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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

May. 29, 2019
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

James Dan Vick, Jr., Dallas, TX (US);

Michael Linley Fripp, Carrollton, TX (US);

Xiaoguang Allan Zhong, Plano, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 15/04 (2006.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/068 (2006.01); E21B 44/02 (2006.01); F03B 13/02 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 23/001 (2020.05); E21B 15/045 (2013.01); E21B 23/00 (2013.01); E21B 33/068 (2013.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); E21B 41/0085 (2013.01); E21B 44/005 (2013.01); E21B 44/02 (2013.01); F03B 13/02 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05);
Abstract

Provided is a wellbore tractor and method for operating a well system. The wellbore tractor, in one aspect, includes a base member, a hydraulically powered drive section coupled to the base member, and one or more turbines coupled to the hydraulically powered drive section for powering the hydraulically powered drive section based upon fluid flow across the one or more turbines. The wellbore tractor, according to this aspect, further includes one or more wellbore engaging devices radially extending from the hydraulically powered drive section, the one or more wellbore engaging devices contactable with a surface of a wellbore for displacing the wellbore tractor axially downhole.


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