Lateral locating assembly for lateral intervention
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsFranklin Charles Rodriguez, Neil Hepburn
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Abstract
Provided, in one aspect, is a lateral locating assembly. The lateral locating assembly may include, in one aspect, a housing, as well as a piston positioned within the housing. The lateral locating assembly according to this aspect may further include a mandrel extending from a distal end of the housing, the mandrel configured to rotate and translate angularly in response to the piston moving from a first position to a second position, and a deflection tip coupled with a distal end of the mandrel, the deflection tip configured to rotate and angularly translate with the mandrel relative to the housing.
Claims23
A lateral locating assembly, comprising:
- a housing;
- a piston positioned within the housing;
- a mandrel extending from a distal end of the housing, the mandrel configured to rotate and translate angularly in response to the piston moving from a first position to a second position;
- and
- a deflection tip coupled with a distal end of the mandrel, the deflection tip configured to rotate and angularly translate with the mandrel relative to the housing.
A method of wellbore intervention, the method comprising:
- running a lateral locating assembly into a main wellbore, the lateral locating assembly including:
- a housing;
- a piston positioned within the housing;
- a mandrel extending from a distal end of the housing, the mandrel configured to rotate and translate angularly in response to the piston moving from a first position to a second position;
- and
- a deflection tip coupled with a distal end of the mandrel, the deflection tip configured to rotate and angularly translate with the mandrel relative to the housing;
- and
- moving the piston from the first position to the second position at a desired location in the main wellbore to rotate and angularly translate the deflection tip relative to the housing;
- and
- pushing the lateral locating assembly having the rotated and angularly translated deflection tip through a window in the main wellbore and into a lateral wellbore.
A well system, comprising:
- a main wellbore;
- a lateral wellbore extending from the main wellbore;
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- a lateral locating assembly located in the main wellbore, the lateral locating assembly including:
- a housing;
- a piston positioned within the housing;
- a mandrel extending from a distal end of the housing, the mandrel configured to rotate and translate angularly in response to the piston moving from a first position to a second position;
- and
- a deflection tip coupled with a distal end of the mandrel, the deflection tip configured to rotate and angularly translate with the mandrel relative to the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.