US20100059220A1 - Apparatus for use when gathering parameters from a well flow and also a method of using same - Google Patents

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US20100059220A1
US20100059220A1 US12/520,457 US52045707A US2010059220A1 US 20100059220 A1 US20100059220 A1 US 20100059220A1 US 52045707 A US52045707 A US 52045707A US 2010059220 A1 US2010059220 A1 US 2010059220A1
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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
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    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/20—Flexible or articulated drilling pipes, e.g. flexible or articulated rods, pipes or cables
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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
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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for, and a method of, gathering parameters from a well flow. More particularly, it relates to an apparatus and a method for gathering parameters along a petroleum well path in order thus to be able to evaluate the flow, fluid phases and productivity or injectivity of the well.
  • a familiar method is to install required sensors permanently along predetermined locations in the well path.
  • the sensors communicate to the surface, for example to a rig, through one of, or a combination of, two or more of an electrical cable or a fibre cable.
  • Data can also be communicated to the surface by means of wireless communication, or by means of so-called memory cards temporarily storing the gathered data in the well.
  • Electricity for electronic sensors is provided by means of batteries, or by means of cable to an energy source at the surface.
  • downhole monitoring is considered to represent a high degree of difficulty. This particularly applies to wells having well path angles between 65° and 95°.
  • sensors may be inserted into the well after having been established.
  • Coiled tubing has a tendency to “buckle”, i.e. it is coils up and assumes the shape of a helical spring so as to stop, or it winds (becomes “helical”), i.e. the tubing assumes the shape of a helical spring so as not to stop.
  • Buckle i.e. it is coils up and assumes the shape of a helical spring so as to stop, or it winds (becomes “helical”), i.e. the tubing assumes the shape of a helical spring so as not to stop.
  • helical winds
  • coiled tubing has a limited reach, insofar as there is a limit to how much coiled tubing may be reeled onto a drum to be used, for example, from a rig or a ship.
  • Wireline requires a well tractor to push the logging tool in front of itself.
  • a well tractor may also function as a throttle unit (choke). In some cases, it has been produced out of a horizontal well as a consequence of the production rate being too high.
  • Logging with a fibre cable is limited to the ability to measure temperature along the cable.
  • flow can be measured only in permanently installed solutions in which fibre cables are used (and simultaneously are installed along the well path above the reservoir section), and both pressure and flow must be measured to evaluate the productivity or injectivity of the well.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy or reduce at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art.
  • a measuring device is run into a desired portion of a well by means of a thin, rigid cable, hereinafter referred to as a semi-rigid rod.
  • the well path may be both vertical and horizontal.
  • the measuring devices are arranged for providing data for allowing estimation of the fluid phases oil, gas and water in the well flow, and to be able to provide data for allowing estimation of the productivity index, PI, or injectivity index, II, of the well.
  • productivity index PI, or injectivity index II represents flow rate per day per unit of pressure, for example BBL/d/psi.
  • the corresponding term for the injectivity index II will be injection rate per day per unit of pressure, for example BBL/D/psi.
  • the sensors may include chemicals or so-called “tracers”, which are arranged for allowing detection and quantification of fluids downhole, and also other sensor types of a type known per se.
  • temperature so-called DTS (distributed temperature sensing)
  • DTS distributed temperature sensing
  • the semi-rigid rod forms the logging unit for the temperature profile along the well.
  • the flow rate of the well may be estimated.
  • PCT application WO 2006/00347 describes a rod which has proven suitable for measuring DTS.
  • pressure sensors are preferably integrated along the cable and are also placed at an end portion of a rigid fibre cable or a semi-rigid rod.
  • the sensors DTS, pressure and fluid identification method are combined in order to replace conventional logging methods wherein physical sensors for temperature, pressure and flow are connected as a tool string at the end of a cable.
  • the apparatus and method according to the present invention represent particularly great advantages in horizontal wells which otherwise cannot be logged with conventional logging tools.
  • the cable is kept stationary during logging of a well under production/injection, or during logging of a shut-in well.
  • a depth correlation tool may be used in connection with checking whether a rigid fibre cable or semi-rigid rod “buckles” or has become “helical”.
  • an apparatus for use when gathering parameters from a well flow in a petroleum well for allowing evaluation of the flow and productivity or injectivity of the well including:
  • the at least two mutually spaced-apart measuring devices and/or fluid phase indicators include one of, or a combination of, two or more of a sensor, chemical or a trace element.
  • the semi-rigid rod includes a fibre cable.
  • the semi-rigid rod is of the type described in WO 2006/003477.
  • the semi-rigid rod includes a plurality of spaced-apart pressure sensors.
  • the apparatus includes an additional pressure sensor for compression-measuring of the end portion of the apparatus in the well.
  • the additional pressure sensor is placed between the semi-rigid rod and a so-called “bull nose” placed at the end of the apparatus in the well.
  • the main purpose of the bull nose is to guide the semi-rigid rod past sharp edges that may be present in a well, thereby functioning as a steering device for said rod.
  • the apparatus is arranged in a manner allowing it to communicate measuring data through the fibre and out of the well while measuring is in progress.
