18504294. HYBRID BAILER (SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY)
HYBRID BAILER
Organization Name
Inventor(s)
Abdullah T. Alsulaim of Dammam SA
Fahad M. Al-ajmi of Dhahran SA
HYBRID BAILER
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18504294 titled 'HYBRID BAILER
Original Abstract Submitted
An apparatus for deployment in a conduit of a tubular having an obstruction includes a fish neck connected to a deployment device configured to deploy the fish neck into the conduit of the tubular. The apparatus also includes a sand bailer connected to the fish neck. The sand bailer has a diameter larger than a diameter of the fish neck and the sand bailer is configured to obtain a sample of the obstruction by creating a suction pressure within the sand bailer. The apparatus further includes an outer sleeve movable between a first position and a second position. The first position comprises the outer sleeve concentrically disposed around the sand bailer and the second position comprises the outer sleeve concentrically disposed around the fish neck after an interaction between the outer sleeve and the obstruction. The outer sleeve comprising a plurality of panels connected to one another by a plurality of stretchable elements.