US 12,435,581 B2
Standoff for wireline
Albert Eugene Butterfield, Novato, CA (US); Mayank Malik, Houston, TX (US); Mark Allen Gracy, Napa, CA (US); and Brian Christopher Weber, Martinez, CA (US)
Assigned to CHEVRON U.S.A. INC., San Ramon, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/717,857
Filed by Chevron U.S.A. Inc., San Ramon, CA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 24, 2023, PCT No. PCT/US2023/077673
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 7, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2025/090076, PCT Pub. Date May 1, 2025.
Prior Publication US 2025/0257617 A1, Aug. 14, 2025
Int. Cl. E21B 17/10 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/1085 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireline standoff comprising:
a base comprising a base body having a base length between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end has a first coupling feature, wherein the base body includes a base channel formed therein that extends along the base length of the base body, and wherein the base channel has a width and a depth that are configured to be large enough to receive a first lengthwise portion of the wireline; and
an end piece movably coupled to the first end of the base, wherein the end piece comprises an end piece body and a second coupling feature that is configured to couple to the first coupling feature of the base, wherein the end piece body has formed therein an end piece channel that extends along an end piece length of the end piece body, wherein an end piece channel has a width and a depth that are configured to be large enough to receive a second lengthwise portion of the wireline,
wherein the base and the end piece are configured to be in a default position when the base channel and the end piece channel are aligned with each other so that the base channel is configured to receive the first lengthwise portion of the wireline simultaneously with when the end piece channel is configured to receive the second lengthwise portion of the wireline, and wherein the base and the end piece are configured to be in a secured position when the end piece is moved relative to the base using the first coupling feature and the second coupling feature so that the base channel and the end piece channel are misaligned with each other while the first lengthwise portion of the wireline is positioned in the base channel and while the second lengthwise portion of the wireline is positioned in the end piece channel.