CN107820531A - For switching functional method and system of tail pipe expansion tool - Google Patents

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CN107820531A
CN107820531A CN201680037732.5A CN201680037732A CN107820531A CN 107820531 A CN107820531 A CN 107820531A CN 201680037732 A CN201680037732 A CN 201680037732A CN 107820531 A CN107820531 A CN 107820531A
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R·布玛
D·P·布里斯科
A·L·M·维本
T·W·范德泽
D·H·泽斯林
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B43/105—Expanding tools specially adapted therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B17/10—Wear protectors; Centralising devices, e.g. stabilisers
    • E21B17/1014—Flexible or expansible centering means, e.g. with pistons pressing against the wall of the well
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/02—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells for locking the tools or the like in landing nipples or in recesses between adjacent sections of tubing

Abstract

Switch the feature of downhole tubular expansion tool by the following method：There is provided inner width excessively most of (7) bigger than other (non-excessive) parts of the unexpanded pipe (6) to the unexpanded pipe；The control short tube (1) for being included in excessively most of trigger sub-assembly (2) promoted from inside to outside is provided to the expansion tool, so as to (such as) switch the feature of the instrument by making collapsible expansion cone contraction or expansion and/or opening valve.

Description

For switching functional method and system of tail pipe expansion tool
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of functional method and system for being used to switch expansion tool, the expansion tool is used to make The well liner of underground, housing or the expansion of other well casings in subterranean well bore.
Background technology
Known underground expanding method and system are disclosed in WO2012104257 and United States Patent (USP) 7,497,255,7,640, In 976 and 7,493,946.
In these known systems, expanded by initial unexpanded well liner, housing or other pipes in underground moving Cone is so that tube swelling.
It is known by mechanically pulling and/or rotary drill column (expansion tool is suspended in midair from the drill string) and/or passing through Change the Fluid pressure in the inside of drill string step by step to switch the feature of expansion tool, such as making collapsible expansion cone Expansion or shrinkage and/or for opening or closing valve.
The shortcomings that known system is that the position of the expansion cone in pipe is not usually exactly known, but may be needed on edge The feature of the pre-position switching expansion tool of the length of expansion tube.
Need a kind of being used to switch functional improved method of expansion tool and being for the shortcomings that overcoming known system System.
The content of the invention
According to the present invention, there is provided a kind of functional method for being used to switch downhole tubular expansion tool, the downhole tubular Shape expansion tool vertically moves at least a portion expansion so that the length of the pipe, the side by initial unexpanded well casing Method includes：
There is provided inner width excessively most of bigger than the other parts of the unexpanded pipe to the unexpanded pipe；
The control for being included in excessively most of trigger sub-assembly promoted from inside to outside to expansion tool offer is short Pipe, so as to switch the feature of the instrument.
The unexpanded pipe may include there is the multiple excessively most of of different length, and the expansion tool may include to carry Multiple control short tubes of inflatable collet segment with corresponding length, so as to which the difference in the length along the unexpanded pipe is indulged Switch the feature of the expansion tool to interval location.
According to the present invention, a kind of functional system for being used to switch downhole tubular expansion tool, the well are provided in addition Lower tubulose expansion tool can vertically move at least a portion expansion so that the length of the pipe by initial unexpanded well casing, The system includes
Short tube is controlled, is included in excessively most of trigger sub-assembly promoted from inside to outside of unexpanded well casing, so as to switch The feature of the instrument.
The expansion tool may include the collapsible expansion that different operation modes are switched to by the trigger sub-assembly Cone and/or valve, and the trigger sub-assembly may include trigger sleeve pipe and inflatable collet segment, when in the excessive portion When being expanded in point, the collet segment moves axially described sleeve pipe relative to the other parts of the expansion tool.
The power of enclosing is described according to these and other feature, embodiment and the advantage of the expanding method of the present invention and instrument The non-limiting embodiments described in sharp claim, summary and accompanying drawing it is described in detail below in, wherein using refer to schema in The description Ref. No. of the corresponding Ref. No. of description.
Identical reference numerals in different schemas represent same or similar object.Describe in schema and/or this explanation Object and further feature described in book, summary and/or claims can be by those skilled in the art with not Tongfang Formula combines.
Brief description of the drawings
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 displayings, which are worked as, to move into, by excessively most according to this hair with the initial unexpanded well casing of removal Bright control short tube.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 displayings change functional of the expansion tool tubing string of the specific location in expandable liner According to the control short tube of the present invention.
