WO2004005669A1 - Corrugated downhole tubulars - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to tubulars, and in particular to downhole tubulars, which may take the form of bore- lining casing or liner, production tubing, work strings or the like.
- the present invention relates to formed tubulars which have a corrugated wall over at least a portion of their length, and also to methods of forming corrugations in tubulars, methods of utilising such tubulars, and tools and devices adapted for use in conjunction with such tubulars.
- tubulars In deep bores are drilled to gain access to subsurface formations, for example as in the oil and gas exploration and production industry, it is conventional to line the drilled bores with metallic tubulars.
- the tubulars take the form of thick-walled cylindrical tubulars sections which are coupled together and run into the drilled holes as strings.
- Methods of producing, handling and running in of such tubulars are well established, however problems remain, particularly in running tubular strings into bores, and these problems - become more acute as attempts are made to access hydrocarbon deposits in more challenging locations, and the drilled bores become longer and more highly deviated.
- a method of lining a drilled bore comprising: running a tubular into a drilled bore; and corrugating the tubular in the bore, to increase the collapse resistance of the tubular.
- the present invention allows an operator to line a bore with tubulars which, before corrugation, have perhaps only half of the collapse resistance of conventional tubulars which would otherwise be utilised.
- This allows use of lighter tubulars, with corresponding savings in material and transport costs, and facilitates handling of the tubulars .
- the operator may choose to use lighter tubulars of higher quality material, for example with a higher chromium content.
- the invention may also be usefully employed when, for example, a drilling operation encounters a formation or section such as clay, shale or salt ⁇ which has a tendency to swell or flow causing the bore to close in prematurely, or even to crush casing which may already have been set across the section.
- the casing may also be diametrically expanded, such that the intermediate casing will not restrict the bore diameter .
- the tubular is a thin-walled tubular.
- conventional tubulars typically have a wall thickness in excess of 6 mm, however, as noted above, the present invention facilitates use of thinner walled tubulars, without loss of collapse resistance.
- the tubular has a wall thickness of less than 6 mm, and typically around 3 to 4 mm.
- the tubular may be a conventional tubular, having a wall thickness in excess of 6 mm.
- the corrugation of the tubular also diametrically expands the tubular. Depending on the degree of expansion, this may permit the tubular to be run in through existing bore-lining tubing having an internal first diameter and the tubular then expanded to an internal diameter at least as large as the first diameter.
- the tubular may be diametrically expanded in a separate step from the corrugation step, either before or after corrugation.
- the diametric expansion following corrugation may create a cylindrical wall form.
- a thin wall tubular having an external diameter of 7 5/8" (19.4 cm) is run in through existing 9 5/8" (24.4 cm) casing (having an internal diameter of 8 y 2 " (21.6 cm)).
- the tubular is then corrugated and expanded, such that the minimum internal diameter, at the peaks of the corrugations, is 8 W (21.6 cm) .
- the corrugated tubular may thus serve to support the bore wall, but allows the subsequent 7 5/8" (19.4 cm) casing to be run in and cemented below the 9 5/8" (24.4 cm) casing .
- the tubular may be corrugated from the top down, or from the bottom up .
- the tubular may be expanded from the top down, or from the bottom up .
- the method may comprise the further step of cementing the tubular in the bore, to seal and secure the tubular relative to the bore wall -
- the tubular may carry a deformable or swelling material on an external surface of the tubular, or may be provided in combination with a sleeve of deformable material .
- tubular may be corrugated; it may be desired to retain a section of cylindrical -walled tubular, for coupling to or for receiving conventional connectors , seals , tools or devices .
- the corrugations may extend solely circumf erentially, but are preferably helical .
- At least one further tubular may be located internally of the corrugated tubular, which further tubular may have a cylindrical wall , and which tubular may subsequently be diametrically expanded .
- Tools or devices may be located within the corrugated tubular, and other aspects of the invention relate to tools and devices adapted to engage the corrugated tubular .
