EP1771639A2 - Clapet - Google Patents

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EP1771639A2
EP1771639A2 EP05759690A EP05759690A EP1771639A2 EP 1771639 A2 EP1771639 A2 EP 1771639A2 EP 05759690 A EP05759690 A EP 05759690A EP 05759690 A EP05759690 A EP 05759690A EP 1771639 A2 EP1771639 A2 EP 1771639A2
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valve
pressure
fluid
well
barrier
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Giancarlo Tomasso Pietro Pia
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Renovus Ltd
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Renovus Ltd
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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
    • E21B34/00—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells
    • E21B34/06—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells in wells
    • E21B34/10—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells in wells operated by control fluid supplied from outside the borehole
    • E21B34/102—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells in wells operated by control fluid supplied from outside the borehole with means for locking the closing element in open or closed position
    • 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
    • E21B2200/00—Special features related to earth drilling for obtaining oil, gas or water
    • E21B2200/05—Flapper valves

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  • This invention relates to valves, and in particular but not exclusively to valves for use in downhole applications.
  • valves In the oil and gas exploration and production industry, subsurface hydrocarbon- bearing formations are accessed from surface by drilling bores, which bores are subsequently lined with metal tubing known as casing or liner. In instances where the formation pressure exceeds the hydrostatic pressure produced by the column of fluid in the well bore, one or more valves must be provided in the well bore to prevent uncontrolled escape of hydrocarbons from the well. In contrast, in other instances, it may be desirable to protect the formation from hydrostatic pressure to prevent fluid flowing into, and damaging, the formation, and in such cases the column of fluid in the well bore must be isolated from the formation. A wide range of valves have been proposed and used in well bores to cope with the situations outlined above and to provide for, for example, the safe deployment of tools and devices into the well bore.
  • a valve comprising: a body defining a through bore; and a valve member for location in the body and movable between an open position and a closed position, the valve having a first configuration in which the valve member is normally closed, and will hold a pressure differential in a first direction, and a second configuration in which the valve member is closed and will maintain a pressure differential in said first direction and also in an opposite second direction.
  • the two different configurations of the valve extend the range of functionalities of the valve.
  • the valve may be utilised as a downhole deployment valve to isolate the formation from the well bore, that is the valve will hold a differential pressure from below.
  • a fluid barrier may be provided above the valve to operate in addition to the mechanical barrier provided by the valve member.
  • the valve could also be configured to be operable in a fail as is mode and a fail-safe open mode.
  • This aspect of the invention offers numerous advantages in that the fail-safe operation of the valve can be arranged to suit current operations. For example, in normal operation it may be desired to have the valve operate in fail-safe shut mode, such that the valve operates as a safety valve. However, when an item, such as a drill string, extends through the valve, it may be advantageous to have the valve locked open or fail open in order not to trap the string in the valve.
  • the above-noted aspects of the present invention may both be provided in the same valve, or may be provided independently.
  • the valve is adapted to hold a differential pressure from below while in the first configuration, although in other embodiments the valve may be adapted to hold differential pressure from above.
  • the valve member is biased towards the closed position, for example by means of a suitable spring.
  • the valve member may . take any appropriate form, including a ball valve. However, it is preferred that the valve member is a flapper valve, and most particularly a contoured or curved flapper.
  • the valve includes an opening member, which will typically be in the form of a sleeve. The opening member may be biased towards a position which allows the valve member to close or remain in the closed position. The opening member may be movable to move the valve member from the closed, position towards the open position.
  • the opening member may incorporate a valve seat, or a valve seat may be provided independently of the member.
  • the opening member may be actuated by any appropriate means, but is preferably gas or fluid actuated.
  • the opening member may be actuated by pressurised gas or liquid supplied from a remote gas or fluid source.
  • the actuating pressure will most likely be supplied from surface.
  • the pressure may be supplied via appropriate control lines, or may be applied via an annulus, typically a secondary annulus provided between two casing strings, or via a drill pipe string or via an electro-hydraulic control system.
  • the opening member may be subject to one or more selected actuation sequences, with actuating pressure being supplied by one or more gas or fluid conduits, which gas or fluid conduits could be control lines, an annulus, a drill pipe string or an electro-hydraulic control system. While the opening member itself may be hydraulically actuated, pressure may be applied or transmitted to the opening member actuating arrangement from surface via gas or liquid.
  • the opening member may incorporate a piston, and hydraulic fluid pressure acting on the piston will tend to move the piston to open the valve member.
  • means are provided for returning the opening member to a first or retracted position, in which the valve member may remain closed.
  • the return means may utilise hydraulic fluid pressure, but most preferably comprises a spring, such that, for example, only a single hydraulic line or supply is required to provide or control movement of the opening member in both directions.
