GB2610119A - Downhole tool deployment - Google Patents
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- GB2610119A GB2610119A GB2217317.3A GB202217317A GB2610119A GB 2610119 A GB2610119 A GB 2610119A GB 202217317 A GB202217317 A GB 202217317A GB 2610119 A GB2610119 A GB 2610119A
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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
- 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
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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
- E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
- E21B33/02—Surface sealing or packing
- E21B33/03—Well heads; Setting-up thereof
- E21B33/068—Well heads; Setting-up thereof having provision for introducing objects or fluids into, or removing objects from, wells
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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
- E21B47/12—Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling
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Abstract
An apparatus for fitting to a wellbore, the apparatus comprising: a self-propelled downhole tool for deployment within the wellbore, and configured to propel itself along at least part of a length of the wellbore; and a lubricator for fitting to a wellhead of the wellbore via a valve system providing communication between the lubricator and the wellbore, and for housing the self-propelled downhole tool when in a stowed position, wherein the lubricator comprises an input port for receiving data from a remote unit, the input port being in electrical communication with the self-propelled downhole tool when in the stowed position, and wherein the received data comprises instructions for operating the self-propelled downhole tool, and associated self-propelled downhole tool, lubricator and method.
Claims (26)
1. An apparatus for fitting to a wellbore, the apparatus comprising: a self-propelled downhole tool for deployment within the wellbore, and configured to propel itself along at least part of a length of the wellbore; and a lubricator for fitting to a wellhead of the wellbore via a valve system providing communication between the lubricator and the wellbore, and for housing the self- propelled downhole tool when in a stowed position, wherein the lubricator comprises an input port for receiving data from a remote unit, the input port being in electrical communication with the self-propelled downhole tool when in the stowed position, and wherein the received data comprises instructions for operating the self-propelled downhole tool.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lubricator is configured to transfer the received data communications to the self-propelled downhole tool when in the stowed position.
3. The apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the input port comprises an electrical connector for connection to the self-propelled downhole tool when in the stowed position for creating an electrical connection between the input port and the self-propelled downhole tool.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3, wherein electrical connector and/or the self-propelled downhole tool are configured such that the electrical connection is broken when the self-propelled downhole tool is not in the stowed position.
5. The apparatus according to claim 3 or 4, wherein communications data is received by the input port and is transmitted to the self-propelled downhole tool via the electrical connection.
6. The apparatus according to any preceding claim, further comprising at least one sensor configured to sense one or more downhole parameters during deployment of the self-propelled downhole tool.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the lubricator further comprises an output port for transmitting sensor data corresponding to the one or more sensed downhole parameters to the, or a separate, remote unit.
8. The apparatus according to claim 6 or 7, wherein the received data comprising instructions for operating the self-propelled downhole tool comprises one or more instructions based on the one or more sensed downhole parameters.
9. The apparatus of any preceding claim, wherein the received data communications comprise data instructing the self-propelled downhole tool to deploy within the wellbore.
10. The apparatus according to any preceding claim, wherein the data communications comprise one or more instructions setting deployment parameters for a deployment of the self-propelled downhole tool.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the self-propelled downhole tool comprises a processor configured to store the one or more instructions and/or one or more preloaded instructions.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to control the self-propelled downhole tool to undertake the one or more instructions and/or the one or more preloaded instructions.
13. The apparatus according to claim 11 or 12, when dependent directly or indirectly on any of claims 6 to 8, wherein the processor is configured to determine one or more autonomous instructions based at least in part on the one or more sensed downhole parameters.
14. The apparatus according to any of claims 11 to 13, wherein the processor is configured to control the self-propelled downhole tool autonomously.
15. The apparatus according to any of claims 10 to 14, wherein the one or more instructions comprise a plurality of instructions.
16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the plurality of instructions comprise a complete operation within the wellbore, including returning the self- propelled downhole tool to the stowed position.
17. The apparatus according to any preceding claim, wherein, after deployment, the self-propelled downhole tool is configured to operate autonomously.
18. The apparatus according to any preceding claim, wherein, after deployment, the self-propelled downhole tool has no direct and/or physical connection to the remote unit.
19. The apparatus according to any preceding claim, wherein the self-propelled downhole tool comprises a battery to provide power for propelling the self-propelled downhole tool.
20. The apparatus according to claim 19, wherein the input port is further configured to receive electrical power from the, or a further, remote unit.
