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US 2014/0151070 A1Published application
Packer Setting Tool
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Edward Harms, William Mark Richards
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Abstract
A setting tool comprises a centralizer section, a latching section configured to selectively engage the packer, and a setting section configured to provide a setting force to the packer through the setting sleeve. The centralizer section is configured to centralize a setting sleeve within a packer, and the centralizer section is configured to control the rate at which the setting sleeve engages the packer.
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A setting tool comprising:
- a centralizer section, wherein the centralizer section is configured to centralize a setting sleeve within a packer, and wherein the centralizer section is configured to control the rate at which the setting sleeve engages the packer;
- a latching section configured to selectively engage the packer;
- and
- a setting section configured to provide a setting force to the packer through the setting sleeve.
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A method for setting a packer in a wellbore, the method comprising:
- positioning a setting tool in a wellbore adjacent a packer, wherein the packer comprises a packer setting sleeve, and wherein the setting tool comprises a setting sleeve disposed about a setting tool mandrel;
- engaging the setting tool mandrel within the packer setting sleeve;
- centralizing the setting tool mandrel within the packer setting sleeve;
- incrementally driving the setting sleeve into engagement with the packer setting sleeve;
- and
- applying a setting force to the packer setting sleeve through the setting sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.