Triggered using the change of the internal diameter of expandable liner before one or more expansion cones as illustrated in FIG. IA The control action of control short tube (2) in the expansion tool tubing string of side.Short tube (1) is controlled to include via hydraulic valve (4) by spring (3) the segmentation trigger sleeve pipe (2) of loading.Spring force causes trigger sleeve portion towards the interior radial direction of unexpanded tail pipe (6) It is mobile above external inclined-plane (5).
During the expansion of tail pipe, the inner surface of trigger sleeve pipe against initial unexpanded tail pipe slides.When expansion work Have tubing string reach with increased internal diameter tail pipe (7) it is excessively most of when, promote trigger further out above inclined-plane Sleeve pipe (2), as is illustrated in figure ib, it opens hydraulic valve to enter between the drilling of expansion tool tubing string and fluid passage (8) Row hydraulic connecting.
When the total length of trigger sleeve pipe have been enter into tail pipe it is excessively most of when, its saw tooth profile jump over control short tube sheet Inclined-plane in body, as illustrated by Fig. 1 C.Then, when enter with nominal inside diameter tailpipe timesharing, trigger casing shrink, As illustrated by Fig. 1 D.
Alternatively, when expansion tool tubing string has reached the ad-hoc location in tail pipe, also or using control short tube concept with Take mechanical action.
The schematic diagram of this Mechanical course short tube is showed in Fig. 2 a.
Chuck (10) is locked in the groove in the body of tool tubular column by chuck sleeve pipe (11).This sleeve pipe is in trigger The side of sleeve pipe promotes upwardly through spring (3), and the tail pipe with nominal inside diameter prevents chuck cannula slide.When trigger sleeve pipe Into tail pipe it is excessively most of when, chuck sleeve pipe starts to slide, as is illustrated in figure 2b.When the total length of trigger sleeve pipe has been enter into Tail pipe it is excessively most of when, from groove (9) the release chuck (10) in tool tubular column body, and trigger sleeve pipe is jumped over inclined-plane (5) (Fig. 2 c).After this, its is collapsible and enters the tail pipe (Fig. 2 d) with nominal inside diameter.
The release of chuck and the mobile feature that can be used for mechanically changing expansion tool tubing string.
Hydraulic control short tube (2) can be used for (such as) pass through the inflatable of the excessive top for being partly interposed in mitriform part Mitriform cone is set hydraulically to shrink in tail pipe.The contractive action of bell will only trigger sleeve pipe in excessive tail pipe part or By occurring during this part.In any early stage of tail pipe installation process, the pressure arteries and veins in the drilling of expansion tool tubing string Punching can be used for contractive action of other actions without influenceing mitriform cone.
Control short tube concept may be designed to only respond to the excessive tailpipe point more than length-specific.When trigger set Pipe encounters the length excessive tailpipe timesharing smaller than trigger sleeve pipe, and it will not respond.
Therefore, multiple control short tubes are mountable in expansion tool tubing string, and it is at the diverse location of tail pipe to specific Excessive partial-length responds.
Therefore, the method according to the invention, system and/or any product preferably adapt to obtain the purpose that is previously mentioned and Advantage, and those wherein intrinsic.
Particular embodiments disclosed above only have it is illustrative, reason be the present invention can change and with for must Combined beneficial to obvious different but equivalent mode for the those skilled in the art of teachings herein and/or real Trample.
In addition, in addition to described in following article claims, it is not intended to limit construction shown herein Or the details of design.
It will therefore be apparent that change, combine and/or change above-disclosed particular illustrative embodiment, and it is all this Class change is considered as within the scope of the invention, as defined in appended claims.
Although describe to embody the present invention's with regard to " comprising ", " containing " or the various described features of "comprising" and/or step Any method, system and/or product, but it also " can mainly be made up of " various described features or step or " be retouched by various State feature or step composition ".
All numerical value disclosed above and scope may have same amount of change.Whenever disclosing the number with lower and upper limit Be worth scope, then specifically disclose fall into the scope it is any digital and any including scope.Specifically, institute herein Disclosed each value scope (" about a to about b " or equally, " about a to b " or equally, " about a-b " form) it is interpreted as explaining State each numeral and scope covered in the range of wide value.
In addition, unless explicitly and clearly being defined by patentee in addition, otherwise the term in claims has it Commonly, in general implication.
In addition, as the indefinite article " one (a/an) " used in claims is defined herein as referring to its proposition One or more than one in key element.
If the usage of a word or term in this manual with one in incorporated herein by reference or Any contradiction be present in multiple patents or other documents, then the definition for meeting this specification should be used.

