公开(公告)号：US08151882B2

公开(公告)日：2012-04-10

申请号：US11162216

申请日：2005-09-01

申请人： Larry L. Grigar ,  Joe C. Hromas

发明人： Larry L. Grigar ,  Joe C. Hromas

IPC分类号： E21B43/00

CPC分类号： E21B43/117 ,  E21B43/08 ,  E21B43/119

摘要： A system that is usable with a well includes tubular body, at least one perforating charge that is disposed on the tubular body and at least one screen section that is disposed on the tubular body. The perforating charge(s) and the screen sectional(s) are adapted to be run downhole in a single trip into the well with the tubular body.

摘要翻译： 可与井一起使用的系统包括管状主体，设置在管状主体上的至少一个穿孔装置和设置在管状主体上的至少一个筛分部分。 穿孔装料和筛分部分适于在与管状体一起进入井的井下运行。

公开(公告)号：US5025861A

公开(公告)日：1991-06-25

申请号：US451279

申请日：1989-12-15

申请人： Klaus B. Huber ,  Joe C. Hromas ,  Arnold G. Edwards

发明人： Klaus B. Huber ,  Joe C. Hromas ,  Arnold G. Edwards

IPC分类号： E21B17/02 ,  E21B23/01 ,  E21B23/02 ,  E21B23/14 ,  E21B43/116

CPC分类号： E21B17/028 ,  E21B23/01 ,  E21B23/02 ,  E21B23/14 ,  E21B43/116

摘要： A new method of standalone perforating comprises the steps of lowering a perforator part-way into a borehole on a tubing string; when perforating is desired, connecting a wireline to the perforator; disconnecting the perforator from the tubing string; lowering the perforator into the borehole to the desired depth; attaching the perforator to the borehole casing or formation by setting an anchor on the perforator; disconnecting all wireline and associated apparatus from the perforator; withdrawing the wireline apparatus to the well surface; with the perforator standing alone in the well, firing the perforator into the surrounding formation; and dropping the perforator to the bottom of the well. A new apparatus for releasing the perforator from the tubing string includes a neutral release latch mechanism, and a new anchoring apparatus includes two interleaved coil springs having beveled shaped surfaces. Compression of an inner coil spring forces a radial expansion of an outer slip coil spring until the slip coil spring contacts the borehold wall and sets the anchor.

公开(公告)号：US07152676B2

公开(公告)日：2006-12-26

申请号：US10686043

申请日：2003-10-15

申请人： Mark Vella ,  Joe C. Hromas ,  Bennie Gill ,  Larry Grigar ,  Steven W. Henderson

发明人： Mark Vella ,  Joe C. Hromas ,  Bennie Gill ,  Larry Grigar ,  Steven W. Henderson

IPC分类号： E21B34/10

CPC分类号： E21B43/116 ,  E21B33/14

摘要： A technique to install a tool in a well includes running the tool into the well and fixing the tool to the well with a fixing agent without pumping the fixing agent through a central passageway of the tool. The tool may be a perforating gun that includes a casing body that includes a longitudinal axis. The perforating gun may also include a fin and a perforating charge. The fin radially extends from the casing body, and the perforating charge is attached to the fin and is oriented to generate a perforation jet in a radial direction away from the longitudinal axis of the casing body.

摘要翻译： 将工具安装在井中的技术包括将工具运行到井中，并用固定剂将工具固定到井上，而不通过工具的中心通道泵送固定剂。 该工具可以是包括纵向轴线的壳体的射孔枪。 穿孔枪还可以包括翅片和穿孔装置。 翅片从壳体径向延伸，并且穿孔装料附接到翅片并且被定向成在远离壳体主体的纵向轴线的径向方向上产生穿孔射流。

