Downhole releasable vibratory tool, system and method
AssigneeThru Tubing Solutions, Inc.
InventorsRoger L. Schultz, Robert Phillis
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Abstract
A vibratory tool for use in a subterranean well can include an outer housing, an insert configured to produce vibrations in a tubular string in the well, and a release member that releasably secures the insert in the outer housing. A method for use with a subterranean well can include connecting at least one vibratory tool in a tubular string, the vibratory tool including an insert releasably secured in an outer housing, positioning the tubular string in the well, then releasing the insert from the outer housing in the well, and displacing the insert through the tubular string.
Claims20
A vibratory tool for use in a subterranean well, the vibratory tool comprising:
- an outer housing;
- an insert configured to produce vibrations in a tubular string in the well;
- and
- a release member that releasably secures the insert in the outer housing, in which the release member is configured to release the insert in response to a predetermined pressure differential created across the insert.
A method for use with a subterranean well, the method comprising:
- connecting at least one vibratory tool in a tubular string, the vibratory tool including an insert releasably secured in an outer housing;
- positioning the tubular string in the well;
- creating a predetermined pressure differential across the insert, thereby releasing the insert from the outer housing in the well;
- and
- displacing the insert through the tubular string.
A vibratory tool for use in a subterranean well, the vibratory tool comprising:
- an outer housing;
- an insert configured to produce vibrations in a tubular string in the well;
- and
- a release member that releasably secures the insert in the outer housing, in which the release member comprises a release sleeve secured between the insert and the outer housing, and in which the release sleeve is configured to break in response to a predetermined pressure differential created across a plug engaged with the insert.
A method for use with a subterranean well, the method comprising:
- connecting at least one vibratory tool in a tubular string, the vibratory tool including an insert releasably secured in an outer housing;
- positioning the tubular string in the well;
- degrading a release member that releasably secures the insert in the outer housing, thereby releasing the insert from the outer housing in the well;
- and
- displacing the insert through the tubular string.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.