Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for controlled or programmable cutting of multiple nested tubulars
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Application No.: US14381184Application Date: 2011-12-15
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Publication No.: US09759030B2Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Wesley Mark McAfee , Mark Franklin Alley
- Applicant: Wesley Mark McAfee , Mark Franklin Alley
- Applicant Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Assignee: TETRA Applied Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: TETRA Applied Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX The Woodlands
- Agent Brett A. North
- International Application: PCT/US2011/065148 WO 20111215
- International Announcement: WO2012/083016 WO 20120621
- Main IPC: E21B29/00
- IPC: E21B29/00 ; E21B43/11 ; E21B47/09

Abstract:
A methodology and apparatus for cutting shape(s) or profile(s) through well tubular(s), or for completely circumferentially severing through multiple tubulars, including all tubing, pipe, casing, liners, cement, other material encountered in tubular annuli. This rigless apparatus utilizes a computer-controlled, downhole robotic three-axis rotary mill to effectively generate a shape(s) or profile(s) through, or to completely sever in a 360 degree horizontal plane wells with multiple, nested strings of tubulars whether the tubulars are concentrically aligned or eccentrically aligned. This is useful for well abandonment and decommissioning where complete severance is necessitated and explosives are prohibited, or in situations requiring a precise window or other shape to be cut through a single tubular or plurality of tubulars.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150211314A1 Method and Apparatus for Controlled or Programmable Cutting of Multiple Nested Tubulars Public/Granted day:2015-07-30
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