Method and apparatus for downhole charging and initiation of drilling microchips

    公开(公告)号:US11725498B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-15

    申请号:US17644276

    申请日:2021-12-14

    CPC classification number: E21B47/01 E21B34/142 E21B47/138 E21B2200/06

    Abstract: A system includes a sliding sleeve, a ball landing seat, microchips, a ball catcher, and a charging ring. The sliding sleeve is installed within a tubular body. The tubular body has an exit groove. The ball landing seat is formed by the sliding sleeve and is configured to receive a ball. The plurality of microchips are housed in a microchip ring installed within the sliding sleeve. The plurality of microchips are configured to be released into the well to gather data upon reception of the ball in the ball landing seat. The ball catcher is configured to receive and hold the ball after the plurality of microchips are released into the well. The charging ring is electronically connected to the microchip ring and has a circuit, a power source, and a charging coil. The circuit has a voltage regulation chip, a microprocessor, and a circuit motion sensor.

    PISTON-BASED DRILLING MICROCHIPS RELEASE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230184091A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-15

    申请号:US17644284

    申请日:2021-12-14

    CPC classification number: E21B47/01 E21B34/142 E21B2200/06

    Abstract: A system includes a sliding sleeve, a ball landing seat, a plurality of microchips, a hydraulic piston, and a ball catcher. The sliding sleeve has a solid wall body and is installed within a tubular body. The tubular body has an exit groove. The ball landing seat is formed by the sliding sleeve. The plurality of microchips are housed in a microchip ring installed within the sliding sleeve. The hydraulic piston is installed within the microchip ring and is triggered by reception of a ball, blocking a flow path, in the ball landing seat. The hydraulic piston releases the plurality of microchips through the exit groove and into the well to gather data. The ball catcher is configured to receive and hold the ball after the plurality of microchips are released into the well.

    Hollow design for controlled release of downhole sensors

    公开(公告)号:US11536113B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-27

    申请号:US17644294

    申请日:2021-12-14

    Abstract: A system includes a sliding sleeve, a ball landing seat, a plurality of microchips, a hydraulic piston, and a ball catcher. The sliding sleeve is made of a body with a plurality of holes and is installed within a tubular body having an exit groove. The ball landing seat is formed by the sliding sleeve. The plurality of microchips are housed in a microchip ring installed within the sliding sleeve. The hydraulic piston is installed within the microchip ring and is triggered by reception of a ball in the ball landing seat. The ball reduces a cross sectional area of a flow path when in the ball landing seat. The hydraulic piston releases the plurality of microchips through the exit groove and into the well to gather data. The ball catcher is configured to receive and hold the ball after the plurality of microchips are released into the well.

    Systems for a dissolvable material based downhole tool

    公开(公告)号:US11859449B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US17643657

    申请日:2021-12-10

    CPC classification number: E21B47/138 E21B34/063 E21B2200/08

    Abstract: A downhole sub has a body defined by a wall extending in an axial direction from a first end to a second end. An inner surface of the wall defines a flow path through the downhole sub and an outer surface of the wall defines an outer diameter of the downhole sub. A compartment extends from the outer surface into the wall to having a depth less than a thickness of the wall. A housing may be removably fixed in the compartment. One or more mobile devices may be disposed in the housing. Each of the one or more mobile devices includes a sensor encapsulated in a protective material. A control element may block an opening of the housing, the control element is made of a dissolvable material configured to dissolve at a predetermined depth in a wellbore and release the one or more mobile devices into the wellbore.

    Drilling bit nozzle-based sensing system

    公开(公告)号:US11346207B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-31

    申请号:US17208361

    申请日:2021-03-22

    Abstract: A system for gathering downhole measurements includes a drill bit, at least one nozzle receptacle located on the drill bit, and a sensor system. The sensor system has a sensor housing, a flow path extending through the sensor housing, wherein the flow path allows fluid to flow through the sensor housing, and an internal cavity provided within the sensor housing separate from the flow path. The internal cavity contains components that include at least one sensor for gathering data about drill bit conditions and downhole conditions, a powering unit, a printed circuit board, and an electrical conductor, wherein the sensor housing is installed in the at least one nozzle receptacle.

    Additive manufacturing of a vugular loss zone simulating test device

    公开(公告)号:US11268381B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-08

    申请号:US16867258

    申请日:2020-05-05

    Abstract: A loss circulation material (LCM) testing apparatus includes an LCM testing cell. The LCM testing fluid is a slurry of LCM material and a wellbore drilling fluid. A fluid flow pathway within the LCM testing cell is defined between an inlet and an outlet. The LCM testing cell includes a disk member that is removable positioned in the fluid flow pathway between the inlet and the outlet of the LCM testing cell. The disk member includes a disk base and a plurality of downstream-directed extensions, which combined define a plurality of flow openings. A method of evaluating a loss circulation material (LCM) includes introducing a LCM testing fluid into the LCM testing cell and detecting an amount of LCM testing fluid traversing the LCM test cell.

    Sealing compositions and methods of plugging and abandoning of a wellbore

    公开(公告)号:US11193052B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-07

    申请号:US16829470

    申请日:2020-03-25

    Abstract: Sealing composition for plugging and abandoning a wellbore and methods of plugging and abandoning a wellbore are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for plugging and abandoning a wellbore may include introducing a sealing composition into a wellbore and curing the sealing composition to form a plug. The sealing composition may include from 1 weight percent to 20 weight percent of a curing agent, based on the total weight of the composition, and from 20 weight percent to 97 weight percent of an epoxy resin system, based on the total weight of the composition. The epoxy resin system may include an epoxy resin having the formula (OC2H3)—CH2—O—R1—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R1 is a linear or branched hydrocarbyl having from 4 to 24 carbon atoms; and a reactive diluent having the formula R—O—CH2—(C2H3O), where R is a hydrocarbyl having from 12 to 14 carbon atoms.

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