WO2012138556A2 - Borehole metal member bonding system and method - Google Patents
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- WO2012138556A2 WO2012138556A2 PCT/US2012/031416 US2012031416W WO2012138556A2 WO 2012138556 A2 WO2012138556 A2 WO 2012138556A2 US 2012031416 W US2012031416 W US 2012031416W WO 2012138556 A2 WO2012138556 A2 WO 2012138556A2
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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
- 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
- E21B29/02—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 by explosives or by thermal or chemical means
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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
- E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
- E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
- E21B33/12—Packers; Plugs
- E21B33/1208—Packers; Plugs characterised by the construction of the sealing or packing means
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K1/00—Soldering, e.g. brazing, or unsoldering
- B23K1/0006—Exothermic brazing
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- B23K—SOLDERING OR UNSOLDERING; WELDING; CLADDING OR PLATING BY SOLDERING OR WELDING; CUTTING BY APPLYING HEAT LOCALLY, e.g. FLAME CUTTING; WORKING BY LASER BEAM
- B23K23/00—Alumino-thermic welding
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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
- E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
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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
- E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
- E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
- E21B33/12—Packers; Plugs
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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
- E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
- E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
- E21B33/13—Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like
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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
- E21B36/00—Heating, cooling or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
- E21B36/008—Heating, cooling or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones using chemical heat generating means
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- a borehole metal member bonding system includes, a first metal member, a second metal member proximate the first metal member, and a pyrotechnic composition positioned proximate the first metal member and the second metal member configured to bond the first metal member to the second metal member subsequent undergoing an exothermic reaction while within a borehole.
- the method includes, positioning at least two metal members proximate one another within a borehole, positioning a pyrotechnic composition proximate the at least two metal members, exothermically reacting the pyrotechnic composition, and bonding the at least two metal members to one another.
- FIG. 1 depicts a cross sectional view of a borehole metal member bonding system disclosed herein prior to undergoing an exothermic reaction
- FIG. 2 depicts a cross sectional view of the borehole metal member bonding system of FIG. 1 after an exothermic reaction has occurred.
- the bonding system 10 includes, a first metal member 14, illustrated herein as a first tubular, and a second metal member 18, illustrated herein as a second tubular that is positioned radially of the first tubular 14.
- a pyrotechnic composition 22 is positioned proximate the first tubular 14 and the second tubular 18 which in this embodiment is in the annular space 26 defined between the first tubular 14 and the second tubular 18.
- the pyrotechnic composition 22 is configured to exo thermally react to thereby release heat sufficient to cause the first tubular 14 to become bonded to the second tubular 18. This bonding can be via welding or brazing.
- both tubulars 14 and 18 are melted and fused by coalescence. If brazed, a portion of the pyrotechnic composition 22 bonds to both of the tubulars 14, 18 without causing melting of the tubulars 14, 18. The bonding of the tubulars 14, 18 results in one or both of structurally attaching and sealingly engaging the first tubular 14 to the second tubular 18.
- the bonding system 10 is configured to function while in a borehole 30 in an earth formation 34 such as is commonly used in the fields of hydrocarbon recovery and carbon dioxide sequestration, for example.
- the pyrotechnic composition 22 is selected for embodiments disclosed herein because it does not require oxygen from external sources and it is common for borehole applications to have limited, if any, oxygen available in the borehole 30 due to the presence of borehole fluids 38.
- the substance or mixture of substances that make up the pyrotechnic composition 22 is, therefore, designed to produce heat as a result of non-detonative self-sustaining exothermic chemical reactions that do not rely on oxygen from external sources to sustain the reaction.
- Thermite and thermite-like compositions are usable as the pyrotechnic composition 22.
- Such pyrotechnic compositions 22 include, for example, a metal powder (a reducing agent) and a metal oxide (an oxidizing agent) that produces an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction known as a thermite reaction.
- Choices for a reducing agent include aluminum, magnesium, calcium, titanium, zinc, silicon, boron, and combinations including at least one of the foregoing, for example, while choices for an oxidizing agent include boron oxide, silicon oxide, chromium oxide, manganese oxide, iron oxide, copper oxide, lead oxide and combinations including at least one of the foregoing, for example.
- Initiation of an exothermic reaction of the pyrotechnic composition 22 can be by an initiation device (not shown) that may, for example, increase temperatures of a portion of the pyrotechnic composition 22 through electrical, chemical or other means.
- the embodiment of Figures 1 and 2 therefore, house the pyrotechnic composition 22 within a chamber 42 defined between the first tubular 14 and a sleeve 46.
- the sleeve 46 is sealingly engaged with the first tubular 14 at a first end 50 and is slidable sealingly engaged with the first tubular 14 by a movable piston 54 via seals 58 shown herein as o-rings.
- the sliding sealing engagement of the piston 54 with the first tubular 14 allows pressure within the chamber 42 to equalize with pressure outside of the chamber 42, thereby creating a pressure-balancing device 62.
- the chamber 42 can be sealed without the pressure-balancing device 62 to maintain atmospheric pressure within the chamber 42 regardless of the pressure outside of the chamber 62.
- the bonding system 10 disclosed herein can be used instead of a conventional packer and/or a conventional hanger that employs slips for anchoring and elastomeric members for sealing one tubular within another tubular such as one casing to another casing, a packer to casing, or a casing to a liner, for example.
- the bonding systems 10 can also be employed to bind a variety of tools such as, a fish to a bottom hole assembly to eliminate the need for grapples, spears, overshots and taps, for example.
- the bonding system 10 can be used as a whipstock anchor for sidetracking, or to repair damaged casings at connection leaks or other holes.
- meltable plugs 66 can form a portion of the chamber 42 to maintain sealing integrity of the chamber 42 until a selected temperature is reached. Above the selected temperature the one or more meltable plugs 66 are breached and the pyrotechnic composition 22 is free to escape the chamber 42 and engage with walls 70 of the tubulars 14, 18. Expulsion of the pyrotechnic composition 22 from the chamber can be assisted by gravitational forces and by pressure built within the chamber 42 in response to the exothermic reaction therewithin.
- An optional force failing member 74 shown in this embodiment as a rupture disc, may be employed as a pressure -relieving device for the chamber 42.
- a flow stop 78 can also be employed to maintain the pyrotechnic composition 22 at a desired location relative to the walls 70 of the tubulars 14, 18 once it has exited from the chamber 42.
- the flow stop 78 may be ceramic, polymeric, glass or metal, for example, or combinations thereof.
- a crucible 82 may be included to contain the exothermic reaction and the elevated temperatures therefrom to prevent overheating components of the system 10 near to the pyrotechnic composition 22, such as the tubulars 14, 18 and the sleeve 46, for example. Ceramic, due to its high temperature resistance, may be a desirable material for usage in the crucible 82.
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