OA12866A - New and improved method and apparatus involving anintegrated or otherwise combined exit guide and s ection mill for sidetracking or directional drilling from existing wellbores. - Google Patents

New and improved method and apparatus involving anintegrated or otherwise combined exit guide and s ection mill for sidetracking or directional drilling from existing wellbores. Download PDF

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OA12866A
OA12866A OA1200400326A OA1200400326A OA12866A OA 12866 A OA12866 A OA 12866A OA 1200400326 A OA1200400326 A OA 1200400326A OA 1200400326 A OA1200400326 A OA 1200400326A OA 12866 A OA12866 A OA 12866A
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exit guide
whipstock
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casing
section mill
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Michael D Kennedy
Neil D Shappert
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Re Entry Technologies Inc
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    • 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
    • E21B29/002—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe
    • 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
    • E21B29/002—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe
    • E21B29/005—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe with a radially-expansible cutter rotating inside the pipe, e.g. for cutting an annular window
    • 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
    • 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

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OA1200400326A 2002-06-10 2003-06-10 New and improved method and apparatus involving anintegrated or otherwise combined exit guide and s ection mill for sidetracking or directional drilling from existing wellbores. OA12866A (en)

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US10/166,193 US7077206B2 (en) 1999-12-23 2002-06-10 Method and apparatus involving an integrated or otherwise combined exit guide and section mill for sidetracking or directional drilling from existing wellbores

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US (1) US7077206B2 (de)
EP (1) EP1537289A4 (de)
AU (1) AU2003243535A1 (de)
CA (1) CA2493990A1 (de)
MX (1) MXPA04012387A (de)
NO (1) NO20050124L (de)
OA (1) OA12866A (de)
WO (1) WO2003104603A2 (de)

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AU2003243535A1 (en) 2003-12-22
NO20050124D0 (no) 2005-01-10
NO20050124L (no) 2005-03-01
AU2003243535A8 (en) 2003-12-22
US20030098152A1 (en) 2003-05-29
MXPA04012387A (es) 2005-04-19
WO2003104603A2 (en) 2003-12-18
EP1537289A4 (de) 2006-05-10
US7077206B2 (en) 2006-07-18
CA2493990A1 (en) 2003-12-18
WO2003104603A3 (en) 2004-08-05

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