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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
James R Longbottom, Whitesboro, TX (US);
Tom P Wilson, Stavanger, NO;
Charles Pleasants, Cypress, TX (US);
William Blizzard, Houston, TX (US);
Gene Halford, Rosharon, TX (US);
Douglas Durst, Katy, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and associated methods of using same provide ease of forming an opening through a laterally extending liner to thereby provide access to a portion of a parent wellbore across which the liner extends. In a preferred embodiment, a milling guide has a guide profile formed thereon for directing a cutting tool to contact the liner. The milling guide is cooperatively engageable with an anchor to axially and radially align the guide profile with a portion of the liner which extends across the parent wellbore.