Selective re-entry tool for multiple tubing completions and method of using
US6209649A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 10, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 3, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B23/12
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A selective re-entry tool is provided that allows an operator at the earth's surface to perform intervention operations in one or more completion strings by allowing remote discrimination and orientation of a tool string to a target location in a single comingling completion string. The selective re-entry tool may broadly include a carrier body having a navigation port extending longitudinally therethrough, and an orienting key movably connected to the carrier body and releasably engageable with a discriminator groove in a tubing string to align the navigation port with a predetermined one of a plurality of branch tubings in the tubing string. The re-entry tool may further include a locking dog movably connected to the carrier body and releasably engageable with a locking recess in the tubing string to prevent rotation of the carrier body after the navigation port has been aligned with the predetermined one of the plurality of branch tubings. A method of aligning a navigation port and/or tool string with a specific downhole tubing string or lateral well branch is also provided.
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