EP0874947B1 - Procede de carottage et carottier pour sa mise en oeuvre - Google Patents

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EP0874947B1
EP0874947B1 EP97900512A EP97900512A EP0874947B1 EP 0874947 B1 EP0874947 B1 EP 0874947B1 EP 97900512 A EP97900512 A EP 97900512A EP 97900512 A EP97900512 A EP 97900512A EP 0874947 B1 EP0874947 B1 EP 0874947B1
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Philippe Fanuel
Rune Holt
Cor Kenter
Marco Brignoli
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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
    • E21B25/00—Apparatus for obtaining or removing undisturbed cores, e.g. core barrels or core extractors
    • E21B25/08—Coating, freezing, consolidating cores; Recovering uncontaminated cores or cores at formation pressure
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to a coring process, in particular in the field oil tanker, comprising a coring proper in the by means of a core barrel comprising at least one inner tube, an outer tube and a crown.
  • the object of the present invention is to solve this problem and to provide a coring process which preserves carrots obtained in these formations from characteristics as close as possible to those formations in the state they were in before coring.
  • the coring process of the invention includes the features of claim 1.
  • the above corer includes the features of claim 5.
  • Figure 1 shows schematically in longitudinal section, broken, one end anterior of a core barrel, according to an embodiment of the invention, during coring.
  • Figure 2 shows schematically, in longitudinal section, broken, one end anterior of another embodiment of the core barrel of the invention, in a position ready for coring.
  • Figure 3 shows schematically in longitudinal section, with broken edges, the core barrel of the figure 1 or 2 at the place of the tube connection inside and outside.
  • Figure 4 shows schematically in longitudinal section, broken, anterior end of another embodiment of the invention, in a position ready for coring.
  • Figure 5 shows schematically in longitudinal section, with broken edges, the core barrel of the Figure 4 at the location of the inner tube connection and exterior, according to one embodiment.
  • Figure 6 shows schematically in longitudinal section, with broken edges, the core barrel of the Figure 4 at the location of the inner tube connection and exterior, according to another embodiment.
  • the core barrel 1 according to the invention and illustrated as an example in the drawings is intended coring, for example in the field of prospecting petroleum or natural gas.
  • the aforementioned core barrel 1 further includes elastically compressible means 13, arranged in connection with the internal space 6 so to be able to accumulate and restore energy from, pressurization of the introduced fluid. This bet under pressure can result from at least one compression of this fluid by the action of the piston 8 pushed into the internal space 6 as the core 7 enters it.
  • elastically compressible means 13 could be constituted for example by a chamber (not shown) filled with a compressible gas.
  • the core barrel 1 comprises further means 14 for adjusting a fluid leak introduced.
  • These adjustment means 14 are arranged so that fluid introduced into the internal space 6 can escape as the carrot 7 grows there piston 8 and so that depending on the leak regulated for example by an orifice of reduced section, the pressure of the fluid introduced into the internal space 6 increases to a value corresponding to a force of substantially axial compression F applied by the piston 8 on the top 7A of the core 7, this force F being between selected limits notably in depending on the material of the carrot 7.
  • the elastically compressible means 13 preferably include, on the opposite side 15 of the piston 8 compared to core 7 (during core drilling), a auxiliary piston 16 and, between it and piston 8, a compressible elastic element 17 which is advantageously a compression spring 17.
  • the auxiliary piston 16 is arranged to slide in space internal 6 and preferably present at least one seal annular 18 for its tightness with respect to the wall of the inner tube 5.
  • a face 19 of the auxiliary piston 16, facing towards the bottom 10 is intended to receive the above pressure and is sized to provide the minus part of the force F applied to the vertex 7A of the carrot 7. If necessary, the additional part of force F can come from a face 20 of the piston 8 facing the bottom 10 of the inner tube 5.
  • the piston 8 may have, on the bottom side 10, a rod 23 coaxial with the inner tube 5 and the auxiliary piston 16 may have an annular shape and be slidably mounted on the coaxial rod 23. This may include stop means 24 located at the distance from the piston 8 and determining an extreme position remote from the auxiliary piston 16 relative to the piston 8. At least one annular seal 25 can be arranged between the auxiliary piston 16 and the coaxial rod 23 to prevent fluid from escaping internal space control 6.
  • the spring 17 can be mounted around the coaxial rod 23 as shown Figures 1, 2 and 4.
