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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2006
Gerald D. Lynde, Houston, TX (US);
Mary L. Laird, Breaux Bridge, LA (US);
Gerald D. Lynde, Houston, TX (US);
Mary L. Laird, Breaux Bridge, LA (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Downhole fluid jet cutting tools having extendible and retractable arms with cutting heads on the ends are disclosed. The jet cutting tools permit casing and other downhole surfaces to be cut utilizing a cutting fluid forced through a jet nozzle assembly. Movement of a piston slidingly engaged within the passageway of the tool actuates the arms when cutting fluid pressure acts on the piston. As a result, the arms are extended and cutting fluid is forced at high pressure from the passageway to the cutting head where it is expelled through nozzles for cutting casing and the like. The jet cutting tools permit the arms to be extended, retracted, and re-extended or redeployed multiple times without the need for being retrieved from the wellbore.