US20150308232A1 - Downhole cleaning system - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a downhole cleaning system for cleaning an element inside a casing in a wellbore comprising well fluid having a wellbore pressure, comprising the casing, a cleaning tool having a longitudinal direction and comprising a rotatable nozzle head having a plurality of nozzles, a tool housing having an inlet being in fluid communication with the nozzles for letting well fluid into the tool, a flow hindering element arranged on an outside of the housing dividing the tool in a first and a second tool part and dividing the casing in a first and a second casing part and a rotatable shaft connecting the nozzle head with the housing. Furthermore, the invention relates to a wireline cleaning tool and to a cleaning method.
- valves are open and others closed.
- such valves may get stuck due to precipitation of scales and other particles accumulated on the valve so that the valve is blocked.
- Known cleaning tools require the presence of coiled tubing on the rig or vessel in order to clean a valve in a casing within a wellbore.
- coiled tubing is not always situated on the rig or vessel and therefore needs to be transported to the rig or vessel.
- a downhole cleaning system for cleaning an element inside a casing in a wellbore comprising well fluid having a wellbore pressure, comprising:
- a wireline cleaning tool having a longitudinal direction and comprising:
- the nozzle head may have a side face facing an inner face of the casing, and the nozzles of the nozzle head may be arranged along the side face.
- the nozzles are arranged closer to the object to be cleaned e.g. a gas lift valve (GLV) arranged in a side pocket of the casing than if arranged in front of the tool.
- GLV gas lift valve
- part of the nozzles may form part of the side face.
- the nozzle head may have a circumference and the nozzles may be arranged along the circumference facing the inner face of the casing.
- nozzles may be arranged in rows along the side face.
- Arranging the nozzles in rows expands the range of the ejecting area in the longitudinal direction of the tool.
- the nozzle head In order to clean an object e.g. a GLV, the nozzle head has to be moved in the longitudinal direction, and by having rows of nozzles the nozzle head does not have to be moved for a distance as long as when having only one row of nozzles or only one nozzle nor as many times as a head having only one row.
- each nozzle may eject the fluid in one beam being a focused beam.
- Ejecting fluid through the nozzle in a beam is more efficient for removing scales and other solid elements fastened to the wall of the casing or a GLV than more diffused droplets which is to a greater extent used for just washing or flushing the object to be cleaned.
- Each nozzle may be arranged in an angle in relation to a longitudinal extension of the tool.
- the nozzles may be arranged in a predetermined pattern along the side face of the nozzle head.
- the pattern is determined by the pressure in the well at the location of the object or area of the casing to be cleaned and the pressure available in the fluid to be ejected through the nozzles, so that the power of the pump is used in the most optimal manner.
- the nozzles are not arranged too close to each other and hence that the beam of fluid ejected through one nozzle does not merge with a beam of an adjacent nozzle, thereby reducing its cleaning effect.
- the nozzles may be fixedly arranged in the nozzle head.
- the nozzles may be arranged spaced apart along the circumference.
- the downhole cleaning system may comprise a control device to control the rotation of the shaft and the nozzle head.
- the downhole cleaning system may comprise a control device for controlling a rotational speed of the nozzle head or which nozzle/nozzles is/are allowed to eject fluid.
- the nozzle/nozzles is/are hindered from free rotation as known from prior art tools where some nozzles are designed to rotate as the pressurised fluid is forced through them.
- substantially all energy of the pressurised fluid is used only for rotation of the nozzle and not for providing a beam of pressurised fluid ejected through the nozzles.
- control device may be a hydraulic control unit arranged in the tool for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
- control device may be an electrical motor for rotating the shaft.
- control device may comprise a gear, a motor brake or a centrifugal brake.
- control device may be a hydraulic control unit arranged in the tool for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
- the nozzle head may comprise a hydraulic control unit for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
- the nozzles not facing the object to be cleaned are not ejecting fluid and all pressure in the fluid is used for ejecting fluid through the nozzle or nozzles facing the object to be cleaned.
- no energy of the pressurised fluid is lost in nozzles not facing the object to be cleaned and/or no energy is used for rotating the nozzle head.
- each nozzle is able to clean harder materials such as scales than what is possible in prior art tools in which most energy in the pressure fluid is used for rotating the nozzles.
- the nozzle head may comprise a hydraulic control unit for controlling a supply of fluid to each nozzle.
- the shaft may be hollow for supplying the well fluid to the nozzle head.
- the flow hindering element may be a packer, an inflatable unit, a rubber element or an elastomeric element
- the downhole cleaning system according to the invention may further comprise a stroker being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool, or a piston interacting with a piston housing in which a spring device is arranged for providing a reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool.
- a stroker being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool, or a piston interacting with a piston housing in which a spring device is arranged for providing a reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool.
- the tool may comprise anchoring units.
- a filter may be arranged upstream of the inlet or inside the inlet.
- the downhole cleaning system may comprise a downhole driving unit driving the tool and itself in the casing.
- the downhole cleaning system may comprise a measuring device measuring a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
- the downhole cleaning system may comprise a control unit to control the measuring device from surface.
- the nozzle head may comprise a check valve.
- the well fluid being pressurised may be the fluid being in the first part.
