Patent ID: 11905778
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 10:
11. A method of operating a laser system in a wellbore for freeing downhole equipment used in a wellbore operation comprising:
installing a laser tool, the laser tool comprising means for generating a ring-shaped collimated laser beam, onto a work string,
wherein the laser tool and the work string have an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the downhole equipment;
lowering the work string and the laser tool over the downhole equipment to a position located proximate to an obstruction of the downhole tool;
generating and emitting the ring-shaped collimated laser beam into an annulus between the downhole equipment and a wellbore wall so as to clear out the obstruction; and
pulling the work string and the laser tool out of the wellbore.