  • the spring may comprise a mechanical spring or a pressure spring.
  • the valve comprises a support member, which may be selectively positioned to maintain the valve member in the closed position.
  • the support member may take any appropriate form, but is preferably in the form of a sleeve. In a first or retracted position the support member may permit movement of the valve member between the open and closed positions, however in a second or extended position the support member may prevent or restrict movement of the valve member from the closed position.
  • the support member may be moved towards the extended position by any appropriate means, but is preferably gas or fluid actuated. Gas or fluid actuation may be utilised to move the support member from the extended position to the retracted position, or a return spring or the like may be provided, however it is desired that an external mechanical force must be applied to the support member in order to retract the member.
  • the valve includes a retaining member, which may be configured to retain the valve member in the open position.
  • the retaining member may take the form of a sleeve, and may be movable between a retracted position in which the valve member is free to close, and an extended position in which the valve member is restrained in the open position, typically in a volume between the valve body and the retaining member.
  • a single member serves as both the support member and the retaining member, that is a support and retaining member may be selectively positioned to maintain the valve member in the closed position or in the open position, though in other embodiments it may be that two separate members are provided.
  • Both the opening member and support and/or retaining member(s) may be actuated by any appropriate means but are preferably fluid or gas actuated.
  • the opening and support and/or retaining members may be actuated by pressurised gas or fluid supplied from a remote source, on surface or within the well. The pressure may be supplied via appropriate control lines or may be applied via an annulus, drillstring or any downhole control system.
  • Both the opening and support and/or retaining members may be subject to one or more actuation sequences, with actuating pressure being supplied by one or more gas or fluid conduits, which gas or fluid conduits could be control lines, an annulus, drill pipe or an electro-hydraulic control system.
  • Actuation of the opening member and support and/or retaining members can be done independently of, in association with, or in sequence with the other member or members using pre-determined pressure levels or sequences or rising pressure levels to trigger the actuation sequence.
  • Timing of the actuation of the opening member and support and/or retaining members within the valve can be sequenced or controlled using restrictors to restrict the pressure or fluid flow rate within the valve to control the timing and sequence of the members in relation to each other.
  • One or both of the support member and retaining member may cooperate with an opening member, and in one embodiment ends of a combined support and retaining member and an opening member may selectively engage or otherwise cooperate such that movement of one member induces movement of the other member, thus simplifying operation and control of the valve. Furthermore, if the actuating arrangement for one member should fail or be rendered inoperative, it may be possible to actuate the failed member via the other member. Also, where the two members track one another with little or no clearance therebetween, this serves to eliminate or reduce ingress of debris and cuttings behind the members and into the volume occupied by the valve member, which debris might otherwise interfere with the operation of the valve. One or both of the support member and the retaining member may be actuated in a similar manner to the opening member, as described above. .
  • the valve may be provided in combination with a catcher for location above the valve, which catcher may operate in conjunction with a dense fluid barrier above the valve.
  • the catcher includes one or more members for extending into the bore to arrest the fall of an item that might otherwise damage the valve.
  • the members may be normally extended, or normally retracted.
  • the members may be actuated in any appropriate manner, including by means of pressure, by gas or fluid control lines, or mechanically.
  • the catcher may be integral with the valve, or may be provided separately.
  • the catcher may be actuated independently or in combination with the valve, for example the catcher members may be extended independently of the valve configuration or may be extended and retracted as the valve is closed and opened.
  • valves may be provided in a well bore.
  • the valves may be made in accordance with the above described embodiments, but may take other forms, and one valve may take the form of a surface sealing device, such as a device to restrict or prevent flow around the BOPs, or a rotating control diverter as provided in an under balanced drilling (UBD) well.
  • UBD under balanced drilling
  • the valves may be located in close proximity to one another, or more preferably may be spaced apart, for example one deep set and one close to surface.
  • valves will be spaced apart sufficiently such that the space between the valves may accommodate and isolate a tool or device and, as described below, function in a somewhat similar manner to a surface lubricator.
  • the valves may be spaced apart by a distance of 1000 feet or more, or a distance suitable to permit the volume between the valves to accommodate, for example, screens, inflatable screens, sand screens, logging tools, drilling assemblies, completions, well intervention tool strings. and. well work-over type strings, or indeed anything likely to be deployed into or retrieved from a live well.
  • the valves may be operated simultaneously, but are most preferably independently operable.
  • closing a lower or deep set valve while opening an upper or shallow set valve allows a tool string, sandscreens, expandable tubulars or the like to be run into a live well and positioned between the valves, and the upper valve then closed.
  • Conventional drill pipe or the like may then be run into the bore through conventional BOPs and the like, the upper valve opened, and the drill pipe string then stabbed into or otherwise connected to the tool string located between the valves.