- the well fluid may be pressurised when being in the first part of the casing.
- the well fluid may be taken from the first part for being pressurised.
- the pumping device may pump the fluid out through the nozzles.
- the present invention also relates to a wireline cleaning tool arranged in a casing downhole and having a longitudinal direction, comprising:
- Said wireline cleaning tool may further comprise a wireline connector connected with the tool housing for connecting the tool with a wireline.
- the tool may further comprise a pumping device for pressurising the well fluid in the first part of casing to a pressure substantially above the wellbore pressure and above a pressure in the second part of the casing so that well fluid is pumped in through the inlet and out through the nozzles.
- a pumping device for pressurising the well fluid in the first part of casing to a pressure substantially above the wellbore pressure and above a pressure in the second part of the casing so that well fluid is pumped in through the inlet and out through the nozzles.
- the wireline cleaning tool as described above may comprise a control device for controlling a rotational speed of the nozzle head or which nozzle/nozzles is/are allowed to eject fluid.
- control device may be a hydraulic control unit arranged in the tool for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
- the tool may further comprise a control device to control the rotation of the shaft and the nozzle head.
- the tool may further comprise a control device for controlling a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
- Said control device may be an electrical motor for rotating the shaft.
- control device may comprise a gear, a motor brake or a centrifugal brake.
- the tool may further comprise a stroker being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool, or a piston interacting with a piston housing in which a spring device is arranged for providing a reciprocating movement of the nozzle head along the longitudinal direction of the tool housing.
- a stroker being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool, or a piston interacting with a piston housing in which a spring device is arranged for providing a reciprocating movement of the nozzle head along the longitudinal direction of the tool housing.
- the tool may further comprise a measuring device measuring a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
- the invention relates to a cleaning method comprising the steps of entering a cleaning tool of the system according to the invention into a casing, activating the pumping device and pressurising the first casing part, turning the nozzle head and cleaning a casing element by letting well fluid in through the inlet in the pressurised first casing part and out through nozzles in the second casing part.
- FIG. 1 shows a downhole cleaning system in a casing
- FIG. 2 shows a partly cross-sectional view along the longitudinal direction of the downhole cleaning system seen from the side
- FIG. 3 shows a partly cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the system
- FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the downhole cleaning system in a casing.
- FIG. 1 shows a downhole cleaning system 1 for cleaning an element 2 , such as a gas lift valve (GLV), a sleeve or a side pocket mandrel, in a casing 3 in a wellbore 4 comprising well fluid 5 having a well fluid pressure Pw.
- the downhole cleaning system 1 comprises the casing 3 and a wireline cleaning tool 10 .
- the wireline cleaning tool 10 has a longitudinal direction 11 , and comprises in the end furthest away from the surface a rotatable nozzle head 12 having a plurality of nozzles 13 for cleaning the gas lift valve by jetting high pressurised well fluid out through the nozzles towards the valve.
- the cleaning operation can be performed anywhere in the well, also in the more horizontal parts of the well. No landing nipple is required in order to perform a cleaning operation.
- the system is easy to use and the cleaning tool easily retrieved from the well by pulling in the wireline.
- the wireline cleaning tool 10 has a tool housing 14 having an inlet 15 for letting well fluid into the tool 10 and the inlet 15 is inside the tool in fluid communication with the nozzles 13 .
- the well fluid travels in through the inlet and out through the nozzle head, illustrated with arrows.
- the wireline cleaning tool 10 is submerged into the casing 3 in the well and a flow hindering element 16 arranged on an outside 17 of the housing 14 is set or inflated so that it divides the casing 3 in a first 20 and a second casing part 21 .
- the well fluid in the first casing part 21 can be pressurised from the top of the well by a pumping device 23 and the fluid is forced into the inlets 15 and out through the nozzles in order to clean the casing or elements therein.
- the second part of the casing 21 has a substantially lower well fluid pressure so that the high pressurised well fluid in the first part 20 can be ejected as jets or beams in the well fluid in the second part of the casing.
- the casing is used as the coiled tubing or drill pipe in order to provide the nozzles with high pressurised fluid; however, the fluid jetted from the nozzles is not a special cleaning fluid but merely the well fluid surrounding the tool.
- the environment surrounding the gas lift valve to be cleaned is not interfered.
- the wireline cleaning tool 10 is connected with a wireline 41 .
- the tool comprises an electronic section 30 , a motor 31 , a pump 32 and an anchoring device 33 in a first tool part 18 above the flow hindering element 16 .
- the nozzle head 12 is arranged in a second tool part 19 below the flow hindering element 16 .
- the cleaning tool could have a battery pack, and thus the wireline can be dispensed with if needed, and the tool could flow upwards with the flow when the hindering element was somewhat deflated or released from the casing and thus the hindering element serves as a parachute.
- the tool 10 is shown having a rotatable shaft 22 connecting the nozzle head 12 with the housing 14 .
- the rotation of the shaft is controlled by a control device 24 in the form of an electrical motor having a gear, a motor brake or a centrifugal brake 25 .
- the shaft 22 is hollow and in fluid communication with the inlet 15 for supplying well fluid to the nozzles 13 of the nozzle head 12 .
