Guide assembly, method and system
US12326050B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 18, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jun 10, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25B23/1427
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A guide assembly including a guide nose, a body supporting the guide nose, and a torque limiter having a configuration to connect the guide nose and the body to a separate structure. A method for negotiating a restriction in a borehole including running a guide assembly into the borehole, encountering a restriction with the guide nose, limiting torque on the guide nose while encountering the restriction, longitudinally unloading the guide nose, incrementing an incrementing feature of the guide assembly to thereby rotate the guide nose. A wellbore system including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, a guide assembly disposed within or as a part of the string.
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