US 12,065,909 B2
Unitary lateral leg with three or more openings
David Joe Steele, Carrollton, TX (US); Srinivasa Prasanna Vemuri, Frisco, TX (US); Stacey Blaine Donovan, Fort Worth, TX (US); Morten Falnes, Sola (NO); Wesley Paul Dietz, Carrollton, TX (US); and Christian Alexander Ramirez, Irving, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/118,582.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/946,219, filed on Dec. 10, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0172265 A1, Jun. 10, 2021
Int. Cl. E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 17/18 (2006.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01); E21B 23/02 (2006.01); E21B 23/12 (2006.01); E21B 43/14 (2006.01); E21B 43/26 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 41/0035 (2013.01) [E21B 17/18 (2013.01); E21B 23/00 (2013.01); E21B 23/02 (2013.01); E21B 41/0042 (2013.01); E21B 43/26 (2013.01); E21B 23/12 (2020.05); E21B 43/14 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A multilateral bore leg, comprising:
a unitary housing having a first end and a second opposing end defining a length (L); and
three or more bores formed in the unitary housing and extending along the length (L), the three or more bores of the unitary housing configured to extend out into a lateral wellbore near a junction between the lateral wellbore and a main wellbore, wherein the three or more bores include a center bore, a right bore, and a left bore, and further wherein the center bore, right bore and left bore overlap one another to provide a single combined flow path but three separate tool paths.