US 12,442,257 B2
Completing and working over a wellbore
Mustafa Karakaya, Dhahran (SA); and Sohrat Baki, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on May 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/322,371.
Prior Publication US 2024/0392630 A1, Nov. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 17/043 (2006.01); E21B 17/10 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 17/021 (2013.01) [E21B 17/043 (2013.01); E21B 17/1085 (2013.01); E21B 47/006 (2020.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A method for completing and working over a wellbore comprising:
disposing a lower completion assembly comprising a polished bore receptacle having an internal left-handed threaded surface and a torque lock ring first portion in the wellbore, the wellbore formed from a surface of the Earth to a subterranean reservoir;
contacting an upper completion assembly comprising a torque lock ring second portion and a left-hand threaded coupling to the torque lock ring first portion within the polished bore receptacle and the internal left-handed threaded surface of the polished bore receptacle, respectively;
rotating the upper completion assembly relative to the polished bore receptacle;
responsive to rotating the upper completion assembly relative to the polished bore receptacle, engaging the left-hand threaded coupling of the upper completion assembly to the internal left-handed threaded surface of the polished bore receptacle;
responsive to rotating the upper completion assembly relative to the polished bore receptacle, connecting the torque lock ring first portion to the torque lock ring second portion; and
engaging the upper completion assembly to the polished bore receptacle.