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US 2012/0234542 A1Published application
Method and systems to sever wellbore devices and elements
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorAlan L. McFall
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Abstract
A method for performing an operation in the wellbore may include at least partially separating a wellbore tubular while reducing a compression in a section of the wellbore tubular using a force applicator in the wellbore. An apparatus for performing the downhole operation may include a cutter configured to at least partially sever a wellbore tubular; and a force applicator configured to reduce a compression in a section of a wellbore tubular proximate to the cutter.
Claims14
A method for performing an operation in the wellbore, comprising:
- at least partially separating a wellbore tubular into a first and a second section while reducing a compressive force acting on the wellbore tubular using a force applicator in the wellbore.
An apparatus for performing a downhole operation, comprising:
- a cutter configured to at least partially sever a wellbore tubular into a first and a second section;
- and
- a force applicator configured to reduce a compressive force acting on a section of a wellbore tubular proximate to the cutter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.