21. The apparatus according to claim 18 to 20, wherein the battery is chargeable when the self-propelled downhole tool is in the stowed position.
22. The apparatus according to any preceding claim, further comprising a sealed end cap fitted to a distal end of the lubricator, and the input port forms part of the end cap.
23. The apparatus according to claim 22, wherein the input port comprises an electrical connector for fitting to an external cable.
24. A self-propelled downhole tool for deployment within a wellbore, and comprising: a drive mechanism for propelling the self-propelled downhole tool along at least part of a length of the wellbore; and a receiver for electrical communication with an input port of a lubricator when the self-propelled downhole tool is in a stowed position, and configured to receive data communications from a remote unit for operating the self-propelled downhole tool.
25. A lubricator for fitting to a wellhead of a wellbore via a valve system providing communication between the lubricator and the wellbore, and for housing a self- propelled downhole tool when in a stowed position, the self-propelled downhole tool for deployment within the wellbore and configured to propel itself along at least part of a length of the wellbore, the lubricator comprising an input port for receiving data from a remote unit, and for electrical communication with a receiver of the self-propelled downhole tool when in the stowed position, and wherein the received data comprises instructions for operating the self-propelled downhole tool.
26. A method for operating a self-propelled downhole tool within a wellbore, the self-propelled downhole tool being configured to propel itself along at least part of a length of the wellbore , the method comprising: stowing the self-propelled downhole tool in a stowed position, in which the self- propelled downhole tool is received within a lubricator fitted to a wellhead of the wellbore via a valve system providing communication between the lubricator and the wellbore; transmitting, from a remote unit, data communications for operating the self- propelled downhole tool; receiving, at an input port of the lubricator, the transmitted data communications, the input port being in electrical communication with the self-propelled downhole tool; and deploying the self-propelled downhole tool based on the received data communications.
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| GBGB2007671.7A GB202007671D0 (en) | 2020-05-22 | 2020-05-22 | Downhole tool deployment |
| PCT/EP2021/063720 WO2021234171A1 (en) | 2020-05-22 | 2021-05-21 | Downhole tool deployment |
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| GB202217317D0 GB202217317D0 (en) | 2023-01-04 |
| GB2610119A true GB2610119A (en) | 2023-02-22 |
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| CA (1) | CA3178906A1 (en) |
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| MX2020001653A (en) * | 2018-09-19 | 2020-08-20 | Intelligent Wellhead Systems Inc | Apparatus, system and process for regulating a control mechanism of a well. |
| GB2613653B (en) * | 2021-12-13 | 2024-05-08 | Expro North Sea Ltd | Apparatus for fitting to a wellbore, downhole tool, lubricator for fitting to a wellhead and method of transferring power |
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| US6454011B1 (en) * | 1998-06-12 | 2002-09-24 | Shell Oil Company | Method and system for moving equipment into and through a conduit |
| WO2016028412A1 (en) * | 2014-08-19 | 2016-02-25 | Aarbakke Innovation A.S. | Battery operated autonomous scale removal system for wells |
| WO2019012194A1 (en) * | 2017-07-10 | 2019-01-17 | Renault S.A.S | Monobloc device for supporting a powerplant, incorporating a connecting-shaft bearing |
| US20200157909A1 (en) * | 2017-08-15 | 2020-05-21 | Insfor - Innovative Solutions For Robotics Ltda. - Me | Autonomous unit launching system for oil and gas wells logging, method of installation and uninstallation of said autonomous unit in the system and rescue system |
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| US6454011B1 (en) * | 1998-06-12 | 2002-09-24 | Shell Oil Company | Method and system for moving equipment into and through a conduit |
| WO2016028412A1 (en) * | 2014-08-19 | 2016-02-25 | Aarbakke Innovation A.S. | Battery operated autonomous scale removal system for wells |
| WO2019012194A1 (en) * | 2017-07-10 | 2019-01-17 | Renault S.A.S | Monobloc device for supporting a powerplant, incorporating a connecting-shaft bearing |
| US20200157909A1 (en) * | 2017-08-15 | 2020-05-21 | Insfor - Innovative Solutions For Robotics Ltda. - Me | Autonomous unit launching system for oil and gas wells logging, method of installation and uninstallation of said autonomous unit in the system and rescue system |
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| GB202007671D0 (en) | 2020-07-08 |
| WO2021234171A1 (en) | 2021-11-25 |
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