E21B23/001

Downhole tools and methods of controlling downhole tools

A downhole tool that has a plurality of arm assemblies. Each of the arm assemblies has an arm configured to expand and retract and an actuator. A hydraulic bus in fluid communication with the plurality of arm assemblies. A plurality of flow control devices. The flow control devices are configured to selectively isolate one or more arm assemblies of the plurality of arm assemblies from the hydraulic bus while maintaining the other arm assemblies of the plurality of arm assemblies in communication with the hydraulic bus.

Downhole force generating tool

The disclosure of this application is directed to a downhole tool comprising a central element/member and a sleeve that is rotatably and orbitally disposed around the central element/member. The sleeve rotates and orbits around the central element/member responsive to fluid flowing through the downhole too. The disclosure is also related to a method of advancing the downhole tool in a well by flowing fluid through the tool.

METHODS AND APPARTUS FOR REMOTE ACTUATION OF A DOWNHOLE DEVICE IN A WELLBORE
20170350237 · 2017-12-07 ·

An apparatus for remote actuation of a downhole device in a wellbore, that includes a cable head configured to connect with a cable in communication with surface equipment. The cable head is connected with a tractor module. A communication module is connected with the tractor, and a release device is connected with the communication module. The release device is connected with an anchor. The anchor section is connected with a downhole device. The downhole device is configured to communication with the communication module when the communication module is released from the release device.

Downhole traction apparatus and assembly

An apparatus (10) includes a traction member in the form of a roller (24) configured for mounting on a body (12) so as to permit rotation of the roller (24) relative to the body (12). The roller (24) is mountable on the body (12) so as to define a skew angle relative to a longitudinal axis (26) of the body (12). In use, the roller (24) engages a wall of a borehole or bore-lining tubular and the roller (24) urges the apparatus (10) along the wall of the borehole or bore-lining tubular on rotation of the as the roller (24) rotates on the body (12).

DOWNHOLE WIRELINE TOOL
20230175320 · 2023-06-08 ·

The present invention relates to a downhole wireline tool for performing a machining operation, such as milling, in a well having a top, the downhole wireline tool having a longitudinal axis, a first end configured to be connected to a wireline and a second end forming a front of the tool facing away from the wireline along the longitudinal axis, the downhole wireline tool comprising a tool housing, a holding section having projectable parts configured to prevent a part of the downhole wireline tool from moving in a direction towards the top, a machining tool arranged in the front of the tool, and a rotation unit for rotating the machining tool, wherein the downhole wireline tool further comprises an oscillation device having a rotational stationary part being connected with the rotation unit and a rotational part being connected to the machining tool, the oscillation device being configured to provide an oscillating movement of the machining tool by oscillating the rotational part in relation to the rotational stationary part.

CONTACTLESS CONVEYANCE FOR LOGGING WHILE LEVITATING (LWL)
20230175329 · 2023-06-08 · ·

A method for logging in a cased well is disclosed. The method includes receiving well data comprising an orientation of the cased well, selecting a logging while levitating (LWL) assembly type based on the well data, running the LWL assembly into the well to a start depth, and activating the LWL assembly based on a downhole condition so that the LWL assembly levitates in a center of the cased well, wherein the activated LWL assembly moves downhole in the cased well while levitating. The method further includes determining whether the LWL assembly has reached a target depth and performing logging in the cased well while the LWL assembly is levitating in the cased well when the target depth is reached.

APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR SEALING A WELLBORE

A retrievable bridge plug includes a housing that includes a slickline connector; a plurality of wheels coupled to the housing, each wheel adjustable from a retracted position within the housing to an extended position from the housing; a motor assembly within the housing and driveably coupled to the plurality of wheels; a seal coupled to the housing; and a controller configured to operate the motor assembly to move the housing through a wellbore on the plurality of wheels in the extended position in response to a particular force on the housing; and activate the seal to seal the wellbore from fluid circulation there through.

Roller tool

A roller tool 1 that can be connected into a string for deployment into an oil or gas well includes at least two rollers or wheels 10 located on each side of the roller tool 1, with axes of rotation that are perpendicular to the axis of the roller tool 1. The roller tool further includes at least two interconnecting tubular portions, where one tubular portion 41 comprises a mandrel 45 that connects to another tubular portion 42. An annular hub 20 is fitted over the mandrel 45 and the rollers 10 are connected onto the hub 20. The tubular portions 41, 42 comprise circumferential sleeve sections 56a, 56b that partially extend over the rollers 10 and resist detachment of the rollers 10 from the roller tool 1. The roller tool 1 can aid passage of a string through a well by holding the string away from the walls of the well and reducing frictional contact.

Method For Recovering Tubular Structures From A Well And A Downhole Tool String
20170328160 · 2017-11-16 · ·

This invention relates to a method for recovering a tubular structure (3) from a well (1), wherein a so-called free point is defined as the location where the tubular structure is stuck in the well. The method comprising providing a downhole tool string comprising a pipe-severing tool and an upper part of the downhole tool string; lowering the downhole tool string into the tubular structure to release the free pipe. Before the step of triggering the pipe-severing tool to sever the tubular structure, the method includes releasing the pipe-severing tool and subsequent withdrawing the upper part, of the downhole tool string away from the free point towards the surface over at least a predefined distance. The invention relates to a downhole tool string for use in such method.

UNTETHERED DOWNHOLE TOOL SYSTEMS AND METHODS
20230167733 · 2023-06-01 ·

Techniques according to the present disclosure include moving an untethered downhole tool through a wellbore between a terranean surface and a particular depth in the wellbore; during the moving the untethered downhole tool through the wellbore, acquiring a set of sensed data from one or more sensors in the untethered downhole tool in a time domain; transforming the plurality of data values associated with the wellbore parameter in the time-domain into a plurality of data values associated with the wellbore parameter in a depth-domain based at least in part on at least one accelerometer output and the locations of a plurality of casing collars; and preparing the plurality of data values associated with the wellbore parameter in the depth-domain for presentation on a graphical user interface (GUI).