WO2008019173A2 - High density perforating gun system producing reduced debris - Google Patents
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- the invention relates generally to the design of perforating tools for use in creating perforations in wellbores to improve the flow of fluids from the wellbore.
- Perforation guns are used within wellbore holes to increase the permeability of the formation surrounding the wellbore.
- perforation guns producing greater numbers of perforations are considered to be more effective than those producing fewer perforations. It is therefore often desired to maximize the number of penetrating jets within a segment of the wellbore. This may be difficult, however, because there are limitations relating to placement of the charges used for perforation.
- Standard shaped charges have an outer housing formed of metal or another material that encloses the high explosive charge.
- the shaped charge holder has openings that have typically circular perimeters.
- a two-layer liner serves to sheath discontinuous loadings of explosive material.
- the liner is configured with indentations that are each aligned with an individual loading of the explosive material. Upon detonation of the loadings of explosive material, these indentations act in the manner of a shaped charge, creating a directed jet of liner material.
- the indentations have a circular perimeter and are spaced apart from one another, leaving significant "dead space" between them. Following detonation and any resulting perforation, the housing that surrounds the charges is not completely destroyed and forms debris.
- the present invention provides a perforating device that produces multiple perforating penetrators from a single high explosive charge.
- the perforating module has a central rod with a surrounding cylinder of high explosive.
- the cylinder of high explosive is contained within a liner having formed indentations.
- the liner may be of any suitable material, such as a non-explosive material including, for example, an elemental metal or alloy, a composite, a ceramic, a thermoplastic or thermo set polymer, or the like.
- a cylindrical outer cover is disposed about the liner.
- the indentations are linearly contiguous to one another.
- the indentations each have a perimeter that is triangular, square, hexagonal, or octagonal and are disposed in an adjoining fashion to one another.
- the module forms penetrators of liner material that propagate into the formation in a direction that is, in one embodiment, substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the wellbore.
- the module thus is capable of providing a relatively dense shot pattern with little or no "dead space" between the locations from which the penetrators are formed. This results in an effective perforation of a wellbore segment.
- the constituent components of the module including in some embodiments the high explosive, the liner, and the outer cover, are largely destroyed.
- the amount of debris resulting from the detonation is reduced or eliminated, as compared with the amount of debris produced by many conventional perforation devices.
- Figure 1 is a side, cross-sectional view of a wellbore containing an exemplary perforation system constructed in accordance with the present invention.
- Figures 1a and 1 b illustrate a pair of alternative constructions for perforation systems constructed in accordance with the present invention.
- Figure 2 is a side, cross-section depiction of a single perforation module of the perforation system shown in Figure 1.
- Figure 3 is an exterior view of the module shown in Figure 2.
- Figure 4 is a detail view of a portion of the liner of an exemplary perforation module showing further details concerning the indentations.
- Figure 5 is a detail view of a portion of the liner of an exemplary perforation module showing an alternative shape for the indentations.
- Figure 6 is a side cross-section of the portion of liner shown in Figure 5, taken along lines 6-6.
- Figure 7 depicts an exemplary shot pattern that is created by the perforation module shown in Figures 2 and 3.
- Figure 8 illustrates an alternative embodiment for a perforation module in accordance with the present invention having triangular indentations.
- Figure 9 illustrates a further alternative embodiment for a perforation module in accordance with the present invention having square indentations.
- Figure 10 depicts a portion of the surface of the liner of a perforation module that utilizes octagonal indentations.
- Figures 11-14 illustrate an exemplary initiation sequence for a single penetrator of a perforation module in accordance with the present invention.
- the present invention relates to devices and methods for perforating wellbores.
- the present invention is susceptible to embodiments of different forms. There are shown in the drawings, and herein will be described in detail, specific embodiments of the present invention with the understanding that the present disclosure is to be considered an exemplification of the principles of the invention, and is not intended to limit the invention to that illustrated and described herein.
- FIG. 1 illustrates an exemplary perforation system 10 that is configured in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
- the perforation system 10 is disposed within a wellbore 12 that has been drilled through the earth 14 and a hydrocarbon-bearing formation 16. Portions of the wellbore 12 are cased by a steel casing 18 that is secured within the open wellbore hole by cement 20.
- the hydrocarbon-bearing formation 16 contains two oil-bearing strata 22, 24, which are separated by a layer of water 26. A layer of water 28 also separates the lower oil stratum 24 from a stratum of gas 30.
- the perforation system 10 is disposed into the wellbore 12 on a conveyance string 32.
