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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2024
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Tuan Nguyen, Pearland, TX (US);
James Scott Trahan, Magnolia, TX (US);
David Alexander, Houston, TX (US);
Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A casing exit assembly, including a whipstock, a mill releasably attached to the whipstock, the mill including an initiation sensor and a drive, and an anchor attached to the whipstock, the anchor including a housing with a ramp, a slip disposed to move radially of the housing upon axially transitioning on the ramp, and an interlock operably attached to the driver. A method for managing a casing exit, including running the casing exit assembly to a target location in a borehole, sensing a pressure within or around the assembly, imposing a tensile load on the interlock, releasing the interlock, moving the slip with a drive plate of the interlock, and setting the slip. A borehole system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a string disposed in the borehole, and a casing exit assembly, disposed within or as a part of the string.