  • the piston 8 may include the means for leakage setting 14 and channels 27 associated therewith and arranged to link the internal space 6, for the fluid, with the top 7A of the carrot and, at from there, with an annular gap 28 between the carrot 7 being formed (figure 1) and the tube interior 5 by means of these adjustment means leak 14.
  • the leakage adjustment means 14 of the Figure 1 include a ball 29 pressed against a seat valve 30 by a compression spring 31 whose force on ball 29 can be adjusted by a set of screw and nut 32, so as to obtain pressure desired in the internal space 6 before a leak of fluid takes place, and therefore a compressive force desired on vertex 7A.
  • a cap 33 protects the adjustment assembly 32.
  • the leakage adjustment means 14 of the Figure 2 have a calibrated or adjustable spring 31 by the use of thicknesses 34.
  • the channels 27 consist of an axial duct 27A upstream of the ball 29 with respect to the direction of exit of the fluid to the opening of the ball 29 and, downstream thereof, of a or of radial conduits 27B opening into a conduit annular 27C which is connected to one or more conduits radials 27D opening to the outside of the piston 8.
  • the piston 8 can be made so that coring start position (figure 2), it presents a portion 38 which protrudes from the crown 3. This portion 38 has the front end 39 of the piston 8 intended to cooperate with the top 7A of the carrot. At the location of this end 39 it can be provided in the piston 8, for the means for introducing fluid in the interior space 6, a filling orifice 40 provided for example with a ball and a spring non-return valve 41, a pipe 42 connected to the orifice of filling 40 and passing through the piston 8 in the form a radial pipe 42A, an annular pipe 42B, one or more longitudinal pipes 42C and one or more radial lines 42D opening for example in the axial duct 27A and, at through the rod 23, in the internal space 6.
  • a filling orifice 40 provided for example with a ball and a spring non-return valve 41
  • a pipe 42 connected to the orifice of filling 40 and passing through the piston 8 in the form a radial pipe 42A, an annular pipe 42B
  • a screw 43 can be used to plug the filling port 40 so to protect it.
  • a radial position (figure 2) of this orifice 40 is favorable for example because then a filling means (not shown), used for inject fluid into at least part of the space internal 6, screwed on the orifice 40 does not tend to turn the piston 8 in the internal space during this screwing.
  • the fluid introduced into the internal space 6 ( Figures 1 to 3) before coring may be different who can be sent during the coring, to from a surface tank (not shown), at through the usual nozzles 44 of the crown 3 by through a longitudinal pipe 45 annular formed between the inner tube 5 and the tube exterior 2.
  • the fluid thus injected into space internal 6 can be chosen for example for its properties carrot protection and / or lubrication 7 in progress and penetration in this internal space 6.
  • the core barrel 1 of the invention can also include (Figure 3), on the bottom side 10 of the inner tube 5 or internal space 6, a safety valve 46 arranged for example so as to open for bleed air from internal space 6 to time of filling it or to limit to a maximum pressure chosen that prevails during the filling or during coring or also after this one.
  • the embodiment of Figure 3 is such that during filling, only the strength of a valve spring holds it against its seat while during coring, the fluid pressure core drilling sent via the longitudinal pipe 45 adds, by its action on the valve 46, a force important to that of the spring.
  • the valve security 46 When the valve security 46 is open, it connects the internal space 6 and a space or pipe 45 between the outer 2 and inner 5 tubes.
  • Figure 3 also shows means of link 47 arranged so that the inner tube 5 is carried coaxially by the outer tube 2 and can rotate independently of it around their axis longitudinal 48 joint.
  • the connecting means 47 are also arranged to guide towards the pipeline longitudinal 45 the coring fluid from the tank located on the ground surface.
  • the coring method of the invention can now be explained using the core barrel 1 of the invention which comprises at least the inner tube 5, the outer tube 2 and the crown 3.
  • the method of the invention comprises in in addition, during at least most of the core drilling, application of a compressive force F substantially axial on the top 7A of the carrot being training.
  • This compressive force F is included between limits chosen in particular according to the core material 7.
  • This compressive force F is preferably deleted after completing the coring and at the latest just before taking out the core 7 of the inner tube 5.
  • the compression force F is produced by installing in the internal space 6 of the inner tube 5 the piston 8 of which a face 8A can be placed on the top 7A of the carrot 7, preferably by means of an element 49 by elastic example, absorbing irregularities of apex surface 7A.
