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- a mandrel having a central flow passage and a pair of ports at the uppermost end of the flow passage terminating in the central portion of the mandrel has a pair of reference pins spaced 180 apart near the uppermost end of the mandrel.
- a sleeve valve having a pair 1 June 11, 1974 of indexing pins spaced 180 apart near the center of the sleeve and having a pair of ports spaced 180 around the sleeve is rotatably attached around the mandrel in a matching relationship to the ports in the mandrel.
- The'lower end of the mandrel is threadedly connected to a connection member which is threadedly engaged to a gudgeon coupling assembly which in turn is threadedly engaged to the uppermost end of a well packer.
- a running tool attached to the lower end of a tubing string has a freely rotating tubular indexer with a pair of indexing slots spaced 180 apart which are adapted to first engage the reference pins.
- Each of the indexing slots has an initial channel running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the indexer and a second channel running oblique to the first channel, the oblique channel then communicating with a third channel running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the indexer and offset from the first channel by 90 around the circumference of the indexer.
- the indexing slots in combination with the reference pins prevent further rotation of the indexer and also engage the indexing pins on the sleeve valve, thus causing the sleeve valve to rotate and the ports in the mandrel to be aligned with the ports in the sleeve, whereby the pressures below and above the packer are equalized.
- the gudgeon coupling assembly threaded into the well packer is engaged with a jay slot assembly carried by the running tool to manipulate the packer.
- the reference pins prevent rotation of the indexer, thus causing the sleeve valve to rotate to the closed position.
- This invention relates generally to a well packer, and in particular, to apparatus for equalizing the pressures above and below a retrievable well packer.
- a well packer or bridge plug is essentially an isolation tool adapted to be run into an oil well and set to isolate a lower portion of the well from an upper portion of the well in which pressure operations, such as treating, acidizing, formation fracturing, squeezing, swabbing, testing, etc. are to be carried out. With such operations, the tubular string upon which the bridge plug is run and set is disconnected therefrom to expedite each of the above operations.
- a retrievable bridge plug is one in which the apparatus can be retrieved without the destruction thereof, for example, as by drilling out the bridge plug, such bridge plugs being well known in the art, for example, as illustrated and described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,434,538 to Marion D. Kilgore and Robert C. Pumpelly, and assigned to the assignee of the present inventron.
- the objects of the invention are accomplished, generally, by the provision of an apparatus having a tubular indexer therein with a pair of indexing slots spaced on opposite sides thereof and adapted to freely rotate within said apparatus prior to engagement with a first pair of spaced reference pins fixed to a mandrel threadedly engaged with the well packer and adapted to be partially enveloped by the tubular indexer.
- a sleeve valve having a second pair of spaced indexing pins is adapted to rotate around the mandrel to port a flow passage in the mandrel to theexterior of the tool.
- the reference pins on the mandrel engage the respective indexing slots.
- the indexer While setting down, the indexer is forced by the reference pins to rotate into position for the lower portion of each of the indexing slots to receive the indexing pins on the sleeve valve. As set-down continues, the reference pins prevent further rotation of the indexer and forces the rotation of the sleeve valve to thus open the valve.
- the indexer When picking up the running tool, the indexer is braced against rotation by the reference pins on the mandrel; however, the indexing pins force the sleeve valve to rotate, automatically positioning the ports in the sleeve valve out of line with the mandrel ports to thus close the valve. Means are also provided in the running tool to manipulate the well packer.
- FIGS. 1A and 1B taken together, form a side elevational view, partly in cross section, of the overall apparatus according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is a developed view of the tubular indexer according to the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a tubular view of the apparatus according to FIG. 2;
- FIG. 4 illustrates, partly in cross section, the mandrel according to the present invention
- FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along the section lines A-A of FIG. 4;
- FIG. 6 illustrates, partly in cross section, the sleeve valve according to the present invention
- FIG. 7 is a cross section taken generally along the section lines BB of FIG. 6;
- FIG. 8 is a developed view of the jay slot assembly according to the invention used for manipulating a well packer.
- FIGS. 1A and 1B taken together, there is illustrated therein a mechanically actuated indexing equalizing valve and running tool assembly generally designated by the reference character 10.
- the uppermost connection 11 of the assembly has internal threads 12 adapted for connection to the lower end of a tubing string (not shown) for utilization of the apparatus within a well bore.
- the lower threaded connection 13 is adapted for connection with a conventional well packer assembly, for example, the threaded connection 204 of the packer assembly illustrated and described with respect to FIG. 8A in US. Pat. No. 3,548,936 to Marion D. Kilgore and Robert C. Pumpelly, and assigned to the assignee of the present invention.
- the assembly 10 also includes a mandrel 14, shown in more detail in FIGS. 4 and 5, having a flow passage terminating within the mandrel 14 internal to the sleeve valve assembly 16 shown in greater detail in FIGS. 6 and 7.
- the running too] assembly includes an outer cylindrical housing 17 threadedly attached to the upper connection 11 and held against rotation by set screw 18.
- a tubular indexer 19, shown in greater detail in FIGS. 2 and 3, is mounted internal to the outer housing 17 and is adapted for freedom of rotation therein.
- the upper end 20 of the indexer assembly 19 is restrained by the lower shoulder 21 of the upper connection 11.
- the lower extremity 22 of the indexer assembly 19 is limited in its downward movement by the ring 29' integral therewith and the shoulder 23 on the upper end of the jay slot assembly 31 threadedly attached to the housing 17.
