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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
  • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
  • E21B47/10—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements
  • E21B47/11—Locating fluid leaks, intrusions or movements using tracers; using radioactivity
• • 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
  • E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or 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
  • E21B34/00—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells
  • E21B34/06—Valve arrangements for boreholes or wells in 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
  • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
  • E21B43/25—Methods for stimulating production
  • E21B43/26—Methods for stimulating production by forming crevices or fractures
• • 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
  • E21B2200/06—Sleeve valves
• • 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
  • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
  • E21B43/14—Obtaining from a multiple-zone well

Definitions

• the present disclosure relates generally to downhole diagnostic apparatus for evaluating subterranean fluids.
• a number of factors including but not limited to pressure, porosity, permeability, reservoir thickness and extent, and water saturation may affect production of hydrocarbons from a subterranean formation.
• stimulation treatment operations such as hydraulic fracturing, may be performed.
• a fracturing fluid may be introduced into a portion of a subterranean formation penetrated by a wellbore at a hydraulic pressure sufficient to create or enhance at least one fracture therein. Stimulating or treating the wellbore in such ways increases hydrocarbon production from the well.
• the multiple fractures should have adequate conductivity so that the greatest possible quantity of hydrocarbons in an oil and gas reservoir can be drained/produced into the wellbore.
• stimulating a formation from a wellbore, or completing the wellbore, especially those wellbores that are highly deviated or horizontal it may be advantageous to create multiple zones.
• FIG. 1 is a schematic, partial cross-sectional view of a wellbore completion tool in an operating environment
• FIG. 2A is an embodiment of a treatment tool of the wellbore completion tool of FIG. i ;
• FIG. 2B is a cross-sectional view of the treatment tool of FIG. 2A;
• FIG. 2C is a plug having a recess with a tracer material positioned therein;
• FIG. 2D is a cross section view of the plug of FIG. 2C;
• FIG. 3 A is an embodiment of a treatment tool of the wellbore completion tool
• FIG. 3B is a cross-sectional view of the treatment tool of FIG. 3A.
• FIG. 4 is a schematic, partial cross-sectional view of the wellbore completion tool of FIG. 1 with multiple fractures penetrating a plurality of zones.
• zone refers to separate parts of the wellbore designated for treatment or production and may refer to an entire hydrocarbon formation or separate portions of a single formation such as horizontally and/or vertically spaced portions of the same formation.
• FIG. 1 an embodiment of a wellbore servicing tool 100 is shown in an exemplary operating environment.
• the operating environment comprises a drilling rig 106 that is positioned on earth's surface 104 and extends over and around a wellbore 114 that penetrates a subterranean formation 102 for the purpose of recovering hydrocarbons.
• Wellbore 114 may be drilled into subterranean formation 102 using any suitable drilling technique.
• Wellbore 1 14 may extend substantially vertically away from earth's surface 104 over a vertical wellbore portion 1 16, or may deviate at any angle from earth's surface 104 over a deviated or horizontal wellbore portion 118. In alternative operating environments, all or portions of wellbore 1 14 may be vertical, deviated, horizontal, and/or curved.
• a portion of vertical wellbore portion 1 16 is lined with a casing 120 that is secured into position against formation 102 in a conventional manner using cement 122.
• horizontal wellbore portion 1 18 may be cased and cemented and/or portions of wellbore 1 14 may be uncased.
• horizontal wellbore portion 118 may remain uncemented, but further integrate the use of packers 152, as explained further below.
• Drilling rig 106 comprises a derrick 108 with a rig floor 1 10 through which a tubing or work string 1 12 (e.g., cable, wireline, E-line, Z-line, jointed pipe, coiled tubing, casing, or liner string, etc.) extends downward from drilling rig 106 into wellbore 1 14 and defines an annulus 138 between work string 1 12 and wellbore 114.
• a tubing or work string 1 12 e.g., cable, wireline, E-line, Z-line, jointed pipe, coiled tubing, casing, or liner string, etc.
• Work string 112 delivers wellbore servicing tool 100 to a selected depth within wellbore 114 to perform an operation.
• the operation can include perforating casing 120 and/or subterranean formation 102, creating perforation tunnels and/or fractures (e.g., dominant fractures, micro-fractures, etc.) within subterranean formation 102, producing hydrocarbons from subterranean formation 102, and/or other completion operations.
• Drilling rig 106 comprises a equipment for extending work string 1 12 into wellbore 1 14 to position wellbore servicing tool 100 at the selected depth.
• FIG. 1 While the exemplary operating environment depicted in FIG. 1 refers to a stationary drilling rig 106 for lowering and setting wellbore servicing tool 100 within a land-based wellbore 114, one of ordinary skill in the art will readily appreciate that mobile workover rigs, wellbore servicing units (such as coiled tubing units), and the like may be used to lower wellbore servicing tool 100 into wellbore 114. It should be understood that wellbore servicing tool 100 may alternatively be used in other operational environments, such as within an offshore wellbore operational environment.
