GB2614092A - Modular downhole tool reservoir system - Google Patents
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- GB2614092A GB2614092A GB2201187.8A GB202201187A GB2614092A GB 2614092 A GB2614092 A GB 2614092A GB 202201187 A GB202201187 A GB 202201187A GB 2614092 A GB2614092 A GB 2614092A
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- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 claims abstract 7
- 238000002955 isolation Methods 0.000 claims 21
- 230000003213 activating effect Effects 0.000 claims 2
- 230000015572 biosynthetic process Effects 0.000 claims 1
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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
- E21B23/06—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells for setting packers
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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
- E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
- E21B33/12—Packers; Plugs
- E21B33/127—Packers; Plugs with inflatable sleeve
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Abstract
A system and method are disclosed which enables the downhole provision of fluid to downhole tools that require fluid for pressurization. The system is prefilled with fluid at surface, is modular in design with a first module delivering fluid to second module and may additionally be mounted below the downhole tools requiring the fluid. Methods are disclosed which utilize the system in a bottom hole assembly during downhole operations for isolating segments of a borehole.
Claims (24)
1. A bottom hole assembly for use within a borehole that extends into a subterranean formation, comprising: a first reservoir module comprising a reservoir fluid volume, a housing having an upper and lower end, a low-pressure tube having an inner and outer surface, a high- pressure tube having an inner and outer surface disposed through the low-pressure tube, a piston slidably sealed in the housing and on the low-pressure tube outer surface, the piston exposed on a first surface to well-fluid communicated through one or more ports in the housing and isolating the reservoir fluid volume exposed to a second surface of the piston.
2. The bottom hole assembly of claim 1, wherein the first reservoir module is further comprising: an upper endcap, a lower endcap and a passage formed by the outer surface of the high-pressure tube and the inner surface of the low-pressure tube; the upper endcap disposed within the upper end of the housing and above the piston, securing the high-pressure tube and sealed thereto, including a high-pressure passage in fluid communication with the high-pressure tube and one or more upper endcap fluid passages in fluid communication with the reservoir fluid volume and with the passage formed by the outer surface of the high pressure tube and the inner surface of the low-pressure tube; the lower endcap disposed within the lower end of the housing and below the piston, the high-pressure tube disposed therethrough, securing the low-pressure tube and sealed thereto, including one or more lower endcap fluid passages in fluid communication with the passage formed by the outer surface of the high pressure tube and the inner surface of the low-pressure tube.
3. The bottom hole assembly of claim 1, further comprising: a pump including an intake and an output.
4. The bottom hole assembly of claim 2, further comprising: a pump including an intake and an output.
5. The bottom hole assembly of claim 3, wherein the reservoir module is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the intake, and the output is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the high-pressure tube.
6. The bottom hole assembly of claim 4, wherein the reservoir module is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the intake, and the output is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the high-pressure tube.
7. The bottom hole assembly of claim 1, further comprising: a second reservoir module including a second reservoir fluid volume and a second high-pressure tube; wherein the second reservoir module is disposed to deliver the second reservoir fluid volume to the low-pressure tube of the first reservoir module, the high-pressure tube of the first reservoir module fluidically connected to the high-pressure tube of the second reservoir module.
8. The bottom hole assembly of claim 2, further comprising: a second reservoir module including a second reservoir fluid volume and a second high-pressure tube; wherein the second reservoir module is disposed to deliver the second reservoir fluid volume to the first reservoir module passage formed by the outer surface of the high-pressure tube and the inner surface of the low-pressure tube, the high-pressure tube of the first reservoir module fluidically connected to the high- pressure tube of the second reservoir module.
9. The bottom hole assembly of claim 7, further comprising: a pump including an intake and an output.
10. The bottom hole assembly of claim 8, further comprising: a pump including an intake and an output.
11. The bottom hole assembly of claim 9, wherein the first reservoir module is disposed to deliver the first and second reservoir fluid volumes to the intake, and the output is disposed to deliver the first and second reservoir fluid volumes to the fluidically connected high-pressure tubes of the first and second reservoir modules.
12. The bottom hole assembly of claim 10, wherein the first reservoir module is disposed to deliver the first and second reservoir fluid volumes to the intake, and the output is disposed to deliver the first and second reservoir fluid volumes to the fluidically connected high-pressure tubes of the first and second reservoir modules.
13. The bottom hole assembly of claim 12, further comprising one or more springs disposed to pressurize the first and second reservoir fluid volumes of the first and second reservoir modules.
14. The bottom hole assembly of claim 2, further comprising: an isolation tool, wherein the high-pressure tube is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the isolation tool.
15. The bottom hole assembly of claim 6, further comprising: an isolation tool, wherein the high-pressure tube is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the isolation tool.
16. The bottom hole assembly of claim 7, further comprising: an isolation tool, wherein the high-pressure tube of the second reservoir module is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the isolation tool.
17. The bottom hole assembly of claim 8, further comprising: an isolation tool, wherein the high-pressure tube of the second reservoir module is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the isolation tool.
