Jetting tool
AssigneeWeatherford/Lamb, Inc.
InventorsAzfar Mahmood, Khalid Imtiaz, Santosh Bhadran, Mir Mohammed Hussain Shahnawaz
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Abstract
A jetting tool includes a tubular housing having: couplings formed at each longitudinal end thereof, and one or more ports formed through a wall thereof and in fluid communication with an upper portion of a bore of the housing. The jetting tool further includes a valve mechanism isolating the housing bore upper portion from a lower portion thereof in a closed position and operable to an open position where the valve mechanism provides fluid communication between the housing bore portions.
Claims19
A jetting tool, comprising:
- a tubular housing having:
- couplings formed at each longitudinal end thereof, and
- one or more ports formed through a wall thereof and in fluid communication with an upper portion of a bore of the housing;
- and
- a valve mechanism isolating the housing bore upper portion from a lower portion thereof in a closed position and operable to an open position where the valve mechanism provides fluid communication between the housing bore portions.
A method for deploying a bearing assembly to a receiver, comprising:
- deploying a running assembly to the receiver, the running assembly comprising:
- the bearing assembly, a running tool carrying the bearing assembly, and a jetting tool connected to the running tool;
- washing an inner surface of the receiver using the jetting tool;
- latching the bearing assembly to the washed inner surface of the receiver;
- and
- releasing the bearing assembly from the running tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.