CA2224668A1 - Method and apparatus for hybrid element casing packer for cased-hole applications - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for hybrid element casing packer for cased-hole applications

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CA2224668A1
CA2224668A1 CA002224668A CA2224668A CA2224668A1 CA 2224668 A1 CA2224668 A1 CA 2224668A1 CA 002224668 A CA002224668 A CA 002224668A CA 2224668 A CA2224668 A CA 2224668A CA 2224668 A1 CA2224668 A1 CA 2224668A1
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ecp
cased
inflatable
hybrid
anchoring
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Martin P. Coronado
Rustom K. Mody
Mark C. Solari
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Baker Hughes Holdings LLC
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E21B33/12—Packers; Plugs
    • E21B33/127—Packers; Plugs with inflatable sleeve
    • E21B33/1277—Packers; Plugs with inflatable sleeve characterised by the construction or fixation of the sleeve
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E21B33/12—Packers; Plugs
    • E21B33/129—Packers; Plugs with mechanical slips for hooking into the casing
    • E21B33/1295—Packers; Plugs with mechanical slips for hooking into the casing actuated by fluid pressure

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Piles And Underground Anchors (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)

Abstract

The present invention is directed to a new and improved wellbore packing device for use in isolating zones within a subterranean wellbore and to methods for applying the packing device in a cased-hole application. The present invention is directed to a new and improved inflatable or external casing packer (ECP) for use in cased wellbores. A hybrid inflatable packing element design in an ECP is presented, having in a single-unit, anchoring and sealing sections for application in cased wellbores using a phase change inflation medium such as cement or epoxy ar the like.
The present invention overcomes limitations of existing prior art ECP's since these prior art ECP's are not capable of providing both sealing and anchoring packing elements in a single unitized design in size and access restricted wellbores.
The inflatable elements comprise a sealing section that uses a noncontinuously reinforced elastomeric element with anti-extrusion ribs at its ends. When filled with the inflation medium, a frictional, radial force sealingly engages the elastomeric element with casing wall. An anchoring section is also provided that uses a continuously ribbed elastomeric bladder element. The steel ribs on the surface of the elastomeric element engage in metal-to-metal contact with the casing wall as the inflation medium exerts a Frictional, radial force. Any trapped. wellbore fluid between the sections escapes via the pathway between the ribs. A method for use of the hybrid ECP is also disclosed. More specifically, a method for use of the hybrid inflatable packer is a cased hole environment with a phase change inflation media is presented.
CA002224668A 1996-12-14 1997-12-12 Method and apparatus for hybrid element casing packer for cased-hole applications Expired - Lifetime CA2224668C (en)

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US3272896P 1996-12-14 1996-12-14
US60/032,728 1996-12-14

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