Patent ID: 8020619

Claim:
A method of severing tubing in a well, the tubing having a cable extending along a length of the tubing, the tubing having a circumference, comprising the steps of: a) lowering a first cutting torch into the tubing; b) positioning the first cutting torch at a desired location within the tubing; c) igniting the first cutting torch so as to produce first cutting fluids; d) directing the first cutting fluids from the first cutting torch in a circumferential arc in a direction of the cable, so as to make a first cut of a portion of the tubing circumference and sever the cable with the first cutting fluids from the first torch; e) lowering a second cutting torch into the tubing; f) positioning the second cutting torch relative to the first cut; g) igniting the second cutting torch so as to produce second cutting fluids; and h) directing the second cutting fluids radially so as to cut the tubing all around the circumference.