Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Acid tunneling bottom hole assembly and method utilizing reversible knuckle joints
- Patent Title (中): 酸性隧道底孔装配及利用可逆转关节的方法
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Application No.: US12259930Application Date: 2008-10-28
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Publication No.: US08205672B2Publication Date: 2012-06-26
- Inventor: John Gordon Misselbrook , Alexander Raphael Crabtree , Lance N. Portman
- Applicant: John Gordon Misselbrook , Alexander Raphael Crabtree , Lance N. Portman
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Parsons Behle & Latimer
- Main IPC: E21B43/00
- IPC: E21B43/00 ; E21B7/18 ; E21B43/114

Abstract:
A bottom hole assembly connected to coiled tubing to create an acid tunnel in a wellbore formation. High pressure acid is pumped down the coiled tubing and out a nozzle located at the end of the bottom hole assembly. The bottom hole assembly includes a first reversible knuckle joint and a second reversible knuckle joint to properly position the nozzle against the wellbore and to allow the assembly to adjust its angle as it initiates and moves through the lateral tunnel. The two reversible knuckle joints increases the radius of curvature of the bottom hole assembly while providing a sufficient attack angle for the nozzle against the wellbore. The two knuckle joints may be adjusted in response to loads applied on the assembly as the assembly moves through the lateral tunnel.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090114449A1 ACID TUNNELING BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY AND METHOD UTILIZING REVERSIBLE KNUCKLE JOINTS Public/Granted day:2009-05-07
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