• wellbore servicing tool 100 may alternatively be used in other operational environments, such as within an offshore wellbore operational environment.
• Tubing section 126 may also include a plurality of packers 152 placed adjacent a plurality of treatment tools 199.
• Packers 152 are disposed alternatingly with treatment tools 199 along the length of tubing section 126.
• Packers 152 (such as Halliburton Swellpacker® Isolation Systems or ZoneGuard® Openhole Packers) function to form a seal in annulus 138 to stabilize tubing section 126.
• Packers 152 can be used either in an open or cased hole application.
• annulus 138 in horizontal wellbore portion 118 can be cemented which also act to seal and stabilize tubing section 126.
• FIG. 1 depicts five treatment tools 199 connected in-line with each other in tubing section 126.
• Each treatment tool 199 selectively treats a zone associated with horizontal wellbore portion 1 18 of subterranean formation 102.
• a zone may include any one of zones a, b, c, d or e. In some cases, more than one treatment tool 199 may be used to selectively treat a single zone. It will be appreciated that zones a, b, c, d and e, as depicted in FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, may be isolated from each other by packers 152, sealant compositions (e.g. cement) or combinations thereof.
• sealant compositions e.g. cement
• each treatment tool 199 has a housing 200.
• Housing 200 includes wall 201 with an exterior surface 202, a through passage, or central flow passage 212 that extends between the housing's ends 204 and 206, and a plurality of orifices or ports 208 through wall 201 of housing 200. Ports 208 are spaced around exterior surface 202 of housing 200, and intersect central flow passage 212.
• housing 200 may have a moveable sleeve 260 disposed in central flow passage 212.
• Moveable sleeve 260 transitions between closed mode and open mode.
• the closed and open modes may be referred to as closed and open positions.
• moveable sleeve 260 blocks fluid flow between central flow passage 212 and ports 208.
• moveable sleeve 260 has moved relative to ports 208 to allow fluid communication between central flow passage 212 and ports 208.
• moveable sleeve 260 may be ball drop activated.
• moveable sleeve 260 may be mechanical shift activated, hydraulically activated, electrically activated, or combinations thereof.
• equipment that may be used for treatment tools 199 include, without limitation, the RapidStage® Sleeve System, the RapidForce® Sleeve System and the RapidStart® Initiator Sleeve System, which are all available from Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
• housing 200 has a tracer material 250 positioned adjacent exterior surface 202 of housing 200.
• Tracer material 250 functions to identify certain targeted fluids by releasing a detectable tracer element when exposed to a targeted fluid.
• target fluid refers to a fluid flowing from in the subterranean formation, such as hydrocarbons or water, that can be selectively identified using a tracer material such as tracer material 250.
• tracer material 250 may only release a detectable tracer element when exposed to water, while in other embodiments, tracer material 250 only releases a detectable tracer element when exposed to oil.
• Such a system allows an operator to determine where and in which zone water or oil is being produced along the wellbore 1 14. Concentrations of the tracer element in the total fluids produced can also be used to determine the percentage of the total water and total oil produced from each zone along wellbore 1 14.
• Tracer material 250 may be positioned in ports 208 in a number of ways.
• Plug 270 can come pre-manufactured with tracer material 250 positioned within recess 272.
• tracer material 250 can be added to recess 272 of plug 270 on-site by available known means.
• Plug 270 is configured to be positioned by threading or other known means within at least one port 208 of housing 200. For example, in a non-limiting way, FIG.
• FIG. 2C depicts plug 270 having external screw threads 274 to engage the internal screw threads of port 208. If ports 208 are not threaded, the plug 270 can be pressed or inserted by other means known in the art.
• tracer material 250 is placed such that a targeted fluid flowing from a zone will contact the tracer material 250 on the exterior of treatment tool 199. In other words, tracer material 250 faces away from central flow passage 212 of housing 200.
• a plug may be inserted into an inner portion of some of the ports 208 to create a recess on the exterior surface 202, in which tracer material by be placed.
• tracer materials 250 and 251 may be used.
• tracer materials 250 and 251 will react with different targeted fluids.
• first and second tracer materials 250 and 251 will react and release detectable tracer elements when contacted by a first targeted fluid, for example water, and second targeted fluid, for example oil. This is shown for example in the tool 199 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, which includes a housing 300 with tracer materials 250 and 251 which is explained in more detail below.
• ports 208 having plugs 270 with a tracer material can vary.
• housing 200 has three sections of nine radially positioned ports 208 with the center section of the nine radially positioned ports 208 each containing a plug 270 with tracer material 250.
• plugs 270 may be positioned alternatingly between sections. While the embodiment of FIGS. 2A and 2B is described primarily with respect to a single tracer material 250, it is understood that separate tracer materials 250 and 251 can be used, in which case a portion of ports 208 will include a tracer material 250 and a portion will include tracer material 251.
• FIGS. 3A-3B depict a housing 300 with recesses 210 in addition to ports 208.
