Patent ID: 11905832
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
lowering a laser tool downhole in a wellbore, wherein a housing of the laser tool is configured to tilt relative to a longitudinal axis of the wellbore and to rotate around the longitudinal axis of the housing, and wherein the wellbore is a vertical wellbore, the laser tool for outputting a laser beam within the wellbore;
tilting at least the housing of the laser tool within the wellbore to direct the laser beam to a wall in the wellbore to form an inclined wellbore to a hydrocarbon deposit;
rotating at least the housing of the laser tool within the wellbore to form the inclined wellbore; and
extracting hydrocarbons through the inclined wellbore.