EP0835360B1 - Propulseur hydraulique pour train de sonde - Google Patents

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EP0835360B1
EP0835360B1 EP96923945A EP96923945A EP0835360B1 EP 0835360 B1 EP0835360 B1 EP 0835360B1 EP 96923945 A EP96923945 A EP 96923945A EP 96923945 A EP96923945 A EP 96923945A EP 0835360 B1 EP0835360 B1 EP 0835360B1
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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
    • E21B17/02—Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/04—Couplings; joints between rod or the like and bit or between rod and rod or the like
    • E21B17/07—Telescoping joints for varying drill string lengths; Shock absorbers
    • E21B17/073—Telescoping joints for varying drill string lengths; Shock absorbers with axial rotation
    • 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
    • E21B44/00—Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
    • E21B44/005—Below-ground automatic control systems

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  • the present invention relates to a hydraulic thruster for generating a thrust force to a drill bit located at the lower end of a drill string.
  • Hydraulic thrusters are generally applied in order to generate the desired weight on bit (WOB) which is the force exerted by the drill bit to the bottom of the borehole, or to isolate axial vibrations of the drill string from the bottom hole assembly.
  • WOB weight on bit
  • a considerable amount of axial force of the drill string is dissipated by friction between the drill string an the borehole wall, necessitating the application of a thruster to generate the desired WOB.
  • a common thruster consists of two telescoping members of which the fixed member is connected to an upper part of the drill string, and the travelling member is connected to the downhole assembly, whereby an axial spline/groove arrangement enables torque to be transmitted between the two members.
  • the thruster allows the downhole assembly to move axially relative to the upper part of the drill string.
  • the delivered thrust force is thus independent of the axial position of the drill string, and furthermore the thrust force is independent of the inclination of the drill string which may vary between a vertical orientation and a horizontal orientation.
  • the WOB can be accurately controlled as it depends on the effective cross-sectional area of the thruster and on the difference between the internal fluid pressure of the thruster and the external pressure thereof.
  • the thruster improves the dynamic behaviour of the assembly by the axial decoupling of the drill bit from the drill string.
  • US patent No. 4,901,806 discloses a device for use in a drill string to control the force applied to the drill bit (i.e. the WOB), and to decouple the axial vibrations acting on the drill string, which device therefore in effect forms a thruster.
  • the known thruster comprises a first member connectable to an upper part of the drill string and a second member connectable to a lower part of the drill string, said members being telescopingly arranged relative to each other and being capable of transmitting torsional forces between the upper member and the lower member during drilling, and a fluid passage passing through said members for drilling fluid flowing through the drill string towards the drill bit.
  • a problem associated with the known thruster is the occurrence of WOB variations due to variations of the drilling fluid pressure. Such pressure variations may occur, for example, due to pressure pulses generated during measurement while drilling. The fluid pressure variations tend to induce an outward telescoping movement of the device thereby causing variations in WOB. The problem is even more pronounced in case a downhole drilling motor is applied to drive the drill bit, which motor is located between the thruster and the drill bit. When the torque of the downhole motor increases, for example because of increasing frictional forces at the drill bit, the fluid pressure at the fluid inlet of the motor increases and thereby also the fluid pressure in the thruster. This leads to a further outwardly telescoping tendency of the thruster and consequently to an increasing WOB and corresponding torque at the motor.
  • the increased motor torque requires again an increased fluid pressure at the motor inlet and hence also at the thruster, leading to a further outwardly telescoping tendency of the thruster, etc.
  • This process leads to uncontrolled behaviour of the thruster/motor/bit combination and as a result the system may stall out.
  • the drilling process is thus severely hampered and damage to one or more of the components may result.
  • US-A-1,688,994 discloses a hydraulic thruster for generating a thrust force to a drill bit located at the lower end of a drill string, comprising a first member connectable to an upper part of the drill string and a second member connectable to a lower part of the drill string, said members being telescopingly arranged relative to each other and being capable of transmitting drill string torque during drilling, a fluid passage passing through said members for drilling fluid flowing through the drill string towards the drill bit, and means for generating an inward telescoping reaction of said members upon transmission of drill string torque during drilling, said means comprising at at least one helical spline provided at least one of said members and arranged in a corresponding helical groove provided at the other of said members, the spline and groove co-operating so as to transmit torque between the upper and lower part of the drill string during drilling.
  • the WOB of this known thruster depends on the bit/rock friction coefficient which shows large variations.
  • a hydraulic thruster for generating a thrust force to a drill bit located at the lower end of a drill string, comprising a first member connectable to an upper part of the drill string and a second member connectable to a lower part of the drill string, said members being telescopingly arranged relative to each other and being capable of transmitting drill string torque during drilling, a fluid passage passing through said members for drilling fluid flowing through the drill string towards the drill bit, and means for generating an inward telescoping reaction of said members upon transmission of drill string torque during drilling, characterized in that each spline (11) is arranged at a helix angle ⁇ relative to the longitudinal axis of the thruster, of between 0.8 arctan (r.A i /k m ) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 1.2 arctan (r.A i /k m ); wherein
  • a plurality of said splines and grooves are distributed regularly along the interface between the inner and outer member.
  • the thruster can be advantageously applied in a drill string including a downhole motor driving the drill bit, the downhole motor being arranged between the thruster and the drill bit.
  • a thruster 1 including a cylindrical outer member 3 and a cylindrical inner member 5 telescoping within the outer member 3, the inner member 5 having an annular piston 7 sealed by a suitable seal from the inner surface of the outer member 3.
  • the members 3, 5 have a common fluid passage 9 for drilling fluid to flow through the thruster 1.
  • the outer member 3 is connected at its upper end to the upper part of a drill string (not shown), and the inner member 5 is connected at its lower end to a lower part of the drill string including a hydraulic downhole motor (not shown).
  • the inner member 5 is provided at its outer surface with helical splines 11 extending from the piston 7 along a substantial portion of the length of the inner member 5.
  • the outer member 3 has a lower part 13 provided with helical grooves 15 which correspond to, and co-operate with, the splines 11 of the inner member 5.
  • the splines 11 and grooves 15 are oriented at a helix angle ⁇ relative to the longitudinal axis 14 of the thruster 1.
  • the helix orientation is such that during right hand rotation of the thruster 1 during drilling, when torque is transmitted from the outer member 3 to the inner member 5, the splines 11 and grooves 15 induce an inwardly telescoping reaction to the members 3, 5.
  • a i indicates the effective thruster area and r indicates the average radius of the splines/grooves.
  • T the motor torque.
  • equations (1) - (10) are exact. However in practice slight variations in some of the parameters may occur, and it has been found that adequate reduction of the dependency of WOB on the bit/rock friction is achieved if the helix angle ⁇ is selected between 0.8 arctan (r.A i /k m ) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 1.2 arctan (r.A i /k m ) More preferably the helix angle is between 0.95 arctan (r.A i /k m ) ⁇ ⁇ ⁇ 1.05 arctan (r.A i /k m )
  • the alternative thruster 20 has an inner member 22 provided with a set of helical splines of varying helix angle, and an outer member 26 provided with a set of corresponding grooves 28.
  • a plurality of guides 30 are positioned in corresponding recesses 32 of the thruster outer member 34, each guide 30 being provided with a groove 36 in which a spline 38 of the thruster inner member 40 is positioned.
  • Each guide 30 is rotatable around a radial shaft 42 fixedly connected to the outer member 34. In this manner it is achieved that the helix angle of the grooves 36 of the outer member 34 conforms to the varying helix angles of the splines 38.
  • the guides 30 instead of the guides 30 being connected to the outer member 34, the guides can alternatively be connected to the inner member, in which case the splines are provided at the outer member.
  • the hydraulic thruster can alternatively be arranged between the downhole motor and the drill bit.

