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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2023
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Tuan Nguyen, Pearland, TX (US);
James Scott Trahan, Magnolia, TX (US);
Abstract
A one trip cement plugging and milling/drilling sidetrack assembly, including a whipstock having a cement flow bore therethrough, a milling/drilling system having a cement flow bore therethrough attached to the whipstock, and a cement flow adapter conduit connecting the flow bore in the milling/drilling system with the flow bore in the whipstock. A method for cement plugging and milling/drilling a sidetrack in one trip, including flowing cement through a mill/drill, through an adapter conduit and through a whipstock connected to the mill/drill, creating a cement plug with the cement, setting an anchor connected to the whipstock, and drilling a sidetrack. A wellbore system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string in the borehole, and a one trip cement plugging and milling/drilling sidetrack assembly disposed within or as a part of the string.