EP2225438A1 - Procédé d'élimination d'un bouchon d'hydrate dans une conduite d'écoulement - Google Patents

Procédé d'élimination d'un bouchon d'hydrate dans une conduite d'écoulement

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EP2225438A1
EP2225438A1 EP08856308A EP08856308A EP2225438A1 EP 2225438 A1 EP2225438 A1 EP 2225438A1 EP 08856308 A EP08856308 A EP 08856308A EP 08856308 A EP08856308 A EP 08856308A EP 2225438 A1 EP2225438 A1 EP 2225438A1
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Prior art keywords
drilling tool
flowline
blockage
drill bit
fluid
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German (de)
English (en)
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EP2225438B1 (fr
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Sarah Lai-Yue Collis
Paul George Lurie
Rajarajan Narayanasamy
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BP Exploration Operating Co 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
    • E21B37/00—Methods or apparatus for cleaning boreholes or wells
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B08—CLEANING
    • B08B—CLEANING IN GENERAL; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL
    • B08B9/00—Cleaning hollow articles by methods or apparatus specially adapted thereto 
    • B08B9/02—Cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes
    • B08B9/027—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages
    • B08B9/04—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes
    • B08B9/043—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved by externally powered mechanical linkage, e.g. pushed or drawn through the pipes
    • B08B9/0436—Cleaning the internal surfaces; Removal of blockages using cleaning devices introduced into and moved along the pipes moved by externally powered mechanical linkage, e.g. pushed or drawn through the pipes provided with mechanical cleaning tools, e.g. scrapers, with or without additional fluid jets
    • 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
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/001—Self-propelling systems or apparatus, e.g. for moving tools within the horizontal portion of a borehole
    • 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
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/14—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells for displacing a cable or a cable-operated tool, e.g. for logging or perforating operations in deviated wells
    • 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
    • E21B4/00—Drives for drilling, used in the borehole
    • E21B4/04—Electric drives

Definitions

  • the electrical cable may be a hybrid cable (see above) such that a treatment chemical may be delivered to the blockage in the flowline through the bore that runs through interior of the hybrid cable.
  • the tubing or the hybrid cable discharges the treatment fluid behind the drilling tool (in close vicinity to the drilling tool) such that treatment fluid, optionally, together with flowline fluid, passes over the outside of the drilling tool to the drill bit, and the drill cuttings become entrained in the treatment fluid and optionally the flowline fluid.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)
  • Solid-Sorbent Or Filter-Aiding Compositions (AREA)
  • Excavating Of Shafts Or Tunnels (AREA)
  • Optical Communication System (AREA)
EP08856308A 2007-12-04 2008-11-19 Procédé d'élimination d'un bouchon d'hydrate dans une conduite d'écoulement Not-in-force EP2225438B1 (fr)

Priority Applications (1)

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EP08856308A EP2225438B1 (fr) 2007-12-04 2008-11-19 Procédé d'élimination d'un bouchon d'hydrate dans une conduite d'écoulement

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

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EP07254690A EP2067926A1 (fr) 2007-12-04 2007-12-04 Procédé pour supprimer le connecteur d'hydrate à partir d'une conduite d'écoulement
PCT/GB2008/003888 WO2009071869A1 (fr) 2007-12-04 2008-11-19 Procédé d'élimination d'un bouchon d'hydrate dans une conduite d'écoulement
EP08856308A EP2225438B1 (fr) 2007-12-04 2008-11-19 Procédé d'élimination d'un bouchon d'hydrate dans une conduite d'écoulement

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EP2225438A1 true EP2225438A1 (fr) 2010-09-08
EP2225438B1 EP2225438B1 (fr) 2011-05-18

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EP07254690A Ceased EP2067926A1 (fr) 2007-12-04 2007-12-04 Procédé pour supprimer le connecteur d'hydrate à partir d'une conduite d'écoulement
EP08856308A Not-in-force EP2225438B1 (fr) 2007-12-04 2008-11-19 Procédé d'élimination d'un bouchon d'hydrate dans une conduite d'écoulement

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US (1) US20100236785A1 (fr)
EP (2) EP2067926A1 (fr)
AT (1) ATE510105T1 (fr)
BR (1) BRPI0820010A2 (fr)
WO (1) WO2009071869A1 (fr)

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