Standoff for wireline

A wireline standoff assembly comprising:

• a wireline having a wireline thickness;
• a wireline standoff encasing a portion of the wireline, the wireline standoff comprising:
• a base comprising a base body having a base length between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a first coupling feature, wherein the base body includes a base channel formed therein that extends along the base length of the base body, and wherein the base channel has a width and a depth that are configured to be large enough to receive a first part of the portion of the wireline;
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• an end piece movably coupled to the first end of the base, wherein the end piece comprises an end piece body and a second coupling feature that is coupled to the first coupling feature of the base, wherein the end piece body has formed therein an end piece channel that extends along an end piece length of the end piece body, wherein the end piece channel has a width and a depth that are configured to be large enough to receive a second part of the portion of the wireline,
• wherein the base and the end piece are configured to be in a default position when the base channel and the end piece channel are aligned with each other so that the base channel is configured to receive the first part of the portion of the wireline simultaneously with when the end piece channel is configured to receive the second part of the portion of the wireline, and wherein the base and the end piece are configured to be in a secured position when the end piece is moved relative to the base using the first coupling feature and the second coupling feature so that the base channel and the end piece channel are misaligned with each other while the first lengthwise portion of the wireline is positioned in the base channel and while the second lengthwise portion of the wireline is positioned in the end piece channel.

A wellbore system comprising:

• a wellbore disposed in a subterranean formation;
• field equipment located at a surface adjacent to the wellbore;
• a wireline having a wireline thickness, wherein the field equipment is configured to lower the wireline into and extract the wireline from the wellbore;
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• a wireline standoff encasing a portion of the wireline, the wireline standoff comprising:
• a base comprising a base body having a base length between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a first coupling feature, wherein the base body includes a base channel formed therein that extends along the base length of the base body, and wherein the base channel has a width and a depth that are configured to be large enough to receive a first part of the portion of the wireline;
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• an end piece movably coupled to the first end of the base, wherein the end piece comprises an end piece body and a second coupling feature that is coupled to the first coupling feature of the base, wherein the end piece body has formed therein an end piece channel that extends along an end piece length of the end piece body, wherein the end piece channel has a width and a depth that are configured to be large enough to receive a second part of the portion of the wireline,
• wherein the base and the end piece are configured to be in a default position when the base channel and the end piece channel are aligned with each other so that the base channel is configured to receive the first part of the portion of the wireline at the surface simultaneously with when the end piece channel is configured to receive the second part of the portion of the wireline, and wherein the base and the end piece are configured to be in a secured position when the end piece is moved relative to the base at the surface using the first coupling feature and the second coupling feature so that the base channel and the end piece channel are misaligned with each other while the first lengthwise portion of the wireline is positioned in the base channel and while the second lengthwise portion of the wireline is positioned in the end piece channel.