Liner hanger setting tool including a split ring cone, a well system and a method

A method, comprising:

• positioning a liner hanger system within a wellbore extending through one or more subterranean formations, the liner hanger system including:
• an expandable liner hanger assembly, the expandable liner hanger assembly configured to move between an expandable liner hanger assembly run-in-hole state and an expandable liner hanger assembly expanded state in contact with the wellbore;
• and
• a liner hanger setting tool positioned proximate the expandable liner hanger assembly, the liner hanger setting tool including:
• a cone mandrel, wherein at least a portion of an outer radial surface of the cone mandrel is outwardly sloped;
• and
• a split ring cone positioned about the cone mandrel and configured to engage with the expandable liner hanger assembly, the split ring cone including a slot extending from an first end of the split ring cone to a second end of the split ring cone, the slot configured to allow the split ring cone to move between a split ring cone run-in-hole state having a lesser outside diameter (ODL) and a split ring cone deployed state having a greater outside diameter (ODG) as the cone mandrel and the split ring cone axially move relative to one another;
• moving the split ring cone from the split ring cone run-in-hole state having the lesser outside diameter (ODL) to the split ring cone deployed state having the greater outside diameter (ODG);
• and
• expanding the expandable liner hanger assembly into contact with the wellbore using the split ring cone in the split ring cone deployed state having the greater outside diameter (ODG).

A well system, comprising:

• a wellbore extending through one or more subterranean formations;
• and
• a liner hanger system positioned within the wellbore, the liner hanger system including:
• an expandable liner hanger assembly, the expandable liner hanger assembly configured to move between an expandable liner hanger assembly run-in-hole state and an expandable liner hanger assembly expanded state in contact with the wellbore;
• and
• a liner hanger setting tool positioned proximate the expandable liner hanger assembly, the liner hanger setting tool including:
• a cone mandrel, wherein at least a portion of an outer radial surface of the cone mandrel is outwardly sloped;
• and
• a split ring cone positioned about the cone mandrel and configured to engage with the expandable liner hanger assembly, the split ring cone including a slot extending from an first end of the split ring cone to a second end of the split ring cone, the slot configured to allow the split ring cone to move between a split ring cone run-in-hole state having a lesser outside diameter (ODL) and a split ring cone deployed state having a greater outside diameter (ODG) as the cone mandrel and the split ring cone axially move relative to one another.