- the shaft 22 is connected with the motor control device 24 which controls the rotation of the nozzle head 12 while fluid is jetted out through the nozzles 13 .
- the well fluid jet stream or beam 43 ejected from the nozzles would lose its effect as fluid ejected through the nozzles would then force the nozzle head to rotate too fast resulting in the jet stream being spread along an inner circumference of the casing and not ejected as a straight line in the radial direction of the casing.
- substantially all energy of the pressurised fluid is used for rotation of the nozzle and not for providing a beam of pressurised fluid ejected through the nozzles.
- the flow hindering element 16 is shown as a rubber element being squeezed in the longitudinal direction 11 of the tool between two rings 42 forcing the rubber element radially outwards to seal against the casing at a pressure of 3000-5000 PSI.
- the flow hindering element could also be a packer, an inflatable unit or an elastomeric element.
- the flow hindering element does not necessarily have to seal against the inner wall of the casing in order to be able to create a pressure difference between the first and upper part of the casing and the second and lower part of the casing.
- the tool 10 is anchored up inside the casing 3 by means of anchoring units 35 so that the nozzle head 12 is arranged outside a target area to be cleaned.
- the flow hindering element 16 is then inflated or set, and the pumping device 23 pressurising the well fluid in the first and top part of the casing 20 is activated.
- High pressurised fluid is subsequently jetted as a jet stream out through the nozzles 13 of the nozzle head 12 as the nozzle head turns in a controlled manner so that the jet streams do not loose too much jetting power.
- the tool has only a hindering element which is sufficient to hold the tool in the intended position opposite the object or the area of the casing to be cleaned.
- the nozzle head comprises a hydraulic control unit 34 for controlling which of the nozzles is allowed to emit or jet fluid to clean a valve or similar element.
- the hydraulic control unit 34 controls the openings and closings of the nozzles and/or the supply of fluid to each nozzle.
- FIG. 1 only two of the nozzles jet fluid into the casing in order to clean an element, such as a valve.
- FIG. 2 only one nozzle jets fluid. If a high fluid velocity is needed in order to clean an object free of e.g. hard scales, the hydraulic control unit only lets one nozzle jet at a time. However, if a high volume of fluid is needed, the hydraulic control unit lets several nozzles jet.
- the hydraulic control unit has means to control in which angles along the circumference of the nozzle head the nozzles are to jet so that their jets hit the element which is to be cleaned.
- the nozzle head has an end face 51 and a side face 50 , and the nozzles are arranged in a predetermined pattern 52 along the side face of the nozzle head.
- the nozzles are arranged in rows 53 along the circumference 54 of the nozzle head having a mutual distance along the circumference.
- the pattern is determined by the pressure available in the fluid to be ejected through the nozzles and the pressure in the second part of the well at the location of the object or area of the casing to be cleaned and so that the power of the pump is used in the most optimal manner.
- the predetermined pattern is to ensure that the nozzles are not arranged too close to each other hence ensuring that the beam of fluid ejected through one nozzle does not merge with a beam or jet of an adjacent nozzle, thereby reducing the cleaning effect of each beam or jet.
- the nozzles may be fixedly arranged in the nozzle head ensuring that energy of the pressurised fluid is used for providing a jet or beam out through the nozzles at the most optimal angle of attack in relation to the scales type or the type of the undesired element to be removed from the object to be cleaned.
- the nozzles are designed to eject a focused beam at a predetermined angle to provide needle punching effect or a wedging effect to crack the material to be removed.
- the tool may have means for moving the nozzle head in a reciprocating movement.
- a piston 26 interacting with a piston housing 27 in which a spring device 28 is arranged provides a reciprocating movement of the nozzle head 12 in relation to the longitudinal direction 11 of the tool 10 .
- the tool 10 comprises a stroker 29 being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of the nozzle head 12 in relation to the longitudinal direction 11 of the tool 10 .
- the reciprocating movement of the nozzle head 12 is illustrated by a double arrow in FIG. 3 .
- control device is a hydraulic control unit comprising the shaft having grooves in the form of channels extending in the longitudinal direction and the outer surface of the shaft and the fluid supplied to the nozzles flows in the channels.
- the shaft is rotated so that some channels are opposite some nozzles which in this way is allowed to eject fluid, and when the shaft is rotated again, the channels are arranged opposite other nozzles which will then be the next to be allowed to eject a beam of pressurised fluid. In this way, the shaft is rotated to control which nozzle is allowed to eject fluid.
- the wireline cleaning tool comprises a filter 36 arranged upstream of the inlet 15 or in the inlet.
- the filter 36 or screen surrounds the part of the tool 10 having the inlet 15 .
- the tool 10 comprises several inlets, all in fluid communication with the hollow shaft.
- the hollow shaft may be internally sectionised having an internal frame structure to strengthen the shaft.
- the downhole cleaning system 1 may further comprise a downhole driving unit 37 driving the tool 10 and itself forward in the casing 3 .
- the driving unit 37 has wheels on arms and can be used as the anchoring device in order to set the packer.
- the downhole cleaning system 1 may also comprise a measuring device 38 measuring a rotational speed of the nozzle head 12 .