- Stabilizing rings 29 and 29 provide a centering effect of the tubular indexing member 19 within the housing 17.
- a connector housing 25 is threadedly attached at its upper end to the lower end of the mandreal 14 and at its lower end to the gudgeon coupling assembly 24.
- An O-ring 26 provides a fluid seal between the coupling member 25 and the gudgeon coupling assembly 24.
- 0- rings 27 and 28 provide a fluid seal between the mandrel 14 and the sleeve valve assembly 16 in addition to the other sealing elements described with respect to the valve assembly in FIGS. 6 and 7.
- An O-ring 32 provides additional sealing between the connector member 25 and the mandrel 14.
- a conventional milling shoe 30 is threadedly connected to the lower section of the jay slot assembly 31 in an encircling relationship to the gudgeon coupling assembly 24.
- a conventional jay-slot assembly 31, shown in more detail in FIG. 8, is threadedly attached at its upper end to the tubular housing 17', the jay slot assembly 31 being arranged to engage the gudgeon pins on the gudgeon coupling 24 for manipulation of the well packer (not shown) which would normally be attached to the lower connector 13.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 there is illustrated the tubular indexer 19.
- a pair of indexing slots and 41 are formed within the tubular member 19 as is best illustrated in the developed view of FIG. 2.
- the indexing slots 40 and 41 have initial channels 42 and 43, respectively, running parallel with the longitudinal axis of the tubular member 19 and formed 180 apart around the circumference of the tubular member 19.
- the second stages 44 and 45 of the channels are formed oblique to the initial channels 42 and 43.
- the slots 40 and 41 are'then seen to have additional channel portions 46 and 47, respectively, running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member 19 and likewise formed 180 apart around the circumference of the tubular member 19 but displaced 90 from the initial channel portions 42 and 43.
- a pair of flange members 22 and 35 are formed 180 apart around the circumference of the tubular member 19 and each has sharply defined cam angles for purposes explained hereinafter with regard to the operation of the apparatus. It should be appreciated that in the fabrication of the tubular member 19, the points 22 and 35 are initially of the same dimension but during the fabrication process, the point 35 is machined off to put the point 35 in a different plane than the point 22 to facilitate the operation of the device.
- the mandrel 14 is shown in greater detail.
- the upper end 50 of the mandrel 14 is bullet-shaped to facilitate its enclosure by the tubular indexing member 19 illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3.
- a gudgeon coupling assembly 51 having gudgeon pin extensions 52 and 53 is formed in the center portion of the mandrel 14.
- the flow passage 15 in the threaded end of the mandrel 14 is illustrated as terminating within the mandrel 14 and adapted to coincide with the sleeve valve assembly 16, illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7, to allow fluid to pass between the flow passage 15 and the exterior of the assembly 10.
- the flow passage 15 terminates within a cylindrical portion 54 of the mandrel 14 having a shoulder 55 for positioning the sleeve valve assembly.
- a pair of ports 59 and 59' are formed 180 apart in the mandrel 14 to allow fluid to flow between the flow passage 15 and the exterior of the apparatus 10.
- FIG. 5 illustrates a cross-sectional view taken through the gudgeon coupling assembly 51 along the section line AA.
- FIGS. 6 and 7 there is illustrated a tubular shaped sleeve valve assembly 16 having a pair of gudgeon pins 60 and 61.
- the sleeve valve 16 has a pair of ports 62 and 63 spaced 180 apart around the circumference of the sleeve valve.
- the gudgeon pins 60 and 61 are also spaced 180 apart around the circumference of the sleeve valve and are each spaced 90 from each of the ports 62 and 63.
- Seal members 64 and 65 are positioned 180 apart on the inner surface of the sleeve valve to provide sealing of fluids within the flow passage 15, illustrated best in FIG. 4,
- the seal members 64 and 65 are comprised of replaceable metal inserts with a rubber or rubber-like sealing surface formed thereon whereby the expended seals can easily be replaced.
- the ports 62and 63 are aligned with the ports-59 and 59' (not shown) in the mandrel 14.
- FIG. 8 there is illustrated a developed view of the jay slot assembly 31 used in conjunction with the gudgeon pins on the gudgeon coupling assembly 24 illustrated in FIG. 1B.
- the jay slot assembly 31 is essentially tubular in shape and includes a pair of conventional jay slots and 71 for engaging the gudgeon coupling pins on the assembly 24.
- the jay slots 70 and 71 are formed apart around the circumfer-.
- the extremities 72 and 73 are fabricated on different planes to prevent the inadvertent sticking of the points 72 and 73 on the gudgeon coupling pins on the assembly 24.
- the upper connector 11 of the running tool assembly 10 is connected to the lower end of a tubing string which is used to cause the running tool assembly 10 to be run down over the top of the mandrel 14.
- the milling shoe 30 enables the running tool to pass through sand and other obstructions to enable the tool to be run down over the top of the mandrel 14.
- the indexing assembly 19 Prior to engagement with the mandrel, the indexing assembly 19 is free to rotate within the tubular housing 17 and is stabilized by the stabilizing rings 29 and 29.
- the referencing pins 52 and 53 strike the cammed surfaces adjacent the extensions 22 and 35 on the tubular indexing member 19 causing the tubular member 19 to rotate one direction or the other, depending upon the orientation of the tubular member 19 as it is being lowered.
- the point 35 is on a different plane than the point 22 to further guard against the possibility of the points 22 and 35 coinciding upon the referencing pins 52 and 53 and possibly causing a sticking of the assembly.
