Abstract: A side entry sub for use with a drill string, where the side entry sub receives a wireline within its inner diameter. The present invention includes a device capable of severing the wireline proximate to the side entry sub. The present invention can further include a capturing device to grapple the severed portion of the wireline to prevent it from being dropped within the wellbore.

Abstract: A safety sleeve used with a wireline connection where the safety sleeve comprises an elongated body with an axial aperture formed along its axis. The wireline connection connects a severed wireline and can be comprised of a fishing spear and a fishing overshot. The safety sleeve axially encompasses the wireline connection assembly with its elongated body. The bending moment required to yield said safety sleeve is greater than the maximum bending moment experienced by the combination of the safety sleeve and the wireline connection during operation. The safety sleeve can also include a collar threadedly connectable to one side of the elongated body, a window formed along the elongated body, and a raised portion formed on the inner radius of the elongated body. The invention further includes a method of using the safety sleeve in conjunction with a wireline connection assembly.

Abstract: A side entry sub for use with a drill string, where the side entry sub receives a wireline within its inner diameter. The present invention includes a device capable of severing the wireline proximate to the side entry sub. The present invention can further include a capturing device to grapple the severed portion of the wireline to prevent it from being dropped within the wellbore.

Abstract: A modular weight bar usable in conjunction with downhole tools disposed within a pressurized wellbore. The modular weight bar adds mass to the downhole tool so it can be suspended and lowered within the pressurized wellbore on wireline. The modular weight bar is separatable from the downhole tool at a selected depth within the wellbore thereby allowing the downhole tool to be further lowered within the wellbore without being accompanied by the weight bar.

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided that permit a packer element to be deflated in the event of an emergency wherein power to the inflating pump is lost. An inflatable packer assembly having packer elements are selectively inflated by fluid pumped from the wellbore through an inflation tube into the packer elements. The packer assembly includes a deflation sub that houses the components of the emergency deflation mechanism. The deflation sub defines a dumping chamber that is at approximately atmospheric pressure, retains a portion of the inflation line for the packer elements and a means for separating the inflation line. To actuate the emergency deflation mechanism, an operator pulls up on the tubing string. A piston is then moved axially with respect to the housing, causing separation of the inflation line. Fluid from within the packer elements is then released into the dumping chamber to deflate the packer elements.

Abstract: A safety sleeve used with a wireline connection where the safety sleeve comprises an elongated body with an axial aperture formed along its axis. The wireline connection connects a severed wireline and can be comprised of a fishing spear and a fishing overshot. The safety sleeve axially encompasses the wireline connection assembly with its elongated body. The bending moment required to yield said safety sleeve is greater than the maximum bending moment experienced by the combination of the safety sleeve and the wireline connection during operation. The safety sleeve can also include a collar threadedly connectable to one side of the elongated body, a window formed along the elongated body, and a raised portion formed on the inner radius of the elongated body. The invention further includes a method of using the safety sleeve in conjunction with a wireline connection assembly.

Abstract: Devices and methods are provided that permit a packer element to be deflated in the event of an emergency wherein power to the inflating pump is lost. An inflatable packer assembly having packer elements are selectively inflated by fluid pumped from the wellbore through an inflation tube into the packer elements. The packer assembly includes a deflation sub that houses the components of the emergency deflation mechanism. The deflation sub defines a dumping chamber that is at approximately atmospheric pressure, retains a portion of the inflation line for the packer elements and a means for separating the inflation line. To actuate the emergency deflation mechanism, an operator pulls up on the tubing string. A piston is then moved axially with respect to the housing, causing separation of the inflation line. Fluid from within the packer elements is then released into the dumping chamber to deflate the packer elements.