- a device may include radially extendable portions profiled to correspond to the corrugated wall.
- a device may be securely located at any desired location within a tubular.
- a packer may be provided with packer elements shaped to engage and conform to the corrugated tubular wall form. These packer elements will not form notches in the casing wall, as occurs with slips, and which notches act as a starting point for corrosion.
- the tool may take the form of a well control dart, which is dropped into the bore and travels down through the bore until flow of fluid up through the bore reaches a level where the dart is moved upwardly. When this occurs, the dart is arranged to engage the surrounding wall of the corrugated tubular, and close the bore.
- Such tools and devices are of course less likely to be displaced by axial forces, and corrugated or wave-form sealing members are less likely to be extruded out than conventional elastomer sleeves or seals.
- Other aspects of the invention relate to tractors and the like which are adapted to utilise the corrugations to facilitate travel through the tubular.
- the corrugations are formed by a rotary expander, that is an expander featuring at least one bearing member which applies a radial force to an inner wall of the tubular and which is rotated within the tubular, typically while being advanced axially through the tubular.
- the axial advancement may be achieved by any appropriate means, such as application of force achieved by, for example, application of weight from surface, use of a tractor, or application of fluid pressure.
- the rotary expander may feature skewed rollers, such that rotation of the expander in the tubular creates an axial force on the expander.
- the expander features a plurality of bearing members, typically three, and most preferably the bearing members include rolling elements, which may be in the form of balls or rollers, to provide a rolling contact with the tubular wall.
- the rotary expander may describe a single, fixed diameter, but is preferably configurable in a smaller diameter configuration and a larger diameter expansion configuration.
- the bearing member may be movable between the configurations by any appropriate means, for example by application of mechanical force and co-operation of cam faces, but is most preferably fluid actuated.
- the expander may take the form of one of the expanders described in applicant's WO 00/37766, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
- the rotary expander may be configured to create a single circumferential or helical corrugation, or may be configured to create a plurality of corrugations, for example a triple helical corrugation.
- the tubulars may be corrugated on surface utilising a rotary expansion tool as described above, which tool may be rotated relative to a cylindrical tubular to achieve the desired degree of corrugation.
- a tool may be provided for engaging the outer wall of a cylindrical tubular, to achieve the desired degree of corrugation.
- the corrugations may be provided by other methods.
- the presence of corrugations tends to provide a collapse resistance which is high relative to the tubular wall thickness.
- the invention has particular application to thin-walled tubulars, which are relatively easily corrugated, and once corrugated provide a level of collapse resistance corresponding to significantly thicker parallel-walled tubulars .
- the tubulars may be annealed or otherwise treated following corrugation, to reduce or minimise any work- hardening effects and to reduce internal stresses which might lead to an increased susceptibility to corrosion. Such tubulars may also be subsequently expanded or otherwise deformed more readily.
- a corrugation in the tubular wall provides protective recesses, both internally and externally, in which elongate members or elements such as conduits, signal carriers, power carriers, electrical conductors, heating elements, sensors and the like may be located, and aspects of the invention relate to corrugated tubulars provided in combination with such members and elements.
- elongate members or elements such as conduits, signal carriers, power carriers, electrical conductors, heating elements, sensors and the like may be located
- aspects of the invention relate to corrugated tubulars provided in combination with such members and elements.
- optical fibres having both sensing and data transmission capabilities are provided.
- corrugations provides protective recesses in which to locate a sealing or filling material, or which may be utilised to carry a material into a bore.
- external corrugations may be at least partially filled with a flowable, settable or swelling material, the peaks of the corrugations protecting the material as the tubular is run into the bore.
- the corrugated tubular Once in the bore, the corrugated tubular may be diametrically expanded, such that at least some of the material is pushed out of the troughs of the corrugations to fill and seal the annulus between the tubular and the bore wall . A degree of corrugation may be retained, or the expansion may be such that the expanded tubing is parallel-walled.