• Recesses 210 may be created by machining partially through a wall 301 of housing 300, which has outer surface 302. Housing 300 has first and second ends 304 and 306 with central flow passage 312 extending therebetween. Recesses 210 do not extend through wall 301 of housing 300.
• tracer materials 250 and 251 may be molded or potted in recesses 210.
• tracer materials 250 and 251 may be positioned in a separate container (not shown) that is inserted in recess 210.
• FIGS 3A-3B depict nine recesses 210 spaced around exterior surface 302 of housing 300 interposed between sections of nine spaced ports 208.
• one or more recesses 210 can be positioned elsewhere on exterior surface 302 of housing 300.
• a plurality of treatment tools 199 may be used in servicing the wellbore 1 14, for example, in a wellbore completion service.
• servicing wellbore 1 14 is carried out starting from a zone in the furthest or lowermost end of the wellbore and sequentially backwards toward the closest or uppermost end of the wellbore toward the surface.
• a tubing section 126 comprising a plurality of treatment tools 199 separated from each other by a plurality of packers 152 is disposed in wellbore 1 14.
• Treatment tools 199 are positioned adjacent a plurality of formation zones a, b, c, d and e to be treated so that one treatment tool 199 is placed adjacent each formation zone.
• treatment tools 199 of FIG. 4 will be referred to as treatment tools 199a - 199e.
• treatment tools 199 of FIG. 4 may include housing 200 with one or more plugs 270 inserted into corresponding ports 208.
• treatment tools 199 of FIG. 4 may include housing 300 with one or more recesses 210.
• treatment tools 199 of FIG. 4 may include housing 300 with one or more recesses 210 and one or more plugs 270 inserted into corresponding ports 208. It is understood that tracer materials 250 and/or 251 may be used in any of the above described embodiments.
• a single tracer material such as tracer material 250, or a plurality of tracer materials, such as tracer materials 200 and 251 , may be used.
• packers 152 may be activated by available known means. Moveable sleeves 260 are in a closed position when lowered into wellbore 1 14. Once packers 152 are activated, the first zone a (typically the lowermost zone) is exposed by opening moveable sleeve 260 of housing 200 located adjacent zone a. As explained above, moveable sleeve 260 may be ball drop activated. In alternative embodiments, moveable sleeve 260 may be mechanical shift activated, hydraulically activated, electrically activated, or combinations thereof to allow or prevent fluid access from and to a zone.
• a wellbore servicing fluid (such as a fracturing fluid) may be pumped down the wellbore 1 14 at sufficient pressure to perforate and/or fracture the first formation zone a.
• the wellbore servicing fluid may be pumped through the ports 208 at a velocity sufficient to form perforation tunnels and/or fractures 160 within the first formation zone a.
• a sufficient volume of fracturing fluid may be pumped through the ports 208 to expand and/or propagate the fractures 160 in the formation.
• the second zone b may be exposed by any suitable method described herein, for example, through ball drop activation or mechanical shift activation.
• the wellbore servicing fluid is again pumped down the wellbore 1 14 at sufficient pressure to form perforation tunnels and/or fracture the second formation zone b.
• the procedure is repeated selectively and/or sequentially to service any selected and/or all formation zones a, b, c, d and e.
• the ports 208 are in fluid communication with the central flow passage 212 of housing 200.
• tracer materials 250 are used and may be referred to as tracer materials 250a - 250e. It is understood that tracer materials 25 la - 251e may be utilized as well, either alone, or in combination with tracer materials 250a - 250e.
• each tracer material 250 and/or 251 Upon contact with a targeted fluid, each tracer material 250 and/or 251 releases a detectable tracer element that corresponds with the zone in which the tracer material 250 and/or 251 is located.
• the tracer material associated with each zone has a unique signature.
• tracer materials 250a will react with a first targeted fluid from zone a.
• the unique signatures of the tracer materials 250a-250e are such that that it can be determined from which zone the targeted fluid was produced.
• targeted fluids from the zones flow through ports 208 and into central flow passages 212 of treatment tools 199.
• a targeted fluid refers to a fluid in the subterranean formation, such as hydrocarbons or water which can be selectively identified using tracer materials 250 and/or 251.
• tracer materials 250 and/or 251 placed adjacent the exterior surface 202 of each treatment tool 199.
• tracer materials for each zone have unique signatures, so upon contact with a targeted fluid the tracer material releases a detectable tracer element.
• a detector device may be located at earth's surface 104 to collect and/or identify the tracer materials 250a-250e to determine from which zone a targeted fluid was produced.
• a targeted fluid that contacts a tracer material 250a in zone a will cause tracer material 250a in zone a to release a detectable tracer element 252a.
• the detector device can be used to determine that a certain targeted fluid is flowing from zone a.
• a targeted fluid that contacts tracer materials 250b - 250e in zones b, c, d or e will cause the corresponding tracer materials 250b - 250e of each zone to release detectable tracer elements 252b - 252e respectively.
• the detector device can be used to determine the targeted fluids that correspond with each zone. The same process applies if tracer material 251 , or both tracer materials 250 and 251 , are utilized.

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