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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Luis Enrique Quintana, Jette, BE;
Alexis Chris Van Lysebeth, Brussels, BE;
Olivier Christophe Roche, Schaerbeek, BE;
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/20 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 10/32 (2006.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/20 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 10/32 (2013.01); E21B 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A flexible reamer housing includes a tubular central portion including a tool bay with an aperture to allow a reamer cutter arm within the tool bay to move radially outward through the aperture, and tubular first and second auxiliary portions arranged toward opposite ends of the central portion. The first and second auxiliary portions each include a first stiffness that is less than a second stiffness of the central portion.