- the conveyance string 32 may be of any known construction for conveying a tool into a wellbore, including a drill pipe, wireline, production tubing, coiled tubing, and the like.
- the perforation system 10 includes one or more perforating modules that are used to perforate portions of the surrounding formation 16. In the described embodiment, there are three perforating modules 34, 36, 38 that are secured to one another in series.
- FIG. 1 b illustrates a further alternative perforation system arrangement wherein the perforation modules 34, 36, and 38, of the system are interconnected directly to one another in series.
- FIG. 2 and 3 An exemplary individual module 40 is depicted in Figures 2 and 3.
- the module 40 is representative of each of the three modules 34, 36, and 38 shown in Figure 1.
- the module 40 creates a plurality of perforating penetrators from a single explosive charge.
- the penetrators travel in a direction substantially normal or orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the wellbore.
- this arrangement may significantly increase shot density and simultaneously reduce the amount of debris left in the wellbore, relative to many conventional perforation systems.
- the module 40 includes a support member such as a central rod 42 having upper and lower axial ends 44, 46.
- the upper and lower axial ends 44, 46 are provided with threaded connections, as is known in the art, so that they may be secured to the conveying string 32 (see Figure 1 b) or to an adjoining module.
- the central rod 42 is composed of a central load bearing portion 41 and an outer detonation layer 43.
- the load-bearing portion 41 of the central rod 42 may be a section of pipe, rod or other load bearing structure.
- the load-bearing portion 41 of the central rod 42 is formed of steel.
- the load-bearing portion 41 of the central rod 42 is formed of a frangible or combustible material that will be readily destroyed during the detonation of the perforating device 10. Ceramic is just one example of a suitable frangible material.
- the detonation layer 43 comprises, in this embodiment, a primasheet of a type known in the art for initiation of detonations.
- the load-bearing portion 41 of the central rod 42 may also contain an axial passage 48 along its length to contain electrical wiring (not shown) that is necessary for initiation of the detonation layer 43 which, in turn, results in detonation of the body 50 of high explosive material.
- the detonation layer 43 may be initiated with a control signal either manually or utilizing some preprogrammed device.
- suitable initiating systems can include using electrical signals transmitted from the surface via wiring (not shown) in the axial passage 48 to initiate detonation cord (not shown) disposed within the axial passage 48, by increasing hydraulic pressure in the wellbore, or by the dropping of a drop bar (not shown) into the axial passage 48, as is used conventionally with tubing conveyed perforation guns.
- Other initiating systems can utilize timers or well bore parameter sensitive devices (e.g., pressure, temperature, depth, etc.). Initiation systems for detonating perforating guns are known in the art and will not be discussed in further detail.
- a substantially unitary body 50 of high explosive material Surrounding the central rod 42 is a substantially unitary body 50 of high explosive material that explosively forms the perforating penetrators using the liner 52.
- Suitable high explosive materials may include, for example, conventionally-employed high explosives such as RDX, HMX and HNS. While the size of the module is not a critical aspect thereof, it may be convenient to configure the module 40 such that it is a cylinder about 12 inches in length and about 4.5 inches in diameter. However, the length and diameter may be varied according to the dimensions of the wellbore 12 or other factors.
- a tube 51 of cardboard or a similar material is disposed between the central rod 42 and the high explosive body 50.
- the liner 52 surrounds the body 50 of high explosive and is configured to form a plurality of perforating penetrators.
- the penetrators formed by the liner 52 may travel in a direction generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the wellbore, although modifications in direction may also be achieved in other embodiments of this invention.
- the liner 52 may be, in this embodiment, a cylindrical and non-explosive liner formed of a metal, such as, for example, tantalum.
- the liner 52 may be made from extruded copper, tungsten, steel, depleted uranium, aluminum, or another elemental metal or alloy.
- blends of elemental metals or alloys with materials such as lead, graphite, and zinc stearate may also be employed.
- blends or alloys of aluminum with either titanium or hafnium may be used.
- a frangible material may be used to form the liner 52 in order to further reduce the likelihood that the formed penetrator will plug the perforation created in the surrounding formation.
- Such may include, for example, the use of pressed, sintered metallic powders, such as those described in U.S. Patent No. 6,012,392, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and metal/matrix composites.
- the size, shape, velocity and other characteristics of the perforating penetrators formed by the liner 52 may be controlled, in part, by adjusting the surface contours of the liner 52.
- a plurality of linearly contiguous indentations 54 is formed into the liner 52.