- the measuring device 38 may be arranged in the motor control device 24 around the shaft 22 so that the nozzle head is controlled to rotate at a speed lower than 30 RPM, preferably lower than 25 RPM and more preferably lower than 20 RPM.
- the control device 24 may be controlled from above surface by means of a control unit 39 shown in FIG. 4 .
- a logging unit of the cleaning tool can investigate the casing to see which part or element of the casing needs to be cleaned and if the element to be cleaned is properly cleaned.
- the nozzle head 12 may further comprise a check valve 40 in an end opposite the end connected with the shaft 22 .
- the tool 10 may comprise a chamber with a cleaning fluid which is mixed with the well fluid before being jetted out through the nozzles 13 .
- fluid or well fluid any kind of fluid which may be present in oil or gas wells downhole, such as natural gas, oil, oil mud, crude oil, water, etc.
- gas is meant any kind of gas composition present in a well, completion, or open hole
- oil is meant any kind of oil composition, such as crude oil, an oil-containing fluid, etc.
- Gas, oil, and water fluids may thus all comprise other elements or substances than gas, oil, and/or water, respectively.
- high pressurised fluid fluid flowing at a volume flow rate of at least 250 L/min, preferably at least 300 L/min and even more preferably 350 L/min.
- a casing any kind of pipe, tubing, tubular, liner, string etc. used downhole in relation to oil or natural gas production.
- a downhole tractor can be used to push the system all the way into position in the well.
- a downhole tractor is any kind of driving tool capable of pushing or pulling tools in a well downhole, such as a Well Tractor®.
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The present invention relates to a downhole cleaning system for cleaning an element inside a casing in a wellbore comprising well fluid having a wellbore pressure, comprising the casing, a cleaning tool having a longitudinal direction and comprising a rotatable nozzle head having a plurality of nozzles, a tool housing having an inlet being in fluid communication with the nozzles for jetting well fluid into the tool, a flow hindering element arranged on an outside of the housing dividing the tool in a first and a second tool part and dividing the casing in a first and a second casing part and a rotatable shaft connecting the nozzle head with the housing, wherein the system further comprises a pumping device for pressurising the well fluid in the first part of the casing to a pressure substantially above the wellbore pressure and above a pressure in the second part of the casing so that well fluid is pumped in through the inlet and out through the nozzles. Furthermore, the invention relates to a wireline cleaning tool and to a cleaning method.
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- The present invention relates to a downhole cleaning system for cleaning an element inside a casing in a wellbore comprising well fluid having a wellbore pressure, comprising the casing, a cleaning tool having a longitudinal direction and comprising a rotatable nozzle head having a plurality of nozzles, a tool housing having an inlet being in fluid communication with the nozzles for letting well fluid into the tool, a flow hindering element arranged on an outside of the housing dividing the tool in a first and a second tool part and dividing the casing in a first and a second casing part and a rotatable shaft connecting the nozzle head with the housing. Furthermore, the invention relates to a wireline cleaning tool and to a cleaning method.
- During oil production, the completion needs to be optimised in order to produce as much oil as possible. Therefore, it is necessary that some valves are open and others closed. However, such valves may get stuck due to precipitation of scales and other particles accumulated on the valve so that the valve is blocked. Thus, it is sometimes necessary to clean the valves before they can be operated.
- Known cleaning tools require the presence of coiled tubing on the rig or vessel in order to clean a valve in a casing within a wellbore. However, such coiled tubing is not always situated on the rig or vessel and therefore needs to be transported to the rig or vessel.
- It is an object of the present invention to wholly or partly overcome the above disadvantages and drawbacks of the prior art. More specifically, it is an object to provide a downhole cleaning system which is more simple and easier to submerge into a wellbore without using drill pipes or coiled tubing.
- The above objects, together with numerous other objects, advantages, and features, which will become evident from the below description, are accomplished by a solution in accordance with the present invention by a downhole cleaning system for cleaning an element inside a casing in a wellbore comprising well fluid having a wellbore pressure, comprising:
- the casing,
- a wireline cleaning tool having a longitudinal direction and comprising:
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- a rotatable nozzle head having a plurality of nozzles,
- a tool housing having an inlet being in fluid communication with the nozzles for letting well fluid into the tool,
- a flow hindering element arranged on an outside of the housing dividing the tool in a first and a second tool part and dividing the casing in a first and a second casing part, and
- a rotatable shaft connecting the nozzle head with the housing,
- wherein the system further comprises a pumping device for pressurising the well fluid in the first part of the casing to a pressure substantially above the wellbore pressure and above a pressure in the second part of the casing so that well fluid is pumped in through the inlet and out through the nozzles.
- In an embodiment, the nozzle head may have a side face facing an inner face of the casing, and the nozzles of the nozzle head may be arranged along the side face.
- By having the nozzles in the side face, the nozzles are arranged closer to the object to be cleaned e.g. a gas lift valve (GLV) arranged in a side pocket of the casing than if arranged in front of the tool.
- Also, part of the nozzles may form part of the side face.
- Moreover, the nozzle head may have a circumference and the nozzles may be arranged along the circumference facing the inner face of the casing.
- Further, the nozzles may be arranged in rows along the side face.
