US 12,006,775 B2
Extensible transition joint for control line protection
David Joe Steele, Carrollton, TX (US); and Justin Mark Roberts, Edmonton (CA)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,260.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/178,652, filed on Apr. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0341267 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 17/003 (2013.01) [E21B 47/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for passing a control line from a primary wellbore to a secondary wellbore, the method comprising:
disposing an extensible transition joint (ETJ) into the secondary wellbore;
extending the ETJ from the secondary wellbore into the primary wellbore through a window that is disposed between the primary wellbore and the secondary wellbore;
passing a completion string through the ETJ, the completion string comprising a control line; and
retracting the ETJ within the secondary wellbore.