Downhole tool, method, and system
AssigneeBaker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
InventorsTuan Nguyen, James Scott Trahan, Morten Eidem, Gaute Grindhaug
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Abstract
A borehole tool, including a first section having a seal and a seal anchor, a second section attached to the first section by a joint having at least two degrees of freedom. A method for positioning and setting a downhole tool, including running a tool to a target location, setting the seal anchor, setting the seal packer, and positioning the second section by manipulating the joint. A wellbore system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a downhole tool, disposed within or as a part of the string.
Claims18
A borehole tool, comprising:
- a first section having a seal and a seal anchor;
- a second section attached to the first section by a ball joint having at least two degrees of freedom, the ball joint including a ball;
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- a drive sub in the first section configured to drivingly engage with the ball, the drive sub being disengageable from the ball to allow the second section to flex relative to the first section to set the second section back against an opposing side of a borehole in which the tool is to be deployed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.