  • the lower valve may then be opened and the tool string advanced into the section of bore which intersects the formation.
  • the weight of the tool string may be selected such that, on opening the deep set valve, the weight of the string will provide a downward force substantially equal to or greater than any pressure force acting to push the string upwards and out of the bore.
  • Such an object may itself act as a pressure barrier, and it may thus be possible to omit the upper valve.
  • This arrangement of valves or other pressure-containing devices is particularly useful in managed pressure drilling, that is in UBD wells or in wells drilled near or at balance. Indeed, all of the various different aspects of the invention disclosed herein are particularly well suited for use in managed pressure drilling applications.
  • Another aspect of the invention relates to a valve provided in combination with a sensor to measure or monitor the fluid level in the well above the valve, to ensure that the valve is not leaking. Such measurement may be, for instance, carried out using an echo meten. - • - . . . . ... . . . . . ... ...
  • valve actuation sequencing relates to the use of the valve as a measuring device of pressure below, above or at the valve depth, and the use of the valve as a MWD data receiver, transmitter or repeater.
  • command or control data transmitted from a drill string, completion string or other tubular conduit deployed into the borehole to trigger a valve or remote electro-hydraulic control system to actuate the valve.
  • ultrasonic waves or electromagnetic waves may be utilised to trigger the valve actuation sequencing.
  • Figure 1 shows a valve in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the present invention in a normally closed configuration, and configured to hold pressure from below;
  • Figure 2 is a sectional view of the valve of Figure 1, showing the valve open;
  • Figure 3 is a sectional view of the valve of Figure 1, showing the valve locked open;
  • Figure 4 is a sectional view of the valve of Figure 1, showing the valve locked closed.
  • the Figures illustrate a full bore isolation valve 10 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • the valve 10 is intended to be incorporated in a string of tubulars to be located in a well bore, typically in a concentric casing string, that is a string of casing which is run inside casing or liner previously located in the well bore.
  • the valve 10 has a generally cylindrical body 12 with top and bottom subs 14, 16 adapted for connection to adjacent sections of the casing string.
  • the valve body 12 further comprises a spring housing 18 which is coupled to the top sub 14, and a flapper housing 20 which extends between the spring housing 18 and the bottom sub 16.
  • a valve member in the form of a curved flapper 22.
  • the flapper 22 is mounted to the housing 20 via a pivot pin 24 and a spring 26, the spring tending to move the flapper 22 to the closed position, as illustrated in Figure 1.
  • the flapper 22 could be mounted on a separate collar or the like within the body.
  • the flapper 22 engages a valve seat 28 formed on the lower end of an opening sleeve 30 which is axially movably mounted within the body 12.
  • the sleeve 30 is biased upwards towards the valve closed position, as illustrated in Figure 1, by a compression spring 32.
  • the upper end of the spring 32 engages a shoulder forming part of an annular piston 34 on the exterior of the sleeve 30.
  • a fluid supply line 36 communicates with an upper face of the piston 34, such that supply of pressurised fluid via the line 36 will tend to move the sleeve 30 downwardly, and thus push the flapper 22 towards the open position, as illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings.
  • the lower part of the valve body 12 accommodates a support and retaining sleeve 38. In Figure 1, the sleeve 38 is shown in the fully retracted position, in which the sleeve does not impact on the ability of the flapper 22 to open and close.
  • the support and retaining sleeve 38 includes an annular piston 40 and a further hydraulic supply line allows the supply of hydraulic fluid to the lower side of the piston 40.
  • a further hydraulic supply line allows the supply of hydraulic fluid to the lower side of the piston 40.
  • valve 10 may be configured as a fail-safe closed valve, when utilised in the configuration illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, or as a fail-safe open valve or fail as is when locked open, when used in the configuration illustrated in Figure 3. 20
  • the valve 10 is normally closed, and will hold a differential pressure from below. However, a differential pressure from above will tend to open the valve. This configuration is useful, for example, in an under-balanced situation, where the formation pressure, in communication with the lower end of the valve 10, is higher than the well bore pressure above the valve.
  • valve it is desired for the valve to have the facility to hold differential pressure from above, for example, if it is desired to fill the well bore with a relatively dense fluid and thus provide a further safety barrier between the formation and surface, which barrier may also serve to arrest the fall of items through the well bore which might otherwise damage the valve.
  • This may be achieved by, starting from the valve configuration of Figure 1, advancing the support and retaining sleeve 38 while the flapper 22 remains in the closed position.
  • the sleeve 38 advances until the upper end of the sleeve 38 engages and supports the lower surface of the flapper 22.
  • the flapper 22 will be supported in the closed position by the extended sleeve 38.
  • valve 10 offers many advantages over prior art valves.
