WO2012087712A2 - One trip multiple string section milling of subterranean tubulars - Google Patents

One trip multiple string section milling of subterranean tubulars Download PDF

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WO2012087712A2
WO2012087712A2 PCT/US2011/064922 US2011064922W WO2012087712A2 WO 2012087712 A2 WO2012087712 A2 WO 2012087712A2 US 2011064922 W US2011064922 W US 2011064922W WO 2012087712 A2 WO2012087712 A2 WO 2012087712A2
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/64—Drill bits characterised by the whole or part thereof being insertable into or removable from the borehole without withdrawing the drilling pipe
    • E21B10/66—Drill bits characterised by the whole or part thereof being insertable into or removable from the borehole without withdrawing the drilling pipe the cutting element movable through the drilling pipe and laterally shiftable
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B10/00—Drill bits
    • E21B10/26—Drill bits with leading portion, i.e. drill bits with a pilot cutter; Drill bits for enlarging the borehole, e.g. reamers
    • E21B10/32—Drill bits with leading portion, i.e. drill bits with a pilot cutter; Drill bits for enlarging the borehole, e.g. reamers with expansible cutting tools
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/10—Wear protectors; Centralising devices, e.g. stabilisers
    • E21B17/1085—Wear protectors; Blast joints; Hard facing
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
    • E21B29/002—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe
    • E21B29/005—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe with a radially-expansible cutter rotating inside the pipe, e.g. for cutting an annular window

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  • the field of the invention is cutting away a section of subterranean tubulars to extend a well in a new direction and more particularly where multiple strings are cut in a single trip.
  • a whipstock could be used off an anchor to send a bit in a desired direction through a casing but there were some risks involved that the whipstock could shift and the exit could go off in an undesired location.
  • Section milling is a technique that removes a section of nested tubulars so that the well can be extended in a desired direction.
  • the procedure was to cut each string with a separate mill with one mill being run into the well at a time.
  • One of the fears that directed the multiple trip approach was that the initial cut by the smallest section mill would generate cuttings that could ball up the mill below if two mills were run at the same time.
  • USP 5265,675 shows a pivoting stabilizer combined with a single section mill.
  • the present invention offers such a system and incorporates into it an intermediate mill that can take what cuttings that travel to the adjacent mill to be made far smaller so that the second and larger mill will not get balled up when it is called upon to make the subsequent cut.
  • the placement of an interim mill such as a watermelon mill between the pivoting arm type section mills gives the second mill a more flexible mounting so that it can center itself in the enlarged space created by the initial milling to lessen the possibility that an adjacent and off-center third string will not get cut as the second mill is operated.
  • the second mill has features that keep its arms from extending until it gets out into the region cut by the initial mill.
  • FIG. 1 is a section view of the assembly of two section mills for milling different sized tubulars in a single trip;
  • FIG. 2 is a joint with a watermelon mill that is assembled preferably between the section mills during the single trip;
  • FIG. 3 is a view along lines 3-3 of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 1 is a split view showing a primary mill 10 above a secondary mill 12. The run in position is shown at the bottom of the FIG. while the extended position is shown at the top of the FIG.
  • a common passage 14 runs through mills 10 and 12 and a flow restriction 16 is located at the lower end 18 of mill 12.
  • First string 20 is nested in second and larger string 22 and a third string 24 can be disposed about the string 22.
  • Mill 10 has arms 26 that turn about pivot 28 so that a plurality of blades 30 each with a leading face 32 can cut clean through the tubular 20. Continuing rotation with the blades 30 extended cuts the lower end 32 from the bottom up and a row of inserts 34 ride on the inside wall of the tubular string 20 and cut it from the inside wall as the mill 10 advances in an uphole direction toward the borehole surface.
  • One or more joints 36 with a mill 38 on at least one of the joints are preferably located between the mills 10 and 12.
  • the location of the mill 38 which is depicted as a preferred design of a watermelon mill, accomplishes two tasks. If there are cuttings from the operation of the mill 10 that are not circulated out of the hole and instead head downhole toward mill 12 then those cuttings have to go past mill 38 where they get cut up even finer so they are less likely to prevent mill 12 from extending and cutting the tubular 22 when mill 12 moves up high enough to extend in the location where tubular 20 has already been sectioned out.
  • Lower mill 12 is similar in operation to mill 10 with the exception that arms 40 are longer than arms 26 and the addition of a wear pad 42 on each arm 40 that rubs on the interior of tubular 20 below where tubular 20 is sectioned by mill 10 to prevent the arms 40 from pivoting outwardly until they are pulled clear of the section cut by mill 10.
  • Mill 12 is better able to center itself with respect to the tubular 22 when cutting the larger tubular in the region where tubular 20 has already been removed because the connection between the mills 10 and 12 is flexible using one or more joints 36 shown in FIG. 2.
  • Mill 10 has a rotational stop 44 to keep its extension to the outer dimension of the tubular 20 and mill 12 has a travel stop 46 to keep its extension to the outer surface of the tubular 22.
  • Arms 26 extend by fluid pressure against the bias of springs 48 and arms 40 extend in response to the same pressure against springs 50 when mill 12 is raised up so that wear pads 42 enter the portion that is sectioned out of tubular 20.
  • Additional tubulars, or centralizers or mills can be attached at 18 for a variety of reasons.
  • the additional tubular or centralizer helps to keep mill 12 centered when cutting tubular 22.
  • Another watermelon or other mill below mill 12 can help cut up any cuttings that go downhole past mill 12 despite the circulation through passage 14 that is intended to bring the cuttings to the surface.
  • another mill with longer arms than mill 12 can be installed below it for removal of another surrounding tubular.
  • the present invention offers the ability to cut multiple tubulars that are nested in a single trip. This is in part made possible by providing flexibility between the mills so that the second mill that section an outer tubular can center itself in the sectioned inner tubular and avoid excursions that would damage a third outer tubular that may be laying against the second tubular that is being sectioned.
  • the provision of a mill to cut the first mill cuttings even finer if the cuttings move downhole to the second mill instead of being circulated out allows greater operational reliability for the second mill.
  • the first tubular below the sectioning is protected from damage by the lower mill because of wear pads that keep the arms of the second mill from extending before the uphole movement of the mills in tandem raises the lower mill to where the inner tubular has already been sectioned.
  • the cutting in the uphole direction with multiple mills in a single trip also allows the maintenance of circulation velocities as the return flow with cuttings comes to the surface at a portion above where the sectioning is happening so that there is no large diameter increase as there would be if sectioning in the downhole direction so that the cuttings are more effectively removed to the surface.

