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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Charles Grigor, Houston, TX (US);
Shantanu N. Swadi, Cypress, TX (US);
Joseph M. Crow, Lafayette, LA (US);
Assignee:
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 23/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/061 (2013.01); E21B 23/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for facilitating the drilling of a deviated borehole. The system and method employ a flexible conveyance. A hydraulic actuation assembly is coupled to the flexible conveyance and a whipstock is releasably coupled to the hydraulic actuation assembly. The whipstock and hydraulic actuation assembly are conveyed downhole in the wellbore. The hydraulic actuation assembly provides a hydraulic fluid under pressure to anchor the whipstock.