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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Ghulam Murtaza Kalwar, Udhailiyah, SA;
Abdulaziz M Sagr, Udhailiyah, SA;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
An apparatus includes a sand bailer and a lead impression block. The sand bailer is configured to be disposed in the tubular and obtain a sample of the obstruction. The sand bailer includes a piston movably disposed in a cavity of a barrel and a valve connected to a downhole end of the barrel and configured to control hydraulic communication between an orifice of a hollow body of the valve and a cavity of the barrel by opening and closing. The piston is configured to create a suction pressure in the cavity of the barrel to open the valve and retrieve the sample of the obstruction into the cavity and wherein the valve is configured to close to hold the sample of the obstruction in the cavity of the barrel. The lead impression block is connected to the hollow body of the valve in the sand bailer. The lead impression block is configured to set against the obstruction, using the sand bailer, and obtain an impression of the obstruction.