- the referencing pins 52 and 53 first pass through the channels 42 and 43 and then through the oblique portions of the channels 44 and 45.
- the referencing pins 52 and 53 are aligned with the channels 46 and 47 and no further rotation of the tubular assembly 19 can occur.
- the indexing pins 60 and 61 on the valve assembly are engaged by the channels 42 and 43 and then by the oblique portions 44 and 45. Since the referencing pins 52 and 53 prevent further rotation of the indexing tube 19, this causes the valve assembly 16 to rotate until the ports 59 and 59 within the mandrel 14 are aligned with the ports 62 and 63 in the sleeve valve. At this point, the valve is opened and fluid beneath the well packer is in communication with fluid above the well packer.
- the tubing can then be manipulated in a known manner using the gudgeon coupling assembly 24 and the jay slot assembly 31 to manipulate the packer (not shown) in any manner desired, for example, such as causing the slips on the packer to be unset and thus enabling the whole assembly, including the packer, to be removed from the well bore by pulling the tubing.
- valve assembly 16 is closed as previously described and the running tool assembly and tubing string can be either removed from the borehole or moved further up in the borehole for additional operations. It should especially be appreciated that the closing of the valve assembly 16 is accomplished entirely by the single upward motion of the tubing string and is entirely independent of the status of the torque in the tubing, regardless of whether the torque is residual or impressed.
- the well packer for examwhereby equalization of the pressures below and above a well packer can be obtained by merely lowering the tubing string and its related running tool onto the mandrel and related couplings used with the well packer, and the valve included with the mandrel used with the well packer be closed by a simple upward pulling of the tubing string.
- Apparatus for use in a well with a well packer having a flow passage therethrough comprising:
- a mandrel having a pair of referencing pins spaced 180 apart around the periphery of said mandrel and a flow passage extending therethrough from a first end of said mandrel to an intermediate portion thereof, said mandrel including port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior.
- a tubular sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel in juxtaposition to said port means, said sleeve valve having a pair of indexing pins spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve, and said sleeve valve having two ports therethrough spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve and away from each of said sleeve valve indexing pins;
- said sleeve valve includes internal sealing means to prevent 5 fluid in the mandrel flow passage from exiting through said port means whenever the ports in said sleeve valve are rotated out of alignment with said port means in said mandrel.
- said port means comprises a pair of ports spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said mandrel.
- the apparatus according to claim 4 including in addition thereto, a gudgeon coupling assembly having a flow passage therethrough aligned with the flow passage in said mandrel and having a pair of gudgeon pins spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said gudgeon coupling assembly.
- tubular body member having means at a first end of said body for connection to a tubing string, said body member being open at its second end;
- a tubular indexing member having a pair of indexing slot-s therein formed 180 apart around the circumference of said indexing member, said indexing member being arranged to freely rotate within said body member and being restrained against any substantial movement along the lonitudinal axis of said body member;
- a tubular jay slot assembly arranged internally to said body member and between said open end of said body member and said tubular indexing member, said jay slot assembly including a pair of jay slots formed therein and spaced 180 apart around the inner periphery of said jay slot assembly.
- a mandrel having a pair of referencing pins spaced 180 apart around the periphery of said mandrel and a flow passage extending therethrough from a first end of said mandrel to an intermediate portion thereof, said mandrel including port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior of said mandrel;
- a tubular sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel in juxtapostion to said port means, said sleeve valve having a pair of indexing pins spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve, and said sleeve valve having two ports therethrough spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve and 90 away from each of said sleeve valve indexing pins;
- tubular body member having means at a first end thereof for connection to a tubing string, said body member being open at its second end and sized to envelop said mandrel and said tubular sleeve valve;
- a tubular indexing member having a pair of indexing slots therein formed apart around the circumference of said indexing member. said indexing member being arranged to freely rotate within said body member and being restrained against any substantial movement along the longitudinal axis of said body member.
- said sleeve valve includes internal sealing means to prevent fluid in the mandrel flow passage from exiting through said port means whenever the ports in said sleeve valve are rotated out of alignment with said port means in said mandrel.
- said port means comprises a pair of ports spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said mandrel.
- An apparatus for use with a well packer having a flow passage therethrough comprising:
- a mandrel adaptable for connection to the top of a well packer, said mandrel having a 'flow passage alignable with the flow passage in the well packer, said mandrel having lateral port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior of said mandrel;
- a sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel and having openings through the wall' thereof in juxtaposition to said port means, said sleeve valve moving between positions covering and uncovering said port means;
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A mandrel having a central flow passage and a pair of ports at the uppermost end of the flow passage terminating in the central portion of the mandrel has a pair of reference pins spaced 180* apart near the uppermost end of the mandrel. A sleeve valve having a pair of indexing pins spaced 180* apart near the center of the sleeve and having a pair of ports spaced 180* around the sleeve is rotatably attached around the mandrel in a matching relationship to the ports in the mandrel. The lower end of the mandrel is threadedly connected to a connection member which is threadedly engaged to a gudgeon coupling assembly which in turn is threadedly engaged to the uppermost end of a well packer. A running tool attached to the lower end of a tubing string has a freely rotating tubular indexer with a pair of indexing slots spaced 180* apart which are adapted to first engage the reference pins. Each of the indexing slots has an initial channel running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the indexer and a second channel running oblique to the first channel, the oblique channel then communicating with a third channel running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the indexer and offset from the first channel by 90* around the circumference of the indexer. As the tubing string is further lowered, the indexing slots in combination with the reference pins prevent further rotation of the indexer and also engage the indexing pins on the sleeve valve, thus causing the sleeve valve to rotate and the ports in the mandrel to be aligned with the ports in the sleeve, whereby the pressures below and above the packer are equalized. The gudgeon coupling assembly threaded into the well packer is engaged with a jay slot assembly carried by the running tool to manipulate the packer. As the tubing string is lifted, the reference pins prevent rotation of the indexer, thus causing the sleeve valve to rotate to the closed position.