Claims (10)

1. a kind of functional method for being used to switch downhole tubular expansion tool, the downhole tubular expansion tool passes through initial Unexpanded well casing vertically moves at least a portion expansion so that the length of the pipe, and methods described includes：
There is provided inner width excessively most of bigger than the other parts of the unexpanded pipe to the unexpanded pipe；
The control short tube for being included in excessively most of trigger sub-assembly promoted from inside to outside is provided to the expansion tool, from And switch the feature of the instrument.
2. according to the method for claim 1, wherein the trigger sub-assembly be spring, hydraulically and/or in addition elasticity Ground loads, and shrinks in excessively most of interior expansion and in the other parts of the unexpanded pipe.
3. method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the expansion tool includes switching by the trigger sub-assembly For the collapsible expansion cone and/or valve of different operation modes.
4. according to the method for claim 3, wherein the trigger sub-assembly includes trigger sleeve pipe and inflatable chuck Part, when in most of interior expansion excessively, the collet segment axially moves relative to the other parts of the expansion tool Dynamic described sleeve pipe.
5. according to the method for claim 4, wherein the unexpanded pipe includes having the multiple excessively most of of different length, And the expansion tool includes carrying multiple control short tubes of the inflatable collet segment with corresponding length, so as to along described The different longitudinally spaced opening positions of the length of unexpanded pipe switch the feature of the expansion tool.
6. a kind of functional system for being used to switch downhole tubular expansion tool, the downhole tubular expansion tool can be by most First unexpanded well casing vertically moves at least a portion expansion so that the length of the pipe, and the system includes
Short tube is controlled, is included in excessively most of trigger sub-assembly promoted from inside to outside of unexpanded well casing, it is described so as to switch The feature of instrument.
7. system according to claim 6, wherein the trigger sub-assembly is spring, hydraulically and/or in addition loaded, And it is configured in excessively most of interior expansion and is shunk in the other parts of the unexpanded pipe.
8. the system according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the expansion tool includes switching by the trigger sub-assembly For the collapsible expansion cone and/or valve of different operation modes.
9. system according to claim 8, wherein the trigger sub-assembly includes trigger sleeve pipe and inflatable chuck Part, when in most of interior expansion excessively, the collet segment axially moves relative to the other parts of the expansion tool Dynamic described sleeve pipe.
10. system according to claim 9, wherein the unexpanded pipe includes multiple excessive portions with different length Point, and the expansion tool includes carrying multiple control short tubes of the inflatable collet segment with corresponding length, so as on edge The different longitudinally spaced opening positions of the length of the unexpanded pipe switch the feature of the expansion tool.
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