WO2009126413A3 - Sealing between alignable windows for lateral wellbore drilling - Google Patents

Sealing between alignable windows for lateral wellbore drilling Download PDF

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WO2009126413A3
WO2009126413A3 PCT/US2009/037468 US2009037468W WO2009126413A3 WO 2009126413 A3 WO2009126413 A3 WO 2009126413A3 US 2009037468 W US2009037468 W US 2009037468W WO 2009126413 A3 WO2009126413 A3 WO 2009126413A3
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window
windows
lateral wellbore
housing
seal material
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Robert Mccullough
Henry Stoltz
Michael Rees
Shaun Renshaw
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Halliburton Energy Service, Inc.
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    • 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
    • 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

Abstract

Sealing may be provided between alignable windows for lateral wellbore drilling. A method for use with a lateral wellbore includes the steps of : positioning a swellable seal material between a closure device and a housing of a window assembly; swelling the seal material to thereby prevent fluid transfer through a window formed in a sidewall of the housing; and then installing the window assembly in a parent wellbore. A lateral wellbore system includes a window assembly with a window formed through a sidewall of a generally tubular housing, and a swollen seal material preventing fluid transfer through the window. A window assembly includes a generally tubular housing having a window formed through a sidewall of the housing, a closure device having another window formed through a wall of the closure device; and a swellable seal material which prevents fluid transfer between the windows.
PCT/US2009/037468 2008-04-10 2009-03-18 Sealing between alignable windows for lateral wellbore drilling WO2009126413A2 (en)

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