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United States Patent [191 Read INDEXING EQUALIZING VALVE FOR RETRIEVABLE WELL PACKER [75] Inventor: Norman W. Read, Dallas, Tex.
[73] Assignee: Dresser Industries, Inc., Dallas, Tex.
' 22] Filed: Oct. 16, 1972 [21] Appl. No.: 298,107
[51] Int. Cl E21b 23/00 [58] Field of Search 166/123,128, 131, 133,
[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,893,491 7/1 59 Crowe 166/123 X 3,189,096 6/1965 Phenix. 166/133 3,321,016 5/1967 Lance 166/123 3,420,305 l/l969 Alexander et al. 166/123 X 3,442,328 5/1969 Nutler 166/226 X 3,483,922 12/1969 McEver 166/226 3,581,820 6/1971 Burns 166/226 Primary Examiner-David H. Brown Attorney, Agent, or Firm.lohn N. Hazelwood; William E. Johnson, Jr.; Michael J. Caddell [57] ABSTRACT A mandrel having a central flow passage and a pair of ports at the uppermost end of the flow passage terminating in the central portion of the mandrel has a pair of reference pins spaced 180 apart near the uppermost end of the mandrel. A sleeve valve having a pair 1 June 11, 1974 of indexing pins spaced 180 apart near the center of the sleeve and having a pair of ports spaced 180 around the sleeve is rotatably attached around the mandrel in a matching relationship to the ports in the mandrel. The'lower end of the mandrel is threadedly connected to a connection member which is threadedly engaged to a gudgeon coupling assembly which in turn is threadedly engaged to the uppermost end of a well packer.
A running tool attached to the lower end of a tubing string has a freely rotating tubular indexer with a pair of indexing slots spaced 180 apart which are adapted to first engage the reference pins. Each of the indexing slots has an initial channel running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the indexer and a second channel running oblique to the first channel, the oblique channel then communicating with a third channel running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the indexer and offset from the first channel by 90 around the circumference of the indexer. As the tubing string is further lowered, the indexing slots in combination with the reference pins prevent further rotation of the indexer and also engage the indexing pins on the sleeve valve, thus causing the sleeve valve to rotate and the ports in the mandrel to be aligned with the ports in the sleeve, whereby the pressures below and above the packer are equalized. The gudgeon coupling assembly threaded into the well packer is engaged with a jay slot assembly carried by the running tool to manipulate the packer.
As the tubing string is lifted, the reference pins prevent rotation of the indexer, thus causing the sleeve valve to rotate to the closed position.
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INDEXING EQUALIZING VALVE FOR RETRIEVABLE WELL PACKER BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates generally to a well packer, and in particular, to apparatus for equalizing the pressures above and below a retrievable well packer.
As is well known in the art, a well packer or bridge plug is essentially an isolation tool adapted to be run into an oil well and set to isolate a lower portion of the well from an upper portion of the well in which pressure operations, such as treating, acidizing, formation fracturing, squeezing, swabbing, testing, etc. are to be carried out. With such operations, the tubular string upon which the bridge plug is run and set is disconnected therefrom to expedite each of the above operations. A retrievable bridge plug is one in which the apparatus can be retrieved without the destruction thereof, for example, as by drilling out the bridge plug, such bridge plugs being well known in the art, for example, as illustrated and described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,434,538 to Marion D. Kilgore and Robert C. Pumpelly, and assigned to the assignee of the present inventron.
With any such bridge plug, it is desirable to equalize the pressures on opposite sides of the packer before the packer is unset. Otherwise, the pressure differential will cause the packer to move up or down as it is being released, depending upon the direction of excess pressure, such movement of the packer being highly undesirable in terms of expense and hazards to the operating personnel. As explained in the above-mentioned U.S.
Pat. No. 3,434,538, as well as being explained in U.S. Pat. No.s 2,947,36l; 3,l89,096; 3,308,886; 3,386,764 and 3,422,900, it is known in the art that the pressures above and below the bridge plug should be equalized. However, the apparatus of the prior art generally have used either collets, dogs, or collets with dogs which were operated by the picking up of the tubing and the setting down of the tubing. Sand frequently interfered with the operation of these prior art devices, resulting in broken parts and the running tool hanging up on the valve. Furthermore, with many of the prior art devices, there was no absolute assurance that the valve was open or closed at any particular time within the process.
It is also known in the oilfield art to use the longitudinal motion of the tubing string to rotate a sleeve valve to the open or closed positions. For example, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,465,820, a sleeve valve is rotated inside the flow passage to open or close the valve in response to a succession of longitudinal movements of the tubing string. However, the apparatus according to this patent is exceedingly complex and is dependent upon the setting tool running down through the packer to open the valve in the flow passage beneath the packing element.
