Downhole Apparatus
AssigneeWireline Engineering Limited
InventorRobert Neil Hall
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Abstract
A downhole apparatus for depositing a tool in a side pocket mandrel is described. The apparatus comprises an apparatus body, a tool holder and a displacement mechanism for connecting the tool holder to the apparatus body. The tool holder is movable between a run-in position, in which the tool holder is adjacent the body, to a displaced position, in which the tool holder is spaced away from the body As a tool is moved between the run-in position and the displaced position, a tool longitudinal axis remains substantially parallel to an apparatus body longitudinal axis.
Claims36
A downhole apparatus for depositing a tool in a side pocket mandrel, the apparatus comprising:
- an apparatus body;
- a tool holder, the tool holder being movable between a run-in position, in which the tool holder is adjacent the body, to a displaced position, in which the tool holder is spaced away from the body;
- a displacement mechanism for connecting the tool holder to the apparatus body;
- wherein, in use, as a tool is moved between the run-in position and the displaced position, a tool longitudinal axis remains substantially parallel to an apparatus body longitudinal axis.
A method of depositing a tool in a side pocket mandrel comprising the steps of:
- moving a tool to a run-in position, the tool being attached to an apparatus comprising an apparatus body, a tool holder and a displacement mechanism, the displacement mechanism connecting the tool holder to the apparatus body, and
- displacing the tool holder to a displaced position in which the tool holder is spaced away from the body, the tool longitudinal axis remaining substantially parallel to an apparatus body longitudinal axis tool during movement between the run-in and displaced positions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.