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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2022
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
David Joe Steele, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 33/12 (2006.01); E21B 33/128 (2006.01); E21B 34/14 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0035 (2013.01); E21B 7/06 (2013.01); E21B 33/12 (2013.01); E21B 33/128 (2013.01); E21B 34/14 (2013.01); E21B 43/2607 (2020.05); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 2200/06 (2020.05);
Abstract
A whipstock for use with a frac window system, a well system, and a method are discussed. The whipstock, in at least one aspect, includes a housing having a first whipstock end with a contoured surface and a second whipstock end, and one or more high-expansion members located at least partially along an outer surface of the housing the one or more high-expansion members configured to move between a radially retracted state for running the whipstock in hole and a radially expanded state for engaging an inner surface of a frac window system.