Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Removing obstructions in a wellbore
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Application No.: US17160945Application Date: 2021-01-28
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Publication No.: US11643896B2Publication Date: 2023-05-09
- Inventor: Hamed M. Nafa , Majid D. Al-Hajjaji , Ali Abdulwahed Al Qassab
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Main IPC: E21B27/02
- IPC: E21B27/02 ; E21B34/14 ; E21B23/01 ; E21B23/14 ; E21B34/06

Abstract:
A wellbore assembly includes a cable configured to be disposed within a wellbore. The wellbore assembly also includes a housing attached to a downhole end of the cable. The housing defines a fluid outlet at a downhole end of the housing. The housing includes an anchor and a collapsible gate. The anchor engages a wall of the wellbore under increased tension in the cable, thereby anchoring the housing to the wellbore. The collapsible gate is disposed inside the housing between an uphole end of the housing and the fluid outlet. The housing temporarily stores a treatment fluid configured to treat an obstruction in the wellbore. The collapsible gate is configured to break, with the anchor engaged, under further tension applied by the cable, inside the housing to allow the treatment fluid to flow out of the housing through the fluid outlet toward the obstruction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220235619A1 REMOVING OBSTRUCTIONS IN A WELLBORE Public/Granted day:2022-07-28
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