Wells – Processes – Perforating – weakening – bending or separating pipe at an...
Patent
1998-07-01
2000-10-24
Dang, Hoang
Wells
Processes
Perforating, weakening, bending or separating pipe at an...
166 55, 166 651, E21B 2902, E21B 2906
Patent
active
061352063
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus and associated methods of using provide convenient and economical forming of an opening through a tubular structure in a subterranean well. In a preferred embodiment, an apparatus has a whipstock wherein a receiver and a cutting device are operatively disposed. The receiver is capable of receiving a predetermined signal from a transmitter disposed within the tubular structure. The cutting device is activated to form the opening through the tubular structure a predetermined time interval after the signal is received.
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