Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Downhole entry guide having disappearing profile and methods of using same
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Application No.: US13922716Application Date: 2013-06-20
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Publication No.: US09677349B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Kelly D. Ireland , Timothy L. Cragin
- Applicant: Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Parson Behle & Latimer
- Main IPC: E21B17/10
- IPC: E21B17/10 ; E21B29/00 ; E21B29/02

Abstract:
Entry guides for use on a tubing string comprise one or more dissolvable materials. A profile disposed on the entry guide facilitates aligning the tubing string in a desired orientation within a wellbore. For example, the profile can align the tubing string with a bore of a component disposed within the wellbore so that the tubing string can be inserted into a bore of the downhole component. After proper alignment has been achieved, the one or more dissolvable materials can be activated to disappear leaving behind the tubing string and the downhole component in their desired arrangement. One or more portion of the entry guides, including the profile, can be formed out of the dissolvable material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140374121A1 Downhole Entry Guide Having Disappearing Profile and Methods of Using Same Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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