Abstract:
A method is described for making an opening (100) through a casing pipe (12) in a well (10) in which equipment is tipped to cut out the opening and cut out pieces from the pipe wall are captured, and also that a drill wedge is fitted in the pipe adjoining the opening to later conduct a drill string through the opening and drill a multilateral well in a formation. The method is characterised in that a module package with at least one cutting module (32) and a drill wedge module (38) suspended in a drill string (11) are lowered down into the well (10) and after the cutting, vibrations /strokes are generated to loosen the cut-out pipe parts that are caught by the module package, after which the drill wedge (38) is moved to a position adjoining the opening (100) and securely locked to the pipe (12) and the remaining module package with the cut-out pipe part is pulled up to the surface. Also described is a tool for making an opening (100) through a casing pipe (12) in a well (10) comprising equipment for cutting out the opening and capturing cut-out pieces from the pipe wall, and it is characterised by a module package of at least one cutting module (32) and a drill wedge module (38), and possibly a stroke/vibration module (34) and a retrieval module (36) for the capturing of loosened casing pipe pieces and the modules are mutually connected and suspended in a drill string (11). Also described is an application of the method and the modular tool.
Abstract:
A method, system, and apparatus for determining the location of a tool traveling down a wellbore by measuring a first borehole magnetic anomaly with respect to time at two known locations on a tool, comparing the time difference between the two measurements, then calculating the velocity of the tool based on the comparison and then further calculating the distance traveled by the tool in the wellbore based on the velocity calculation.
Abstract:
A method includes positioning at least one fluid nozzle disposed upon a distal end of a fluid conduit in a cased borehole penetrating a subterranean formation at a target zone of the subterranean formation. An abrasive laden fluid is then continuously pumped through the fluid conduit and through the at least one fluid nozzle at a pressure adequate to form at least one slot through the cased borehole. The abrasive fluid contains an aqueous medium, an abrasive, an optional acid, and a viscoelastic surfactant. While continuously pumping the abrasive fluid through the fluid conduit, the wellbore may be cleaned by returning debris and material generated in the operation to the surface with the fluid. In some instances, a portion of the forming a slot through the cased borehole is conducted simultaneous with the cleanout of the wellbore.
Abstract:
An apparatus can include a well treatment system that supplies a treatment fluid, a conveyance device and a well tool conveyed by the conveyance device. The well tool can include a perforator configured to form at least one hole in the wellbore tubular and a restrictor projecting from an outer surface of the well tool and adjacent to the perforator. A gap may separate the restrictor and the wellbore tubular. The well tool may also include a flow space that provides fluid communication between a location uphole of the restrictor and a location downhole of the restrictor. The flow space is sized to be restricted by particles in the treatment fluid. The restrictor at least restricts fluid flow through an annulus between the restrictor and the wellbore tubular, and the well tool diverts a substantial amount of the treatment fluid through an at least one hole formed by the perforator.
Abstract:
A hydraulic jetting assembly is provided herein. The jetting assembly includes a jetting hose, with a jetting nozzle at its distal end. The jetting nozzle comprises a tubular stator body having a fluid discharge slot, and a tubular rotor body residing within a bore of the stator body. The jetting nozzle has one or more bearings residing between the stator body and the surrounding rotor body to accommodate relative rotational movement. The jetting nozzle includes a proximal end configured to sealingly connect to an end of a jetting hose, and to receive a high pressure jetting fluid. Preferably, the nozzle has an outer diameter that is equivalent to or slightly larger than an outer diameter of the jetting hose. Preferably, the jetting assembly has at least three actuator wires configured to induce a controlled bending moment at its distal end, thereby providing for a steerable downhole tool. Jetting collars may be placed along the jetting hose to overcome drag force.
Abstract:
Well systems including a wellbore lined with a wellbore lining and a pressure booster extendable within the wellbore on a conveyance whereby an annulus is defined between the conveyance and the wellbore lining. The pressure booster includes a body having a first end coupled to the conveyance, a jetting chamber defined within the body, one or more flow ports defined in the body and providing fluid communication between the jetting chamber and the annulus, and a jet nozzle in fluid communication with the conveyance. The pressure booster receives a first fluid through the conveyance and a second fluid from the annulus and mixes the first and second fluids to discharge a fracturing fluid below the pressure booster at a pressure greater than a pressure within the annulus above the pressure booster.
Abstract:
A flow conditioning opening may be used to manipulate the flow of particulates in a particulate laden fluid in a downhole environment. The particulate flow may be manipulated towards or away from openings downstream of the flow conditioning opening. For example, a perforation cluster may include a flow conditioning opening extending from the wellbore into the subterranean formation that is aligned axially along the wellbore with and uphole of a perforation, wherein the flow conditioning opening has at least one of characteristic selected from the group consisting of: a smaller cross-sectional area at the wellbore than the perforation, a smaller volume than the perforation, a smaller depth into the subterranean formation than the perforation, and any combination thereof.
Abstract:
A method of jetting comprises providing a pressurized fluid to an interior flow path disposed in a nozzle body, passing the pressurized fluid through the flow section in the interior flow path and into the expansion section in the interior flow path, and passing a fluid jet out of the nozzle body from the expansion section, wherein the nozzle operates with a coefficient of discharge between about 1.3 and about 1.7. The nozzle body comprises a flow section and an expansion section, and the expansion section is disposed downstream from the flow section.
Abstract:
Изобретение относится к нефтяной промышленности и может быть использовано для повышения нефтеотдачи посредством наиболее полной выработки пластов в осложненных горно-геологических условиях. Способ вторичного вскрытия продуктивных пластов геликоидной перфорацией, включает перфорацию, которую выполняют перемещая перфоратор вдоль оси скважины и одновременно вращают его вокруг собственной оси с образованием перфорационных каналов, причем скорости перемещения и вращения перфоратора выбирают исходя из условия, что полученная в результате перфорация представляет собой геликоиду с образованием полого пространства в обрабатываемом пласте, при этом в качестве перфоратора используют гидравлическую перфорационную насадку (гидравлический перфоратор), а шаг полученной геликоиды составляет 10 см., причем шаг геликоиды составляет 0,7 максимальной высоты щели. Перфорационные каналы объединяются друг с другом в пласте, благодаря малому шагу геликоиды и в заколонном пространстве образуется цилиндрическая горная выработка радиусом более 0,5 м. Площадь фильтрации жидкости из пласта в скважину в 5 раз выше, чем для открытого ствола скважины, что приводит к снижению скин-фактора до уровня гидравлического разрыва пласта без разрушения кровли или подошвы пласта или перемычек внутри пласта. Изобретение позволяет создать открытый забой скважины (полости) радиусом более 0,5 м, снизить фильтрационные сопротивления, снизить степень риска получения «стопа» при гидравлическом разрыве пласта и повысить эффективности фильтрации.
Abstract:
A jetting gun placed in a wellbore in a formation for penetrating the formation to create perforation tunnels comprising a pressure vessel, the pressure vessel comprising a propellant chamber and a nozzle, the pressure vessel configured to withstand a pressure of the wellbore, the nozzle embedded in the pressure vessel in a predetermined orientation, such that the propellant chamber is in fluid communication with the wellbore. The propellant chamber fully enclosed within the pressure vessel configured to hold a jetting fluid and an energetic material, wherein the energetic material is operable to generate pressure within the propellant chamber when activated such that the pressure projects the jetting fluid through the nozzle to create an impact fluid to penetrate the formation to create the perforation tunnels. The jetting gun also includes a detonating mechanism configured to activate the energetic material to generate the pressure within the propellant chamber.