US 12,071,825 B2
Annular cutter catching devices
Gregory Giem, Sugar Land, TX (US); Benjamin Jean Yvon Durand, Houston, TX (US); Matthew Dresel, Sugar Land, TX (US); Jessica Schulz, Sugar Land, TX (US); Quentin Smith, Richmond, TX (US); and Joshua Wurtz, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/257,694
Filed by Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 13, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/063059
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 15, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/132624, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/127,645, filed on Dec. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0052718 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 31/002 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A method, comprising:
engaging a coupon with a coupon catcher of an annular cutter catching device having a housing having an inner bore therethrough;
moving the coupon catcher from a first position to a second position, wherein the coupon catcher comprises a plurality of fingers, and wherein the plurality of fingers are biased towards the first position;
moving the coupon through an inner diameter of the coupon catcher;
gripping the coupon with at least one split ring of a plurality of split rings disposed in the inner bore of the housing, wherein a successive split ring of the plurality of split rings comprises a smaller inner diameter than a diameter of a preceding split ring of the plurality of split rings; and
retaining the coupon in the inner bore of the housing of the annular cutter catching device.