US 12,345,100 B1
Running tool cartridge system and method
Maurian Paula Pessanha, Rio de Janeiro (BR); Guaraci Vendrame Bornia, Houston, TX (US); Carlos Eduardo Martins Gaban, Rio de Janeiro (BR); Hugo Ferreira Lopes, Houston, TX (US); Philip J. Potter, Houston, TX (US); and Daniel Caleb Benson, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed by Baker Hughes Energy Technology UK Limited, Bristol (GB)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/766,380.
Int. Cl. E21B 17/02 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/02 (2013.01) 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. A cartridge for a running tool, comprising:
a retrieval shoulder configured to engage one or more wellbore components to remove the one or more wellbore components from a wellbore;
a coupling slot, axially lower than the retrieval shoulder, configured to receive one or more mating features associated with the one or more wellbore components;
an opening extending into a body of the cartridge, wherein the opening is configured to receive one or more keys to secure the cartridge to the running tool;
a contact surface extending a contact distance from an axis of the cartridge that is larger than a retrieval distance between the retrieval shoulder and the axis of the cartridge and a coupling distance between the coupling slot and the axis of the cartridge; and
one or more flow paths, formed along an inner diameter of the cartridge, the one or more flow paths configured to align with flow by passages of the running tool.