Whipstock assembly for forming a window within a wellbore casing
AssigneeWeatherford/Lamb, Inc.
InventorsThurman B. Carter, Thomas M. Redlinger, David J. Brunnert
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AssigneeWeatherford/Lamb, Inc.
InventorsThurman B. Carter, Thomas M. Redlinger, David J. Brunnert
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The present invention discloses a whipstock assembly for use in forming a lateral borehole from a parent wellbore. The whipstock assembly comprises a body and a deflection member above the body. The deflection member includes a concave portion for deflecting a milling bit during a milling operation. Disposed on a perforation plate portion of the concave portion is a raised surface feature. The raised surface supports a milling bit above the perforation plate portion during a milling operation. This, in turn, substantially prevents frictional contact between the milling bits and the perforation plate portion during a milling operation. The present invention also provides a novel method for manufacturing a whipstock in which a cavity portion is formed behind the perforation plate by milling out the backside of the deflection member and then joining a second back cover member to the whipstock body to complete the assembly.
A whipstock assembly, comprising:
A method for creating a whipstock assembly, comprising:
A method for creating a whipstock assembly, comprising:
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