- Arranging the nozzles in rows expands the range of the ejecting area in the longitudinal direction of the tool. In order to clean an object e.g. a GLV, the nozzle head has to be moved in the longitudinal direction, and by having rows of nozzles the nozzle head does not have to be moved for a distance as long as when having only one row of nozzles or only one nozzle nor as many times as a head having only one row.
- Additionally, each nozzle may eject the fluid in one beam being a focused beam.
- Ejecting fluid through the nozzle in a beam is more efficient for removing scales and other solid elements fastened to the wall of the casing or a GLV than more diffused droplets which is to a greater extent used for just washing or flushing the object to be cleaned.
- Each nozzle may be arranged in an angle in relation to a longitudinal extension of the tool.
- In an embodiment, the nozzles may be arranged in a predetermined pattern along the side face of the nozzle head.
- The pattern is determined by the pressure in the well at the location of the object or area of the casing to be cleaned and the pressure available in the fluid to be ejected through the nozzles, so that the power of the pump is used in the most optimal manner. Hereby, it is ensured that the nozzles are not arranged too close to each other and hence that the beam of fluid ejected through one nozzle does not merge with a beam of an adjacent nozzle, thereby reducing its cleaning effect.
- Moreover, the nozzles may be fixedly arranged in the nozzle head.
- Furthermore, the nozzles may be arranged spaced apart along the circumference.
- Also, the downhole cleaning system according to the invention may comprise a control device to control the rotation of the shaft and the nozzle head.
- In an embodiment, the downhole cleaning system may comprise a control device for controlling a rotational speed of the nozzle head or which nozzle/nozzles is/are allowed to eject fluid.
- By having a control device, the nozzle/nozzles is/are hindered from free rotation as known from prior art tools where some nozzles are designed to rotate as the pressurised fluid is forced through them. Hereby, substantially all energy of the pressurised fluid is used only for rotation of the nozzle and not for providing a beam of pressurised fluid ejected through the nozzles.
- Moreover, the control device may be a hydraulic control unit arranged in the tool for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
- In one embodiment, the control device may be an electrical motor for rotating the shaft.
- In another embodiment, the control device may comprise a gear, a motor brake or a centrifugal brake.
- Also, the control device may be a hydraulic control unit arranged in the tool for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
- Furthermore, the nozzle head may comprise a hydraulic control unit for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
- By having a hydraulic control unit for controlling which nozzles are ejecting fluid, the nozzles not facing the object to be cleaned are not ejecting fluid and all pressure in the fluid is used for ejecting fluid through the nozzle or nozzles facing the object to be cleaned. Thus, no energy of the pressurised fluid is lost in nozzles not facing the object to be cleaned and/or no energy is used for rotating the nozzle head. Furthermore, by controlling which nozzle/nozzles is/are allowed to eject fluid, only one or a few of the nozzles is/are ejecting fluid and the pressure of the fluid ejected from that or these nozzles is significantly larger than if ejected through all the nozzles at the same time even if the object is extending along the whole circumference of the casing. In this way, each nozzle is able to clean harder materials such as scales than what is possible in prior art tools in which most energy in the pressure fluid is used for rotating the nozzles.
- In addition, the nozzle head may comprise a hydraulic control unit for controlling a supply of fluid to each nozzle.
- In one embodiment, the shaft may be hollow for supplying the well fluid to the nozzle head.
- In another embodiment, the flow hindering element may be a packer, an inflatable unit, a rubber element or an elastomeric element
- The downhole cleaning system according to the invention may further comprise a stroker being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool, or a piston interacting with a piston housing in which a spring device is arranged for providing a reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool.
- In one embodiment, the tool may comprise anchoring units.
- In another embodiment, a filter may be arranged upstream of the inlet or inside the inlet.
- Furthermore, the downhole cleaning system may comprise a downhole driving unit driving the tool and itself in the casing.
- Also, the downhole cleaning system may comprise a measuring device measuring a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
- Additionally, the downhole cleaning system may comprise a control unit to control the measuring device from surface.
- In one embodiment, the nozzle head may comprise a check valve.
- Moreover, the well fluid being pressurised may be the fluid being in the first part.
- Further, the well fluid may be pressurised when being in the first part of the casing.
- The well fluid may be taken from the first part for being pressurised.
- Furthermore, the pumping device may pump the fluid out through the nozzles.
- The present invention also relates to a wireline cleaning tool arranged in a casing downhole and having a longitudinal direction, comprising:
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- a rotatable nozzle head having a plurality of nozzles,
- a tool housing having an inlet being in fluid communication with the nozzles for letting well fluid into the tool and out through the nozzles,
- a flow hindering element arranged on an outside of the housing dividing the tool in a first and a second tool part and dividing the casing in a first and a second casing part, and
- a rotatable shaft connecting the nozzle head with the housing,
- wherein the shaft may be a hollow shaft for supplying the nozzles with well fluid.
- Said wireline cleaning tool may further comprise a wireline connector connected with the tool housing for connecting the tool with a wireline.
- The tool may further comprise a pumping device for pressurising the well fluid in the first part of casing to a pressure substantially above the wellbore pressure and above a pressure in the second part of the casing so that well fluid is pumped in through the inlet and out through the nozzles.
