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US 2013/0153224 A1Published application
Methods of controllably milling a window in a cased wellbore using a pressure differential to cause movement of a mill
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorJoseph PARLIN
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Abstract
A method of controllably milling a window in at least a portion of a cased wellbore comprises: interconnecting a mill advancing device and a mill; applying a pressure differential between the mill advancing device and the mill, wherein the application of the pressure differential causes a downward movement of the mill advancing device and the mill; and causing the mill to engage the at least a portion of the cased wellbore.
Claims25
A method of controllably milling a window in at least a portion of a cased wellbore comprising:
- interconnecting a mill advancing device and a mill;
- creating a pressure differential between an area above the mill advancing device and an area below the mill advancing device, wherein the creation of the pressure differential causes a downward movement of the mill advancing device and the mill;
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- causing the mill to engage the at least a portion of the cased wellbore.
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A method of controlling a mill in a cased wellbore comprising:
- interconnecting a mill advancing device and the mill, wherein the mill is connected to a drill string that is located inside the cased wellbore;
- creating a seal between the outside of the drill string and the inside of a casing of the cased wellbore at the location of the mill advancing device;
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- creating a pressure differential between an area above the seal and an area below the seal, wherein the creation of the pressure differential causes a downward movement of the mill advancing device, the seal, and the mill.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.