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Horizontal single trip system with rotating jetting tool
A method for completing a well in a single trip is described, which includes inserting a completion tool assembly into the wellbore. The completion tool assembly includes a gravel packing assembly having a central channel substantially therethrough and a service tool assembly slidably positioned within the central channel. The service tool includes a pressure pulsating rotating jetting tool, connectable to a washpipe via a differential valve. By selectively dropping a plurality of plugging devices into the completion tool, multiple operations may be selectively performed in the wellbore in a single trip. In this way, the gravel packing and stimulating operations may be performed by a single completion tool assembly in a single trip into the wellbore, thus reducing the cost and time for performing the gravel packing and stimulating operations.
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| Horizontal+single+trip+system+with+rotating+jetting+tool |
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Riser make-up tool
An offshore riser system has riser joints, each having a pin and a box. The pin has an external grooved profile that is engaged by a locking element carried by the box of another riser joint. An actuating ring engages with the locking element to move it into the locked position. A retractable spider supports the string of riser while the new joint is being made up. A makeup tool on the riser deploying floor moves the ring relative to the locking element, causing the locking element to move to the locked position.
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| Riser+make-up+tool |
Autonomous well intervention system
A self-contained well intervention system which can be deployed from a lightweight vessel and coupled directly to a wellhead is described. The system includes valve means for providing a suitable well barrier and sealing the intervention system to allow an emergency disconnect. Within the intervention system, a tool magazine is provided which contains at least one deployable intervention tool. The intervention system also contains a tool selection and deployment means based on a winch located in close proximity to the magazine and which is operable from the surface for selecting a particular tool from the magazine and for deploying the selected tool through the intervention system and the wellhead into the well. The tool magazine has a plurality of magazine pockets each of which may have a deployable tool therein. The tool selection and deployment means can be used to select and to join the selected tools together within the intervention system to form an intervention tool string which can be run into the wellhead so that a plurality of different operations can be performed within the well during an intervention.
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| Autonomous+well+intervention+system |
Compositions and methods for plugging and sealing a subterranean formation
The invention provides for a composition for treating a subterranean formation, the composition comprising: a) a crosslinkable water-soluble polymer comprising at least one acylated amine unit; and b) a crosslinkable water-soluble polymer comprising a functional group selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acid and carboxylic acid derivative. The invention also provides for a method of treating a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of forming the treatment fluid and introducing the treatment fluid through the wellbore and into contact with the formation.
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| Compositions+and+methods+for+plugging+and+sealing+a+subterranean+formation |
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Well treating method to prevent or cure lost-circulation
A method of preventing or treating lost circulation during the drilling of a well comprises the addition, at concentration ranging between about 0.5 and 6 pounds per barrel, of water-dispersible fibers having a length between about 10 and 25 mm, for instance glass or polymer fibers, to a pumped aqueous base-fluid including solid particles having an equivalent diameter of less than 300 μm The base-fluid with the solid particles can be the drilling fluid or a small-volume pill specially pumped for curing lost circulation.
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| Well+treating+method+to+prevent+or+cure+lost-circulation |
Pressure range delimited valve
A differential pressure valve has a valve body containing a main piston axially moveable therein to open a fluid inlet to a fluid outlet at preset high pressure and to close at a preset lower pressure. A high pressure trigger piston and a low pressure trigger piston are operable in the main piston to alternately engage and lock the main piston to the valve body in one of the closed and open positions. A ball shifts in a port in the main piston to alternately straddle between at least one annular locking groove in the valve body and a release recess in a respective trigger piston. The ball can shift to alternately reside to straddle the valve body and main piston in the locked position or to straddle the main piston and trigger piston in the unlocked position. The trigger pistons and main pistons are mechanically biased to urge the pistons against the fluid pressure at the inlet.
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| Pressure+range+delimited+valve |
Downhole equipment tools and assembly procedures for the drilling, tie-in and completion of vertical cased oil wells connected to liner-equipped multiple drainholes
Single horizontal wells drilled through heterogeneous reservoirs are capable of greater oil productivity than vertical wells, often with lower produced GOR and WOR. Multiple drainholes tied-in to a vertical cased well are even more beneficial. Completion of such drainholes in many sandy reservoirs must use cemented liners. Well configurations comprising multiple drainholes liners, each of them tied-in to a vertical casing by pressure-tight connections require novel technologies making use of some novel downhole equipment, tools and procedures for drilling, tie-in and completion of such wells. These may be for newly-drilled wells or may be obtained by re-entry into an existing vertical cased well. Specific equipment, including novel casing joints, whipstocks, intermediate liners and tubing completion assembly components applicable to new wells are described herein. Equipment comprising novel casing inserts and patches applicable to re-entry wells, and the corresponding tubing completion assembly components for a variety of well exploitation modes are also described, together with the required tools and procedures. The liners of the drainholes are such that known well logging and cleaning tools may be used throughout the well's life. The various tubing completion assemblies can all be run-in and installed in a single trip. They allow either commingled flow from all drainholes or selective injection into some drainholes while others are under production. They are adapted to a variety of reservoir pressure conditions and of oil types, including heavy oil produced by sequential âhuff and puffâ steam injection.
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| Downhole+equipment+tools+and+assembly+procedures+for+the+drilling,+tie-in+and+completion+of+vertical+cased+oil+wells+connected+to+liner-equipped+multiple+drainholes |
Downhole window finder and method of using the same
The present invention relates to a downhole method and apparatus for locating a window in a wellbore casing and determining the depth and orientation of said window. Apparatus of the present invention comprises a body ( 4 ) and a window engaging member ( 6 ) mounted on said body ( 4 ) so as to be movable between a retracted position and an extended position. The engaging member ( 6 ) is adapted to project into a wellbore window when in the extended position during use and is further adapted to engage with a first position of said window in such a way that, when pressed against said window portion, the engaging member ( 6 ) tends to slide along wellbore edge defining said window portion so as to locate the engaging member ( 6 ) centrally in said window portion before preventing movement of the apparatus in the direction of pressing. The invention thereby allows the depth and orientation of a window in a wellbore to be determined.
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| Downhole+window+finder+and+method+of+using+the+same |
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