It is therefore the primary object of the present invention to provide a new and improved apparatus for use with a retrievable well packer with increased capability for trouble-free running and retrieving;
It is also an object of the invention to provide a new and improved equalizing valve for use with a bridge plug which is essentially unaffected by a sand environment in the well bore;
It isyet another object of the invention to provide an apparatus for use with a retrievable bridge plug which is set or unset by a single longitudinal motion of the tubing string;
It is still another object of the invention to provide a retrievable bridge plug having an equalizing valve which is automatically opened whenever the running tool sets down on the bridge plug and which is automatically closed whenever the running tool is lifted up from the bridge plug.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The objects of the invention are accomplished, generally, by the provision of an apparatus having a tubular indexer therein with a pair of indexing slots spaced on opposite sides thereof and adapted to freely rotate within said apparatus prior to engagement with a first pair of spaced reference pins fixed to a mandrel threadedly engaged with the well packer and adapted to be partially enveloped by the tubular indexer. A sleeve valve having a second pair of spaced indexing pins is adapted to rotate around the mandrel to port a flow passage in the mandrel to theexterior of the tool. In setting down the running tool havingthe tubular indexer therein, the reference pins on the mandrel engage the respective indexing slots. While setting down, the indexer is forced by the reference pins to rotate into position for the lower portion of each of the indexing slots to receive the indexing pins on the sleeve valve. As set-down continues, the reference pins prevent further rotation of the indexer and forces the rotation of the sleeve valve to thus open the valve. When picking up the running tool, the indexer is braced against rotation by the reference pins on the mandrel; however, the indexing pins force the sleeve valve to rotate, automatically positioning the ports in the sleeve valve out of line with the mandrel ports to thus close the valve. Means are also provided in the running tool to manipulate the well packer.
These and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood from a reading of the following detailed specification and drawing, in which:
FIGS. 1A and 1B, taken together, form a side elevational view, partly in cross section, of the overall apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a developed view of the tubular indexer according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a tubular view of the apparatus according to FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 illustrates, partly in cross section, the mandrel according to the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken generally along the section lines A-A of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 illustrates, partly in cross section, the sleeve valve according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a cross section taken generally along the section lines BB of FIG. 6; and
FIG. 8 is a developed view of the jay slot assembly according to the invention used for manipulating a well packer.
Referring now to the drawing in more detail, especially in FIGS. 1A and 1B, taken together, there is illustrated therein a mechanically actuated indexing equalizing valve and running tool assembly generally designated by the reference character 10. The uppermost connection 11 of the assembly has internal threads 12 adapted for connection to the lower end of a tubing string (not shown) for utilization of the apparatus within a well bore. The lower threaded connection 13 is adapted for connection with a conventional well packer assembly, for example, the threaded connection 204 of the packer assembly illustrated and described with respect to FIG. 8A in US. Pat. No. 3,548,936 to Marion D. Kilgore and Robert C. Pumpelly, and assigned to the assignee of the present invention. The apparatus illustrated with respect to FIGS. 1A and 1B can also be used with other packers, for example, as illustrated in US. Pat. No. 3,416,608 to Morgan Crow et al., and assigned to the assignee of the present invention. The assembly 10 also includes a mandrel 14, shown in more detail in FIGS. 4 and 5, having a flow passage terminating within the mandrel 14 internal to the sleeve valve assembly 16 shown in greater detail in FIGS. 6 and 7. The running too] assembly includes an outer cylindrical housing 17 threadedly attached to the upper connection 11 and held against rotation by set screw 18. A tubular indexer 19, shown in greater detail in FIGS. 2 and 3, is mounted internal to the outer housing 17 and is adapted for freedom of rotation therein. The upper end 20 of the indexer assembly 19 is restrained by the lower shoulder 21 of the upper connection 11. The lower extremity 22 of the indexer assembly 19 is limited in its downward movement by the ring 29' integral therewith and the shoulder 23 on the upper end of the jay slot assembly 31 threadedly attached to the housing 17. Stabilizing rings 29 and 29 provide a centering effect of the tubular indexing member 19 within the housing 17.
A connector housing 25 is threadedly attached at its upper end to the lower end of the mandreal 14 and at its lower end to the gudgeon coupling assembly 24. An O-ring 26 provides a fluid seal between the coupling member 25 and the gudgeon coupling assembly 24. 0- rings 27 and 28 provide a fluid seal between the mandrel 14 and the sleeve valve assembly 16 in addition to the other sealing elements described with respect to the valve assembly in FIGS. 6 and 7. An O-ring 32 provides additional sealing between the connector member 25 and the mandrel 14. A conventional milling shoe 30 is threadedly connected to the lower section of the jay slot assembly 31 in an encircling relationship to the gudgeon coupling assembly 24.
A conventional jay-slot assembly 31, shown in more detail in FIG. 8, is threadedly attached at its upper end to the tubular housing 17', the jay slot assembly 31 being arranged to engage the gudgeon pins on the gudgeon coupling 24 for manipulation of the well packer (not shown) which would normally be attached to the lower connector 13.
Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 3, there is illustrated the tubular indexer 19. A pair of indexing slots and 41 are formed within the tubular member 19 as is best illustrated in the developed view of FIG. 2. The indexing slots 40 and 41 have initial channels 42 and 43, respectively, running parallel with the longitudinal axis of the tubular member 19 and formed 180 apart around the circumference of the tubular member 19. The second stages 44 and 45 of the channels are formed oblique to the initial channels 42 and 43. The slots 40 and 41 are'then seen to have additional channel portions 46 and 47, respectively, running parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member 19 and likewise formed 180 apart around the circumference of the tubular member 19 but displaced 90 from the initial channel portions 42 and 43. A pair of flange members 22 and 35 are formed 180 apart around the circumference of the tubular member 19 and each has sharply defined cam angles for purposes explained hereinafter with regard to the operation of the apparatus. It should be appreciated that in the fabrication of the tubular member 19, the points 22 and 35 are initially of the same dimension but during the fabrication process, the point 35 is machined off to put the point 35 in a different plane than the point 22 to facilitate the operation of the device.
