USRE32642E - Pipe base well screen and system for joining a plurality of well screen segments - Google Patents
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- a slip is a device used in the oil well drilling industry to suspend a column of screen in the well. It is used to hold the column of screen segments already in the well as each additional segment is threaded to it.
- a conventional slip consists of two or three circumferential steel sections that are hinged together. The sections are wedge shaped and have a serrated gripping surface that digs into and frictionally engages the screen jacket portion of the screen segment. Handles are attached to each section and are used for inserting and removing the slip. In operation, a screen segment is lowered into a circular fixture called a bowl.
- the slip When all but a few feet of the screen are in the well, the slip is placed between the screen jacket and the bowl. As the screen is lowered more, the slip wedges between the screen and bowl and holds the column in place. Another section of screen is then raised above the column and the coupling is made. The column is then raised slightly to relieve the pressure on the slip. The slip is pulled away from the screen and the next length of screen is lowered into the well. The sections of screen are added on until the required amount of screen has been lowered into the well.
- the screen segment is lowered into the well and, while the segment is still supported at its top by an elevator mechanism, the slip is operated to cause screen segment support members to move into position above the screen jacket but below the boss ring.
- the screen segment is then lowered and released from the elevator after the boss ring is resting on the slip.
- a second screen segment is then engaged by and lowered by the elevator which supports it by its top while its lower end is screwed into the first screen segment which is supported on the slip.
- the slip is provided with legs which are dropped into existing holes in a master bushing on the drilling table which are engaged by a drive bushing during a drilling operation.
- the slip has a pair of flap-like plates which are pivoted about spaced horizontal, parallel axes. In their operative horizontal position, a semi-circular cut-out in their facing ends accepts the pipe base portion of the screen segment while the upper portion of the plates defining the edges of the cut-out supports the boss ring. The plates are lifted to a vertical position when the column of screens is lifted by the elevator just prior to being lowered downwardly into the hole.
- a vertical bar on the slip acts as a wrench stop to eliminate the necessity of a crew member having to hold a wrench to the pipe portion of the supported screen segment as tongs, a second wrench, or another rotation including means is used to thread the succeeding segment of screen onto the supported segment.
- FIG. 1 is a front view of the improved slip with its screen retaining support plates in their operative position relative to the lower screen segment while a second screen segment is being threaded to it;
- FIG. 2 is a side view of the slip of FIG. 1, illustrating the use of a pair of tubing tongs to thread two screen segments together;
- FIG. 3 is a top sectional view of the slip taken on line 3--3 of FIG.1;
- FIG. 4 is a front view of the slip with the support plates in their non-operating position and showing a screen segment in the position to which it is lowered and held by an elevator just before the support plates are pivoted to their FIG. 1 operating position;
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the slip apparatus with its support plates in their non-operating position.
- the improved slip assembly is indicated generally at 10.
- the assembly may be constructed of conventional steel structural products such as suitably dimensioned square steel tubing, angles and plates which are welded to each other.
- the top surface 12 of the assembly comprises said frame rails 13, back frame rail 14 and a pair of aligned but spaced-apart front frame rails 15.
- the bottom plate portion 16 of the assembly is open at the front of the slip and includes a large aperture 18 through which lengths of well screen may be lowered into a well (not shown).
- Four corner posts 22 support and space the top surface 12 relative to the bottom plate 16.
- the rigidity of the structure is enhanced by the presence of angled rear braces 24 and side braces 26 as well as by the pair of inner posts 28 which are located at the front of the assembly.
- the slip assembly is designed so that its base plate 16 can be supported on a horizontal portion of a drilling rig such as the master bushing of a rotary drilling table.
- Four legs 32 which are rigidly attached to the lower corners of the slip assembly, are adapted to be located in correspondingly shaped holes in the master bushing of the drilling table so as to prevent rotation of the slip assembly.
- Transportation of the slip assembly or apparatus between jobs is facilitated by the attachment to the back thereof of a pair of brackets 36 to which are mounted a pair of wheels 38.
