US 12,320,215 B2
Radial wellbore satellite launcher system
Ed St George, Red Deer (CA); and Boris P Cherewyk, Red Deer (CA)
Assigned to Isolation Equipment Services Inc., Red Deer (CA)
Filed by Isolation Equipment Services Inc., Red Deer (CA)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/401,921.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/436,427, filed on Dec. 30, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0218754 A1, Jul. 4, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 23/04 (2006.01); E21B 33/068 (2006.01); E21B 34/14 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 23/0413 (2020.05) [E21B 33/068 (2013.01); E21B 34/142 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
an apparatus for injecting a plurality of satellites into a wellhead, the wellhead having a wellbore, the apparatus comprising:
a housing adapted to be supported by the wellhead, the housing having an axial bore therethrough in communication with the wellbore;
one or more satellite cartridges arranged radially around the axial bore on a surface of the housing, each of the one or more satellite cartridges:
for releasably retaining at least one of the plurality of satellites,
having an open end facing the surface, and
moveable along the surface; and
one or more actuators for moving the one or more satellite cartridges along the surface, each of the one or more actuators for moving the respective open end of one of the one or more satellite cartridges in alignment with the axial bore to inject one of the plurality of satellites into the axial bore;
a staging block in communication with the axial bore;
a first actuator to selectably obstruct fluid communication between the staging block and the axial bore, the first actuator for selectably releasing any one of the plurality of satellites into the staging block; and
a second actuator to selectably obstruct fluid communication between the staging block and the wellbore, the second actuator for selectably deploying any one of the plurality of satellites into the wellbore.