Referring now to FIGS. 4 and 5, the mandrel 14 is shown in greater detail. The upper end 50 of the mandrel 14 is bullet-shaped to facilitate its enclosure by the tubular indexing member 19 illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3. A gudgeon coupling assembly 51 having gudgeon pin extensions 52 and 53 is formed in the center portion of the mandrel 14. The flow passage 15 in the threaded end of the mandrel 14 is illustrated as terminating within the mandrel 14 and adapted to coincide with the sleeve valve assembly 16, illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7, to allow fluid to pass between the flow passage 15 and the exterior of the assembly 10. The flow passage 15 terminates within a cylindrical portion 54 of the mandrel 14 having a shoulder 55 for positioning the sleeve valve assembly. A pair of ports 59 and 59' (port 59 is not shown) are formed 180 apart in the mandrel 14 to allow fluid to flow between the flow passage 15 and the exterior of the apparatus 10.
FIG. 5 illustrates a cross-sectional view taken through the gudgeon coupling assembly 51 along the section line AA.
Referring now to FIGS. 6 and 7, there is illustrated a tubular shaped sleeve valve assembly 16 having a pair of gudgeon pins 60 and 61. As seen in FIG. 7, taken through the section lines BB of FIG. 6, the sleeve valve 16 has a pair of ports 62 and 63 spaced 180 apart around the circumference of the sleeve valve. The gudgeon pins 60 and 61 are also spaced 180 apart around the circumference of the sleeve valve and are each spaced 90 from each of the ports 62 and 63. Seal members 64 and 65 are positioned 180 apart on the inner surface of the sleeve valve to provide sealing of fluids within the flow passage 15, illustrated best in FIG. 4,
whenever the sleeve valve is in the closed position. In
the preferred embodiment, the seal members 64 and 65 are comprised of replaceable metal inserts with a rubber or rubber-like sealing surface formed thereon whereby the expended seals can easily be replaced. When the valve is in the open position, the ports 62and 63 are aligned with the ports-59 and 59' (not shown) in the mandrel 14.
Referring now to FIG. 8, there is illustrated a developed view of the jay slot assembly 31 used in conjunction with the gudgeon pins on the gudgeon coupling assembly 24 illustrated in FIG. 1B. The jay slot assembly 31 is essentially tubular in shape and includes a pair of conventional jay slots and 71 for engaging the gudgeon coupling pins on the assembly 24. The jay slots 70 and 71 are formed apart around the circumfer-.
ence of the assembly 31. The extremities 72 and 73 are fabricated on different planes to prevent the inadvertent sticking of the points 72 and 73 on the gudgeon coupling pins on the assembly 24.
In the operation of the circuitry of the apparatus above described with respect to FIGS. 1-8, it should be appreciated that the subassembly comprised of the mandrel 14, valve assembly 16, the connector member 25 and the gudgeon coupling assembly 24 are threadedly connected by means of the lower connector 13 into a well packer assembly (not illustrated) having a flow passage therethrough aligned with the flow passage 15. With the running tool assembly yet to be engaged with the mandrel 14, the sleeve valve assembly 16 is always in the closed position. Thus, the flow passage is sealed off from the zones above the well packer. When it is desired to equalize the pressures across the well packer, the upper connector 11 of the running tool assembly 10 is connected to the lower end of a tubing string which is used to cause the running tool assembly 10 to be run down over the top of the mandrel 14. As is known in the art, the milling shoe 30 enables the running tool to pass through sand and other obstructions to enable the tool to be run down over the top of the mandrel 14. Prior to engagement with the mandrel, the indexing assembly 19 is free to rotate within the tubular housing 17 and is stabilized by the stabilizing rings 29 and 29. As the running tool is lowered onto the mandrel, the referencing pins 52 and 53 strike the cammed surfaces adjacent the extensions 22 and 35 on the tubular indexing member 19 causing the tubular member 19 to rotate one direction or the other, depending upon the orientation of the tubular member 19 as it is being lowered. The point 35 is on a different plane than the point 22 to further guard against the possibility of the points 22 and 35 coinciding upon the referencing pins 52 and 53 and possibly causing a sticking of the assembly. As the indexing member 19 rotates, the referencing pins 52 and 53 first pass through the channels 42 and 43 and then through the oblique portions of the channels 44 and 45. After sufficient rotation of the tubular member 19, the referencing pins 52 and 53 are aligned with the channels 46 and 47 and no further rotation of the tubular assembly 19 can occur. As the running too] is further lowered, the indexing pins 60 and 61 on the valve assembly are engaged by the channels 42 and 43 and then by the oblique portions 44 and 45. Since the referencing pins 52 and 53 prevent further rotation of the indexing tube 19, this causes the valve assembly 16 to rotate until the ports 59 and 59 within the mandrel 14 are aligned with the ports 62 and 63 in the sleeve valve. At this point, the valve is opened and fluid beneath the well packer is in communication with fluid above the well packer. Since the pressures above and below the packer are thus equalized, the tubing can then be manipulated in a known manner using the gudgeon coupling assembly 24 and the jay slot assembly 31 to manipulate the packer (not shown) in any manner desired, for example, such as causing the slips on the packer to be unset and thus enabling the whole assembly, including the packer, to be removed from the well bore by pulling the tubing.
