'.I!'EIt]1ihitC shows It
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`figure that mimics the Bnkzr Model (2 packer and lists its compnnonla with this
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`packing elements shown as springs. Additionally‘, tho fetttutes of the Modal C that
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`exist in thc Rockscol packer are listed. Page 2 t>fExht"lJiI C shows tho figure fmm
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`page I, cxccpl that it is in the set or cnergixnd position with a detailed description of
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`the tool limctionnlity. Based on these facts and information. it is obvious to me that I}
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`packcr that uiilizts dual packing ctcmatats or: n tingle body with a centraily located
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`hydraulic setting device was not unique. nave}. Innovative. or pnlettlablc in 1999.
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`Httltiburtnn was assigned a patent in I986 {filed I984} amt has assenttutly
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`thc fllflic‘ fimctionnlity as the Top Tool pactncr at-.::S the Baker Model C packer. Patent
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`number $569,396 is Exhibit D of this nffiduvit. This patent details a packet that has
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`dual {wetting elements, 3 single batty and a centrally located hydraulic setting dwice.
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`3.
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`The Rockstal paclt-2: has 2 tttiditionnl features that am not utilized in the
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`Top Too} packer or the Batter Model C pack:-.1‘. Thu Racknnl pumice: uliiizes an
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`"anti-prt.u.1" device as wet! III at ratcheting
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`mechanism for storing energy in
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`lh: energizing elements oncu setting of the packer is cumplcte. Tine reason the: Tap
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`Tun! packs: and the Baku Mattel C packer do not have that-. fenturts is they were
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`deligned fur ta slightly difiztnnt uppliuatian than the R0-ckszul packer. ‘Thu Rocksca!
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`packet was dcsigruad "it: sat out time: and 10 maintain ceding pezfatmancc after the
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`hydtnulia set-ting prcssurt: is released. ‘Hm Top Tool pecker and the Baker Modal C
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`packet are dcsigttari to act and unset on tttultiptc occasions dufiru; that sume
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`instnttafion. There have been many other 9:"! and 5118 mi! tools dcsigncd and installed
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`that utilize: an anti-puss! dt-mica ttné. tnlchcling ‘tucking tnacharcism. Om: such total is
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`the Cittiberson G-T? packer. Tltts G-T! pactcr has a single mmdtcl with at least I
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`crI¢rgi’£ing elnmcnts und ta hydtttulic scttingde-vice bewzcnn 2 oftlte antttgitfiatg
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`elements. Additionally, the 0-77 has an anti-prams! dnvict: and n ttttchcting lockittg
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`mcchnttisrn that stores the setting futcc in the Isncwgi-zing elements once the ltyzlrauiic
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`setting prcssnt: is tcleusod {mm the packer Exhibit E is :1 document that I creates!
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`which show: the detailed functionality of the (‘M7 packer versus the Rocksual packer
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`in a simple format. Page I oflixhihit 8 detail: the features and components of the G-
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`‘!':‘ as wait as .1 list of-its features that match the ft.-nmros of the Rockseal packer. The
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`(5-77 ‘"35 '3 5i!1E1¢ bird)‘. 2 cmtzizing elements { i packing olumunt .5).
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`I unohmi-ng
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`utcmann}, a centrsttty locatai hydraulic seating devica, an anti-preset devioa. and a
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`rntcimting locking mccltnnisrn. Exhibit F is US. patent number 5.103.901. which wus
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`issued to Drcssts! industries and is no 30113:: maintained. This patent shows .1 packer
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`which is hydraulically sot that utilizes an anti-pnscl duties and o mlchcting took
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`mcchcmtsm.
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`9.
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`Packing Elcmu-Ms ofmnuy diffucrlt configurations have been and in
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`cased hate as wet! as open hole. T1-mt am pricking elements that have been
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`dawtoped over the year: that are pmantlntly boner suited to open ‘hole applications
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`wlmc Lhc borehole may not bl: as consistent or as consoiidulad as at onset! hu§c.
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`It is as
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`fact that packing etcmonrs which won initially zicsigncd for sand hole have ix.-en
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`used in open hole. ‘nu: suocass of conventions} compassion set pnzidng elaments
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`when usod in upon hole has been mixed. Reliability is largniy riopcndcnt on the
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`competence of the open hots formation in which 1: pocket is set. If the hon-more of the
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`wet] has discontinuities, fimctores, or anoint, that rm! adjacent to and run along the
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`axis of the watlbara and the discontinuities an: of gfealwlangth than a set packing
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`cluocnt, than a packing alcmcrti will not scan! sntisfitclorily.
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`it is accepted in tho
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`industry that these types of discontinuities exist in mung.» weltborcs and pmflctiflfl 31¢
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`location of them in :1 cost effective manna: prior to setting :1 packet is typicntty not
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`possible.
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`It is also understood that mm: arms of tho some wotlbom may have nrcns
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`vshcrr: there is continuity. mes.-.fore attowing n pnckzr to seat! eflectively.
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`‘I‘hc:e.fore.
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