# US 11,993,992 B2 · Modified cement retainer with milling assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,993,992 B2 - Document ID: US11993992B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/897,987 - Filed: 2022-08-29 - Published: 2024-02-29 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-29 - Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company - Inventors: Ahmed Abdulaziz Al-Mousa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11993992B2 ## CPC - E21B 23/06: for setting packers - E21B 29/002: {Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe} - E21B 33/13: Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A modified cement retainer with milling assembly includes an elongate body that includes a first hollow portion near a first end of the body and a second portion near a second end of the body. A wellbore milling tool is positioned within the first hollow portion. The wellbore milling tool can perform milling operations within a wellbore. A cement flow pathway is defined within the body and the wellbore milling tool. The cement flow pathway extends end to end through the body, and passes through the wellbore milling tool. The cement flow pathway can flow cement through the well tool. A tool retainer is attached to the body. The tool retainer is can retain the wellbore milling tool within the first hollow portion of the elongate body and allow lowering the wellbore milling tool attached to the body within the wellbore. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method comprising: positioning a wellbore milling tool in a hollow portion of an elongate well tool body, wherein the wellbore milling tool and the well tool body define a cement flow pathway from end to end; connecting the wellbore milling tool to the well tool body by a tool retainer; lowering the well tool body with the connected wellbore milling tool into a wellbore formed from a surface through a subterranean zone; installing the well tool body within the wellbore at a downhole location, wherein, after the installing, the well tool body is sealingly attached to an inner wall of the wellbore at the downhole location; after installing the well tool body, flowing cement through the cement flow pathway to a wellbore location that is downhole of the downhole location; after flowing the cement, activating the tool retainer to separate the wellbore milling tool from the well tool body; and after separating the wellbore milling tool from the well tool body, milling the well tool body with the wellbore milling tool. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein flowing the cement and milling the well tool body are implemented in a single trip into the wellbore. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a packer is attached to the well tool body, wherein installing the well tool body within the wellbore at the downhole location comprises deploying the packer at the downhole location to seal against the inner wall of the wellbore. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein an outer diameter of the wellbore milling tool is greater than or equal to the outer diameter of the remainder of the body. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein an inner diameter of the hollow portion in which the wellbore milling tool is positioned is greater than or equal to an outer diameter of a remainder of the body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the tool retainer comprises a shear pin, wherein connecting the wellbore milling tool to the well tool body by the tool retainer comprises passing the shear pin through a circumferential surface of the body and a notch formed on a side of the wellbore milling tool. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein activating the tool retainer to separate the wellbore milling tool from the well tool body comprises axially moving the wellbore milling tool and the well tool body relative to each other causing the shear pin to be sheared. ### Claim 8 A well tool comprising: an elongate body comprising a first hollow portion near a first end of the body and a second portion near a second end of the body; a wellbore milling tool positioned within the first hollow portion, the wellbore milling tool configured to perform milling operations within a wellbore; a cement flow pathway defined within the body and the wellbore milling tool, the cement flow pathway extending from the first end of the body to the second end of the body and passing through the wellbore milling tool, the cement flow pathway configured to allow flow of cement through the well tool; and a tool retainer attached to the body, the tool retainer configured to retain the wellbore milling tool within the first hollow portion of the elongate body and to allow lowering the wellbore milling tool attached to the body within the wellbore. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The well tool of claim 8, further comprising a packer attached to the second portion, the packer configured to seal against an inner wall of the wellbore. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The well tool of claim 8, wherein an inner diameter of the first hollow portion is greater than or equal to an outer diameter of a remainder of the body. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The well tool of claim 10, wherein an outer diameter of the wellbore milling tool is greater than or equal to the outer diameter of the remainder of the body. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The well tool of claim 8, wherein the tool retainer comprises a shear pin passing through a circumferential surface of the body and a notch formed on a side of the wellbore milling tool, wherein the shear pin is made of a material that is configured to be sheared in response to an axial movement of the wellbore milling tool and the body relative to each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The well tool of claim 12, wherein the material with which the shear pin is made is millable by the wellbore milling tool. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The well tool of claim 8, further comprising: a string connected to the wellbore milling tool, the string configured to lower the well tool inside the wellbore; and a string mill attached to the string axially uphole of the wellbore milling tool.