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Search Result for Whipstock
whipstock anchor packer
A special-purpose packer placed in the casing to permit a sidetrack operation.
sidetrack
To use a whipstock, turbodrill, or other mud motor to drill around broken drill pipe or casing that has become lodged permanently in the hole.
whipstock
A long steel casing that uses an inclined plane to cause the bit to deflect from the original borehole at a slight angle. Whipstocks are sometimes used in controlled directional drilling, in straightening crooked boreholes, and in sidetracking to avoid unretrieved fish.