US 12,467,321 B1
Fairings for mobile downhole tools in producing wells
Michael Linley Fripp, Singapore (SG); Wei Zhang, Houston, TX (US); Adan Herrera, Carrollton, TX (US); Aswin Balasubramanian, Spring, TX (US); and Sudhir Gupta, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/990,073.
Int. Cl. E21B 17/03 (2006.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 17/03 (2013.01) [E21B 17/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile downhole tool comprising:
a housing having a thickness sufficient to support a pressure differential between an interior surface of the housing and an exterior surface of the housing when the mobile downhole tool is disposed in a wellbore, and
a fairing coupled to the exterior surface of the housing; wherein the fairing is structurally distinct from the housing and is not connected to the interior surface of the housing; wherein the fairing curves in a first direction that is away from the housing;
wherein the mobile downhole tool is coupled to a wireline or a slickline.