公开(公告)号：US5203414A

公开(公告)日：1993-04-20

申请号：US872273

申请日：1992-04-22

申请人： Joe C. Hromas ,  A. Glen Edwards ,  Klaus B. Huber

发明人： Joe C. Hromas ,  A. Glen Edwards ,  Klaus B. Huber

IPC分类号： E21B23/04 ,  E21B23/06 ,  E21B33/1295 ,  E21B41/00

CPC分类号： E21B33/1295 ,  E21B23/04 ,  E21B23/06 ,  E21B41/00

摘要： A hydrostatic setting tool, adapted for setting an anchored device in a wellbore, includes a housing having a pair of ports exposed to well fluid at hydrostatic pressure. The ports lead to a shoulder of a setting mandrel. A barrier is disposed diametrically across the setting tool and an oil chamber is disposed between the setting mandrel and the barrier. The barrier includes an oil metering orifice disposed through a center thereof. A selectively operable apparatus, initially disposed in a closed position and blocking the oil metering orifice, is adapted to change from the closed position to an open position in response to a current delivered thereto from the well surface. An air chamber is disposed on the other side of the barrier. The well fluid places hydrostatic pressure on the shoulder of the setting mandrel thereby placing the same pressure on the oil in the oil chamber. When the current is delivered to the selectively operable apparatus blocking the oil metering orifice, the apparatus changes from the closed position to an open position thereby opening the oil metering orifice and allowing the oil in oil chamber, at hydrostatic pressure, to transfer to the air chamber via the orifice. This allows the setting mandrel to move in the setting tool thereby setting the anchored device. A tension sleeve shears off, at a point near the anchored device, in response to continued movement of the setting mandrel thereby disconnecting the setting tool from the anchored device.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将锚固装置设置在井眼中的静液压固定工具包括具有在静水压力下暴露于良好流体的一对端口的壳体。 端口通向设置心轴的肩部。 隔离件沿直径设置在穿过设定工具上并且油室设置在设置心轴和屏障之间。 屏障包括设置在其中心的计量孔。 最初设置在关闭位置并阻塞油量计量孔的选择性可操作的装置适于响应于从井表面传送到其上的电流而从关闭位置改变到打开位置。 空气室设置在屏障的另一侧。 井液将流体静压力放置在设置心轴的肩部上，从而将相同的压力施加在油室中的油上。 当电流被输送到阻塞油计量孔的选择性可操作的装置时，装置从关闭位置变为打开位置，从而打开计量孔，并允许油室中的油在静水压力下转移到空气中 通过孔口。 这允许设定心轴在设定工具中移动，从而设定锚定装置。 响应于设置心轴的继续运动，张紧套筒在靠近锚定装置的点处剪切，从而将固定工具从锚定装置断开。

公开(公告)号：US5146983A

公开(公告)日：1992-09-15

申请号：US670554

申请日：1991-03-15

申请人： Joe C. Hromas ,  A. Glen Edwards ,  Klaus B. Huber

发明人： Joe C. Hromas ,  A. Glen Edwards ,  Klaus B. Huber

IPC分类号： E21B23/04 ,  E21B23/06 ,  E21B33/1295 ,  E21B41/00

CPC分类号： E21B33/1295 ,  E21B23/04 ,  E21B23/06 ,  E21B41/00

摘要： A hydrostatic setting tool, adapted for setting an anchored device in a wellbore, includes a housing having a pair of ports exposed to well fluid at hydrostatic pressure. The ports lead to a shoulder of a setting mandrel. A barrier is disposed diametrically across the setting tool and an oil chamber is disposed between the setting mandrel and the barrier. The barrier includes an oil metering orifice disposed through a center thereof. A selectively operable apparatus, initially disposed in a closed position and blocking the oil metering orifice, is adapted to change from the closed position to an open position in response to a current delivered thereto from the well surface. An air chamber is disposed on the other side of the barrier. The well fluid places hydrostatic pressure on the shoulder of the setting mandrel thereby placing the same pressure on the oil in the oil chamber. When the current is delivered to the selectively operable apparatus blocking the oil metering orifice, the apparatus changes from the closed position to an open position thereby opening the oil metering orifice and allowing the oil in oil chamber, at hydrostatic pressure, to transfer to the air chamber via the orifice. This allows the setting mandrel to move in the setting tool thereby setting the anchored device. A tension sleeve shears off, at a point near the anchored device, in respone to continued movement of the setting mandrel thereby disconnecting the setting tool from the anchored device.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将锚固装置设置在井眼中的静液压固定工具包括具有在静水压力下暴露于良好流体的一对端口的壳体。 端口通向设置心轴的肩部。 隔离件沿直径设置在穿过设定工具上并且油室设置在设置心轴和屏障之间。 屏障包括设置在其中心的计量孔。 最初设置在关闭位置并阻塞油量计量孔的选择性可操作的装置适于响应于从井表面传送到其上的电流而从关闭位置改变到打开位置。 空气室设置在屏障的另一侧。 井液将流体静压力放置在设置心轴的肩部上，从而将相同的压力施加在油室中的油上。 当电流被输送到阻塞油计量孔的选择性可操作的装置时，装置从关闭位置变为打开位置，从而打开计量孔，并允许油室中的油在静水压力下转移到空气中 通过孔口。 这允许设定心轴在设定工具中移动，从而设定锚定装置。 张紧套筒在锚定装置附近的一点处剪切，以使设置心轴继续运动，从而将固定工具从锚定装置断开。