- Also, the wireline cleaning tool as described above may comprise a control device for controlling a rotational speed of the nozzle head or which nozzle/nozzles is/are allowed to eject fluid.
- Moreover, the control device may be a hydraulic control unit arranged in the tool for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
- The tool may further comprise a control device to control the rotation of the shaft and the nozzle head.
- Also, the tool may further comprise a control device for controlling a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
- Said control device may be an electrical motor for rotating the shaft.
- Further, the control device may comprise a gear, a motor brake or a centrifugal brake.
- Additionally, the tool may further comprise a stroker being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool, or a piston interacting with a piston housing in which a spring device is arranged for providing a reciprocating movement of the nozzle head along the longitudinal direction of the tool housing.
- The tool may further comprise a measuring device measuring a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
- Finally, the invention relates to a cleaning method comprising the steps of entering a cleaning tool of the system according to the invention into a casing, activating the pumping device and pressurising the first casing part, turning the nozzle head and cleaning a casing element by letting well fluid in through the inlet in the pressurised first casing part and out through nozzles in the second casing part.
- The invention and its many advantages will be described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying schematic drawings, which for the purpose of illustration show some non-limiting embodiments and in which
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FIG. 1 shows a downhole cleaning system in a casing, -
FIG. 2 shows a partly cross-sectional view along the longitudinal direction of the downhole cleaning system seen from the side, -
FIG. 3 shows a partly cross-sectional view of another embodiment of the system, and -
FIG. 4 shows another embodiment of the downhole cleaning system in a casing. - All the figures are highly schematic and not necessarily to scale, and they show only those parts which are necessary in order to elucidate the invention, other parts being omitted or merely suggested.
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FIG. 1 shows adownhole cleaning system 1 for cleaning anelement 2, such as a gas lift valve (GLV), a sleeve or a side pocket mandrel, in acasing 3 in awellbore 4 comprising well fluid 5 having a well fluid pressure Pw. Thedownhole cleaning system 1 comprises thecasing 3 and awireline cleaning tool 10. Thewireline cleaning tool 10 has alongitudinal direction 11, and comprises in the end furthest away from the surface arotatable nozzle head 12 having a plurality ofnozzles 13 for cleaning the gas lift valve by jetting high pressurised well fluid out through the nozzles towards the valve. - By having a cleaning tool or a
wireline cleaning tool 10, the cleaning operation can be performed anywhere in the well, also in the more horizontal parts of the well. No landing nipple is required in order to perform a cleaning operation. The system is easy to use and the cleaning tool easily retrieved from the well by pulling in the wireline. - The
wireline cleaning tool 10 has atool housing 14 having aninlet 15 for letting well fluid into thetool 10 and theinlet 15 is inside the tool in fluid communication with thenozzles 13. The well fluid travels in through the inlet and out through the nozzle head, illustrated with arrows. Thewireline cleaning tool 10 is submerged into thecasing 3 in the well and aflow hindering element 16 arranged on an outside 17 of thehousing 14 is set or inflated so that it divides thecasing 3 in a first 20 and asecond casing part 21. This enables that the well fluid in thefirst casing part 21 can be pressurised from the top of the well by apumping device 23 and the fluid is forced into theinlets 15 and out through the nozzles in order to clean the casing or elements therein. Thus, the second part of thecasing 21 has a substantially lower well fluid pressure so that the high pressurised well fluid in thefirst part 20 can be ejected as jets or beams in the well fluid in the second part of the casing. In this way, the casing is used as the coiled tubing or drill pipe in order to provide the nozzles with high pressurised fluid; however, the fluid jetted from the nozzles is not a special cleaning fluid but merely the well fluid surrounding the tool. Thus, the environment surrounding the gas lift valve to be cleaned is not interfered. - As shown in
FIG. 1 , thewireline cleaning tool 10 is connected with awireline 41. The tool comprises anelectronic section 30, amotor 31, apump 32 and ananchoring device 33 in afirst tool part 18 above theflow hindering element 16. In asecond tool part 19 below theflow hindering element 16, thenozzle head 12 is arranged. In another embodiment, the cleaning tool could have a battery pack, and thus the wireline can be dispensed with if needed, and the tool could flow upwards with the flow when the hindering element was somewhat deflated or released from the casing and thus the hindering element serves as a parachute. - In
FIG. 2 , thetool 10 is shown having arotatable shaft 22 connecting thenozzle head 12 with thehousing 14. The rotation of the shaft is controlled by acontrol device 24 in the form of an electrical motor having a gear, a motor brake or acentrifugal brake 25. Theshaft 22 is hollow and in fluid communication with theinlet 15 for supplying well fluid to thenozzles 13 of thenozzle head 12. Theshaft 22 is connected with themotor control device 24 which controls the rotation of thenozzle head 12 while fluid is jetted out through thenozzles 13. If the nozzle head was not controlled, the well fluid jet stream orbeam 43 ejected from the nozzles would lose its effect as fluid ejected through the nozzles would then force the nozzle head to rotate too fast resulting in the jet stream being spread along an inner circumference of the casing and not ejected as a straight line in the radial direction of the casing. Hereby, substantially all energy of the pressurised fluid is used for rotation of the nozzle and not for providing a beam of pressurised fluid ejected through the nozzles. - The
