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Title:
ELASTOMER MOLDED WHEEL FOR DOWNHOLE TRACTOR
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2020/041147
Kind Code:
A8
Abstract:
Provided are compositions, methods, and systems that relate to downhole tractor wheels. A downhole tractor system comprising: tubular housing capable of being deployed downhole by wireline; plurality of wheels rotatably mounted to tubular housing, wheels having at least a portion of an outer surface comprising polymeric material. A method for conveying a downhole tool along an inner wall of a wellbore, the method comprising: disposing downhole tool coupled to downhole tractor within wellbore; providing energy to downhole tractor by way of wireline thereby rotating a wheel disposed on downhole tractor; frictionally engaging the inner wall of wellbore with wheel comprising polymeric material disposed on at least a portion of an outer surface of wheel thereby providing a compressive load between the inner wall of the wellbore and polymeric material; allowing downhole tractor to proceed along wellbore wall until downhole tractor reaches desired location; deploying downhole tool for use in wellbore.

Inventors:
WAI SIMON WHYE (SG)
LUDWIG WESLEY (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2019/046930
Publication Date:
July 30, 2020
Filing Date:
August 16, 2019
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Assignee:
HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES INC (US)
International Classes:
E21B23/14; B06B3/02; B60C7/10; B60C11/03; E21B23/00; E21B41/00
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
HILTON, Robert et al. (US)
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