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Abstract

Multiple section mills are run in a single trip with an intervening mill preferably a watermelon mill to grind up any cuttings that get past the first mill in a direction toward the second mill below it. The blades of the second mill are held by the innermost tubular until the location of the initial cut is reached at which point the longer arms of the second mill can be extended and its body centralizes due to the flexibility of the connection between the mills.

Description

ONE TRIP MULTIPLE STRING SECTION
MILLING OF SUBTERRANEAN TUBULARS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001 ] The field of the invention is cutting away a section of subterranean tubulars to extend a well in a new direction and more particularly where multiple strings are cut in a single trip.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] When it is time to extend a well in a new direction, there were several options available. A whipstock could be used off an anchor to send a bit in a desired direction through a casing but there were some risks involved that the whipstock could shift and the exit could go off in an undesired location.
[0003] Section milling is a technique that removes a section of nested tubulars so that the well can be extended in a desired direction. In the past when there were nested tubulars the procedure was to cut each string with a separate mill with one mill being run into the well at a time. One of the fears that directed the multiple trip approach was that the initial cut by the smallest section mill would generate cuttings that could ball up the mill below if two mills were run at the same time. Another concern was that the two mill assembly if run into the hole at the same time would not be flexible enough as an assembly so that the second mill could center itself and avoid cutting another string outside the second string being cut in a situation where the strings were not concentric so that at some points the strings were literally in contact while in other peripheral locations at the same elevation there were large gaps between adjacent strings.
[0004] Most section cuts were made in a downhole direction. This technique increased the hole diameter for the circulating fluid as the cutting progressed which in turn required an increase in circulating fluid rate to maintain the velocity in the newly widened portion so that cuttings did not drop out. In one example the section milling was done in an uphole direction using a thruster to hold tension and an augur below a mill operated with either a downhole motor or string rotation to make the cut. This single mill method is illustrated in USP 6,679,328. Other related art to tubular section milling can be found in USP: 6,227,313; 5,456,312; 5,373,900; 5,297,630; 5,150,755; 5,058,666; 4,978,260; 4,796,709; 4,938,291; 4,887,668; and 4,776,394. USP 5,265,675 shows a pivoting stabilizer combined with a single section mill.
[0005] What is needed and has not been available is a multiple mill system for section milling. The present invention offers such a system and incorporates into it an intermediate mill that can take what cuttings that travel to the adjacent mill to be made far smaller so that the second and larger mill will not get balled up when it is called upon to make the subsequent cut. The placement of an interim mill such as a watermelon mill between the pivoting arm type section mills gives the second mill a more flexible mounting so that it can center itself in the enlarged space created by the initial milling to lessen the possibility that an adjacent and off-center third string will not get cut as the second mill is operated. The second mill has features that keep its arms from extending until it gets out into the region cut by the initial mill. These and other features of the present invention will be more apparent to those skilled in the art from a review of the description of the preferred embodiment and the associated drawings while recognizing that the full scope of the invention is to be found in the appended claims.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Multiple section mills are run in a single trip with an intervening mill preferably a watermelon mill to grind up any cuttings that get past the first mill in a direction toward the second mill below it. The blades of the second mill are held by the innermost tubular until the location of the initial cut is reached at which point the longer arms of the second mill can be extended and its body centralizes due to the flexibility of the connection between the mills.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0007] FIG. 1 is a section view of the assembly of two section mills for milling different sized tubulars in a single trip;
[0008] FIG. 2 is a joint with a watermelon mill that is assembled preferably between the section mills during the single trip; and
