US 12,000,250 B2
Pressure indication alignment using an orientation port and an orientation slot in a weighted swivel
David Joe Steele, Carrollton, TX (US); and Eulalio De Jesus Rosas Fermin, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/855,399.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/217,786, filed on Jul. 2, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0003107 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 43/14 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 43/14 (2013.01) [E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 41/0035 (2013.01)] 39 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An inner string, comprising:
an inner tubular including a sidewall having a thickness (t3), the inner tubular having an orientation port extending entirely through the sidewall to provide fluid access from an interior of the inner tubular to an exterior of the inner tubular;
a weighted swivel located around the inner tubular, the weighted swivel including an orientation slot, the orientation slot configured to align with the orientation port to provide a pressure reading indicative of a relative location of the inner tubular to the weighted swivel; and
a centralizer coupled to the inner tubular.