flow hindering element 16 is shown as a rubber element being squeezed in thelongitudinal direction 11 of the tool between tworings 42 forcing the rubber element radially outwards to seal against the casing at a pressure of 3000-5000 PSI. The flow hindering element could also be a packer, an inflatable unit or an elastomeric element. The flow hindering element does not necessarily have to seal against the inner wall of the casing in order to be able to create a pressure difference between the first and upper part of the casing and the second and lower part of the casing. - The
tool 10 is anchored up inside thecasing 3 by means of anchoringunits 35 so that thenozzle head 12 is arranged outside a target area to be cleaned. Theflow hindering element 16 is then inflated or set, and thepumping device 23 pressurising the well fluid in the first and top part of thecasing 20 is activated. High pressurised fluid is subsequently jetted as a jet stream out through thenozzles 13 of thenozzle head 12 as the nozzle head turns in a controlled manner so that the jet streams do not loose too much jetting power. In some embodiments, the tool has only a hindering element which is sufficient to hold the tool in the intended position opposite the object or the area of the casing to be cleaned. - The nozzle head comprises a
hydraulic control unit 34 for controlling which of the nozzles is allowed to emit or jet fluid to clean a valve or similar element. Thehydraulic control unit 34 controls the openings and closings of the nozzles and/or the supply of fluid to each nozzle. As can be seen inFIG. 1 , only two of the nozzles jet fluid into the casing in order to clean an element, such as a valve. InFIG. 2 , only one nozzle jets fluid. If a high fluid velocity is needed in order to clean an object free of e.g. hard scales, the hydraulic control unit only lets one nozzle jet at a time. However, if a high volume of fluid is needed, the hydraulic control unit lets several nozzles jet. Furthermore, the hydraulic control unit has means to control in which angles along the circumference of the nozzle head the nozzles are to jet so that their jets hit the element which is to be cleaned. - The nozzle head has an
end face 51 and aside face 50, and the nozzles are arranged in apredetermined pattern 52 along the side face of the nozzle head. The nozzles are arranged inrows 53 along thecircumference 54 of the nozzle head having a mutual distance along the circumference. The pattern is determined by the pressure available in the fluid to be ejected through the nozzles and the pressure in the second part of the well at the location of the object or area of the casing to be cleaned and so that the power of the pump is used in the most optimal manner. The predetermined pattern is to ensure that the nozzles are not arranged too close to each other hence ensuring that the beam of fluid ejected through one nozzle does not merge with a beam or jet of an adjacent nozzle, thereby reducing the cleaning effect of each beam or jet. The nozzles may be fixedly arranged in the nozzle head ensuring that energy of the pressurised fluid is used for providing a jet or beam out through the nozzles at the most optimal angle of attack in relation to the scales type or the type of the undesired element to be removed from the object to be cleaned. The nozzles are designed to eject a focused beam at a predetermined angle to provide needle punching effect or a wedging effect to crack the material to be removed. - In order to reach a larger target area, the tool may have means for moving the nozzle head in a reciprocating movement. In
FIG. 2 , apiston 26 interacting with apiston housing 27 in which aspring device 28 is arranged provides a reciprocating movement of thenozzle head 12 in relation to thelongitudinal direction 11 of thetool 10. InFIG. 3 , thetool 10 comprises astroker 29 being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of thenozzle head 12 in relation to thelongitudinal direction 11 of thetool 10. The reciprocating movement of thenozzle head 12 is illustrated by a double arrow inFIG. 3 . - In another embodiment, the control device is a hydraulic control unit comprising the shaft having grooves in the form of channels extending in the longitudinal direction and the outer surface of the shaft and the fluid supplied to the nozzles flows in the channels. The shaft is rotated so that some channels are opposite some nozzles which in this way is allowed to eject fluid, and when the shaft is rotated again, the channels are arranged opposite other nozzles which will then be the next to be allowed to eject a beam of pressurised fluid. In this way, the shaft is rotated to control which nozzle is allowed to eject fluid.
- The wireline cleaning tool comprises a
filter 36 arranged upstream of theinlet 15 or in the inlet. InFIG. 2 , thefilter 36 or screen surrounds the part of thetool 10 having theinlet 15. Thetool 10 comprises several inlets, all in fluid communication with the hollow shaft. The hollow shaft may be internally sectionised having an internal frame structure to strengthen the shaft. - As shown in
FIG. 4 , thedownhole cleaning system 1 may further comprise adownhole driving unit 37 driving thetool 10 and itself forward in thecasing 3. The drivingunit 37 has wheels on arms and can be used as the anchoring device in order to set the packer. Thedownhole cleaning system 1 may also comprise a measuringdevice 38 measuring a rotational speed of thenozzle head 12. As shown inFIG. 4 , the measuringdevice 38 may be arranged in themotor control device 24 around theshaft 22 so that the nozzle head is controlled to rotate at a speed lower than 30 RPM, preferably lower than 25 RPM and more preferably lower than 20 RPM. Thecontrol device 24 may be controlled from above surface by means of acontrol unit 39 shown inFIG. 4 . - Before and after the cleaning operation, a logging unit of the cleaning tool can investigate the casing to see which part or element of the casing needs to be cleaned and if the element to be cleaned is properly cleaned.
