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Patent No.:

US 12203344 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 10, 2020

Downhole tool with a releasable shroud at a downhole tip thereof

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

David Joe Steele, Carrollton, TX (US);

Srinivasa Prasanna Vemuri, Frisco, TX (US);

Stacey Blaine Donovan, Fort Worth, TX (US);

Morten Falnes, Sola, NO;

Wesley Paul Dietz, Carrollton, TX (US);

Christian Alexander Ramirez, Irving, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorneys:

Scott Richardson

Parker Justiss, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Kenneth L Thompson

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 23/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/18 (2006.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01); E21B 23/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0035 (2013.01); E21B 17/18 (2013.01); E21B 23/00 (2013.01); E21B 23/02 (2013.01); E21B 41/0042 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 23/12 (2020.05); E21B 43/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

Provided is a downhole tool, a y-block, a well system, and a method for forming a well system. The downhole tool, in one aspect, includes a bottom hole assembly (BHA) having an uphole end and a downhole end, and a shroud positioned around and proximate the downhole end of the BHA, the shroud operable to slide relative to the BHA. The downhole tool, in this aspect, may further include one or more shear features coupling the shroud to the downhole end of the BHA.

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Steele, David. (2025). Downhole tool with a releasable shroud at a downhole tip thereof (U.S. Patent No. 12203344). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12203344

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