WO2015002822A1 - Selective plugging element and method of selectively plugging a channel therewith - Google Patents
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- WO2015002822A1 WO2015002822A1 PCT/US2014/044510 US2014044510W WO2015002822A1 WO 2015002822 A1 WO2015002822 A1 WO 2015002822A1 US 2014044510 W US2014044510 W US 2014044510W WO 2015002822 A1 WO2015002822 A1 WO 2015002822A1
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
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- E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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- An assembly for assisting performance of an operation involving a hardenable fluid in an axial flowbore of a casing string comprising a carrier disposed at the casing string; an operative device carried by the carrier; a channel connecting between the operative device and the axial flowbore; and a plugging element positioned in the channel that protects the operative device by preventing the hardenable fluid from entering the channel, , the plugging element reconfigurable to selectively permit communication between the operative device and the axial flowbore via the channel.
- a method of protecting and using an operative device disposed at a casing string comprising performing an operation involving a hardenable fluid in an axial flowbore of the casing string; preventing the hardenable fluid from entering a channel connecting between the operative device and the axial flowbore with a plugging element disposed in the channel; reconfiguring the plugging element to permit communication through the channel; and communicating between the operative device and the axial flowbore via the channel.
- Figure 1 is a schematic illustration of a borehole completion system
- Figure 2 is a semi-transparent side view of an assembly that facilitates a function, operation, or process performed by or with the system of Figure 1;
- Figure 3 is a semi-transparent top view of the assembly of Figure 2;
- Figures 4 and 5 illustrate a plugging element of the assembly of Figure 1 being removed from a communication channel
- Figure 6 is a view of an operative device according to an embodiment disclosed herein.
- Figure 1 depicts a completion system 10 in which a casing string 12 is installed in a borehole 14.
- the casing string 12 is cemented within the borehole 14 by filling an annulus 16 between the string 12 and the borehole 14 with cement.
- the cement can be supplied in any desired manner, e.g., pumped down through a port or shoe (not shown) at the end of the string 12 and back up the annulus 16, or according to any other known or discovered technique.
- Other hardenable fluids e.g., proppant or sand slurries, could also be pumped through the string 12.
- the system 10 includes an assembly 20 having an operative device 22 that is in selective communication, e.g., fluid communication with an axial flowbore 24 of the casing string 12 via a communication channel 26.
- the operative device 22 is carried by a carrier 28 that is installed with, along or otherwise disposed at the casing string 12.
- the carrier 28 includes threaded ends or the like in order for the carrier 28 to be secured along the length of the casing string 12.
- the carrier 28 is a casing joint or section that is secured on opposite sides to other casing joints or sections to form the casing string 12.
- the channel 26 is effectively formed in or through a wall of the casing string 12, with the operative device 22 separated from the flowbore 24 and in communication therewith via the channel 26.
- operative device it is meant any device that is capable of performing a function, process, or operation for or with the system 10, or assisting in the performance of such a function, process, or operation, specifically requiring communication with the flowbore 24, e.g., fluid communication, pressure communication, etc.
- the operative device 22 relies upon interaction with fluid within the flowbore 24 in order to function to its desired end, be it direct contact with the fluid, or indirectly via some intermediary interface.
- the operative device 22 is a chemical injection valve that selectively enables chemical injection via the fluid communication channel 26.
- the operative device 22 includes a pair of sensing elements 30 for enabling the assembly 20 to monitor one or more parameters of fluid within the flowbore 24, e.g., temperature, pressure, etc.
- the sensing elements 30 can include relevant components, e.g., sensors, transmitters, receivers, or other communication devices or electronics, etc.
- An instrumentation line 32 extending to surface or another location in the system 10 can be included to provide power, fluid, signal, and/or data communication with the device 22.
- the instrumentation line 32 is a tubing encapsulated conductor, although in other embodiments the line 32 can be or include chemical injection line, hydraulic control line, fiber optic line, etc.
- the device 22 also includes a connector 34 to form a fluid pressure bearing connection between the device 22 and the channel 26. As shown in Figure 3, the device 22 can be located within a recessed area 35 in the carrier 28, e.g., to protect the device 22 during run-in.
- the device 22 is illustrated as being open to the annulus 16, but in other embodiments a cover or other member can be disposed over the recessed area 35 to provide further protection and fluidly isolate the device 22 from the annulus 16.
- a clamp 36 or other fastener can be included to assist in securing the device 22 to the carrier 28.
- communication between the device 22 and the flowbore 24 is required in order for the device 22 to properly perform one or more of its functions, operations, or processes, such communication may not be initially desired in order to protect the device 22 from cement or other hardenable fluids that are pumped through string 12.
- communication through the channel 26 could be impaired or compromised if cement enters and cures within the channel 26, if sand grains or solid particulate of proppant slurry become compacted within the channel 26, or some other hardenable fluid clogs, blocks, or otherwise at least partially fills the channel 26.
- the plugging element 38 can be made from a variety of materials and responsive to a variety of fluids in order to selectively permit communication through the channel 26.
- the plugging element 38 is made at least partially from a material that is disintegrable in response to a corresponding fluid.
- disintegrable it is meant that the material is disintegrated, dissolved, consumed, decomposed, or otherwise removed due to interaction with the selected fluid.
- the disintegrable material is the material made commercially available from Baker Hughes Incorporated under the name TN-TALLICTM and the selected fluid includes brine, acid, etc.
- the plugging element 38 is a swellable material that can absorb one or more fluids (e.g., oil or water) in order to increase in size.
- one or more fluids e.g., oil or water
- the absorbed fluid can be displaced or otherwise forced or drawn out of the plugging element 38 to cause the element 38 to shrink, compress, un-swell, or otherwise change in size in order to permit communication through the channel 26.
- the plugging element 38 is made at least partially from a shape-memory material (e.g., polymer, alloy, etc.) and the selected fluid conveys a corresponding transition stimulus, e.g., temperature, pH, etc., suitable for triggering the shape memory material to revert to a remembered shape having dimensions smaller than the channel 26. It is also noted that the plugging element 38 could take the form of a rupture disk that is responsive to fluid pressure.
- a shape-memory material e.g., polymer, alloy, etc.
- the selected fluid conveys a corresponding transition stimulus, e.g., temperature, pH, etc.
- an operative device 40 is depicted in Figure 6.
- the operative device 40 includes one of the sensing elements 30, although a chemical injection valve or other tool could be alternatively included, as noted above.
- the operative ly device 40 includes a mechanism 42 for opening the channel 26 by triggering the reconfiguring of the plugging element 38.
- the mechanism 42 is or includes a chamber filled with the selected fluid to which the plugging element 38 is reconfigurably responsive.
- the reconfiguring mechanism can be a brine, acid, etc., for disintegrating the plugging element 38, a fluid having a predefined temperature, pH, etc., for trigging a shape-memory shape change of the plugging element 38, a pressurized fluid for bursting the plugging element 38, a non-absorptive fluid that causes the plugging element 38 to un-swell, etc.
- the mechanism 42 can include a valve, pistons, etc., or any other components to assist in releasing the selected fluid at a desired time, pressuring up the selected fluid, urging the selected fluid to the plugging element 38, etc.
- the mechanism 42 can be controlled via signals and/or power delivered through the instrumentation line 32.
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