US 12,110,752 B2
System and method for navigating a downhole environment
Jinjiang Xiao, Dhahran (SA); Eiman Hassan Al Munif, Saihat (SA); and Hattan M. Banjar, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Oct. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/049,497.
Prior Publication US 2024/0133258 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0229585 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 23/14 (2006.01); E21B 17/20 (2006.01); E21B 19/22 (2006.01); E21B 23/08 (2006.01); E21B 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 23/14 (2013.01) [E21B 17/20 (2013.01); E21B 17/206 (2013.01); E21B 19/22 (2013.01); E21B 23/001 (2020.05); E21B 23/08 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for navigating a downhole environment comprising:
a tube body with a flexible material that is formed as a thin-walled tube, wherein the tube body includes a coiled tubing configured to be coupled to the pump on a first tubing end of the coiled tubing, and the flexible material is initially compressed and encased inside the coiled tubing, and
a pump that pumps pressured fluid through the tube body,
wherein the tube body has at least one section that extends along a horizontal section of the downhole environment by the flexible material pushing out from the coiled tubing under the pressured fluid.