If it is desired to leave the packer in the set condition and have the valve assembly closed, by merely pulling up on the running tool, the foregoing procedure is reversed. Thus, by pulling upward on the tubing, the
' sleeve valve 16 is caused to rotate to the closed position and the running tool is thus pulled off of the subassembly including the mandrel and its related coupling members.
As another aspect of the operation of the apparatus ple, as is illustrated in the aforementioned US. Pat. No. 3,548,936, can be connected at its upper end to the lower connector 13 of the complete assembly illustrated in FIGS. 1A and 1B and the upper connector 11 can be connected to a tubing string which is adapted for lowering the packer and running tool assembly into an earth borehole. With such a configuration. the gudgeon coupling assembly 24 is engaged with the jay slots 70 and 71 illustrated in FIG. 8. Once the packer has been lowered to the desired depth, the tubing string is picked up and rotated to the right one-half turn at the packer to thus unjay the packer. Then approximately 4000 to 20,000 pounds of tubing weight can be set down to set the lower slip on the packer, thus closing the packer valve and compressing the packer rubber. The tubing string is then picked up with between 10,000 to 20,000 pounds of tubing tension to set the upper slip on the packer securely and to tighten the compression of the packer rubber. At this point, the packer is set but the indexing equalizing valve is still open since the running tool assembly has not been removed. Then by pulling straight up on the tubing string, the valve assembly 16 is closed as previously described and the running tool assembly and tubing string can be either removed from the borehole or moved further up in the borehole for additional operations. It should especially be appreciated that the closing of the valve assembly 16 is accomplished entirely by the single upward motion of the tubing string and is entirely independent of the status of the torque in the tubing, regardless of whether the torque is residual or impressed.
Thus, it should be appreciated that a vastly improved and simple apparatus has been described herein according to the invention, the well packer, for examwhereby equalization of the pressures below and above a well packer can be obtained by merely lowering the tubing string and its related running tool onto the mandrel and related couplings used with the well packer, and the valve included with the mandrel used with the well packer be closed by a simple upward pulling of the tubing string.
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:
1. Apparatus for use in a well with a well packer having a flow passage therethrough, said apparatus comprising:
a mandrel having a pair of referencing pins spaced 180 apart around the periphery of said mandrel and a flow passage extending therethrough from a first end of said mandrel to an intermediate portion thereof, said mandrel including port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior.
of said mandrel;
a tubular sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel in juxtaposition to said port means, said sleeve valve having a pair of indexing pins spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve, and said sleeve valve having two ports therethrough spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve and away from each of said sleeve valve indexing pins; and,
means for connecting said first end of said mandrel to a well packer, whereby the flow passage in said mandrel can be aligned with the flow passage in the well packer.
comprising:
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the second end of said mandrel is substantially bulletshaped.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said sleeve valve includes internal sealing means to prevent 5 fluid in the mandrel flow passage from exiting through said port means whenever the ports in said sleeve valve are rotated out of alignment with said port means in said mandrel.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said port means comprises a pair of ports spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said mandrel.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, including in addition thereto, a gudgeon coupling assembly having a flow passage therethrough aligned with the flow passage in said mandrel and having a pair of gudgeon pins spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said gudgeon coupling assembly.
6. An apparatus-for use with a tubing string in a well,
a tubular body member having means at a first end of said body for connection to a tubing string, said body member being open at its second end;
a tubular indexing member having a pair of indexing slot-s therein formed 180 apart around the circumference of said indexing member, said indexing member being arranged to freely rotate within said body member and being restrained against any substantial movement along the lonitudinal axis of said body member; and,
a tubular jay slot assembly arranged internally to said body member and between said open end of said body member and said tubular indexing member, said jay slot assembly including a pair of jay slots formed therein and spaced 180 apart around the inner periphery of said jay slot assembly.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, including in addition thereto, a milling shoe connected to the open end of said body member.
8. A system manipulated by a tubing string for equalizing pressures above and below a well packer wherein the packer includes a flow passage therein, comprising:
a mandrel having a pair of referencing pins spaced 180 apart around the periphery of said mandrel and a flow passage extending therethrough from a first end of said mandrel to an intermediate portion thereof, said mandrel including port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior of said mandrel;
a tubular sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel in juxtapostion to said port means, said sleeve valve having a pair of indexing pins spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve, and said sleeve valve having two ports therethrough spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve and 90 away from each of said sleeve valve indexing pins;
means for connecting said first end of said mandrel to a well packer, whereby the flow passage in said 0 mandrel can be aligned with the flow passage in the well packer;
a tubular body member having means at a first end thereof for connection to a tubing string, said body member being open at its second end and sized to envelop said mandrel and said tubular sleeve valve; and,
a tubular indexing member having a pair of indexing slots therein formed apart around the circumference of said indexing member. said indexing member being arranged to freely rotate within said body member and being restrained against any substantial movement along the longitudinal axis of said body member.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the second end of said mandrel is substantially bulletshaped.
10. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said sleeve valve includes internal sealing means to prevent fluid in the mandrel flow passage from exiting through said port means whenever the ports in said sleeve valve are rotated out of alignment with said port means in said mandrel.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said port means comprises a pair of ports spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said mandrel.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11, including in addition thereto, a gudgeon coupling assembly having a flow passage therethrough aligned with the flow passage in said mandrel and having a pair of gudgeon pins spaced 180 apart around the circumference of said gudgeon coupling assembly.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12, including in addition thereto, a tubular jay slot assembly arranged internally to said body member and between said open end of said body member and said tubular indexing member, said jay slot assembly including a pair of jay slots formed therein and spaced 180 apart around the inner periphery of said jay slot assembly.