[0009] FIG. 3 is a view along lines 3-3 of FIG. 2. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0010] FIG. 1 is a split view showing a primary mill 10 above a secondary mill 12. The run in position is shown at the bottom of the FIG. while the extended position is shown at the top of the FIG. A common passage 14 runs through mills 10 and 12 and a flow restriction 16 is located at the lower end 18 of mill 12. First string 20 is nested in second and larger string 22 and a third string 24 can be disposed about the string 22. Mill 10 has arms 26 that turn about pivot 28 so that a plurality of blades 30 each with a leading face 32 can cut clean through the tubular 20. Continuing rotation with the blades 30 extended cuts the lower end 32 from the bottom up and a row of inserts 34 ride on the inside wall of the tubular string 20 and cut it from the inside wall as the mill 10 advances in an uphole direction toward the borehole surface.
[0011 ] One or more joints 36 with a mill 38 on at least one of the joints are preferably located between the mills 10 and 12. The location of the mill 38 which is depicted as a preferred design of a watermelon mill, accomplishes two tasks. If there are cuttings from the operation of the mill 10 that are not circulated out of the hole and instead head downhole toward mill 12 then those cuttings have to go past mill 38 where they get cut up even finer so they are less likely to prevent mill 12 from extending and cutting the tubular 22 when mill 12 moves up high enough to extend in the location where tubular 20 has already been sectioned out.
[0012] Lower mill 12 is similar in operation to mill 10 with the exception that arms 40 are longer than arms 26 and the addition of a wear pad 42 on each arm 40 that rubs on the interior of tubular 20 below where tubular 20 is sectioned by mill 10 to prevent the arms 40 from pivoting outwardly until they are pulled clear of the section cut by mill 10.
[0013] Flow down passage 14 eventually drives out first the arms 26 to section the tubular 20 and then the arms 40 to section tubular 22 in the opening made by mill 10. Mill 12 is better able to center itself with respect to the tubular 22 when cutting the larger tubular in the region where tubular 20 has already been removed because the connection between the mills 10 and 12 is flexible using one or more joints 36 shown in FIG. 2. [0014] Mill 10 has a rotational stop 44 to keep its extension to the outer dimension of the tubular 20 and mill 12 has a travel stop 46 to keep its extension to the outer surface of the tubular 22. Arms 26 extend by fluid pressure against the bias of springs 48 and arms 40 extend in response to the same pressure against springs 50 when mill 12 is raised up so that wear pads 42 enter the portion that is sectioned out of tubular 20.
[0015] Additional tubulars, or centralizers or mills can be attached at 18 for a variety of reasons. The additional tubular or centralizer helps to keep mill 12 centered when cutting tubular 22. Another watermelon or other mill below mill 12 can help cut up any cuttings that go downhole past mill 12 despite the circulation through passage 14 that is intended to bring the cuttings to the surface. Optionally another mill with longer arms than mill 12 can be installed below it for removal of another surrounding tubular. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that there are structural cutting limits to arms that have to extend radially and mill while being rotated so that at some point a limit can be reached in how many nested tubulars can be cut in a single trip.
[0016] The present invention offers the ability to cut multiple tubulars that are nested in a single trip. This is in part made possible by providing flexibility between the mills so that the second mill that section an outer tubular can center itself in the sectioned inner tubular and avoid excursions that would damage a third outer tubular that may be laying against the second tubular that is being sectioned. The provision of a mill to cut the first mill cuttings even finer if the cuttings move downhole to the second mill instead of being circulated out allows greater operational reliability for the second mill. The first tubular below the sectioning is protected from damage by the lower mill because of wear pads that keep the arms of the second mill from extending before the uphole movement of the mills in tandem raises the lower mill to where the inner tubular has already been sectioned. The cutting in the uphole direction with multiple mills in a single trip also allows the maintenance of circulation velocities as the return flow with cuttings comes to the surface at a portion above where the sectioning is happening so that there is no large diameter increase as there would be if sectioning in the downhole direction so that the cuttings are more effectively removed to the surface. [0017] The above description is illustrative of the preferred embodiment and many modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention whose scope is to be determined from the literal and equivalent scope of the claims below.