- the phrase "linearly contiguous” means that the perimeters of every indentation shares at least one common side with an adjacent indentation. In some embodiments a majority of each indentation is linearly contiguous with adjacent indentations, and in other embodiments essentially all of each indentation is linearly contiguous with adjacent indentations.
- each indentation 54 has an axis that is substantially perpendicular to the exterior surface of the liner 52, where such exterior surface is substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the wellbore.
- such indentation axis may be significantly greater or less than ninety degrees to the exterior surface of the liner 52 and/or to the longitudinal axis of the wellbore, in order to direct the penetrators in a specific direction, according to the purposes and goals of the perforation operation.
- FIG. 4 depicts further details concerning one embodiment of the indentations 54.
- each indentation 54 has a hexagonal outer perimeter 56 and therefore adjoins a neighboring indentation 54 on each of its six sides, i.e., all of its six sides are linearly contiguous with neighboring indentations 54. Because of this fact, there are no "dead spaces" between the indentations 54 from which it is inferable that there is no area from which a penetrator is not, or could not be, transformed.
- a small linear ridge 58 is formed at each of the adjoining contact areas of the neighboring indentations 54.
- a hexagonal shape for the perimeter 56 of the indentations 54 is one possible arrangement, which may offer the additional benefit that, by approximating the shape of a circle, a penetrator that is relatively radially uniform is, upon detonation of the body 50 of high explosive, developed therefrom. Additionally, the hexagonal shape of the perimeter 56 permits relatively closer packing of the indentations 54 to form an adjoining, interlocking honeycomb effect. As a result, the "dead space,” that is unavoidable when indentations having circular perimeters are employed, is thereby greatly reduced or eliminated.
- a further advantage of the honeycomb arrangement of the indentations 54 is that the perforations created may, as a result, be spaced equally in all directions, that is, in circumferential, axial, vertical, and horizontal directions, such as to significantly reduce the possibility of failure of the surrounding casing 18 upon perforation.
- a high density of perforations may therefore be achieved from the use of such linearly contiguous and interlocking indentations that cover essentially the entire outer surface area of the module 40.
- a pattern of hexagonal indentations that are two inches in diameter may in some embodiments generate a shot pattern of 51 perforations per linear foot of the wellbore from the surface of a 4.5-inch diameter module 40.
- a similarly sized, conventional carrier- type perforating gun, using conventional shaped charges will typically provide only about 18 perforations per linear foot.
- this embodiment illustrates a capability to increase the perforated area by a factor of three.
- the size and number of hexagonal indentations 54 may be varied, depending upon factors such as the diameter of the module 40 relative to the size of the annular space between the perforation system 10 and the casing wall 18; the properties of the formation in which the perforation gun is being used; the presence or absence of fluid in the annular space; the selection of liner material and explosive; and the like. Those skilled in the art will be able to determine optimal configurations based upon such skill and with, at most, routine experimentation to ensure success.
- Figures 4, 5 and 6 show additional possible configurations for the liner to enable formation of effective penetrators therefrom.
- the indentations 54 each define a cavity 60. While the perimeter of the indentations may influence the shape of the cavity 60, it is not necessarily determinative thereof. Thus, in certain embodiments the shape of the cavity 60 may be of a generally conical or pyramidal configuration, as shown in Figure 4, or of a generally spherical or parabolic configuration, as depicted in Figures 5 and 6.
- the cavity 60 provides a formation distance for a penetrator to form.
- the cavity 60 provides an apex 62, i.e., point of greatest indentation, opposite the opening defined by perimeter 56.
- the cavity 60 has six equal planar triangular sides 70.
- the sides 70 adjoin one another along junction lines 72, forming a cavity 60 that is symmetrical along certain axes.
- the indentations 54 may be formed into the essentially planar liner 52 by stamping, forging or by other known means. Thereafter, the sheet may be formed into a cylinder by bringing opposing ends together and then welding or otherwise connecting the ends.
- the high explosive body 50 may then be cast into the space between the liner 52 and the inner cardboard tube 51.
- An alternative method for forming the high explosive body 50 is by pressing a billet to a desired length and diameter, and then machining the billet to match the hexagonal indentations 54 at the outer surface of the liner 52. A long axial hole is then drilled into the center of the billet and sized to accommodate the tube 51.
- a billet of high explosive is a mass of high explosive material that has been pressed or cast into cylindrical shape. Pressed billets can be machined to a desired shape, while cast billets are formed to the desired shape, such as, in this case, a cylinder with an axial passage therethrough.
- Figure 5 illustrates an alternative design for the indentations 54, here designated 54'.
- the indentations 54' still have a hexagonal perimeter 56.
