Patent ID: 8267177

Claim:
A field-configurable plug device disposable in a pipe of an oil or gas well, comprising: a) a mandrel with a bore and a seat formed therein, and with an elastomeric seal disposed thereon compressible and radially expandable to seal between the mandrel and the pipe, and with a slip ring disposed thereon radially expandable to engage the pipe, and with a cone adjacent the slip ring to radially displace the slip ring, and the elastomeric seal, the slip ring and the cone being pressed between an upper push sleeve and a lower anvil on the mandrel; b) a plurality of kits, including: i) a frac plug kit, comprising: a frac top mandrel couplable to a top of the mandrel; a frac ball disposed in the bore in the mandrel and between the top mandrel and the seat in the bore of the mandrel, the frac ball sealable against the seat to resist flow downwardly through the bore, and the frac ball disposable away from the seat and towards the frac top mandrel to allow flow upwardly through the bore; ii) a bridge plug kit, comprising: a bridge top mandrel, different from the frac top mandrel, couplable to the top of the mandrel; a bridge insert disposed in the bore of the mandrel between the bridge top mandrel and the seat, the bridge top mandrel holding the bridge insert against the seat to resist flow in either direction; and iii) a soluble insert plug kit, comprising: the frac top mandrel couplable to the top of the mandrel; a soluble insert disposable in the bore of the mandrel and dissolvable over a predetermined time due to fluids, temperatures or both in the well; and the bridge insert disposed in the bore of the mandrel between the soluble insert and the seat, the soluble insert initially and temporarily holding the bridge insert against the seat resisting flow in either direction, and the soluble insert subsequently dissolving to allow the bridge insert to displace away from the seat and allow flow upwardly through the bore.