  • a method of gathering parameters from a well flow in a petroleum well for allowing evaluation of the flow and productivity or injectivity of the well is provided, wherein the method includes the steps of:
  • the measuring results from the measuring devices and the semi-rigid rod are communicated to the surface for further processing.
  • Elements liberated from a chemical or a trace element may be communicated to the surface in the same manner.
  • FIG. 1 shows a principle drawing of a well, in which measuring devices have been inserted into the well by means of a semi-rigid rod, and in which the measuring devices are comprised of the semi-rigid rod and eight sensors;
  • FIG. 2 a shows a graph illustrating the relationship between flow, pressure and time in a fluid-producing well.
  • FIG. 2 b shows a graph illustrating the relationship between flow, pressure and time in a fluid-injecting well.
  • FIG. 1 is greatly distorted, and that the relative scales of the different elements shown are incorrect.
  • FIG. 1 shows a principle drawing of a well 1 , in which an apparatus 3 according to the present invention has been inserted into the well 1 .
  • the apparatus 3 includes a semi-rigid rod 5 ending up, at one end portion thereof, on a reel 7 outside the well 1 , and ending up, at the other end portion thereof, at a bottom portion of the well 1 .
  • the semi-rigid rod 5 is of a self-straightening type. That is to say, when the semi-rigid rod 5 is inserted into the well, the rod 5 has substantially no curvature remaining from the reel 7 .
  • the semi-rigid rod 5 Disposed on the semi-rigid rod 5 are seven measuring devices in the form of six chemical devices 9 and one pressure sensor 11 .
  • the chemical devices 9 are comprised of receptacles holding trace elements or so-called “tracers” of a type known per se. In a manner known per se, the trace elements are released into the fluid flow within which the chemical devices 9 are disposed. Preferably, the trace elements released into the fluid flow from each of the chemical devices 9 are arranged in a manner allowing them to be separated from each other.
  • the chemical devices 9 of FIG. 1 are attached around the semi-rigid rod 5 .
  • a person skilled in the art will appreciate that the chemical devices, in alternative embodiments, also may be arranged in a manner allowing them to be attached to, or merely be connected to, portions of the semi-rigid rod 5 .
  • bull nose 13 Disposed at the end of the semi-rigid rod 5 there is a so-called “bull nose” 13 .
  • the main purpose is of a bull nose 13 is to guide the semi-rigid rod 5 past sharp edges that may be present in a well.
  • the well 1 is provided with casings/liners 15 and production tubing 17 . At the end portion of the horizontal portion of the well 1 , the well 1 is comprised of a so-called open hole.
  • the measuring device 3 illustrated in FIG. 1 may provide the following information directly or indirectly.
  • Pressure within the well 1 may be measured directly by means of the pressure sensor 11 , and possibly by means of pressure sensors (not shown) disposed along the rod 5 .
  • Temperature distribution or —profile, DTS, along the semi-rigid rod 5 may be measured along the entire length thereof. Upon knowing the temperature profile, it is possible to derive a total fluid flow. From the total fluid flow, it is possible to estimate a flow profile in the well. Particular calculation models have been developed for this purpose. Preferably, the calculations are carried out by means of a computer program.
  • the chemical devices 9 or tracers disposed along the semi-rigid rod 5 it is possible to estimate water and gas inflow points. For example, consumption of a tracers or trace elements may be determined by measuring the amount of trace elements originally installed in the chemical device 9 versus the amount remaining upon retrieving the chemical device 9 to surface after a logging operation. The consumption is a function of fluid flow rate (water, for example) past the chemical device 9 holding the trace element. Moreover, surface equipment for detecting concentrations of the different trace elements or tracers in the producing well flow may be provided.
  • Consumption of trace elements may also provide an indication on the direction and extent of any cross-flow in the well 1 .
  • the productivity, or the so-called productivity index PI, of the well 1 may be estimated.
  • measuring device 3 must be kept stationary relative to the well 1 while measuring is in progress.
  • FIG. 2 b shows the same procedure for a fluid-injecting well 1 .
  • the present invention provides an apparatus which surprisingly may allow for quantification of more than one fluid phase in a well flow, simultaneously allowing measuring of the productivity or injectivity of the well.
  • the invention will result in simpler logistics with respect to heavy lifting from, for example, a ship to a platform.
  • the present invention exhibits considerable advantages relative to the prior art. Upon having run a rigid cable or semi-rigid rod in a controlled manner into the well when shut in, it will remain “parked” until the job is finished. Thus, no activity is carried out in order to move the apparatus during the operation. Any risk to personnel in the area around the logging unit is greatly reduced owing to the fact that the operation is limited only to monitoring that the signals from the fibres in the cable are of good quality. All other work takes place in an approved area, the equipment used being a PC and an interface for converting raw signals into readable data lines providing pressure, temperature, fluid phase and time indication.
  • FIG. 2a X-axis Time-axis Y-axis Flow-axis Br ⁇ nn stengt inn Well shut in Trykkfallperioder Periods of pressure drop Trykkoppbyggings-periode Period of pressure build-up
  • FIG. 2b Injeksjon Injection Trykkoppbyggings-perioder Periods of pressure build-up Trykkfallperiode Period of pressure drop

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