- the side surfaces defining the cavity 60 are smooth and rounded.
- the cavity 60 forms a dome-like cap or parabola, as Figures 5 and 6, respectively, depict.
- the radius and apex of each dome-like cavity 60 depend upon the liner thickness and desired formation distance, with the goal that a penetrator may be transformed therefrom that is optimal for creating a large perforation in the wellbore casing 18.
- other cavity shapes such as a conical shape, may be employed.
- a cover 64 Circumferentially surrounding the liner 52 is a cover 64 that protects the liner 52 and other parts of the module 40 from the harsh wellbore environment.
- the cover 64 is a generally cylindrical construction having planar inner and outer surfaces.
- the cover 64 may be formed of, for example, a thermoplastic or thermoset polymer that is resistant to high wellbore temperatures.
- the cover 64 may be relatively thin, having a thickness of, for example, just 0.05 inch, and light in weight, such that it will not unduly interfere with the creation of the penetrators from the indentations 54 or 54'.
- an elemental metal or alloy, composite material, thermoplastic or thermoset polymer, or glass may be used to form the cover 64.
- the cover 64 overlies the adjoining ridges 58 between neighboring indentations 54 or 54' (see Figure 6). There is a space disposed between the cover 64 and the ridges 58 to permit the indentations 54, 54' to fully develop into penetrators upon detonation. Such space may be relatively small, for example, about 5 mm.
- Air at atmospheric pressure, may be trapped within the cavities 60 of the indentations 54, 54' between the cover 64 and the outer surface of the liner 52.
- each indentation 54 or 54' The distance between the apex 62 of each indentation 54 or 54' and the outer cover 64 provides a stand-off for each indentation 54 or 54' such that a penetrator can more fully develop prior to contact with the well casing 18 (see Figure 1).
- Upper and lower end caps 66, 68 are secured to the cover 64 and liner 52 of the module 40 and serve to help encapsulate and protect the contents of the module 40, particularly the explosive body 50, from fluids within the wellbore 12 prior to detonation.
- the perforation system 10 is lowered into the wellbore 12 until the modules 34, 36, 38 of the perforation system 10 are aligned with the desired strata 22, 24, and 30, respectively, of the formation 14.
- the modules 34, 36, 38 of the perforation system 10 are then detonated to create penetrators that perforate the casing 18, cement 20 and formation 14.
- the remains of the perforation system 10 may be removed from the wellbore 12 by pulling upwardly on the conveyance string 32. It is anticipated that, in many embodiments, the perforation modules 34, 36, 38 will be substantially or totally consumed in the detonation.
- directional penetrators are formed by the indentations 54, 54'. Because the mechanism of the creation of this type of directional explosively formed penetrator (EFP) is well known in the art, it will not be described here in any detail. It is noted, however, that the detonation sequence of each module 34, 36, 38, begins at the top end proximate to the central rod 42 and proceeds simultaneously in axially downward and radially outward directions. Each liner indentation 54, 54', when acted upon by the advancing detonation wave, forms a robust EFP, which is particularly well suited for making large and shallow perforation holes in sandy or soft formations.
- EFP explosively formed penetrator
- the EFP penetrator of the present invention carries essentially all of the mass of the liner 52 forming the indentation 54 or 54'. This means that the liner mass effectively forms part of the penetrator and takes an active part in the perforation, increasing the relative effectiveness thereof.
- the perforations that result from indentations 54 or 54' having hexagonal perimeters very closely approximate those created from indentations having circular perimeters.
- Figure 7 illustrates an exemplary shot pattern that may be formed upon detonation of the perforation module 40 within a section 80 of the wellbore 12.
- Figure 7 depicts the sidewall of the wellbore section 80 in cylindrical projection with the upper end of the section 80 depicted as line 82 and the lower end of the section 80 shown as line 84.
- the illustrated wellbore section 80 has a length (L) of approximately one foot.
- 50 fifty-one perforations 86 disposed within the wellbore section 80, which have been created by penetrators formed from the indentations 54 or 54' of the perforation module 40.
- those skilled in the art frequently desire perforations having diameters, as measured at the inner surface of the well casing, ranging from about 10 to about 22 mm, but larger or smaller perforations may alternatively be obtained by simply varying the size of the indentations.
- the fifty-one (51 ) perforations 86 are arranged in six horizontal rows 88a, 88b, 88c, 88d, 88e, and 88f of eight perforations 86 each.
- Adjacent rows 88 of perforations 86 are shown herein as horizontally staggered from one another, such that perforations 86 in one row are located diagonal to, i.e., offset diagonally in relation to, perforations 86 in adjacent rows.
