US 11,885,190 B2
Apparatus and method to longitudinally and circumferentially cut and remove a section of a wellbore tubular
Henning Hansen, Sirevåg (NO); Tarald Gudmestad, Nærbo (NO); Luqmanul Shafiee, Ampnag Selango (MY); and Siti Rahman, Subang Jaya (MY)
Assigned to AARBAKKE INNOVATION, A.S., Bryne (NO)
Filed by AARBAKKE INNOVATION, A.S., Bryne (NO); and PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD, Kuala Lumpur (NO)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,459.
Application 17/478,459 is a continuation of application No. PCT/IB2020/052426, filed on Mar. 17, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/819,824, filed on Mar. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0074279 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 29/06 (2006.01); E21B 4/18 (2006.01); E21B 23/01 (2006.01); E21B 29/02 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 29/06 (2013.01) [E21B 4/18 (2013.01); E21B 23/01 (2013.01); E21B 29/02 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A method for cutting a wellbore tubular, comprising:
positioning a tool in the wellbore tubular at a selected depth, the tool comprising a housing shaped to enable movement along an interior of the wellbore tubular, the housing having an upper end arranged to connect to a conveyance and a lower end comprising a guide; cutting materials disposed in the housing and arranged to cut the wellbore tubular in two, longitudinally spaced apart circumferential cuts and at least one longitudinal cut extending between the longitudinally spaced apart circumferential cuts;
actuating the cutting materials, wherein the cutting materials are actuated to create the circumferential cuts and the at least one longitudinal cut simultaneously; and
actuating at least one of a push-out module or a pull in module to radially expand or contract the cut wellbore tubular to enable dropping a cut section over the wellbore tubular below the lower circumferential cut.