CA2459537A1 - System for lining a wellbore casing - Google Patents

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CA2459537A1
CA2459537A1 CA002459537A CA2459537A CA2459537A1 CA 2459537 A1 CA2459537 A1 CA 2459537A1 CA 002459537 A CA002459537 A CA 002459537A CA 2459537 A CA2459537 A CA 2459537A CA 2459537 A1 CA2459537 A1 CA 2459537A1
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • E21B43/103Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells of expandable casings, screens, liners, or the like
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21BEARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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    • E21B43/02Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • E21B43/103Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells of expandable casings, screens, liners, or the like
    • E21B43/105Expanding tools specially adapted therefor

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Abstract

A system for lining a wellbore casing.

Claims (36)

1. ~A system for lining a wellbore casing, comprising:
a tubular support member defining a first passage;
a tubular expansion cone defining a second passage fluidicly coupled to the first passage coupled to an end of the tubular support member and comprising a tapered end;
a tubular liner coupled to and supported by the tapered end of the tubular expansion cone; and a shoe defining a valveable passage coupled to an end of the tubular liner;
wherein the tubular liner comprises:
one or more expandable tubular members that each comprise:
a tubular body comprising an intermediate portion and first and second expanded end~
portions coupled to opposing ends of the intermediate portion; and a sealing member coupled to the exterior surface of the intermediate portion;
and one or more other tubular members coupled to the expandable tubular members;
wherein the inside diameters of the other tubular members are greater than or equal to the outside diameter of the tubular expansion cone.
2. ~The system of claim 1, wherein the wall thicknesses of the first and second expanded end portions are greater than the wall thickness of the intermediate portion.
3.~The system of claim 1, wherein each expandable tubular member further comprises:
a first tubular transitionary member coupled between the first expanded end portion and the intermediate portion; and a second tubular transitionary member coupled between the second expanded end portion and the intermediate portion;
wherein the angles of inclination of the first and second tubular transitionary members relative to the intermediate portion ranges from about 0 to 30 degrees.
4. ~The system of claim 1, wherein the outside diameter of the intermediate portion ranges from about 75 percent to about 98 percent of the outside diameters of the first and second expanded end portions.
5. ~The system of claim 1, wherein the burst strength of the first and second expanded end portions is substantially equal to the burst strength of the intermediate tubular section.
6.~The system of claim 1, wherein the ratio of the inside diameters of the first and second expanded end portions to the interior diameter of the intermediate portion ranges from about 100 to 120 percent.
7. ~The system of claim 1, wherein the relationship between the wall thicknesses t1, t2, and t INT of the first expanded end portion, the second expanded end portion, and the intermediate portion, respectively, of the expandable tubular members, the inside diameters D1, D2 and D INT of the first expanded end portion, the second expanded end portion, and the intermediate portion, respectively, of the expandable tubular members, and the inside diameter Dwellbore of the wellbore casing that the expandable tubular member will be inserted into, and the outside diameter Done of the expansion cone that will be used to radially expand the expandable tubular member within the wellbore casing is given by the following expression:

wherein t1 = t2; and wherein D1 = D2.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the tapered end of the tubular expansion cone comprises:
a plurality of adjacent discrete tapered sections.
9. The system of claim 8, wherein the angle of attack of the adjacent discrete tapered sections increases in a continuous manner from one end of the tubular expansion cone to the opposite end of the tubular expansion cone.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the tapered end of the tubular expansion cone comprises:
an paraboloid body.
11. The system of claim 10, wherein the angle of attack of the outer surface of the paraboloid body increases in a continuous manner from one end of the paraboloid body to the opposite end of the paraboloid body.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the tubular liner comprises a plurality of expandable tubular members;
and wherein the other tubular members are interleaved among the expandable tubular members.
13. A method of lining a wellbore casing, comprising:
positioning a tubular liner within the wellbore casing; and radially expanding one or more discrete portions of the tubular liner into engagement with the wellbore casing.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein a plurality of discrete portions of the tubular liner are radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the remaining portions of the tubular liner are not radially expanded.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the discrete portions of the tubular liner are radially expanded by injecting a fluidic material into the tubular liner.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein the tubular liner comprises a plurality of tubular members; and wherein one or more of the tubular members are radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing and one or more of the tubular members are not radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the tubular members that are radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing comprise a portion that is radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing and a portion that is not radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing.
19. The method of claim 13, wherein the tubular liner comprises:
one or more expandable tubular members that each comprise:
a tubular body comprising an intermediate portion and first and second expanded end portions coupled to opposing ends of the intermediate portion; and a sealing member coupled to the exterior surface of the intermediate portion;
and one or more other tubular members coupled to the expandable tubular members;
wherein the inside diameters of the other tubular members are greater than or equal to the maximum inside diameters of the expandable tubular members.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the tubular liner comprises a plurality of expandable tubular members; and wherein the other tubular members are interleaved among the expandable tubular members.
21. A system for lining a wellbore casing, comprising:
means for positioning a tubular liner within the wellbore casing; and means for radially expanding one or more discrete portions of the tubular liner into engagement with the wellbore casing.
22. The system of claim 21, wherein a plurality of discrete portions of the tubular liner are radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing.
23. The system of claim 21, wherein the remaining portions of the tubular liner are not radially expanded.
24. The system of claim 21, wherein the discrete portions of the tubular liner are radially expanded by injecting a fluidic material into the tubular liner.
25. The system of claim 21, wherein the tubular liner comprises a plurality of tubular members; and wherein one or more of the tubular members are radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing and one or more of the tubular members are not radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing.
26. The system of claim 25, wherein the tubular members that are radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing comprise a portion that is radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing and a portion that is not radially expanded into engagement with the wellbore casing.
27. An apparatus, comprising:
a subterranean formation defining a borehole;

a casing positioned in and coupled to the borehole; and a tubular liner positioned in and coupled to the casing at one or more discrete locations.
28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the tubular liner is coupled to the casing at a plurality of discrete locations.
29. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the tubular liner is coupled to the casing by a process that comprises:
positioning the tubular liner within the casing; and radially expanding one or more discrete portions of the tubular liner into engagement with the casing.
30. The system of claim 29, wherein a plurality of discrete portions of the tubular liner are radially expanded into engagement with the casing.
31. The system of claim 29, wherein the remaining portions of the tubular liner are not radially expanded.
32. The system of claim 29, wherein the discrete portions of the tubular liner are radially expanded by injecting a fluidic material into the tubular liner.
33. The system of claim 29, wherein the tubular liner comprises a plurality of tubular members; and wherein one or more of the tubular members are radially expanded into engagement with the casing and one or more of the tubular members are not radially expanded into engagement with the casing.
34. The system of claim 29, wherein the tubular members that are radially expanded into engagement with the casing comprise a portion that is radially expanded into engagement with the casing and a portion that is not radially expanded into engagement with the casing.
35. The system of claim 29, wherein prior to the radial expansion the tubular liner comprises:
one or more expandable tubular members that each comprise:
a tubular body comprising an intermediate portion and first and second expanded end portions coupled to opposing ends of the intermediate portion; and a sealing member coupled to the exterior surface of the intermediate portion;
and one or more other tubular members coupled to the expandable tubular members;
wherein the inside diameters of the other tubular members are greater than or equal to the maximum inside diameters of the expandable tubular members.
36. The system of claim 35, wherein the tubular liner comprises a plurality of expandable tubular members;
and wherein the other tubular members are interleaved among the expandable tubular members.
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