US Patent 11492862 Cutting pipes in wellbores using downhole autonomous cutting tools

A downhole autonomous cutting tool and methods are described. The downhole autonomous cutting tool including: a body comprising a hydraulic motor, the body having a generally cylindrical configuration such that the body limits a downhole flow of fluids past the autonomous cutting tool between the autonomous cutting tool and the pipe when the tool is deployed in the pipe; a locking unit attached to the body, the locking unit actuable to engage inner surfaces of the pipe in the wellbore; a sensor module operable to detect interactions between the pipe and walls of the wellbore; an actuation unit attached to the body and rotatable by the hydraulic motor, the actuation unit operable to move a plurality of cutting elements between a running position and a cutting position; and a control unit in electronic communication with the sensor module, the locking unit, and the actuation unit.