14. The apparatus according to claim 12, including in addition thereto, a milling shoe connected to the open end of said body member.
15. An apparatus for use with a well packer having a flow passage therethrough, said apparatus comprising:
a mandrel adaptable for connection to the top of a well packer, said mandrel having a 'flow passage alignable with the flow passage in the well packer, said mandrel having lateral port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior of said mandrel;
a sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel and having openings through the wall' thereof in juxtaposition to said port means, said sleeve valve moving between positions covering and uncovering said port means; and,
means responsive to longitudinal movement of a tubing string in the well to rotate said sleeve valve between said covered and uncovered positions.
Claims (15)
1. Apparatus for use in a well with a well packer having a flow passage therethrough, said apparatus comprising: a mandrel having a pair of referencing pins spaced 180* apart around the periphery of said mandrel and a flow passage extending therethrough from a first end of said mandrel to an intermediate portion thereof, said mandrel including port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior of said mandrel; a tubular sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel in juxtaposition to said port means, said sleeve valve having a pair of indexing pins spaced 180* apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve, and said sleeve valve having two ports therethrough spaced 180* apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve and 90* away from each of said sleeve valve indexing pins; and, means for connecting said first end of said mandrel to a well packer, whereby the flow passage in said mandrel can be aligned with the flow passage in the well packer.
2. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the second end of said mandrel is substantially bullet-shaped.
3. The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said sleeve valve includes internal sealing means to prevent fluid in the mandrel flow passage from exiting through said port means whenever the ports in said sleeve valve are rotated out of alignment with said port means in said mandrel.
4. The apparatus according to claim 3 wherein said port means comprises a pair of ports spaced 180* apart around the circumference of said mandrel.
5. The apparatus according to claim 4, including in addition thereto, a gudgeon coupling assembly having a flow passage therethrough aligned with the flow passage in said mandrel and having a pair of gudgeon pins spaced 180* apart around the circumference of said gudgeon coupling assembly.
6. An apparatus for use with a tubing string in a well, comprising: a tubular body member having means at a first end of said body for connection to a tubing string, said body member being open at its second end; a tubular indexing member having a pair of indexing slots therein formed 180* apart around the circumference of said indexing member, said indexing member being arranged to freely rotate within said body member and being restrained against any substantial movement along the lonitudinal axis of said body member; and, a tubular jay slot assembly arranged internally to said body member and between said open end of said body member and said tubular indexing member, said jay slot assembly including a pair of jay slots formed therein and spaced 180* apart around the inner periphery of said jay slot assembly.
7. The apparatus according to claim 6, including in addition thereto, a milling shoe connected to the open end of said body member.
8. A system manipulated by a tubing string for equalizing pressures above and below a well packer wherein the packer includes a flow passage therein, comprising: a mandrel having a pair of referencing pins spaced 180* apart around the periphery of said mandrel and a flow passage extending therethrough from a first end of said mandrel to an intermediate portion thereof, said mandrel including port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior of said mandrel; a tubular sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel in juxtapostion to said port means, said sleeve valve having a pair of indexing pins spaced 180* apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve, and said sleeve valve having two ports therethrough spaced 180* apart around the circumference of said sleeve valve and 90* away from each of said sleeve valve indexing pins; means for connecting said first end of said mandrel to a well packer, whereby the flow passage in said mandrel can be aligned with the flow passage in the well packer; a tubular body member having means at a first end thereof for connection to a tubing string, said body member being open at its second end and sized to envelop said mandrel and said tubular sleeve valve; and, a tubular indexing member having a pair of indexing slots therein formed 180* apart around the circumference of said indexing member, said indexing member being arranged to freely rotate within said body member and being restrained against any substantial movement along the longitudinal axis of said body member.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein the second end of said mandrel is substantially bullet-shaped.
10. The apparatus according to claim 8 wherein said sleeve valve includes internal sealing means to prevent fluid in the mandrel flow passage from exiting through said port means whenever the ports in said sleeve valve are rotated out of alignment with said port means in said mandrel.
11. The apparatus according to claim 10 wherein said port means comprises a pair of ports spaced 180* apart around the circumference of said mandrel.
12. The apparatus according to claim 11, including in addition thereto, a gudgeon coupling assembly having a flow passage therethrough aligned with the flow passage in said mandrel and having a pair of gudgeon pins spaced 180* apart around the circumference of said gudgeon coupling assembly.
13. The apparatus according to claim 12, including in addition thereto, a tubular jay slot assembly arranged internally to said body member and between said open end of said body member and said tubular indexing member, said jay slot assembly including a pair of jay slots formed therein and spaced 180* apart around the inner periphery of said jay slot assembly.
14. The apparatus according to claim 12, including in addition thereto, a milling shoe connected to the open end of said body member.
15. An aPparatus for use with a well packer having a flow passage therethrough, said apparatus comprising: a mandrel adaptable for connection to the top of a well packer, said mandrel having a flow passage alignable with the flow passage in the well packer, said mandrel having lateral port means between said mandrel flow passage and the exterior of said mandrel; a sleeve valve rotatably encircling a portion of said mandrel and having openings through the wall thereof in juxtaposition to said port means, said sleeve valve moving between positions covering and uncovering said port means; and, means responsive to longitudinal movement of a tubing string in the well to rotate said sleeve valve between said covered and uncovered positions.
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