- the different aspects of the invention also have utility in subsea or surface applications, for example as risers or forming parts of risers, flowlines or pipelines.
- the corrugations provide flexibility which is useful when the tubular is likely to experience movement, bending or axial extension or contraction.
- a corrugated metallic tubular may be embedded within a flexible polymeric or elastomeric material, or may have an internal or external coating.
- the corrugated tubulars will be less prone to differential sticking than conventional cylindrical-walled tubulars, and accordingly may be selected for bores where it is anticipated that differential sticking may be a problem. Differential sticking may occur where a bore intersects a relatively low pressure formation, such that a tubular in contact with the bore wall may be pushed into contact with the wall by the pressure of the fluid in the bore. With the corrugated tubulars, only the peaks of the corrugations will contact the wall, such that potential for differential sticking is significantly reduced. The presence of the corrugations may also assist when the tubular is cemented in the bore. These advantages may e achieved using helical corrugations having a relatively large pitch, for example 4 to 10 feet (1.2 to 3m) .
- corrugated tubulars have greater flexibility than a conventional cylindrical-walled tubular providing corresponding collapse resistance. Furthermore, the corrugated tubular will be significantly lighter. Thus, handling of the tubular is facilitated, as is the ability of the tubular to accommodate bends, dog legs or steps in the bore, which may occur during drilling of the bore or following drilling of the bore; corrugated tubulars may be selected for use in bores where such conditions are likely to be encountered.
- Embodiments of the invention therefore include corrugated casing and liner.
- Helical corrugations may also be used to advantage when running corrugated tubulars: if a difficulty is encountered on running a tubular into a bore, if the tubular is rotated the corrugations in contact with the bore wall will act in a similar manner to a screw-thread, and will tend to create an axial force between the tubular and the bore wall, which may serve to advance or retract the tubular, and may facilitate overcoming a restriction or tight spot in the bore.
- the corrugations may be employed in a similar fashion to dislodge or disturb drill cuttings and the like which have gathered on the low side of an inclined bore, and which may create difficulties when attempting to run a tubular into a bore.
- the presence of corrugations in large diameter tubular strings which are rotated on a bore also reduces the likelihood of connector failure as the additional flexibility provided by the corrugations serves to reduce the cyclic bending loads experienced by the relatively stiff connectors between the individual tubulars .
- aspects of the invention also relate to drilling using corrugated tubulars as a drill bit support, and in particular drilling with corrugated casing.
- corrugated tubulars will be less likely to experience differential sticking and connector failure.
- the casing may subsequently be diametrically expanded, either retaining a degree of corrugation or being expanded to a parallel-walled form.
- Rotation of a corrugated tubular is also useful during a cementing or bore-cleaning operation, as the corrugations will tend to disturb any drill cuttings lying in the bore, and will enhance even cement distribution around a tubular.
- the enhanced flexibility provided by the corrugated wall may also be utilised to advantage in providing tubulars for passing through lateral junctions into lateral wells. Due to the enhanced flexibility of the corrugated tubing, it is possible to pass relatively large diameter tubulars through the junctions, which may involve deviations of the order of 20 to 40 degrees per 100 feet (30m) .
- the flexibility of the corrugated tubing may also be utilised to advantage to allow provision of reelable tubing, which may be of relatively large diameter, and which may provide relatively high levels of collapse resistance for a given wall thickness.
- the presence of corrugations may also be utilised for coupling adjacent corrugated or part-corrugated tubular sections.
- corrugations By providing corresponding helical corrugations it is possible to thread adjacent tubular sections together by relative rotation, or it may simply be enough to push the sections together, or to corrugate an inner tubular in a corresponding manner to a surrounding outer tubular.
- the thread provided by the corrugations may be parallel or tapered, and in other embodiments the corrugations may be circumferential.
- deformable material may be provided on one or both of the tubular sections. This aspect of the invention may be utilised in a wide variety of applications, but is particularly useful in achieving a coupling at a lateral junction, where difficulties are often experienced when using conventional coupling-forming methods.
