US 12,331,607 B2
Downhole tool including related lug slots and lugs for coupling a milling tool and whipstock assembly
Christopher A. Grace, Carrollton, TX (US); and Mark Christopher Glaser, Spring, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/333,079.
Prior Publication US 2024/0410242 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 29/06 (2006.01); E21B 7/08 (2006.01); E21B 23/04 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 23/04 (2013.01) [E21B 29/06 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A whipstock assembly, comprising:
a whipstock body having an uphole end and a downhole end, the whipstock body defining a taperface; and
a lug coupled proximate the uphole end of the whipstock body, the lug configured to engage with a lug slot of a related milling tool to couple the whipstock assembly with the related milling tool when the milling tool rotates in a first direction and to disengage from the lug slot of the related milling tool to release the whipstock assembly from the related milling tool when the milling tool rotates in a second opposite direction, wherein the lug is a first lug, and further including a second lug coupled proximate the uphole end of the whipstock body.