Patents Assigned to TETRA Applied Technologies, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9175534
    Abstract: A methodology and apparatus for cutting shape(s) or profile(s) through well tubular(s), or for completely circumferentially severing through multiple tubulars, including all tubing, pipe, casing, liners, cement, other material encountered in tubular annuli. This rigless apparatus utilizes a computer-controlled, downhole robotic three-axis rotary mill to effectively generate a shape(s) or profile(s) through, or to completely sever in a 360 degree horizontal plane wells with multiple, nested strings of tubulars whether the tubulars are concentrically aligned or eccentrically aligned. This is useful for well abandonment and decommissioning where complete severance is necessitated and explosives are prohibited, or in situations requiring a precise window or other shape to be cut through a single tubular or plurality of tubulars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: TETRA Applied Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley Mark McAfee, Mark Franklin Alley