Above mudline whipstock for marine platform drilling operations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8833463
APP PUB NO 20130008664A1
SERIAL NO

13177586

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A whipstock system for drilling a wellbore from a water bottom supported platform having wellbores with conductor pipes disposed through guide slots in a template on the bottom of a body of water includes a whipstock pipe extending from an equipment deck surface on the platform to a stab in sub. The whipstock pipe includes a window and j-slot mechanism for releasably engaging a scab liner. A stab in sub is configured to make mechanical connection between the whipstock pipe and a surface of a wellbore conductor pipe cut proximate the water bottom. The system includes a scab liner extending from the window to the water bottom when the stab in sub is engaged to the cut conductor pipe. The window is disposed above the water bottom. The scab liner configured to enable drilling a wellbore surface hole therethrough to a selected depth of a surface casing.

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APACHE CORPORATION2000 POST OAK BOULEVARD STE 100 HOUSTON TX 77056

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Graves, Kyle S Perth, AU 1 2

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