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E21B 23/00

Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells

Introduced: September 1968

Last revised: January 2006

Classification Context

Section:
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
Class:
EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
Subclass:
EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

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EXTRACTING articles from boreholes

7 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • E21B 23/01 for anchoring the tools or the like
  • E21B 23/02 for locking the tools or the like in landing nipples or in recesses between adjacent sections of tubing
  • E21B 23/03 for setting the tools into, or removing the tools from, laterally offset landing nipples or pockets
  • E21B 23/04 operated by fluid means, e.g. actuated by explosion
  • E21B 23/06 for setting packers
  • E21B 23/14 for displacing a cable or a cable-operated tool, e.g. for logging or perforating operations in deviated wells

Top Applicants

Top 10 applicants by patent filingsfor class E21, 2013–2023, worldwide · Source: EPO PATSTAT

  1. HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES GROUP US 26,607
  2. PETROCHINA COMPANY 14,382
  3. SINOPEC (CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION) 10,137
  4. CNPC (CHINA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION) 6,517
  5. BAKER HUGHES US 6,269
  6. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY US 5,929
  7. SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY SA 5,880
  8. SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY 4,477
  9. CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY 4,357
  10. SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY NL 4,219