公开(公告)号：US07487833B2

公开(公告)日：2009-02-10

申请号：US11308876

申请日：2006-05-18

申请人： Larry Grigar ,  Joe C. Hromas

发明人： Larry Grigar ,  Joe C. Hromas

IPC分类号： E21B29/00

CPC分类号： E21B43/1185 ,  F42C15/188 ,  F42D1/04

摘要： Safety apparatus is disclosed for providing ballistic train interruption in a perforating system. The safety apparatus comprises a generally tubular shaped housing having first and second ends which are fabricated to permit the housing to be positioned at any location in the perforating system. The apparatus comprises first and second ballistic sections in the housing and a third ballistic section which is rotatably mounted in the housing to move between a disarmed position and an armed position based on downhole pressure. Upon retrieval of the perforating system from the wellbore, the safety apparatus functions to return a third ballistic section to its disarmed position. Additionally, apparatus is provided to permanently disable the third ballistic section to insure that no inadvertent detonation of the guns occurs when retrieving the system from a wellbore.

摘要翻译： 公开了用于在射孔系统中提供弹道导弹中断的安全装置。 该安全装置包括大致管状的壳体，该壳体具有第一和第二端，其制造成允许壳体定位在穿孔系统中的任何位置。 该装置包括壳体中的第一和第二弹道部分和第三弹道部分，该第三弹道部分可旋转地安装在壳体中以基于井下压力在撤防位置和布置位置之间移动。 在从井眼检索穿孔系统时，安全装置用于将第三弹道部分返回到其撤防位置。 另外，提供装置以永久地禁用第三弹道部分，以确保在从井眼检索系统时不会发生无意中的枪的爆炸。

公开(公告)号：US06966378B2

公开(公告)日：2005-11-22

申请号：US10405283

申请日：2003-04-02

申请人： Joe C. Hromas ,  Mark Vella

发明人： Joe C. Hromas ,  Mark Vella

IPC分类号： E21B17/06 ,  E21B43/116 ,  E21B29/00 ,  E21B19/16 ,  E21B23/00

CPC分类号： E21B17/06 ,  E21B43/116

摘要： The present invention provides for a perforating gun having stackable sections that latch, enabling the gun string to carry both compressive and tensile loads. This allows for the downhole assembly of guns of any desired length, and for the entire gun string to be removed after firing.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种具有可堆叠部分的穿孔枪，其可闩锁，使得枪串能够承受压缩和拉伸载荷。 这允许任何期望长度的枪的井下组装，并且对于整个枪串在点火之后被移除。

公开(公告)号：US6003599A

公开(公告)日：1999-12-21

申请号：US929431

申请日：1997-09-15

申请人： Klaus B. Huber ,  Joe C. Hromas

发明人： Klaus B. Huber ,  Joe C. Hromas

IPC分类号： E21B43/119

CPC分类号： E21B43/119

摘要： An apparatus for positioning a tool, such as a perforating gun, in a wellbore to orient the tool in a desired direction. An anchor having a first reference terminal is set in the wellbore, the first reference terminal pointing in a known direction. A second reference terminal is attached to the tool, the second reference terminal being coupled to the first reference terminal to orient the tool in the desired direction. A gyroscope measures the direction of the first reference terminal with respect to the magnetic north. The perforating gun includes charges arranged to perform perforating along a preferred fracture plane, such as 0.degree.- or 180.degree.-phased perforating.

