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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Statoil Petroleum As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventors:
Assignee:
STATOIL PETROLEUM AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/05 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 34/10 (2006.01); E21B 34/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/05 (2013.01); E21B 17/1057 (2013.01); E21B 34/10 (2013.01); E21B 2034/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of completing a well which has a longitudinal axis along a direction with a horizontal component, the method comprising rotating a first string and moving the first string into the well along the longitudinal axis of the well, providing a swivel joint rotatably connecting the first string to a second string, moving the second string along the longitudinal axis of the well into the well, wherein the second string comprises completion equipment, moving the completion equipment into the well along the longitudinal axis of the well.