CA2508453A1 - Expandable composite tubulars - Google Patents

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CA2508453A1
CA2508453A1 CA002508453A CA2508453A CA2508453A1 CA 2508453 A1 CA2508453 A1 CA 2508453A1 CA 002508453 A CA002508453 A CA 002508453A CA 2508453 A CA2508453 A CA 2508453A CA 2508453 A1 CA2508453 A1 CA 2508453A1
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Bennett M. Richard
Peter Aronstam
Larry A. Watkins
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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
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • 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
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • 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
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • E21B43/103—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells of expandable casings, screens, liners, or the like

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  • Lining Or Joining Of Plastics Or The Like (AREA)
  • Rigid Pipes And Flexible Pipes (AREA)
  • Materials For Medical Uses (AREA)
  • Braiding, Manufacturing Of Bobbin-Net Or Lace, And Manufacturing Of Nets By Knotting (AREA)
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Abstract

Composite tubulars that have not been polymerized and are thus flexible enough to be coiled are delivered into a wellbore and expanded. The expansion occurs from an external catalist such as heat or releases the internal catalyst and allows the expanded tubular to become rigid. Optionally, healing agents can be imbedded in the tubular wall to be released to seal subsequently forming cracks.

Claims (28)

1. A method of installing a tubular string in a wellbore, comprising:
installing the tubular string into position in the wellbore while the tubular string is in a flexible condition;
expanding the tubular string;
making the tubular string more rigid.
2. The method of claim 1, comprising:
making said tubular string from a non-metallic material.
3. The method of claim 2, comprising:
storing a catalyst for a hardening reaction in the wall of said tubular string.
4. The method of claim 3, comprising:
creating a reaction with said catalyst from said expanding.
5. The method of claim 3, comprising:
making the tubular string from a composite epoxy resin and a fiber material.
6. The method of claim 1, comprising:
inflating the tubular after positioning it in the wellbore to point short of expansion.
7. The method of claim 1, comprising:
unrolling the tubular string from a coil prior to insertion into the wellbore.
8. The method of claim 1, comprising:
providing a liner within said tubular string.
9. The method of claim 8, comprising:
making said liner from a metallic material.
10. The method of claim 9, comprising:
making said liner sacrificial upon said expanding.
11. The method of claim 1, comprising:
providing a healing agent for sealing cracks in the wall of said tubular string.
12. The method of claim 11, comprising:
encapsulating said healing agent during said expanding.
13. The method of claim 11, comprising:
liberating said healing agent as a result of crack formation in the wall of said tubular string in the vicinity of where said healing agent is stored.
14. The method of claim 5, comprising:
providing a healing agent for sealing cracks in the wall of said tubular string;
liberating said healing agent as a result of crack formation in the wall of said tubular string in the vicinity of where said healing agent is stored.
15. The method of claim 5, comprising:
performing said expanding without cracking the wall of said tubular string.
16. The method of claim 3, comprising:
releasing said catalyst independently of said expanding.
17. The method of claim 16, comprising:
accomplishing said independent releasing while expanding.
18. The method of claim 17, comprising:
expanding with a swage;
attaching the source for said releasing to said swage.
19. The method of claim 3, comprising:
releasing said catalyst with at least one of nuclear, magnetic, electric or electromagnetic energy or light radiation or the addition of or exposure to a chemical
20. The method of claim 3, comprising:

selectively depositing said catalyst outside of expected pay zones in the tubular.
21. The method of claim 14, comprising:
selectively depositing said healing agent outside of expected pay zones in the tubular.

21. The method of claim 14, comprising:
22. A method of installing a tubular string in a wellbore, comprising:
forming a tubular string in an original shape from a shape memory material;
altering the shape of said tubular string to allow running it into the wellbore;
causing said tubular string to assume said original shape when in place in the wellbore.
23. The method of claim 22, comprising:
sizing said original shape such that the tubular string is firmly supported in the wellbore as a result of returning to its original shape.
24. The method of claim 23, comprising:
achieving firm support for said tubular string in the wellbore without expansion beyond said original shape.
25. The method of claim 23, comprising:
achieving firm support for said tubular string in the wellbore with expansion beyond said original shape.
26. The method of claim 22, comprising:
heating said tubular string under an applied load to achieve said altering;
cooling said tubular string to allow it to retain said altered shape for run in into the wellbore.
27. The method of claim 26, comprising:

providing heat in the wellbore to allow the tubular string to assume said original shape.
28. The method of claim 27, comprising:
using heat from well fluids to promote shape change by said tubular string to said original shape.
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GB0511674D0 (en) 2005-07-13
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