18. The bottom hole assembly of claim 11, further comprising: an isolation tool, wherein the high-pressure tube of the second reservoir module is disposed to deliver the reservoir fluid volume to the isolation tool.
19. The bottom hole assembly of claim 12, further comprising: an isolation tool, wherein the high-pressure tube of the second reservoir module is disposed to deliver the first and second reservoir fluid volumes to the isolation tool.
20. The bottom hole assembly of claim 17, wherein the isolation tool is an inflatable packer.
21. The bottom hole assembly of claim 19, wherein the isolation tool is an inflatable packer.
22. A method of delivering fluid out of a bottom hole assembly, the method comprising the steps of: deploying a bottom hole assembly including a setting tool, a first reservoir module having a first piston and a first reservoir fluid volume, and second reservoir module having a second piston and a second reservoir fluid volume; activating the setting tool; the piston within the second reservoir module forcing the second reservoir fluid volume to the lower end of the first reservoir module and into a low-pressure tube therethrough; the first reservoir module delivering the first reservoir fluid volume to the setting tool and fluidically connecting the second reservoir fluid volume to the setting tool; delivering the first and second reservoir fluid volumes out of the bottom hole assembly.
23. A method of isolating a segment of a borehole, the method comprising the steps of: filling a first reservoir module with a first fluid volume, and filling a second reservoir module with a second reservoir fluid volume prior to deployment; deploying a bottom hole assembly in the borehole including an isolation tool, a setting tool, the first reservoir module having a first piston and the first reservoir fluid volume, and the second reservoir module having a second piston and the second reservoir fluid volume; positioning the bottom hole assembly near or within a tubular segment such that the isolation tool is in a position to isolate the desired segment of the borehole upon pressurization; activating the setting tool to draw in the first and second reservoir fluid volumes and deliver the volumes to the isolation tool; pressurizing the isolation tool to engage the borehole; isolating a segment of the borehole above the isolation tool from a segment of the borehole below the isolation tool.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the isolation tool is an inflatable packer.
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| US201962870665P | 2019-07-03 | 2019-07-03 | |
| PCT/US2020/040795 WO2021003457A1 (en) | 2019-07-03 | 2020-07-02 | Modular downhole tool reservoir system |
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| GB202201187D0 GB202201187D0 (en) | 2022-03-16 |
| GB2614092A true GB2614092A (en) | 2023-06-28 |
| GB2614092B GB2614092B (en) | 2024-02-14 |
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| GB (1) | GB2614092B (en) |
| NO (1) | NO20220146A1 (en) |
| SA (1) | SA522431295B1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO2021003457A1 (en) |
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| US4840231A (en) * | 1988-04-22 | 1989-06-20 | Baker Hughes Incorporated | Method and apparatus for setting an inflatable packer |
| US6213217B1 (en) * | 1999-04-15 | 2001-04-10 | Weatherford International, Inc. | Gas operated apparatus and method for maintaining relatively uniformed fluid pressure within an expandable well tool subjected to thermal variants |
| US7059417B2 (en) * | 1995-08-22 | 2006-06-13 | Western Well Tool, Inc. | Puller-thruster downhole tool |
| US7392851B2 (en) * | 2004-11-04 | 2008-07-01 | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | Inflatable packer assembly |
| US7866387B2 (en) * | 2006-07-21 | 2011-01-11 | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Packer variable volume excluder and sampling method therefor |
| US20120012343A1 (en) * | 2010-07-13 | 2012-01-19 | Wilkin James F | Downhole Packer Having Swellable Sleeve |
| US20180080303A1 (en) * | 2016-09-16 | 2018-03-22 | Morphpackers Limited | Packer |
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Patent Citations (7)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4840231A (en) * | 1988-04-22 | 1989-06-20 | Baker Hughes Incorporated | Method and apparatus for setting an inflatable packer |
| US7059417B2 (en) * | 1995-08-22 | 2006-06-13 | Western Well Tool, Inc. | Puller-thruster downhole tool |
| US6213217B1 (en) * | 1999-04-15 | 2001-04-10 | Weatherford International, Inc. | Gas operated apparatus and method for maintaining relatively uniformed fluid pressure within an expandable well tool subjected to thermal variants |
| US7392851B2 (en) * | 2004-11-04 | 2008-07-01 | Schlumberger Technology Corporation | Inflatable packer assembly |
| US7866387B2 (en) * | 2006-07-21 | 2011-01-11 | Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. | Packer variable volume excluder and sampling method therefor |
| US20120012343A1 (en) * | 2010-07-13 | 2012-01-19 | Wilkin James F | Downhole Packer Having Swellable Sleeve |
| US20180080303A1 (en) * | 2016-09-16 | 2018-03-22 | Morphpackers Limited | Packer |
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| NO20220146A1 (en) | 2022-01-31 |
| SA522431295B1 (en) | 2024-01-15 |
| WO2021003457A1 (en) | 2021-01-07 |
| GB202201187D0 (en) | 2022-03-16 |
| GB2614092B (en) | 2024-02-14 |
| AU2020299613A1 (en) | 2022-01-20 |
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