US 12,134,951 B2
System and method for lateral cementing operation
Isaac Reese, Edmond, OK (US); and Sam Goswick, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Assigned to Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
Appl. No. 17/624,195
Filed by Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/040817
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/003466, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 7, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/870,652, filed on Jul. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0372840 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 33/14 (2006.01); E21B 23/01 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/14 (2013.01) [E21B 23/01 (2013.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A casing rotation system for use in connection with a well that has a casing deployed inside a wellbore, wherein the wellbore has a vertical portion and a lateral portion and wherein the casing comprises a shoe track and a production section within the lateral portion of the wellbore, the casing rotation system comprising:
a rotatable portion of the production section;
a swivel connected to an uphole end of the rotatable portion of the production section; and
a motor connected to the rotatable portion of the production section, wherein the motor is located in the lateral portion of the wellbore and configured to rotate the rotatable portion of the production section.