摘要翻译： 一种用于将诸如穿孔枪的工具定位在井眼中以将工具定向在期望方向的装置。 具有第一参考终端的锚点设置在井筒中，第一参考终端指向已知方向。 第二参考端子附接到工具，第二参考端子联接到第一参考端子以将工具定向在期望的方向。 陀螺仪测量第一参考端子相对于磁北的方向。 穿孔枪包括布置成沿着优选的断裂平面进行穿孔的电荷，例如0°或180°的穿孔。

公开(公告)号：US5911277A

公开(公告)日：1999-06-15

申请号：US934786

申请日：1997-09-22

申请人： Joe C. Hromas ,  Klaus B. Huber

发明人： Joe C. Hromas ,  Klaus B. Huber

IPC分类号： E21B43/1185

CPC分类号： E21B43/1185 ,  E21B43/11852

摘要： Apparatus and method for activating a device in a well, such as firing a perforating gun in a well. An electrically-activated firing system is coupled to an actuating assembly, which includes a release piston movable by fluid pressure, a firing pin, and a frangible element connected to hold the release piston in place, the frangible element being shattered in response to electrical activation of the firing system. A locking mechanism locks the firing pin to prevent movement of the firing pin, and the release piston is connected to release the locking mechanism if a minimum amount of fluid pressure is applied to the release piston after electrical activation of the firing system. A detonating assembly is connected to the perforating gun and is activable by the firing pin. The detonating assembly is activated when the firing pin is released by the locking mechanism to impact the detonating assembly.

摘要翻译： 用于激活井中的装置的装置和方法，例如在井中射出穿孔枪。 电激活的点火系统联接到致动组件，该致动组件包括可通过流体压力移动的释放活塞，击打销和连接以将释放活塞保持在适当位置的易碎元件，易碎元件响应于电激活而被破碎 的射击系统。 锁定机构锁定撞针以防止撞针的移动，并且释放活塞连接以释放锁定机构，如果在触发系统的电致动之后将最小量的流体压力施加到释放活塞上。 一个引爆组件连接到射孔枪上，并且可以由射击销激活。 当撞针被锁定机构释放以撞击引爆组件时，引爆组件被激活。

公开(公告)号：US5509481A

公开(公告)日：1996-04-23

申请号：US270949

申请日：1994-07-05

申请人： Klaus B. Huber ,  Joe C. Hromas

发明人： Klaus B. Huber ,  Joe C. Hromas

IPC分类号： E21B23/04 ,  E21B43/116 ,  E21B43/119

CPC分类号： E21B23/04 ,  E21B43/116 ,  E21B43/1195

摘要： A new perforating method and release apparatus enables a wellbore operator to perforate long length intervals of a wellbore during a single perforating run into the wellbore, the interval of the wellbore being perforated being longer in length than the length of a wellhead lubricator. The new perforating method includes the step of suspending a perforating gun suing from a conveyor in a wellbore. The gun string includes a detonating cord and a novel automatic release apparatus interconnected between a first part of the gun string and a second part of the gun suing which includes a perforating gun. The automatic release apparatus includes a frangible member which will shatter in response to a detonation wave propagating in the detonating cord thereby initiating the release of the second part of the gun swing from the first part of the gun suing. The initiation of such release takes place before the perforating gun detonates. When the perforating gun detonates, the second part of the gun string falls to a bottom of the wellbore and the first part of the gun suing is raised to a surface of the wellbore. The detonation of the perforating gun will not shock and break the conveyor.

摘要翻译： 一种新的穿孔方法和释放装置使得井筒操作者能够在单孔穿孔进入井筒期间穿孔井筒的长度间隔，穿孔井筒的间隔长度大于井口润滑器的长度。 新的穿孔方法包括将从输送机起飞的射孔枪悬挂在井眼中的步骤。 枪串包括引爆绳和一个新的自动释放装置，其互连在枪串的第一部分和枪口的第二部分之间，该第二部分包括穿孔枪。 自动释放装置包括易碎件，该易碎件响应于在引爆绳中传播的爆震波而破碎，从而从枪口的第一部分开始释放枪摆的第二部分。 这种释放的开始发生在射孔枪引爆之前。 当射孔枪引爆时，枪串的第二部分落到井筒的底部，并且将枪口的第一部分升高到井眼的表面。 射孔枪的爆震不会冲击并破坏输送机。