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US 12,055,039 B2Granted
Method for washing over an anchoring subassembly
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsSrinivasa Prasanna Vemuri, Matthew James Kelsey, Eulalio De Jesus Rosas Fermin
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Abstract
Provided, in one aspect, is a method for forming a well system. The method, in one aspect, includes forming a wellbore within a subterranean formation, and positioning an anchoring subassembly within the wellbore. The method, according to this aspect, further includes washing over at least a portion of the anchoring subassembly with a washover assembly, and then removing the washed over anchoring subassembly from the wellbore.
Claims17
A method for forming a well system, comprising:
- forming a wellbore within a subterranean formation;
- positioning an anchoring subassembly within the wellbore, at least a portion of the anchoring subassembly engaged with the wellbore;
- and
- washing over the anchoring subassembly with a washover assembly, the washing over milling over and swallowing the at least the portion of the anchoring subassembly engaged with the we and then removing the washed over and milled anchoring subassembly from the wellbore.
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A method for forming a well system, comprising:
- forming a main wellbore within a subterranean formation;
- positioning a whipstock assembly within the mail wellbore, the whipstock assembly including an anchoring subassembly, at least a portion of the anchoring subassembly engaged with the wellbore;
- drilling a lateral wellbore from the main wellbore using the whipstock assembly;
- and
- washing over the whipstock assembly with a washover assembly, the washing over milling over and swallowing the at least the portion of the anchoring subassembly engaged with the wellbore, and then removing the washed over and milled whipstock assembly from the wellbore.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.