  • the fluid thus introduced into the internal space 6 is practically under pressure from the environment of the crown 3 (outside and in the coring hole).
  • the piston 8 As the core 7 enters the inner tube 5, it pushes the piston 8 which consequently compresses the fluid at a pressure within a pressure range chosen, determined for example by a calibrated leak fluid through the leakage adjusting means 14.
  • the fluid compressed in the internal space 6 acts on the face 19 of the auxiliary piston 16 and slides this one along the rod 23 and compresses by this movement spring 17 to accumulate energy and to push the piston 8 against the core 7 at the same time.
  • the fluid pressure can also act on a part from the face 20 of the rod 23 so as to help push the piston 8 against the carrot 7.
  • the one included in the hollow of the rod 23 repels ball 29, from a pressure threshold (calibrated leak 14) and can flow through channels 27 in longitudinal grooves 52 around the periphery of the piston 8. From there, the fluid can partly go back along the spring 17 and, for the most part, be pushed to the top 7A of carrot 7 and into interstice 28 and beyond it, so that coat and / or lubricate the carrot 7 as it is made and that it enters the inner tube 5. Excess fluid from the internal space 6 can mix with the fluid leaving the nozzles 44 and be evacuated through the latter.
  • Figures 4 to 6 show another form for making the core barrel 1 of the invention.
  • a tube median 53 possibly in several sections, is arranged coaxially between the outer tubes 2 and interior 5.
  • a first annular longitudinal channel 54 is then formed by a space between the outer tubes 2 and median 53 and it connects for coring the nozzles 44 of the crown 3 and a conduit 55 for coring fluid supply from the tank above ground.
  • a second longitudinal channel annular 56 is formed by a space between the median tubes 53 and interior 5 and is in communication for fluid, for example through splines 57, on the one hand with the bottom 10 of the tube interior 5 and, on the other hand, (at the anterior end 4) with the circumference of the carrot 7 near the exit 57A splines 57.
  • FIGS. 4 to 6 presents, compared to that of the previous figures, the advantage that the coring fluid which must escape from internal space 6 cannot be prevented by obstruction of the annular space 28 between the core 7 and the inner tube 5 unlike what might be the case in the embodiment of Figure 1.
  • the leakage adjusting means 14 are arranged in said communication for the fluid between the bottom 10 and the second longitudinal channel 56.
  • the piston 8 can consequence be simplified and include only the means for introducing fluid 9.
  • the leakage adjusting means 14 can also be used as a safety valve 46 with leak through the same longitudinal channel 56.
  • the embodiment of Figure 6 differs from that of figure 5 by the fact that the safety valve 46 is separated from the adjusting means leakage 14.
  • the channels 27 are also in communication with a room 58 and, from there, through the valve safety 46 (thus located downstream of the adjustment means leak 14 for fluid leaving the internal space 6), with one or more radial conduits 59 in communication for the fluid with the longitudinal channel 54.
  • an obstruction prevents the fluid from leaving the second longitudinal channel 56 at the anterior end 4, this one can escape, by the safety valve 46, by the first longitudinal channel 54 and by the nozzles 44, with the coring fluid from the supply pipe 55.
  • a pressure relief means 60 towards the open air for example in the form of a needle screw 60, arranged so that it can be actuated by an operator when the inner tube 5 (FIG. 3) or, if necessary, this and the middle tube 53 fixed one to the other (as shown then in the figure 6) is or respectively are at least partially removed of the outer tube 2, after coring, so take out the finished core 7. So a pressure residual fluid blocked in the internal space 6 between the carrot 7, the bottom 10 and the pressed ball 29 by spring 31 can be removed using this medium 60 before releasing and removing the carrot 7 from internal space.
  • another needle screw 61 is provided to eliminate a prevailing fluid pressure, before removing from inner tube 5 the core 7, in the chamber 58, the conduits 27 and the second longitudinal channel 56 at the following a blockage thereof.
  • the skilled person is able to calculate, according to their interactions, the springs to use and depending on operating pressures reigning in a core hole and in the coring sent from the ground, the pressures to be produced in the core barrel 1 of the invention.
  • the corer 1 of the invention can be fitted with a blocking system 62 with a frustoconical ring split, known in the art and schematically in the Figures 1, 2 and 4.
  • conduits, channels, conduits, pipes, grooves, grooves, etc. aforementioned may have different forms of those given above by way of example.

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