- The
nozzle head 12 may further comprise a check valve 40 in an end opposite the end connected with theshaft 22. - The
tool 10 may comprise a chamber with a cleaning fluid which is mixed with the well fluid before being jetted out through thenozzles 13. - By fluid or well fluid is meant any kind of fluid which may be present in oil or gas wells downhole, such as natural gas, oil, oil mud, crude oil, water, etc. By gas is meant any kind of gas composition present in a well, completion, or open hole, and by oil is meant any kind of oil composition, such as crude oil, an oil-containing fluid, etc. Gas, oil, and water fluids may thus all comprise other elements or substances than gas, oil, and/or water, respectively.
- By high pressurised fluid is meant fluid flowing at a volume flow rate of at least 250 L/min, preferably at least 300 L/min and even more preferably 350 L/min.
- By a casing is meant any kind of pipe, tubing, tubular, liner, string etc. used downhole in relation to oil or natural gas production.
- In the event that the system is not submerged all the way into the casing, a downhole tractor can be used to push the system all the way into position in the well. A downhole tractor is any kind of driving tool capable of pushing or pulling tools in a well downhole, such as a Well Tractor®.
- Although the invention has been described in the above in connection with preferred embodiments of the invention, it will be evident for a person skilled in the art that several modifications are conceivable without departing from the invention as defined by the following claims.
Claims (21)
1.-28. (canceled)
29. A wireline cleaning tool (10) arranged in a casing downhole and having a longitudinal direction (11), comprising:
a rotatable nozzle head (12) having a plurality of nozzles (13),
a tool housing (14) having an inlet (15) being in fluid communication with the nozzles for letting well fluid into the tool and out through the nozzles,
a flow hindering element (16) arranged on an outside (17) of the housing dividing the tool in a first (18) and a second (19) tool part and dividing the casing in a first (20) and a second (21) casing part, and
a rotatable shaft (22) connecting the nozzle head with the housing, the shaft being a hollow shaft for supplying the nozzles with well fluid, wherein the wireline cleaning tool further comprises a control device for controlling a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
30. A wireline cleaning tool according to claim 29 , wherein the tool further comprises a pumping device (32) for pressurising the well fluid in the first part of casing to a pressure substantially above the wellbore pressure and above a pressure in the second part of the casing so that well fluid is pumped in through the inlet and out through the nozzles.
31. A wireline cleaning tool according to claim 29 , wherein the control device is also configured for controlling which nozzle/nozzles is/are allowed to eject fluid.
32. A wireline cleaning tool according to claim 31 , wherein the control device is a hydraulic control unit arranged in the tool for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
33. A downhole cleaning system (1) for cleaning an element (2) inside a casing (3) in a wellbore (4) comprising well fluid (5) having a wellbore pressure (Pw), comprising:
the casing, and
a wireline cleaning tool (10) according to claim 29 , wherein the system further comprises a pumping device (23) for pressurising the well fluid in the first part of the casing to a pressure substantially above the wellbore pressure and above a pressure in the second part of the casing so that well fluid is pumped in through the inlet and out through the nozzles,
wherein the system further comprises a control device (24) for controlling a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
34. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , wherein the control device (24) is also configured for controlling which nozzle/nozzles is/are allowed to eject fluid.
35. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , wherein the control device is a hydraulic control unit (34) arranged in the tool for controlling which nozzles are open and which nozzles are closed.
36. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , further comprising a control device (24) to control the rotation of the shaft and the nozzle head.
37. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , wherein the control device is an electrical motor for rotating the shaft.
38. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , wherein the control device comprises a gear, a motor brake or a centrifugal brake (25).
39. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , wherein the nozzles are fixedly arranged in the nozzle head.
40. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , wherein the shaft is hollow for supplying the well fluid to the nozzle head.
41. A downhole cleaning system according to 33, wherein the flow hindering element is a packer, an inflatable unit, a rubber element or an elastomeric element.
42. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , further comprising a stroker (29) being a device providing a stroking reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool, or a piston (26) interacting with a piston housing (27) in which a spring device (28) is arranged for providing a reciprocating movement of the nozzle head in relation to the longitudinal direction of the tool.
43. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , wherein a filter (36) is arranged upstream of the inlet or inside the inlet.
44. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 33 , further comprising a downhole driving unit (37) driving the tool and itself in the casing.
45. A downhole cleaning system according to 33, further comprising a measuring device (38) measuring a rotational speed of the nozzle head.
46. A downhole cleaning system according to claim 45 , further comprising a control unit (39) to control the measuring device from surface.
47. A downhole cleaning system according to 33, wherein the nozzle head comprises a check valve (40).
48. A cleaning method comprising the steps of:
entering a cleaning tool according to 29 into a casing,
activating the pumping device and pressurising the first casing part,
turning the nozzle head, and
cleaning a casing element by letting well fluid in through the inlet in the pressurised first casing part and out through nozzles in the second casing part.
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