  • the low profile of the valve 10 allows the valve 10 to be, for example, passed through conventional casing of larger diameters, while permitting passage of standard drill bit sizes and drill string components through the valve.
  • the valve 10 has the ability to hold pressure from below, or alternatively the ability to hold pressure both from above and below.
  • the orientation of the valve 10 may be reversed, such that the valve is configured to hold pressure from above, or from above and below.
  • the ability of the valve 10 to be configured in a fail-safe open or fail-safe shut configuration also offers significant advantages, and extends the operational envelope of the valve.
  • the valve 10 provides a mechanical barrier that is independent of well pressure. Furthermore, this allows a fluid barrier to be provided above the valve 10 in addition to the mechanical barrier provided by the valve itself, which allows provision of multiple barriers using only a single tool, and independent of wellVeservoir pressure from below to make and hold the seal.
  • the valve also has the ability to operate with a relatively high differential pressure across the valve.
  • the valve may include pressure sensors, communicating to surface, to permit monitoring of pressure above and below the valve 10, or detectors that indicate flapper or sleeve position.
  • the valve may include sensors for detecting electromagnetic (EM) or other signals, and means for relaying these signals towards surface by other means, for example through cabling.
  • EM electromagnetic
  • the sensors may detect signals output by an EM MWD tool in the well bore below the valve, and transmit these signals to surface.
  • the valve may be provided in combination with sensors to measure or monitor the fluid level in the well above the valve, to ensure that the valve is not leaking. Such measurement may be carried out, for example, by an echo meter.
  • the valve 10 may be used singly, or two or more valves may be provided in a bore, or in the same string. The valves may operate completely independently with separate hydraulic lines passing from the valves to surface, or the valves may operate together, being linked by common hydraulic lines.
  • valves may be supplied using common hydraulic lines, but appropriate valving in the lines may be utilised such that, for example, a selected valve is only actuated when the pressure in the hydraulic lines rises above a predetermined level.
  • one or both valves may be actuated in part via annulus pressure, or by pressure applied via a tubular support string, such as a string of drill pipe, or by a combination of both, as an alternative to or in addition to control line actuation.
  • the ability to use different conduits to apply pressure to the valve or valves provides increased flexibility, and facilitates provision of different valve operating sequences.
  • One example of a use for running two valves in the same well is to allow running of sand control screens, which may be either solid or expandable.
  • sand control screens cannot be run in accordance with conventional barrier policy in under-balanced wells, as even with a single deployment valve deep set and rotating blow-out preventors (RBOPs) or the snubbing unit as part of the surface BOP barrier environment, sand screens with holes in the tubes provide a possible leak path to the outside of the well at surface while the sand screen is located in the RBOP or snubbing unit.
  • RBOPs rotating blow-out preventors
  • This problem can be overcome by running two valves, one deep set which may be used for all drilling activities as normal, and a second valve near to surface, to isolate the well near surface.
  • two valves as described above may be provided and a section of sand screen may be run into the well as follows. ⁇ Firstly, the surface RBOPs or BOPs are closed to isolate the well. ⁇ The deep set valve is then closed to provide a mechanical barrier, isolating the hydrocarbon-producing formation from the upper part of the well bore. If the valve is locked closed, such that it may withstand differential pressure from above, a relatively dense fluid may then be circulated into the well bore above the deep set valve, to act as a second barrier. The well pressure from the section of the well bore isolated above the deep set valve is then bled down, and checks made to ensure that there is no leak path past the deep set valve.
  • the surface BOPs may then be opened and the sand screens deployed into the well, and hung off a profile just below the shallow set valves.
  • the sand screen running string is then withdrawn and the shallow set valve and the surface BOPs are closed.
  • Drill pipe is then run into the surface BOPs in conventional fashion for under- balanced tripping operations.
  • the shallow set valve is opened and may be locked and the drill pipe run through the valve and the end of the drill pipe stabbed into the sand screens, which releases the hang-off of the sand screen.
  • the surface BOPs form a seal with the drill pipe string.
  • pressure is allowed to equalise across the deep set valve, the valve is then opened and may be locked, and the sand screen then run through the open deep set valve.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne, d'une part un clapet de fond de puits comprenant un corps définissant en traversée un alésage, et d'autre part un obturateur venant dans le corps et mobile entre une position ouverte et une position fermée. Ce clapet connaît trois configurations. En première configuration, l'obturateur est normalement fermé, conservant un différentiel de pression dans un premier sens. En deuxième configuration, l'obturateur est fermé, conservant un différentiel de pression dans ce même sens ainsi que dans le sens inverse. En troisième configuration, l'obturateur se bloque en position ouverte jusqu'à ce qu'on le ferme délibérément.
EP05759690A 2004-06-24 2005-06-24 Clapet Not-in-force EP1771639B1 (fr)

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