Signal operated tools for milling, drilling, and/or fishing operations

    公开(公告)号:AU2012268851A1

    公开(公告)日:2013-01-17

    申请号:AU2012268851

    申请日:2012-12-21

    Abstract: SIGNAL OPERATED TOOLS FOR MILLING, DRILLING, AND/OR FISHING A disconnect tool (1000) for use in a string of tubulars, comprising: a tubular mandrel (1010) having a threaded inner surface; a tubular housing (1005) having a plurality of openings formed radially through a wall thereof; an arcuate dog (1015) disposed in each opening, each dog (1015) having an inclined inner surface and a portion of a thread (1065t) corresponding to the mandrel thread (1060t) and radially movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position, wherein each thread portion (1065t) engages the mandrel thread (1060t) in the engaged position, thereby longitudinally and rotationally coupling the housing (1005) and the mandrel (1010); a tubular (1040) sleeve longitudinally movable between a locked position and an unlocked position and having an inclined outer surface for engagement with the inclined inner surface of each dog (1015), wherein: the sleeve (1040) engages the dogs (1015) with the mandrel thread in the locked position, and the mandrel (1010), housing (1005), and sleeve (1040) define a flow bore through the disconnect tool (1000); a first (1078) spring biasing (1040) the sleeve toward the locked position; second springs (1082), each second spring biasing the respective dog (1015) toward the disengaged position; and an actuator (1075) comprising: a battery (314); a receiver (302) operable to receive an instruction signal; and a controller (310) operable to facilitate disengagement of the sleeve (1040) from the dogs (1015) in response to receipt of the instruction signal.

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