- a tubular may be corrugated.
- the corrugated portion may be provided, as mentioned above, to facilitate coupling.
- an upper portion of a liner may be corrugated to facilitate coupling with a liner hanger, or to engage a corrugated lower portion of existing casing, thus obviating the requirement to provide a separate liner hanger.
- a selected portion of the tubular may be corrugated, such that the tubular will preferentially flex at the corrugated location, or if it is desired that a portion of the tubular have greater flexibility. This may be useful when the tubular is utilised in, for example, an earthquake zone, and earth movements are likely, or if it is desired to provide a tubular with a relatively flexible end portion to facilitate entry to a lateral bore.
- corrugated tubing of embodiments of the invention may also be usefully employed in the creation of liner hangers and the like where it is desired to provide hanging support for a tubular within an exiting tubular or hanger while providing a fluid flow path to allow displacement of fluid from an annulus to facilitate cementing of the tubular.
- the flow path through the troughs of the corrugations may subsequently be closed by energising or activating seals above or below the corrugated portion, by subsequently expanding and flattening the corrugated portion, or simply by passing cement slurry into the corrugations, which cement then sets or cures within the corrugations .
- a temporary or permanent liner hanger may also be created by forcing a corrugated section of tubular into a bore section having an internal diameter less than the diameter described by the peaks of the tubular, such that the corrugated section experiences a degree of elastic deformation, and the resulting restoring force produced by the deformation provides for sufficient frictional contact between the tubular and the bore wall to retain the tubular in the bore.
- a corrugated section of tubular may be placed in tension, such that the diameter described by the tubular decreases . The tubular is then located in a bore section, and the tension then reduced, such that the tubular experiences an increase in diameter and engages the wall of the bore section.
- completion tubing featuring a corrugated section may accommodate the axial forces that result from the temperature variations experienced by the tubing, for example between the tubing being run into the bore and sealed and located in the bore, and the tubing subsequently carrying relatively high temperature production fluid.
- temperature variations, and the resulting length changes in the tubing are conventionally accommodated by means of seal bands engaging a polished bore receptacle
- Embodiments of the present invention allow completion or production tubing to be locked into a seal.
- Corrugated tubing sections may be provided at any appropriate location in the tubing, and indeed a similar advantage may be achieved by providing a bore-mounted seal which incorporates a corrugated bellows section between the seal and the mounting to the bore wall.
- corrugated tubulars in accordance with aspects of the invention may be subject to diametric expansion. On experiencing such expansion, corrugated tubulars tend to axially expand. This contrasts with swage expansion of parallel walled cylindrical tubulars, which tends to result in axial contraction of the tubular. This contraction may present significant problems, particularly in bottom-up swage expansion; a string of tubulars may contract by approximately 5%, and if the string is differentially stuck in the bore above the expansion location, the tubing will tend to stretch and the tubulars may part, particularly at weak points such as tubular connections.
- Figure 1 illustrates a tubular being corrugated in accordance with an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention
- Figures 2 and 3 illustrate steps in the corrugation of a downhole tubular in accordance with an embodiment of another aspect of the present invention.
- Figures 4 and 5, and Figures 6 and 7 illustrate steps in the expansion of corrugated tubulars in accordance with embodiments of further aspects of the present invention
- Figure 8 is a schematic illustration of a lateral junction, featuring tubing in accordance with an embodiment of a yet further aspect of the present invention.
- FIG. 1 of the drawings illustrates a . tubular 10 being corrugated in accordance with an embodiment of a first aspect of the present invention.
- a corrugation tool 20 mounted on a pipe 21, the tool 20 being of a similar form to the expansion tools as described and illustrated in applicant's WO 00/37766.
- the tool 20 comprises a hollow body 22 having three radially extending apertures 24 (only two shown) which each accommodate a piston 26, with a roller 28 being mounted on each piston.
