Debris resistant keyed running tool and method
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsWesley P. Dietz, David Joe Steele
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Abstract
Provided is a keyed running tool for use with a slotted orientation apparatus. The keyed running tool, in one aspect, includes a housing, and two or more keys extending from the housing, the two or more keys movable between a radially retracted state and a radially extended state, wherein adjacent ones of the two or more keys are laterally offset from each other and radially offset from each other by Y degrees, wherein Y is 180 degrees or less.
Claims27
A keyed running tool for use with a slotted orientation apparatus, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- two or more keys extending from the housing, the two or more keys movable between a radially retracted state and a radially extended state, wherein adjacent ones of the two or more keys are laterally offset from each other and radially offset from each other by Y degrees, wherein Y is 180 degrees or less.
A well system, comprising:
- a slotted orientation apparatus positioned within a wellbore located in a subterranean formation, the slotted orientation apparatus including:
- a tubular having a wall thickness (t);
- and
- a slot extending at least partially through the tubular, the slot having first and second axial portions laterally offset from one another by a distance (ds), and an angled portion connecting the first and second axial portions;
- and
- a keyed running tool having a downhole tool coupled to a downhole end therein positioned within the slotted orientation apparatus, the keyed running tool including:
- a housing;
- and
- two or more keys extending from the housing, the two or more keys movable between a radially retracted state and a radially extended state, wherein adjacent ones of the two or more keys are laterally offset from each other and radially offset from each other by Y degrees, wherein Y is 180 degrees or less.
A method for aligning a downhole tool, comprising:
- positioning a slotted orientation apparatus within a wellbore located in a subterranean formation, the slotted orientation apparatus including:
- a tubular having a wall thickness (t);
- and
- a slot extending at least partially through the tubular, the slot having first and second axial portions laterally offset from one another by a distance (ds), and an angled portion connecting the first and second axial portions;
- and
- positioning a keyed running tool having a downhole tool coupled to a downhole end thereof at least partially within the slotted orientation apparatus, the keyed running tool including:
- a housing;
- and
- two or more keys extending from the housing, the two or more keys movable between a radially retracted state and a radially extended state, wherein adjacent ones of the two or more keys are laterally offset from each other and radially offset from each other by Y degrees, wherein Y is 120 degrees or less.
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