Wireline guide tool

Abstract

A wireline guide tool having a top section with an inner concave portion and a bottom section designed to attach to a stinger or on/off tool provides advantages for passing a wireline into the stinger. The stinger is attached to a packer within a casing of a well bore, without any tubing present. The inner concave portion of the top section of the wireline guide tool captures the wireline and funnels it into the stinger, effectively eliminating problems with achieving a proper alignment of the wireline for entry into the stinger.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A wireline guide tool comprising:
 a top section having an inner concave portion with an inner diameter at an outer end of the wireline guide tool that is greater than an inner diameter at a center of the wireline guide tool;   a bottom section having an open inner portion designed to attach to a stinger in a bottom hole assembly of a well bore, wherein the wireline guide tool is designed so that a wireline received in the inner concave portion of the top section passes into the bottom section and directly into an attached stinger, wherein the attached stinger is attached to a packer, wherein the stinger and packer are located within a casing in the well bore, and wherein the casing contains no tubing.