US20080047708A1 - Method and apparatus for plugging perforations - Google Patents

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US20080047708A1
US20080047708A1 US11/766,777 US76677707A US2008047708A1 US 20080047708 A1 US20080047708 A1 US 20080047708A1 US 76677707 A US76677707 A US 76677707A US 2008047708 A1 US2008047708 A1 US 2008047708A1
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    • 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
    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
    • E21B29/10—Reconditioning of well casings, e.g. straightening
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    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E21B33/13—Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like
    • E21B33/138—Plastering the borehole wall; Injecting into the formation
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    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
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  • This invention relates to method and apparatus for plugging perforations in an oil or gas well and, more particularly, to plugging an oil or gas well which utilizes a fusible alloy for plugging the perforations.
  • a perforated interval in the casing of the well is created to allow enhanced oil flow from the oil holding formation into the casing.
  • the perforations are holes that extend from the inside of the well casing to the outside and are created by explosive shooting or other perforation techniques which techniques form no part of the present invention.
  • a heating tool for use in plugging perforations in an oil or gas well comprising a heating element, a circumferential tube surrounding said heating element, a fusible alloy adjacent to and outside said circumferential tube and means for releasably connecting said circumferential tube and said fusible alloy to said heating element.
  • a method of plugging perforations in the casing of an oil or gas well comprising the steps of forming a bridge plug in said casing at a position lower than the lowermost perforation sought to be plugged, lowering a heating tool and a fusible metal alloy to a position above said bridge plug and adjacent said perforations sought to be plugged, melting said alloy and applying pressure to said molten alloy to force said molten alloy through said perforations in said casing, lowering the temperature of said heating tool to allow said molten alloy to solidify within said perforations, removing said pressure from said molten alloy and withdrawing said heating tool from said oil or gas well.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional illustration of an oil or gas well illustrating a perforated interval within the casing of an oil or gas well;
  • FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view of the oil or gas well of FIG. 1 and illustrating the initial step of forming a bridge plug in the well to plug the well and a sand pad interval formed on the top of the bridge plug;
  • FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view of the oil or gas well of FIGS. 1 and 2 and further illustrating a heating tool lowered into the well by way of electrical line cable together with the fusible alloy material located on the outside of the tool;
  • FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 3 but illustrating pressure being applied on the molten alloy material thereby to force the alloy through the perforations;
  • FIG. 5 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view of the well of FIGS. 1-4 but illustrating the solidified alloy within the perforations and with the heating tool having been removed from the well.
  • an oil or gas well is generally illustrated at 10 in FIG. 1 with the production casing 11 being cemented in by cement 12 which seals the production casing from the formation of interest which is an oil or gas bearing formation generally illustrated at 13 .
  • Perforations 14 have been formed in the casing 11 and extend into the formation of interest 13 .
  • a retrievable bridge plug 21 is set in the casing 11 below the lowest one of the perforations 14 as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
  • the bridge plug 21 is formed within the casing 11 using wire line procedure which is known.
  • a volume of sand 22 is then dumped into the casing 11 and on top of the bridge plug 21 .
  • the thickness of the sand layer 22 should extend upwardly to a position just below the lowermost one of the perforations of interest 14 .
  • a heating and perforation plugging tool generally illustrated at 23 is lowered into the well 10 by electrical wire line cable 24 until it rests on the sand layer 22 .
  • Tool 23 is an electrical resistance type heater which has a heating coil diagrammatically illustrated at 30 which is connected to an electrical power supply (not shown) at the surface through electrical cable 24 .
  • a tube 30 is positioned outside the heating coil 31 and terminates at the lower end of the tool 23 with a flanged cap 32 .
  • the tube 30 is conveniently made from a relatively soft metal with high thermal conductivity such as aluminum although copper or brass or other metals are also contemplated to be useful.
  • a latching mechanism generally illustrated at 33 maintains the tube 30 and flanged cap 32 in position relative to the heating coil 31 as will be described.
  • the layer 34 of meltable fusible alloy is formed around the circumference of the tube 30 and is in solid form as the heating tool 23 is lowered from the surface.
  • the fusible alloy 34 is conveniently a bismuth/tin alloy although other such suitable alloys are also contemplated.
  • the volume of the alloy 34 surrounding the tube 30 is earlier calculated and is such that the perforations 14 will be completely filled when the alloy 34 is melted.
  • electric power is applied to the heating coil 30 through the electrical wire line cable 24 .
  • the heat is transmitted though the aluminum tube 31 and melts the fusible alloy material 34 .
  • pressure is applied to the melted alloy 34 by pumped water or by a compressed gas. The pressure forces the molten alloy 34 into the perforations 14 extending through the casing 11 and the cement 12 and into the formation 20 .
  • tubing 34 of various diameters could be accommodated by the heating tool 23 .
  • a latching mechanism 30 has been described, other mechanisms for allowing the release of the tubing 30 and alloy 34 such as shear pins, molded fusible metal which melts under the influence of heat from the heating tool 23 contemporaneously with the melting of the fusible alloy 34 used for plugging the perforations, and the like are likewise contemplated.
  • the alloy material 34 on the outside of the releasable tube of the heating tool 23 as is described and illustrated may be formed on the outside of the tube 31 or it may conveniently be pre-molded in segments which segments would be slipped over the tube 31 in the desired quantities. The segments would then rest against the flanged cap 32 but the operation of the heating tool 23 would be similar to the operation just described.
  • resistive type heating tool 23 While a resistive type heating tool 23 has been described, it is contemplated that an inductive type heating tool such as that heating tool described in our U.S. Pat. No. 6,825,531 would also be useful. There would be no need for a hollow center in such a tool but the use of induction for heating the fusible alloy 34 is contemplated to be useful for the present application.

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