GB2318601A - Puller-thruster downhole tool - Google Patents

Puller-thruster downhole tool

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GB2318601A
GB2318601A GB9803212A GB9803212A GB2318601A GB 2318601 A GB2318601 A GB 2318601A GB 9803212 A GB9803212 A GB 9803212A GB 9803212 A GB9803212 A GB 9803212A GB 2318601 A GB2318601 A GB 2318601A
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Prior art keywords
tool
gripper portion
passage
gripper
assume
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GB9803212A
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GB2318601B (en
Inventor
Norman Bruce Moore
Ronald E Beaufort
Rudolph E Krueger
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WWT International Inc
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WWT International Inc
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Priority to GB9928910A priority Critical patent/GB2340526B/en
Publication of GB9803212D0 publication Critical patent/GB9803212D0/en
Publication of GB2318601A publication Critical patent/GB2318601A/en
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Publication of GB2318601B publication Critical patent/GB2318601B/en
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Classifications

    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B4/00—Drives for drilling, used in the borehole
    • E21B4/18—Anchoring or feeding in the borehole
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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 the boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/001—Self-propelling systems or apparatus, e.g. for moving tools within the horizontal portion of a borehole
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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 the boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/08—Introducing or running tools by fluid pressure, e.g. through-the-flow-line tool systems

Abstract

A method and apparatus for propelling a tool having a body within a passage. The tool includes a gripper including at least a gripper portion which can assume a first position that engages an inner surface of the passage and limits relative movement of the gripper portion relative to the inner surface. The gripper portion can also assume a second position that permits substantially free relative movement between the gripper portion and the inner surface of the passage. The tool includes a propulsion assembly for selectively continuously moving the body of the tool with respect to the gripper portion while the gripper portion is in the first position. This allows the tool to move different types of equipment within the passage. For example, the tool advantageously may be used in drilling processes to provide continuous force to a drill bit. This enables the drilling of extended horizontal boreholes. Other preferred uses for the tool include well completion, logging, retrieval, pipeline service, and communication line activities.
GB9803212A 1995-08-22 1996-08-22 Puller-thruster downhole tool Expired - Lifetime GB2318601B (en)

Priority Applications (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB9928910A GB2340526B (en) 1995-08-22 1996-08-22 Puller-thruster downhole tool

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

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US355595P 1995-08-22 1995-08-22
US397095P 1995-09-19 1995-09-19
US1407296P 1996-03-26 1996-03-26
US69419096A 1996-08-09 1996-08-09
PCT/US1996/013573 WO1997008418A1 (en) 1995-08-22 1996-08-22 Puller-thruster downhole tool

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GB9803212D0 GB9803212D0 (en) 1998-04-08
GB2318601A true GB2318601A (en) 1998-04-29
GB2318601B GB2318601B (en) 2000-03-29

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CA (1) CA2230185C (en)
GB (1) GB2318601B (en)
WO (1) WO1997008418A1 (en)

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GB9803212D0 (en) 1998-04-08
CA2230185A1 (en) 1997-03-06
GB2318601B (en) 2000-03-29
AU738031B2 (en) 2001-09-06
AU6956496A (en) 1997-03-19
CA2230185C (en) 2004-01-06
WO1997008418A1 (en) 1997-03-06

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PE20 Patent expired after termination of 20 years

Expiry date: 20160821