Apparatus and method to longitudinally and circumferentially cut and remove a section of a wellbore tubular

A method for cutting a wellbore tubular, comprising:

• positioning a tool in the wellbore tubular at a selected depth, the tool comprising a housing shaped to enable movement along an interior of the wellbore tubular, the housing having an upper end arranged to connect to a conveyance and a lower end comprising a guide;
• cutting materials disposed in the housing and arranged to cut the wellbore tubular in two, longitudinally spaced apart circumferential cuts and at least one longitudinal cut extending between the longitudinally spaced apart circumferential cuts;
• actuating the cutting materials, wherein the cutting materials are actuated to create the circumferential cuts and the at least one longitudinal cut simultaneously;
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• actuating at least one of a push-out module or a pull in module to radially expand or contract the cut wellbore tubular to enable dropping a cut section over the wellbore tubular below the lower circumferential cut.

An apparatus for cutting sections of a wellbore tubular, comprising:

• a housing shaped to enable movement along an interior of the wellbore tubular, the housing having an upper end arranged to connect to a conveyance and a lower end comprising a guide;
• cutting materials disposed in the housing and arranged to cut the wellbore tubular in a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart circumferential cuts, and a plurality of longitudinal cuts extending between adjacent ones of the plurality circumferential cuts, wherein the cutting materials are arranged to create the plurality circumferential cuts simultaneously or with a time delay chosen to optimize energy created when cutting;
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• a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart push out modules or pull in modules disposed between the upper end and the guide and arranged to contact the tubular to radially expand the tubular or to radially contract the tubular.