- the rollers 28 are each arranged to rotate around a respective axis which is slightly skewed relative to the tool body axis.
- Each roller features a raised rib 30, the relative axial locations of the ribs 30 being such that rotation of the fluid-pressure energised tool 20 causes the roller ribs 30 to create a single helical corrugation 32 in the wall of the tubular 10, and also pulls the tool 20 through the tubular 10. Corrugation of the tubular 10 increases the collapse resistance of the tubular 10.
- FIG. 2 illustrates, somewhat schematically, a downhole tubular 40 being corrugated and expanded in accordance with an embodiment of another aspect of the present invention.
- the tubular 40 is first run into the lower open section of a drilled bore 42, through existing casing 44.
- An appropriate corrugation tool such as illustrated in Figure 1
- the tool 20 is rotated and advanced through the tubular 40 to create a single helical corrugation 52 in the wall of the tubing 40, as shown in Figure 3.
- the tool 20 diametrically expands the tubular 40 to a minimum internal diameter corresponding to the internal diameter of the casing 44.
- the expanded and corrugated tubular 40 may serve as an intermediate casing, allowing further, conventional casing
- the tubular 60 may form part of a casing string to be run into and set in the bore 62.
- the tubular 60 is initially corrugated, and this offers a number of advantages when running in. Only the peaks of the corrugations contact the bore wall, such that differential sticking is unlikely to occur. Furthermore, if the tubular 60 is rotated in the bore 62, the helical corrugations will tend to act in a similar manner to a screw thread, and pull the tubular through the bore; this may be useful in negotiating tight spots, ledges and the like. In certain situations it may also be advantageous to rotate the tubular 60 in the opposite direction, to allow the tubular to be retracted.
- the corrugations will also assist in dislodging and agitating cuttings which may have settled on the low side of the bore.
- the flexibility provided by the corrugations will also facilitate bending of the string, to facilitate negotiation of bends or curves in the bore 62.
- the presence of the corrugations also reduces the cyclic stresses experienced by the relatively stiff casing connectors 63 if the string is being rotated.
- the tubular is diametrically expanded, using a rotary expander as described with reference to Figure 1, which expansion also creates an expanded tubular 60 with substantially parallel walls.
- Figures 6 and 7 illustrate a corrugated tubular 64 being run into a bore 66 ( Figure 6) , which tubular 64 is then expanded to a larger diameter, while retaining a corrugated wall ( Figure 7) -
- the external troughs formed by the corrugations are filled with a deformable material 67 which may serve a number of purposes, as described above, and also accommodate a member 68, which may be a conduit, signal carrier or the like.
- the tubular 64 may subsequently receive a further tubular 65 or a device 69 adapted to engage with the corrugated tubular wall.
- FIG. 8 of the drawings is a schematic illustration of a lateral junction 70 featuring tubing in accordance with an embodiment of a second aspect of the present invention.
- the junction 70 is between a primary bore 72 and a lateral bore 74, and the junction 70 features a pre- corrugated casing 76, the corrugations facilitating accommodation of the deviation between the bores 72, 74.
- the casing 76 may have been rotated such that the helical corrugations act as screw threads, to assist in negotiating tight spots in the bores 72, 74, and in particular the window into the lateral bore 74.
- a parallel- walled liner 78 is run into the bore 74, at least the upper end of the liner 78 overlapping the lower end of the casing 76. At least the overlapping portion of the liner 78 is then expanded and corrugated, in a similar manner to that described above with reference to Figure 1, to correspond to the surrounding corrugated casing 76. The liner 78 will thus be locked and sealed relative to the casing 76.
- the liner may have been corrugated on surface, and once in overlapping relationship with the casing the liner may be expanded while retaining the corrugations .
- the invention has utility in subsea applications, for example in pipelines, where the flexibility of the corrugated pipes and the ability to accommodate axial extension and contraction facilitate maintaining pipeline integrity when the pipeline experiences temperature variations or movements in the supporting seabed.
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