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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2017
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
William Allen Schultz, Jr., Cypress, TX (US);
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A tool for cutting a tubular includes a housing, a first blade having a first cutting surface, and a second blade having a second cutting surface. The first blade and the second blade are configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position. The first blade and the second blade are disposed in the housing in the retracted position. The first cutting surface and the second cutting surface overlap in the retracted position. In another embodiment, a tool for cutting a tubular in a wellbore, includes a housing having a longitudinal axis; a pin connected to the housing and disposed on a first side of the longitudinal axis; and a blade including a cutting surface, the blade configured to move between an extended position and a retracted position about the pin, wherein the cutting surface is disposed at least in part on a second side of the longitudinal axis in the retracted position.