# US 11,078,740 B2 · Wellbore radial positioning apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,078,740 B2 - Document ID: US11078740B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/270,392 - Filed: 2019-02-07 - Published: 2020-08-13 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2019-02-07 - Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Inventors: Clovis Satyro Bonavides; Vladislav Torlov - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11078740B2 ## CPC - E21B 17/1028: {with arcuate springs only, e.g. baskets with outwardly bowed strips for cementing operations} - E21B 23/14: for displacing a cable or a cable-operated tool, e.g. for logging or perforating operations in deviated wells - E21B 4/18: Anchoring or feeding in the borehole - E21B 49/02: by mechanically taking samples of the soil - E21B 49/10: using side-wall fluid samplers or testers - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A wellbore radial positioning apparatus includes a tool body and a motor that actuates a traction wheel. The tool body is configured to be positioned within a wellbore. The motor driving the traction wheel is connected to the tool body and is configured to rotate the tool body in the wellbore. The traction tool is configured to frictionally contact or attach to the wellbore. The tool body is rotated in the wellbore by the action of the motor actuating the traction wheel. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A well tool system comprising: a tool body configured to be positioned within a wellbore; a traction tool connected to the tool body, the traction tool configured to attach to the wellbore and comprising a friction wheel or sprocket wheel having a diameter greater than a diameter of any other part of the tool body; and a motor connected to the traction tool, the motor configured to rotate the traction tool when the traction tool is attached to the wellbore, the tool body configured to rotate relative to the traction tool in response to the motor rotating the traction tool. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a decentralizing tool connected to the tool body, the decentralizing tool configured to cause the tool body to be eccentric relative to a longitudinal axis of the wellbore. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the decentralizing tool is configured to swivel relative to the tool body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, further comprising: a first sleeve connected to a first end of the decentralizing tool, the first sleeve connected to the tool body, the first sleeve configured to rotate relative to the tool body; and a second sleeve connected to a second end of the decentralizing tool, the second sleeve connected to the tool body, the second sleeve configured to rotate relative to the tool body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the decentralizing tool comprises a decentralizing spring. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system of claim 5, wherein the decentralizing spring is configured to expand to cause the traction tool to contact and attach to the wellbore. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a positioning sensor connected to the tool body, the positioning sensor configured to determine the angular position of the tool body in the wellbore. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the positioning sensor is connected to the tool body, wherein the motor is configured to rotate the tool body based on the angular position of the tool body determined by the positioning sensor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the positioning sensor comprises at least one radial position sensor. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a swivel configured to couple to a wireline or a slickline to lower the well tool system into the wellbore, the tool body configured to rotate relative to the swivel. ### Claim 11 A well tool system comprising: a tool body configured to be positioned within a wellbore; a traction tool connected to the tool body, the traction tool configured to attach to the wellbore; a motor connected to the traction tool, the motor configured to rotate the traction tool when the traction tool is attached to the wellbore, the tool body configured to rotate relative to the traction tool in response to the motor rotating the traction tool; and a test probe connected to the tool body, the test probe configured to perform a well test within the wellbore to determine a wellbore property. ### Claim 12 A well tool system comprising: a tool body configured to be positioned within a wellbore; a motor connected to the tool body, the motor configured to rotate the tool body within the wellbore; and a traction tool connected to the tool body, the traction tool comprising a friction wheel or sprocket wheel having a diameter greater than a diameter of any other part of the tool body and configured to attach to the wellbore, the tool body configured to rotate relative to the traction tool when the traction tool is attached to the wellbore, wherein the motor is connected to a downhole end of the tool body, and wherein the traction tool is connected to a downhole end of the motor. ### Claim 13 A well tool system comprising: a tool body configured to be positioned within a wellbore, the tool body configured to rotate within the wellbore; a traction tool connected to the tool body, the traction tool comprising a friction wheel or sprocket wheel having a diameter greater than a diameter of any other part of the tool body and configured to attach to the wellbore, the tool body configured to rotate relative to the traction tool when the traction tool is attached to the wellbore; a positioning sensor connected to the tool body, the positioning sensor configured to: determine a angular position of the tool body within the wellbore, and transmit the angular position; and a motor axially connected to the tool body, the motor configured to rotate the traction tool. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, wherein the motor is configured to cease rotation of the tool body within the wellbore in response to the angular position matching a pre-determined angular position of the tool body. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The system of claim 13, further comprising a decentralizing tool connected to the tool body, the decentralizing tool configured to maintain the tool body eccentric relative to a longitudinal axis of the wellbore. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the decentralizing tool is configured to swivel relative to the tool body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The system of claim 16, further comprising: a first sleeve connected to a first end of the decentralizing tool, the first sleeve connected to the tool body, the first sleeve configured to rotate relative to the tool body; and a second sleeve connected to a second end of the decentralizing tool, the second sleeve connected to the tool body, the second sleeve configured to rotate relative to the tool body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the decentralizing tool comprises a decentralizing spring. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the decentralizing tool is a pad tool attached to the tool body on one end and configured to contact an inner wall of the wellbore at another end. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the motor is configured to rotate the traction tool after the traction tool attaches to the wellbore.