Patent ID: 7308935
Filing Date: 2007-12-18
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
1. A stabilizer for stabilizing a well tool within a subterranean casing, the well tool being suspended from a production tubing and having a longitudinal bore for containing pressurized well fluid therein, the stabilizer comprising: a tubular body having a cylindrical wall and a longitudinal bore extending therethrough, the tubular body positioned within the casing between the well tool and the production tubing, the bore of the tubular body in communication with the longitudinal bore of the production tubing; a releasable stabilizing means disposed on the tubular body, the stabilizing means being actuatable to extend radially outward for contacting the casing, the stabilizing means comprising; at least two circumferentially spaced-apart feet extending radially outward from the tubular body, an angle between the stabilizing means and each of the feet adjacent to the stabilizing means being greater than 90 degrees, wherein the feet and the stabilizing means contact the casing when the stabilizing means is actuated.