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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1998
Robert Robertson, Tomball, TX (US);
Thurman B Carter, Houston, TX (US);
Timothy Wilson, Houston, TX (US);
William A Blizzard, Jr, Houston, TX (US);
Guy L McClung, III, Spring, TX (US);
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A wellbore mill has been invented having a flexible main body, and at least one milling apparatus secured on the flexible main body. A wellbore mill has been invented having a main body with a top end and a bottom end, at least one milling structure on the mill body, and a stinger projecting down from and releasably secured to the bottom end of the mill body. Methods have been invented for milling wellbore tubulars with such mills. A method for eliminating tubular offset in a wellbore has been invented, and the method includes positioning a wellbore mill in a tubular offset of a tubular string in a wellbore, the wellbore mill comprising a flexible main body and at least one milling apparatus secured on the flexible main body, and rotating the wellbore mill to mill at least part of the tubular offset.