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GB2497054A - A method for finding and re-entering a lateral bore in a multi-lateral well - Google Patents

A method for finding and re-entering a lateral bore in a multi-lateral well Download PDF

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GB2497054A
GB2497054A GB1305064.6A GB201305064A GB2497054A GB 2497054 A GB2497054 A GB 2497054A GB 201305064 A GB201305064 A GB 201305064A GB 2497054 A GB2497054 A GB 2497054A
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Michael Dean Rossing
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Weatherford Lamb 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
    • E21B47/02—Determining slope or direction
    • E21B47/024—Determining slope or direction of devices in the borehole

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Abstract

A system and method of locating and entering a lateral wellbore (25,35) that extends from a primary wellbore (5) are provided. The system may include a coiled tubing (10) jointed tubular (10) continuous rod (10) and/or wireline conveyance menber (10), a connection assembly (20), an orientation assembly (32), a measurement assembly (40), a deflection assembly (50), a sub assembly (60), and a guide assembly (74). The method may include locating a tool string adjacent to a lateral wellbore that extends from a primary wellbore, measuring an inclination and azimuth of the tool string, comparing the measured data to existing survey data of at least one of the primary and lateral wellbores, orinting the tool string in the direction of the lateral wellbore, entering the lateral wellbore, and verifying that the tool string has entered the lateral wellbore.
GB1305064.6A 2010-09-09 2011-09-09 A method for finding and re-entering a lateral bore in a multi-lateral well Withdrawn GB2497054A (en)

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US12/878,655 US20120061141A1 (en) 2010-09-09 2010-09-09 Method for finding and re-entering a lateral bore in a multi-lateral well
PCT/US2011/050970 WO2012034001A1 (en) 2010-09-09 2011-09-09 A method for finding and re-entering a lateral bore in a multi-lateral well

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GB201305064D0 GB201305064D0 (en) 2013-05-01
GB2497054A true GB2497054A (en) 2013-05-29

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CA (1) CA2811058A1 (en)
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NO (1) NO20130368A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2012034001A1 (en)

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WO1998002638A1 (en) * 1996-07-17 1998-01-22 Baker Hughes Incorporated Apparatus and method for performing imaging and downhole operations at work site in wellbores
GB2353547A (en) * 1999-08-04 2001-02-28 Bj Services Co Method and apparatus for running tubing into a branch of a multilateral well
WO2005019598A1 (en) * 2003-08-19 2005-03-03 Baker Hughes Incorporated Methods for navigating and for positioning devices in a borehole system
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NO20130368A1 (en) 2013-04-09
US20120061141A1 (en) 2012-03-15

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