GB2504870A - Method and device for cleaning the upper portion of a well - Google Patents

Method and device for cleaning the upper portion of a well Download PDF

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GB2504870A
GB2504870A GB1318708.3A GB201318708A GB2504870A GB 2504870 A GB2504870 A GB 2504870A GB 201318708 A GB201318708 A GB 201318708A GB 2504870 A GB2504870 A GB 2504870A
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Espen Osaland
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Altus Intervention AS
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Aker Well Service AS
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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
    • E21B4/00—Drives for drilling, used in the borehole
    • E21B4/18—Anchoring or feeding in the borehole

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Abstract

A method for removing scale (2) from the upper portion of a well (4), wherein a tool (1) with a rotatable cleaning head (10) is coupled to a wireline (14) and is moved into the well (4), wherein the method comprises: - providing av roller anchor (6) with a motor (8) for driving the rotating cleaning head (10); - coupling the rotating cleaning head (10) to the motor (8); and - letting the own weight of the tool (1) move the tool (1) into the well (4).
GB1318708.3A 2011-05-04 2012-04-19 Method and device for cleaning the upper portion of a well Active GB2504870B (en)

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NO20110656A NO334845B1 (en) 2011-05-04 2011-05-04 Method and apparatus for cleaning the upper portion of a well
PCT/NO2012/050069 WO2012150864A1 (en) 2011-05-04 2012-04-19 Method and device for cleaning the upper portion of a well

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GB201318708D0 GB201318708D0 (en) 2013-12-04
GB2504870A true GB2504870A (en) 2014-02-12
GB2504870B GB2504870B (en) 2018-05-16

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US20100053374A1 (en) * 2008-08-27 2010-03-04 Sony Corporation Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, program, and recording medium
WO2010123375A1 (en) * 2009-04-22 2010-10-28 Aker Well Service As Stroker device

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WO2001031160A1 (en) * 1999-10-26 2001-05-03 Bakke Technology As Method and apparatus for operations in underground/subsea oil and gas wells
US20050217867A1 (en) * 2004-04-01 2005-10-06 Misselbrook John G Apparatus to allow a coiled tubing tractor to traverse a horizontal wellbore
US20100053374A1 (en) * 2008-08-27 2010-03-04 Sony Corporation Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, program, and recording medium
WO2010123375A1 (en) * 2009-04-22 2010-10-28 Aker Well Service As Stroker device

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NO334845B1 (en) 2014-06-16
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WO2012150864A1 (en) 2012-11-08
NO20110656A1 (en) 2012-11-05

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