- perforation 86b in row 88b is located diagonal to penetrations 86a and 86c in row 88a. This staggered pattern is frequently advantageous.
- the staggered arrangement may help to avoid overlapping of adjacent perforations. This is desirable because, if there were numerous such overlaps, the resultant effect of a linear cut in the casing 18 could theoretically produce a casing failure, such as a casing collapse.
- the staggered arrangement may therefore desirably avoid such an undesirable event.
- some of the indentations may be configured of a material that does not suitably form penetrators, in order to reduce the number of penetrators and, therefore, the number or density of perforations obtained thereby. Such an embodiment may be acceptable in certain applications, wherein relatively increased amounts of post-detonation debris are not problematic.
- indentations having hexagonal perimeters other perimeter shapes may be selected, desirably such that the perimeters may be adjoined in a linearly contiguous fashion.
- the indentations may be configured to have triangular, square, or octagonal perimeters.
- Figures 8 and 9 illustrate alternative embodiments wherein such triangular and square perimeter indentations, respectively, are used.
- Figure 8 depicts an exemplary perforation module 90 having triangular perimeter indentations 92.
- the triangular perimeter indentations are located in an adjacent manner such that each of the three sides of a given perimeter borders a side of a neighboring perimeter.
- "dead space" between the indentations 92 has thereby been eliminated.
- Figure 9 depicts an exemplary perforation module 94 having square perimeter indentations 96. These indentations 96 are arranged in several horizontally-disposed rows, e.g., 98a, 98b, 98c. Adjacent rows of indentations
- indentations 96 in each row are located with their apices diagonal to the apices of indentations 96 in the adjacent row.
- each perimeter shape will impart some effect on the configuration of the cavity formed by an indentation, and therefore of the penetrator that will be formed from collapse of the cavity as a result of detonation.
- Factors such as the fabrication method, and capabilities and limitations thereof, of the liner wherein the indentations are formed, and the material of which the liner is composed, will desirably be taken into account when selecting the perimeter shape and associated packing parameters.
- triangular and square perimeter indentations may, because of their shape, not collapse as readily during detonation as do hexagonal perimeter indentations in a perforation module wherein all materials and detonation factors are the same.
- Figure 10 depicts a portion of an exemplary liner surface for a perforation module wherein octagonal perimeter indentations are used. As may be seen in Figure 10, octagonal perimeter indentations cannot completely cover a given area without leaving some "dead space" between the indentations. In this aspect, their use may be less advantageous, in some embodiments, than the use of hexagonal, square or triangular-shaped indentations.
- Figure 10 depicts a liner surface section 100 having a plurality of octagonal perimeter indentations 102 that adjoin, i.e., are linearly contiguous to, one another at four of their eight sides 104.
- the remaining four sides 106 of the octagonal perimeter indentations 102 define square areas 108 as interstitial spaces. If desired, the interstitial square areas 108 may themselves be indented, in the manner of square indentations 96 (see Figure 9), to provide for additional formed penetrators.
- FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view of the indentation 54 prior to detonation of the perforation module 40.
- the indentation 56 is formed in liner 52 that surrounds the high explosive body 50.
- a thermoplastic cover 64 surrounds liner 52.
- the module 40 is disposed within a section of wellbore casing 18 surrounded by cement 20.
- Fluid 57 resides in the annular space that is between the casing 18 and the radially exterior portion of the cover 64.
- Figure 12 depicts the beginning portion of the detonation wherein the material forming metallic liner 52 has begun to collapse or coalesce within the space formerly occupied by the cavity 60 of indentation 54.
- the cover 64 atop the indentation
- FIG 13 depicts an advanced stage of the detonation with the penetrator 110 now in a primarily plastic phase and perforating the cement 20 on its way to the formation (not shown).
- the design of the perforation system 10 thus provides a number of advantages over conventional perforation systems. Included among these, first, is the fact that the linearly contiguous packing of the indentations combined with the unitary body of high explosive produces a greater number of perforating penetrators over a given axial length of a module 40 and reduced amount of "dead space," as compared with conventional perforation systems using shaped charges and indentations that are physically separated and/or have circular perimeters.
- the greater number of penetrators results in a desirably greater density in the post-detonation perforation shot pattern.
- the invention provides for a substantial reduction in debris formed during the perforation operation.
- the perforation module 40 may be created or manufactured and customized relatively easily, without the need for time-consuming placement and orientation of individual shaped charges, as with conventional systems.
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