A downhole tractor assembly operable in a wellbore that includes a tractor body and a tractor wheel assembly. The tractor wheel assembly includes a tractor wheel with teeth around a circumference of the wheel and grooves between adjacent teeth. The grooves include a profile in a plane parallel with the axis of the wheel. Also, each tooth includes an outer face with face grooves on each side of the outer face that extend less than across the wheel.

A wheel assembly configured to detachably connect to a downhole tool to thereby reduce friction between the downhole tool and a sidewall of a wellbore through which the downhole tool is conveyed. The wheel assembly may include an axle configured to contact a sidewall of the downhole tool, wherein the axle comprises a bore extending therethrough, a wheel rotatably connected to the axle such that the wheel extends around at least a portion of the axle and the bore, and a fastener configured to be disposed at least partially within the bore and extend out of the bore into the sidewall of the downhole tool to detachably connect the axle to the downhole tool.

A wellbore tractor is provided. The wellbore tractor includes a single hydraulic line and at least one valve disposed along the single hydraulic line. At least two pairs of drives hydraulically coupled with the single hydraulic line such that the single hydraulic line can control the drives to open and/or close. A valve can be disposed along the single hydraulic line between each pair of drives. By controlling the opening and/or closing of each valve, along with controlling the inflow or removal of fluid in the hydraulic line, each pair of drives can be individually controlled to maneuver the wellbore tractor.

Systems and methods of the present disclosure relates to propelling downhole tractors in wellbores. A downhole tractor drive module comprises an output shaft; a harmonic drive gear driven by the output shaft; and at least one wheel, wherein the harmonic drive gear is operable to control torque supplied to the at least one wheel.

The present invention relates to a downhole tool string for displacing at least a tool section in a well in a radial direction in a wall of a well tubular metal structure extending along an axial direction in relation to the radial direction, comprising a tool body having an outer face and a tool centre axis along the axial direction, a centre plane extending along and enclosing the centre axis, dividing the tool body into a first body half and a second body half, an operational machining tool for performing a machining operation in the well tubular metal structure, such as drilling a hole in the wall, and extendable from the outer face of the first body half in a first radial direction in relation to the tool centre axis, and a first displacement element extendable from the outer face of the second body half of the tool body for displacing the tool body towards the wall for arranging the operational machining tool close to the wall, the first displacement element being extendable between a retracted position and a projected position, wherein the downhole tool string further comprises a first distancing element extendable from the outer face of the first body half, the first distancing element having a retracted position and a projected position, and in the projection position of the first distancing element a distance is provided between the outer face and the wall of the well tubular metal structure. Moreover the present invention also relates to a downhole system.

A wireline clean-out tool including a first opening and a second opening at or near a free-end portion. The first opening takes in debris from a wellbore, the second opening ejects fluid into the wellbore. A housing defines a first flow path from the first opening at the free-end portion to an opposite end portion of the housing and a second flow path from the opposite end portion to the second opening at the free-end portion. The flow paths couple with each other at the opposite end portion. A collection chamber is in the first flow path for collecting debris during operation. A progressive cavity pump with hollow rotors is placed inside the housing at a predefined distance from the free-end portion being configured for operating on the first flow path while the hollow rotor forms part of the second flow path.

A wheel assembly configured to detachably connect to a downhole tool to thereby reduce friction between the downhole tool and a sidewall of a wellbore through which the downhole tool is conveyed. The wheel assembly may include an axle configured to contact a sidewall of the downhole tool, wherein the axle comprises a bore extending therethrough, a wheel rotatably connected to the axle such that the wheel extends around at least a portion of the axle and the bore, and a fastener configured to be disposed at least partially within the bore and extend out of the bore into the sidewall of the downhole tool to detachably connect the axle to the downhole tool.

A modular mobility platform has extendable and retractable tractor treads for engaging the walls of a downhole environment. The extendable and retractable tractor treads allow the platform to successfully navigate longitudinally through the downhole environment. The platform is composed of a plurality of different modules removably interconnected together longitudinally. Each module has at least one specific function, such as sensing, navigation, mobility, control, communication, power, or a combination thereof. The platform has longitudinally-directed detectors for detecting the forward or reverse direction through which the platform is to travel. A system and method use the modular mobility platform.

A downhole robotic shuttle includes multiple modules coupled together in series to be conveyed through a cased geologic borehole. One or more of the modules includes: a coupling mechanism to couple one module to an adjacent module, a movement mechanism to enable conveyance of the module having the movement mechanism through the cased borehole; a steering mechanism to steer the module comprising the steering mechanism to achieve a selected orientation within the cased borehole; a motor configured to power the movement mechanism and/or the steering mechanism; an actuator to perform a selected action; a sensor to sense a selected parameter; a memory to receive instructions for performing at least one of the selected action and another action; and a controller to control at least one of the motor, steering mechanism, robotic arm, or sensor in accordance with the instructions received from the memory and sensed data received from the sensor.

The disclosure relates to a carriage apparatus for carrying a tool string down a wellbore in a wireline logging, and an orientation apparatus and hole finder device for a wireline logging tool string. In some embodiments the carriage includes a protection structure which extends longitudinally around a wheel of the apparatus to thereby prevent a side of the wheel from contacting a wall of the wellbore. In some embodiments an orientation apparatus and hole finder are arranged so that the orientation apparatus orientates the hole finder device in the wellbore so that a tip of a nose section of the hole finder is elevated above a low side of the wellbore by a height and offset from and above a longitudinal axis of the tool string.