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US 11,142,976 B2Granted
Positioning downhole-type tools
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsAhmed Al-Mousa, Marius Neacsu, Ahmed A. Al-Ramadhan
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Abstract
One downhole-type tool of a set of interchangeable downhole-type tools is interchangeably received by a pump-down adapter. The downhole-type tool is positioned by the pump-down adapter within a wellbore tubular. The downhole-type tool is released by the pump-down adapter.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- interchangeably receiving a downhole tool of a plurality of interchangeable downhole tools by a pump-down adapter;
- positioning the downhole tool, by the pump-down adapter, within a wellbore tubular;
- releasing the downhole tool by the pump-down adapter;
- receiving the downhole tool by the pump-down adapter;
- and
- removing the downhole tool from a wellbore;
- wherein removing the downhole tool comprises pumping fluid into an annulus and up the wellbore tubular, the pumped fluid increasing a pressure in a second portion of the wellbore tubular.
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A method comprising:
- attaching an interchangeable downhole tool of a plurality of interchangeable downhole tools to a pump-down adapter;
- sealing, by one or more fins extending radially from an outer surface of the pump-down adapter, a first portion of the tubular uphole of the one or more fins, and a second portion of the tubular downhole of the one or more fins;
- positioning the downhole tool and the pump-down adapter within a wellbore tubular;
- separating the downhole tool from the pump-down adapter;
- attaching the downhole tool to the pump-down adapter;
- and
- removing the downhole tool and the pump-down adapter from a wellbore;
- wherein removing the downhole tool comprises pumping fluid into an annulus and up the wellbore tubular, the pumped fluid increasing a pressure in the second portion of the tubular.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.