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  1. Poussoir hydraulique (1) destiné à générer une force de poussée sur un trépan de forage situé à l'extrémité inférieure d'un train de forage, comportant un premier élément (3) qui peut être relié à une partie supérieure du train de forage et un deuxième élément (5) qui peut être relié à une partie inférieure du train de forage, lesdits éléments étant agencés de manière télescopique l'un par rapport à l'autre et étant aptes à transmettre le couple du train de forage pendant le forage, un passage (9) pour fluide traversant lesdits éléments pour permettre au fluide de forage de s'écouler dans le train de forage en direction du trépan de forage, et des moyens pour générer une réaction télescopique desdits éléments vers l'intérieur lors de la transmission d'un couple du train de forage pendant le forage, lesdits moyens comportant au moins une cannelure hélicoïdale (11) prévue sur au moins l'un desdits éléments et agencée dans une rainure hélicoïdale (15) correspondante prévue sur l'autre desdits éléments, la cannelure et la rainure coopérant de manière à transmettre un couple entre la partie supérieure et la partie inférieure du train de forage pendant le forage et un moteur de fond de trou entraínant le trépan de forage, caractérisé en ce que chaque cannelure (11) est agencée à un angle d'hélice β par rapport à l'axe longitudinal du poussoir, lequel angle d'hélice est compris entre: 0,8 arctan (r.Ai/km) < β < 1,2 arctan (r.Ai/km)    où
    r = rayon extérieur moyen du poussoir;
    Ai = superficie de poussée efficace de la section transversale du poussoir;
    km = constante de moteur, définie comme étant le couple du moteur par perte de charge unitaire à travers le moteur.
  2. Poussoir selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit premier élément forme un élément extérieur (3) et ledit deuxième élément forme un élément intérieur (5).
  3. Poussoir selon la revendication 2, comportant plusieurs desdites cannelures (11) et rainures (15) réparties régulièrement à l'interface entre l'élément intérieur et l'élément extérieur (3, 5).
  4. Poussoir selon la revendication 3, dans lequel chaque cannelure (11) est agencée à un angle d'hélice β par rapport à l'axe longitudinal du poussoir, lequel angle d'hélice est compris entre: 0,95 arctan (r.Ai/km) < β < 1,05 arctan (r.Ai/km)
  5. Poussoir selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 4, dans lequel l'angle d'hélice de chaque cannelure (11) et de chaque rainure (15) varie sur la longueur du poussoir.
  6. Poussoir selon la revendication 5, dans lequel au moins l'une parmi chaque cannelure (30) et chaque rainure (36) peut tourner autour d'un axe radial (42) de manière à adapter son angle d'hélice par rapport à l'angle d'hélice de l'autre parmi chaque cannelure (30) et rainure (36).
  7. Poussoir selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, dans lequel chaque rainure (11) est prévue sur l'élément intérieur (5) et chaque rainure (15) est prévue sur l'élément extérieur (3).
  8. Poussoir selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 7, dans lequel le train de forage comporte un moteur de fond de trou entraínant le trépan de forage, le moteur de fond de trou étant agencé entre le poussoir et le train de forage.
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