EP0265341A2 - Packer gonflable de puits - Google Patents

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EP0265341A2
EP0265341A2 EP87402350A EP87402350A EP0265341A2 EP 0265341 A2 EP0265341 A2 EP 0265341A2 EP 87402350 A EP87402350 A EP 87402350A EP 87402350 A EP87402350 A EP 87402350A EP 0265341 A2 EP0265341 A2 EP 0265341A2
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coupling
packer
packer element
coupling member
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Dinesh R. Patel
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Schlumberger Technology Corp
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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
    • E21B33/124—Units with longitudinally-spaced plugs for isolating the intermediate space
    • E21B33/1243—Units with longitudinally-spaced plugs for isolating the intermediate space with inflatable sleeves
    • 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

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  • a new and improved well bore packer having an inflatable packer element that is comprised of inner and outer elastomeric plies coaxially arranged on and bonded to an intermediate sleeve formed of multiple plies of reinforcing strands.
  • inner and outer coupling members are coaxially disposed around the mandrel at each end of the packer element so as to define convergent annular spaces into which the free ends of the strands are disposed and cooperatively secured.
  • the design parameters for the reinforcing sleeve 25 are governed by the maximum expected differential pressure to be imposed on the element 22 as well as the maximum expanded diameter of the packer element. Since the inner sheath 26 has only a limited strength, the principal strength of the packer element 22 is provided by the reinforcing sleeve 25 which is formed of two or more plies, as at 27-30, of closely-spaced stranded wires or cables which, in the depicted exemplary packer element, are about 0.125 inch in diameter and are cooperatively arranged between the outer elastomeric ply 24 and the protective sheath 26.
  • the several plies 27-30 are, preferably, respectively laid in pairs in alternate right-hand and left-hand directions at bias angles which successively increase from about 14 degrees for the innermost ply to about 16 degrees for the outermost ply. This progressive angling provides for even distribution of the load across all the plies at expansion.
  • the protective sheath 26, the several reinforcing plies 27-30 and the elastomeric plies 23 and 24 are vulcanized together in a suitable fashion to form a substantially unitary packer element 22 with the free ends of the stranded wires of the several reinforcing plies 27-30 extending beyond the opposite ends of the packer element.
  • an inner coupling member such as described member 32 or 104, having an outwardly deformable thin-walled skirt end portion to prevent extrusion of an inner elastomeric ply into a low pressure gap left during packer inflation as a reinforcing sleeve is forced away from the outer surface of the inner coupling member.
  • Such an inner coupling member serves to reduce the risk of failure at a critical point in packer construction and can thereby contribute significantly to the ability of an inflatable packer to withstand large differential pressures.

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  • Consolidation Of Soil By Introduction Of Solidifying Substances Into Soil (AREA)
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EP87402350A 1986-10-24 1987-10-21 Packer gonflable de puits Expired - Lifetime EP0265341B1 (fr)

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US92262886A 1986-10-24 1986-10-24
US922628 1986-10-24

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EP0265341A2 true EP0265341A2 (fr) 1988-04-27
EP0265341A3 EP0265341A3 (en) 1989-11-15
EP0265341B1 EP0265341B1 (fr) 1994-06-15

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EP87402350A Expired - Lifetime EP0265341B1 (fr) 1986-10-24 1987-10-21 Packer gonflable de puits

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CA (1) CA1276547C (fr)
DE (1) DE3750069D1 (fr)

Cited By (3)

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US9617802B2 (en) 2013-09-12 2017-04-11 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Expandable tool having helical geometry
EP2545246B1 (fr) * 2010-03-11 2017-06-07 Tendeka B.V. Ensemble joint d'étanchéité et procédé de formation d'un ensemble joint d'étanchéité
US10100600B2 (en) 2015-02-10 2018-10-16 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Expandable tools using segmented cylindrical sections

Citations (7)

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US3524503A (en) * 1968-09-05 1970-08-18 Halliburton Co Cementing tool with inflatable packer and method of cementing
US3529667A (en) * 1969-01-10 1970-09-22 Lynes Inc Inflatable,permanently set,drillable element
US3542127A (en) * 1968-05-13 1970-11-24 Lynes Inc Reinforced inflatable packer with expansible back-up skirts for end portions
US4253676A (en) * 1979-06-15 1981-03-03 Halliburton Company Inflatable packer element with integral support means
FR2517017A1 (fr) * 1981-11-20 1983-05-27 Caoutchouc Manuf Plastique
US4406461A (en) * 1982-03-12 1983-09-27 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Inflatable well packer apparatus reinforced with tire cording
FR2582077A2 (fr) * 1985-05-14 1986-11-21 Caoutchouc Manuf Plastique Perfectionnement a un dispositif a tuyau dilatable

Patent Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3542127A (en) * 1968-05-13 1970-11-24 Lynes Inc Reinforced inflatable packer with expansible back-up skirts for end portions
US3524503A (en) * 1968-09-05 1970-08-18 Halliburton Co Cementing tool with inflatable packer and method of cementing
US3529667A (en) * 1969-01-10 1970-09-22 Lynes Inc Inflatable,permanently set,drillable element
US4253676A (en) * 1979-06-15 1981-03-03 Halliburton Company Inflatable packer element with integral support means
FR2517017A1 (fr) * 1981-11-20 1983-05-27 Caoutchouc Manuf Plastique
US4406461A (en) * 1982-03-12 1983-09-27 Schlumberger Technology Corporation Inflatable well packer apparatus reinforced with tire cording
FR2582077A2 (fr) * 1985-05-14 1986-11-21 Caoutchouc Manuf Plastique Perfectionnement a un dispositif a tuyau dilatable

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP2545246B1 (fr) * 2010-03-11 2017-06-07 Tendeka B.V. Ensemble joint d'étanchéité et procédé de formation d'un ensemble joint d'étanchéité
US9617802B2 (en) 2013-09-12 2017-04-11 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Expandable tool having helical geometry
US10100589B2 (en) 2013-09-12 2018-10-16 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Expandable tool having helical geometry
US10100600B2 (en) 2015-02-10 2018-10-16 Saudi Arabian Oil Company Expandable tools using segmented cylindrical sections

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CA1276547C (fr) 1990-11-20
DE3750069D1 (de) 1994-07-21
EP0265341A3 (en) 1989-11-15
EP0265341B1 (fr) 1994-06-15

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