# US 2017/0284191 A1 · Instrumented Multilateral Wellbores and Method of Forming Same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0284191 A1 - Document ID: US20170284191A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/089,948 - Filed: 2016-04-04 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2016-04-04 - Assignees: Baker Hughes Incorporated - Applicants: Baker Hughes Incorporated - Inventors: Carl S. Martin; Colin P. Andrew; Michael H. Johnson; Joshua J. Kaufman; Luis E. Mendez; David E. Schneider; Bryan P. Pendleton - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170284191A1 ## CPC - E21B 47/12: Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling - E21B 17/028: {Electrical or electro-magnetic connections} - E21B 23/00: Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells (setting of casings, screens or liners E21B43/10) - E21B 23/04: operated by fluid means, e.g. actuated by explosion (E21B23/08 takes precedence) - E21B 41/0035: {Apparatus or methods for multilateral well technology, e.g. for the completion of or workover on wells with one or more lateral branches} - E21B 47/00: Survey of boreholes or wells (monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08) - E21B 47/006: {Detection of corrosion or deposition of substances} - E21B 47/07: Temperature - E21B 47/10: Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements - E21B 47/135: using light waves, e.g. infrared or ultraviolet waves - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A method of completing a wellbore system that includes a main wellbore and a lateral wellbore intersecting the main wellbore at a junction is disclosed, wherein in one embodiment the method includes placing a first outer assembly below the junction in the main wellbore and placing a second outer assembly below the junction in the lateral wellbore; placing a first inner assembly in the second outer assembly with a top end thereof below the junction, the top end of the first inner assembly including a first wet connect associated with at least one link in the first inner assembly; and connecting a second wet connect of a string with the first wet connect with a top end of the string having a third wet connect corresponding to the at least one link above the junction in the main wellbore. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of completing a first wellbore and a second wellbore intersecting the first wellbore at a junction; the method comprising: placing a first outer assembly below the junction in the first wellbore and placing a second outer assembly below the junction in the second wellbore; placing a first inner assembly in the second outer assembly with a top end thereof below the junction, the top end of the first inner assembly including a first wet connect associated with at least one link in the first inner assembly; and connecting a second wet connect of a string with the first wet connection with a top end of the string having a third wet connect corresponding to the at least one link above the junction in the first wellbore. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising: placing a second inner string in the first outer string; and connecting a fourth wet connect to the third wet connect to provide a continuous link from the first inner assembly to a surface location. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first inner string includes at least one sensor for determining a parameter of interest relating to a downhole operation in the second wellbore. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the at least one link includes one of: an electrical conductor; a fiber optic link; and a hydraulic line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the parameter of interest is selected from a group consisting of: pressure; temperature, flow rate; vibration; abrasion and corrosion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein the inner string includes at least one sensor coupled to the at least one link. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1 further comprising fracturing a zone in one of the first wellbore and the second wellbore before placing the first inner string in the second wellbore. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the junction is an open hole junction extending from a first selected location below the junction in the second wellbore to a second selected location above the junction in the first wellbore. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6 further comprising monitoring an operation of the second wellbore in response to measurements provided by the at least one sensor in the second wellbore. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the measurement is selected from a group consisting of: temperature; pressure; and flow rate; vibration; abrasion; and corrosion. ### Claim 11 A wellbore system having a lateral wellbore formed from a main wellbore at a junction thereof, the wellbore system comprising: an outer assembly in the lateral wellbore with a top end thereof below the junction in the lateral wellbore and an inner assembly in the outer assembly in the lateral wellbore, wherein the inner assembly includes a top end that has a first wet connect corresponding to a link in the inner assembly below the junction; and a string having a second wet connect at a lower end connected to the first wet connect in the lateral wellbore and further having a third wet connect in the main wellbore above the junction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The wellbore system of claim 11 further comprising a string extending from a surface location having a fourth wet connect connected to the third wet connect to provide a continuous link from the lateral wellbore to the surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wellbore system of claim 12, wherein the inner string in the lateral wellbore includes a sensor for determining a parameter of interest relating to the lateral wellbore. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The wellbore system of claim 13, wherein the link includes one of: an electrical conductor; a fiber optic link; and a hydraulic line. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The wellbore system of claim 13, wherein the parameter of interest is selected from a group consisting of: pressure; temperature, flow rate; vibration; abrasion; and corrosion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The wellbore system of claim 12 further comprising a sensor in the second wellbore for providing information relating to a parameter of interest in the first wellbore. ### Claim 17 (depends on 12) The wellbore system of claim 12 further comprising a controller that controls a device in the second wellbore via the continuous link. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The wellbore system of claim 11, wherein the junction is an open hole junction extending from a first location below the junction in the second wellbore to a second location above the junction in the first wellbore. ### Claim 19 A method of completing a main wellbore and a lateral wellbore intersecting the main wellbore at a junction, the method comprising: providing a first wet mate assembly below the junction, the first wet mate assembly including a first wet connect coupled to a first link in the lateral wellbore and a second wet connect connected to the first wet connect; and providing a second wet mate assembly in the main wellbore that includes a third wet connect coupled to the second wet connect via a second link and a fourth wet connect connected to the third wet connect.