Setting a downhole tool in a wellbore
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsShanu Thottungal Eldho, Michael Dale Ezell, Shane Robert Burckhard
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Abstract
A downhole tool setting system includes a tubular member that defines a bore therethrough; a downhole tool positioned to ride the tubular member between a partial set position and a final set position; and a locking system coupled to the downhole tool and configured to adjust the downhole tool from the partial set position based on at least a portion of the locking system moveable relative to the tubular member to the final set position based on at least a portion of the locking system affixed to the tubular member.
Claims19
A downhole tool locking system, comprising:
- a tubular mandrel that defines a bore therethrough, the mandrel comprising a profile formed on an outer radial surface of the mandrel;
- a carrier ring positioned to ride the tubular mandrel adjacent an outer radial surface of the tubular mandrel, the carrier ring comprising a profile formed on an outer radial surface of the carrier ring;
- a body lock ring comprising a first profile formed on an inner radial surface to engage the profile formed on the outer radial surface of the carrier ring, and a second profile formed on an outer radial surface of the body lock ring;
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- a housing comprising a profile formed on an inner radial surface of the housing to engage the second profile of the body lock ring, where the body lock ring is adjustable from a first position engaged with the carrier ring through engagement of the carrier ring profile and the first profile of the body lock ring to a second position engaged with the mandrel through engagement of the mandrel profile and the first profile of the body lock ring, based on a specified force applied to the housing, to adjust a downhole tool coupled to the housing from a partial set position to a fully set position.
A method for setting a downhole tool, comprising:
- applying a first force to a tubular housing coupled, through a body lock ring, with a carrier ring that rides on a mandrel;
- adjusting the carrier ring and the body lock ring on the mandrel to a first set position based on the first force applied to the housing;
- based on the carrier ring and body lock ring adjusted to the first set position, setting a downhole tool coupled to the tubular housing at a partial set location in a wellbore;
- applying a second force to the tubular housing to decouple the carrier ring from the body lock ring;
- adjusting the body lock ring on the mandrel to a second set position based on the second force applied to the housing;
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- based on the body lock ring adjusted to the second set position, setting the downhole tool coupled to the tubular housing at a final set location in the wellbore.
A downhole tool setting system, comprising:
- a tubular member that defines a bore therethrough;
- a downhole tool positioned to ride the tubular member between a partial set position and a final set position;
- a locking system coupled to the downhole tool and configured to adjust the downhole tool from the partial set position based on a carrier ring moveable relative to the tubular member to the final set position based on at least a portion of the locking system affixed to the tubular member;
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- a shear member that couples the carrier ring moveable relative to the tubular member to the portion of the locking system affixed to the tubular member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.