System and method for deploying a plurality of tools into a subterranean well
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorMarion D. Kilgore
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Abstract
A system for, and method of deploying a selected one of a plurality of tools into a subterranean well and a well employing the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a tool selector capable of receiving each of the plurality of tools into a separate location thereof and placing a selected one of the plurality of tools proximate an entrance to the subterranean well in response to a tool selection command and (2) a tool displacement mechanism, couplable to the selected one of the plurality of tools, that causes the selected one of the plurality of tools to enter and traverse at least a portion of the subterranean well.
Claims30
A system for deploying a selected one of a plurality of tools into a subterranean well, comprising:
- a tool selector capable of receiving each of said plurality of tools into a separate location thereof and placing a selected one of said plurality of tools proximate an entrance to said subterranean well in response to a tool selection command;
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- a tool displacement mechanism, having an attachment mechanism associated therewith that is configured to attach said selected one of said plurality of tools to said tool displacement mechanism and that causes said selected one of said plurality of tools to enter and traverse at least a portion of said subterranean well.
A method of deploying a selected one of a plurality of tools into a subterranean well, comprising the steps of:
- receiving each of said plurality of tools into a separate location of a tool selector;
- placing a selected one of said plurality of tools proximate an entrance to said subterranean well in response to a tool selection command;
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- causing said selected one of said plurality of tools to enter and traverse at least a portion of said subterranean well with a tool displacement mechanism having an attachment mechanism associated therewith that is configured to attach said selected one of said plurality of tools to said tool displacement mechanism.
A subterranean well, comprising:
- a wellbore having a casing therein and an entrance at a surface level thereof, said wellbore passing through at least one subterranean production zone and containing at least one manipulable structure at a location along a length thereof;
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- a system for deploying a selected one of a plurality of tools into said wellbore to manipulate said manipulable structure, including:
- a tool selector capable of receiving each of said plurality of tools into a separate location thereof and placing a selected one of said plurality of tools proximate said entrance in response to a tool selection command, and
- a tool displacement mechanism, having an attachment mechanism associated therewith that is configured to attach said selected one of said plurality of tools to said tool displacement mechanism and that causes said selected one of said plurality of tools to enter and traverse at least a portion of said subterranean well to arrive at said manipulable structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.