# US 10,370,919 B2 · Multifunction wellbore tubular penetration tool > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,370,919 B2 - Document ID: US10370919B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/302,490 - Filed: 2015-01-28 - Published: 2017-02-02 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2014-05-16 - Assignees: Aarbakke Innovation AS - Applicants: Aarbakke Innovation A.S. - Inventors: Henning Hansen; Tarald Gudmestad; Reid Skjaerpe; Sjur Usken - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10370919B2 ## CPC - E21B 29/002: {Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe} - E21B 17/05: Swivel joints - E21B 17/1021: {with articulated arms or arcuate springs} - E21B 17/1078: {Stabilisers or centralisers for casing, tubing or drill pipes (E21B17/1007 - E21B17/1064 take precedence)} - E21B 23/01: for anchoring the tools or the like (E21B23/02 - E21B23/06 take precedence; anchoring of drives in the borehole E21B4/18) - E21B 29/02: by explosives or by thermal or chemical means {(freeing stuck objects by explosives E21B31/002)} - E21B 29/06: Cutting windows, e.g. directional window cutters for whipstock operations ({E21B29/005 and} E21B29/08 take precedence) - E21B 33/122: Multiple string packers - E21B 33/127: with inflatable sleeve (E21B33/122, E21B33/124 take precedence) - E21B 33/13: Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like - E21B 34/08: responsive to flow or pressure of the fluid obtained (E21B34/10 takes precedence) - E21B 43/112: Perforators with extendable perforating members, e.g. actuated by fluid means - E21B 43/114: Perforators using direct fluid action {on the wall to be perforated}, e.g. abrasive jets - E21B 43/12: Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells (E21B43/25 takes precedence; valve arrangements E21B34/00) - E21B 43/14: Obtaining from a multiple-zone well - E21B 47/002: by visual inspection - E21B 47/06: Measuring temperature or pressure - E21B 47/07: Temperature - E21B 47/107: using acoustic means - E21B 49/081: {with down-hole means for trapping a fluid sample (E21B49/10 takes precedence)} - E21B 34/066: {electrically actuated} - E21B 34/10: operated by control fluid supplied from outside the borehole - E21B 47/10: Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements - E21B 47/135: using light waves, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet waves - E21B 49/086: {Withdrawing samples at the surface} - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A wellbore intervention tool includes a housing and a means for locking the housing at a selected position inside a first wellbore pipe. The tool includes means for penetrating the first wellbore pipe extensible from the housing. The means for penetrating includes means for measuring an amount of extension thereof or an amount of force exerted thereby such that the means for penetrating is controllable to penetrate the first wellbore pipe without penetration of a second wellbore pipe in which the first wellbore pipe is nested. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wellbore intervention tool, comprising: a housing; means for locking the housing at a selected position inside a first wellbore pipe; means for penetrating the first wellbore pipe extensible from the housing, the means for penetrating comprising means for measuring an amount of extension thereof or means for measuring an amount of force exerted thereby such that the means for penetrating is controllable to penetrate the first wellbore pipe without penetration of a second wellbore pipe in which the first wellbore pipe is nested; at least two swivels disposed at spaced apart locations along the housing and a motor disposed in part of the housing wherein a portion of the housing disposed between the at least two swivels is rotatable with respect to a rotationally fixed portion of the housing; and a gripping and retracting device extensible from the housing and configured to retract lines disposed externally to the first wellbore pipe through an opening cut in the first wellbore pipe by the means for penetrating. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 wherein the means for locking comprises at least one laterally extensible arm. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 wherein the means for locking comprises at least one radially expandable annular flexible element. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 3 wherein at least one radially expandable annular flexible element comprises a first inflatable packer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 4 further comprising ports in the housing disposed longitudinally outside a longitudinal zone defined by the first inflatable packer and a second, longitudinally spaced apart inflatable packer, the ports coupled to valves operable to selectively establish fluid communication between longitudinal zones defined by the first and second inflatable packers. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 5 wherein at least one of the zones is inside the longitudinal zone and at least one of the zones is outside the longitudinal zone whereby fluid is movable by the at least one pump between the defined longitudinal zones. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 5 further comprising a pressure sensor selectably connectible in fluid communication with at least one of the ports. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 wherein the means for penetrating comprises a mill. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 wherein the means for penetrating comprises at least one of a fluid cutting jet, a plasma cutter, an electrode discharge machining cutter and a laser. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 further comprising means for inserting a plug in a penetration created in the first wellbore pipe by the means for penetrating. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 10 wherein the plug comprises a threaded pin. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 further comprising means for inserting a pin in a penetration created in the first wellbore pipe by the means for penetrating. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 12 wherein the means for inserting a pin comprises means for urging the pin into contact with an interior wall of the second wellbore pipe so as to separate the first wellbore pipe from contact with the second wellbore pipe. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 further comprising at least one imaging device arranged to generate images corresponding to an area proximate the means for penetrating. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 further comprising a fluid chamber selectively fluidly connectible to the means for penetrating such that fluid samples are collectible from a penetration in the first wellbore pipe created by the means for penetrating. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 further comprising a fluid chamber selectively fluidly connectible to the means for penetrating such that sealant is dischargeable from the chamber into a selected space in at least one of the first wellbore pipe and the second wellbore pipe. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 wherein the means for penetrating comprises at least one shaped explosive charge. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 further comprising a means for moving the means for penetrating longitudinally along the housing. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 1 further comprising at least one sensor sensitive to fluid movement outside the housing. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The wellbore intervention tool of claim 19 wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one of an acoustic sensor, a temperature sensor and a flow sensor. ### Claim 21 A method for wellbore intervention comprising: moving a wellbore intervention tool to a selected position inside a first wellbore pipe nested within a second wellbore pipe; locking the wellbore intervention tool at the selected position; cutting at least one opening in the first wellbore pipe; performing at least one intervention operation using the at least one opening in the first wellbore pipe; removing the wellbore intervention tool and the retrieved tube from the first wellbore pipe; cutting at least one line mounted to an exterior of the first wellbore pipe; and withdrawing the at least one line into an interior of the first wellbore pipe, and withdrawing the at least one line and the wellbore intervention tool from the first wellbore pipe. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the cutting at least one opening comprises milling. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the at least one intervention operation comprises withdrawing fluid through the at least one opening. ### Claim 24 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the at least one intervention operation comprises pressure testing the first wellbore pipe. ### Claim 25 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the at least one intervention operation comprises moving fluid through a longitudinal zone defined by actuating longitudinally spaced apart sealing elements extended from the wellbore intervention tool. ### Claim 26 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the at least one intervention operation comprises inserting a pin into the at least one opening. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method of claim 26 wherein the inserting the at least one pin is performed so as to move the second wellbore pipe out of contact with the first wellbore pipe. ### Claim 28 (depends on 21) The method of claim 21 wherein the at least one intervention operation comprises pressure integrity testing at least one of the first wellbore pipe and the second wellbore pipe.