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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2013
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Muhammad Subhan Bin Muhammad Moizuddin, Singapore, SG;
Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/10 (2006.01); E21B 23/01 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/24 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 47/024 (2006.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/10 (2013.01); E21B 17/1014 (2013.01); E21B 23/01 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/24 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 47/024 (2013.01); E21B 47/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
In at least some embodiments, a downhole tool includes a tool body defining a tool centerline, and a recessed ring guide intermediate to ends of the tool body. The downhole tool also includes an expander ring having an asymmetric wall thickness and rotatable around the recessed ring guide between a reduced tool profile orientation and an expanded tool profile orientation. The downhole tool also includes an actuator configured to rotate the expander ring between the reduced profile orientation and the expanded profile orientation.