Method and apparatus for deploying a well tool into a lateral we

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1998-04-02

1999-11-02

Suchfield, George

Wells

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Parallel string or multiple completion well

166 50, 1661176, 1662422, E21B 706, E21B 4314

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059752084

ABSTRACT:
A deployment tool for communicating a well tool from a generally vertical wellbore to a lateral wellbore includes a hollow tube having a generally uniform inside diameter. The tube includes at least one flex portion disposed intermediate a first end and a second end of the tube to allow for angular deflection of the second end of the tube with respect to the first end of the tube. The flex portion also maintains the generally uniform inside diameter of the tube during the angular deflection. The deployment tool also includes a locking device attached to the first end of the tube for releasably securing the first end of the tube at a selected location in the vertical wellbore adjacent to the lateral wellbore. The tube of the deployment tool includes a length selected to allow the second end of the tube to extend into a portion of the lateral wellbore when the first end is releasably secured at the selected location in the vertical wellbore.

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