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I claim:
1. An assembly for subterranean section milling multiple nested tubulars in a single trip from a location at a surface, comprising:
at least a first and a second section mills having different reach and supported from the surface for sectioning nested tubulars in a single trip.
2. The assembly of claim 1, wherein:
said mills are spaced apart by a member that provides flexibility for said second mill, located further from the surface than said first mill, to centralize said second mill when said second mill sections a tubular further out from the tubular sectioned by said first mill.
3. The assembly of claim 1, wherein:
said first and second mills are spaced apart by a member that supports a mill to further cut cuttings from the first mill before they reach the second mill.
4. The assembly of claim 3, wherein:
said mill on said member comprises a watermelon mill.
5. The assembly of claim 1, wherein:
said second mill comprises arms that further comprise a wear pad to ride in an innermost of the nested tubulars as that tubular is sectioned by said first mill.
6. The assembly of claim 1, wherein:
said mills section the tubulars in a direction toward the surface.
7. The assembly of claim 2, wherein:
said first and second mills are spaced apart by a member that supports a mill to further cut cuttings from the first mill before they reach the second mill.
8. The assembly of claim 7, wherein:
said mill on said member comprises a watermelon mill.
9. The assembly of claim 7, wherein:
said second mill comprises arms that further comprise a wear pad to ride in an innermost of the nested tubulars as that tubular is sectioned by said first mill.
10. The assembly of claim 9, wherein:
said mills section the tubulars in a direction toward the surface.
11. A method of sectioning nested subterranean tubulars in a single trip from a surface, comprising:
running in multiple mills into nested tubulars in a single trip;
operating a first mill to section the inner tubular of the nested tubulars; and
operating a second mill to cut a second nested tubular through the cut made in said inner tubular.
12. The method of claim 11, comprising:
flexibly mounting the second mill to the first mill;
using said flexible mounting to centralize said second mill during its operation.
13. The method of claim 11, comprising:
providing a cuttings mill between said first and second mills to further cut any cuttings that pass between said first and second mills.
14. The method of claim 13, comprising:
using a watermelon mill as said cuttings mill.
15. The method of claim 11, comprising:
providing a wear pad on the arms of said second mill to ride on an inside surface of the first tubular to be sectioned to prevent said arms from extending until said wear pad reaches the section made by said first mill.
16. The method of claim 11, comprising:
operating said first and second mill to section in a direction toward the surface.
17. The method of claim 12, comprising:
providing a cuttings mill between said first and second mills to further cut any cuttings that pass between said first and second mills.
18. The method of claim 17, comprising:
using a watermelon mill as said cuttings mill.
19. The method of claim 18, comprising:
providing a wear pad on the arms of said second mill to ride on an inside surface of the first tubular to be sectioned to prevent said arms from extending until said wear pad reaches the section made by said first mill.
20. The method of claim 19, comprising:
operating said first and second mill to section in a direction toward the surface.
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