- Two pairs of pivot brackets 42 mounted on opposite sides of the slip apparatus contain apertures for mounting pivot shafts 44 on which are mounted a pair of flap plates 48.
- the slip plates comprise the only moving part of the slip apparatus and can be manually moved between their horizontal position shown in FIG.
- flap plates can be manually moved from either the back or the front of the slip by means of handles 54.
- the facing edges of the flaps which are adjacent each other in the FIG. 1 operative position have semi-circular cut-outs 56 for accommodating the pipe base portion of a well screen.
- An upstanding wrench stop shaft 60 at the rear of the slip apparatus has a transverse cross bar 62 welded to its top for a purpose to be hereinafter described.
- FIG. 4 illustrates the placement of a first screen segment 68.
- the lower end of the segment (not shown) will typically have a sealing plug threaded to the lower end of the pipe base member 70.
- the pipe base member 70 is perforated (not shown) along the portion of its length which underlies the screen jacket member 72 which is welded to it at 74.
- An unperforated portion of the pipe base 76 extends between the weld 74 at the upper end of the screen jacket and the upper end coupling member 78.
- a boss ring or equivalent structure 82 is integrally attached, such as by welding, to the pipe base.
- the screen segment 68 is engaged, lifted and held by a collar type of elevator mechanism 86 which may be of conventional construction and includes a pipe-engaging portion 88 which loosely engages the exterior of the pipe base portion 76 and supports the larger diameter coupling member 78.
- the engaging portion 88 is supported by lifting cables 90 in a conventional manner.
- the screen segment 68 is lowered to the position shown in FIG. 4 by the elevator 86. In this position, the boss ring 82 and weld portion 74 are, respectively, above and below the path of movement of flap plates 48 as the flap plates are manually pivoted to their FIG. 1 position.
- the elevator mechanism 86 is operated to lower the screen segment so that the boss ring 82 thereon will contact the upper surface of the portion of the flap plates which defines the cut-out portions 56.
- the elevator mechanism 86 may be disconnected from the first screen segment. The elevator is then used to support a second screen segment 94 as threads on its lower end 96 are started into threaded engagement with the coupling 78.
- the threading may be accomplished very simply by attaching a first wrench or tongs 98 to the pipe base portion 76 on the first screen segment in a way such that its handle will be stopped by the upstanding shaft member 60,62 when a second wrench or tongs member 100 is engaged with an unthreaded portion of the lower end 96 of the second screen segment 94 and rotated in a tightening direction.
- the addition of a boss ring to each segment of a well screen and the use of our special slip to support the screen by the boss ring considerably facilitates the threading together of a column of well screen segments and eliminates the damage to the screen jackets which is possible with wedge-type slips which frictionally engage the screen jacket with serrated jaws. Since the improved slip does not have to be lifted in its entirety into and out of an opening in the drilling table each time a segment is added to the column, it will be further obvious that much time and work effort will be saved by using our improved support system.
- the slip can be constructed to be of a height which will support a screen segment at a selected working height above the drilling table.
- the system makes it possible for the equipment operators to move the flap plates 48 into and out of position and to operate the tongs 98, 100 without stooping or bending.
- This is a considerable advantage over prior art slips which engage the screen jacket since such slips require that the tongs engage the pipe base portion of the screen segments at a location just above the drilling table.
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US1516229A (en) * | 1922-07-14 | 1924-11-18 | Mrs Mollie E Cameron | Tool |
US1898649A (en) * | 1930-03-28 | 1933-02-21 | Wheeler Floyd James | Method of landing oil well casings |
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US1516229A (en) * | 1922-07-14 | 1924-11-18 | Mrs Mollie E Cameron | Tool |
US1898649A (en) * | 1930-03-28 | 1933-02-21 | Wheeler Floyd James | Method of landing oil well casings |
US3094852A (en) * | 1960-07-13 | 1963-06-25 | James S Taylor | Support for gas and oil strings |
US3293959A (en) * | 1964-06-15 | 1966-12-27 | Thomas A Kennard | Pipe supporting well tool |
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