GB2297988B - Method & apparatus for locating & re-entering one or more horizontal wells using whipstocks - Google Patents

Method & apparatus for locating & re-entering one or more horizontal wells using whipstocks

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GB2297988B
GB2297988B GB9607652A GB9607652A GB2297988B GB 2297988 B GB2297988 B GB 2297988B GB 9607652 A GB9607652 A GB 9607652A GB 9607652 A GB9607652 A GB 9607652A GB 2297988 B GB2297988 B GB 2297988B
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Prior art keywords
whipstocks
locating
entering
horizontal wells
wells
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GB9607652D0 (en
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Mark W Brockman
L Cameron White
Douglas J Murray
Jeffrey D Cockrell
Robert J Mcnair
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Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
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Baker Hughes Inc
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/04—Directional drilling
    • E21B7/06—Deflecting the direction of boreholes
    • E21B7/061—Deflecting the direction of boreholes the tool shaft advancing relative to a guide, e.g. a curved tube or a whipstock
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/03—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells for setting the tools into, or removing the tools from, laterally offset landing nipples or pockets
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/0035—Apparatus or methods for multilateral well technology, e.g. for the completion of or workover on wells with one or more lateral branches

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
GB9607652A 1992-08-07 1993-08-06 Method & apparatus for locating & re-entering one or more horizontal wells using whipstocks Expired - Lifetime GB2297988B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US07/927,567 US5318121A (en) 1992-08-07 1992-08-07 Method and apparatus for locating and re-entering one or more horizontal wells using whipstock with sealable bores
GB9406261A GB2274863B (en) 1992-08-07 1993-08-06 Method and apparatus for locating and re-entering one or more horizontal wells using whipstocks

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GB9607652D0 GB9607652D0 (en) 1996-06-12
GB2297988A GB2297988A (en) 1996-08-21
GB2297988B true GB2297988B (en) 1997-01-22

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US8333245B2 (en) 2002-09-17 2012-12-18 Vitruvian Exploration, Llc Accelerated production of gas from a subterranean zone
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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US8297377B2 (en) 1998-11-20 2012-10-30 Vitruvian Exploration, Llc Method and system for accessing subterranean deposits from the surface and tools therefor
US8376052B2 (en) 1998-11-20 2013-02-19 Vitruvian Exploration, Llc Method and system for surface production of gas from a subterranean zone
US6725922B2 (en) 2002-07-12 2004-04-27 Cdx Gas, Llc Ramping well bores
US8333245B2 (en) 2002-09-17 2012-12-18 Vitruvian Exploration, Llc Accelerated production of gas from a subterranean zone

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