Patent ID: 6230797
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
A tool for retrieving an item of equipment from within a tubular string disposed within a subterranean well, the tool comprising:an actuator;an anchoring device configured for releasably securing the actuator within the tubular string; anda latching mechanism engageable downhole with the item of equipment,whereby the actuator applies a force to the item of equipment via the latching mechanism to retrieve the item of equipment from the tubular string, the force being resisted by the anchoring device, when the retrieval tool is engaged with the item of equipment downhole,wherein the actuator displaces at least a portion of the latching mechanism relative to the anchoring device, andwherein the portion of the latching mechanism displaced by the actuator latchingly engages the item of equipment in response to the displacement of the latching mechanism portion by the actuator.