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GB2395215B - Methods and associated apparatus for drilling and completing a wellbore junction - Google Patents

Methods and associated apparatus for drilling and completing a wellbore junction

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Publication number
GB2395215B
GB2395215B GB0403735A GB0403735A GB2395215B GB 2395215 B GB2395215 B GB 2395215B GB 0403735 A GB0403735 A GB 0403735A GB 0403735 A GB0403735 A GB 0403735A GB 2395215 B GB2395215 B GB 2395215B
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Prior art keywords
drilling
completing
methods
associated apparatus
wellbore junction
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Expired - Fee Related
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GB0403735A
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GB0403735D0 (en
GB2395215A (en
Inventor
Tommie A Freeman
James R Longbottom
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Halliburton Energy Services Inc
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Halliburton Energy Services Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/537,031 external-priority patent/US6454006B1/en
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Publication of GB2395215A publication Critical patent/GB2395215A/en
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Classifications

    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/061—Deflecting the direction of boreholes the tool shaft advancing relative to a guide, e.g. a curved tube or a whipstock
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/08—Introducing or running tools by fluid pressure, e.g. through-the-flow-line tool systems
    • E21B23/12—Tool diverters
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
    • E21B29/06—Cutting windows, e.g. directional window cutters for whipstock operations
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/0035—Apparatus or methods for multilateral well technology, e.g. for the completion of or workover on wells with one or more lateral branches
    • E21B41/0042—Apparatus or methods for multilateral well technology, e.g. for the completion of or workover on wells with one or more lateral branches characterised by sealing the junction between a lateral and a main bore

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
GB0403735A 2000-03-28 2001-03-28 Methods and associated apparatus for drilling and completing a wellbore junction Expired - Fee Related GB2395215B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US09/537,031 US6454006B1 (en) 2000-03-28 2000-03-28 Methods and associated apparatus for drilling and completing a wellbore junction
GB0107743A GB2361257B (en) 2000-03-28 2001-03-28 Methods and associated apparatus for drilling and completing a wellbore juncti on

Publications (3)

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GB0403735D0 GB0403735D0 (en) 2004-03-24
GB2395215A GB2395215A (en) 2004-05-19
GB2395215B true GB2395215B (en) 2004-11-03

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Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5462120A (en) * 1993-01-04 1995-10-31 S-Cal Research Corp. Downhole equipment, tools and assembly procedures for the drilling, tie-in and completion of vertical cased oil wells connected to liner-equipped multiple drainholes
US5937955A (en) * 1997-05-28 1999-08-17 Atlantic Richfield Co. Method and apparatus for sealing a well bore and sidetracking a well from the well bore
US6015012A (en) * 1996-08-30 2000-01-18 Camco International Inc. In-situ polymerization method and apparatus to seal a junction between a lateral and a main wellbore

Patent Citations (3)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5462120A (en) * 1993-01-04 1995-10-31 S-Cal Research Corp. Downhole equipment, tools and assembly procedures for the drilling, tie-in and completion of vertical cased oil wells connected to liner-equipped multiple drainholes
US6015012A (en) * 1996-08-30 2000-01-18 Camco International Inc. In-situ polymerization method and apparatus to seal a junction between a lateral and a main wellbore
US5937955A (en) * 1997-05-28 1999-08-17 Atlantic Richfield Co. Method and apparatus for sealing a well bore and sidetracking a well from the well bore

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Effective date: 20090328