WO2013074248A1 - Reactive choke for automatic wellbore fluid management and methods of using same - Google Patents
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- the present invention is directed to chokes for use in downhole tools, and in particular, to reactive, fluid actuated, chokes disposed in downhole tools that enable automatic prevention of undesired fluids from entering or exiting a production stream in downhole completions by expanding upon exposure to one or more undesired fluids causing restriction of fluid flow through the choke and, thus, the downhole tools.
- fluid During production of fluids from a well, one or more fluid flows from the formation of the well into a downhole completion. This flowing of fluid is referred to as a production stream.
- the terms "fluid” and “fluids” as used herein can include oil, gas, water, brine, and the like.
- hydrocarbons Generally, it is desired to produce only hydrocarbons from a well and leave all other fluids within the well. However, in some instances, it may be desirable to remove well or brine from the well and leave the hydrocarbons for later production. In either situation, at least one fluid is desired to be produced, i.e., flowed from the formation, into the downhole completion and out of the well, while other fluids are undesired.
- the fluid actuated chokes in downhole tools disclosed herein include an expandable body comprising one or more passageways disposed therein. Desired fluid(s) are permitted to flow through the passageway(s) unimpeded as part of the production stream. Undesired fluid(s) are restricted from flowing through the passageways due to expansion of the expandable body. The expandable body expands when contacted with the undesirable fluid(s). As a result, the passageway(s) move from an initial position which provides a initial flow rate through the passageway(s) towards an expanded or restricted position that provides a second, lesser, flow rate through the passageway(s). BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS
- FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of one specific embodiment of a downhole tool having one specific embodiment of the fluid actuated chokes disclosed herein.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of one specific embodiment of the fluid actuated chokes disclosed herein.
- FIG. 3 A is a partial cross-sectional view of the reactive choke of FIG. 2 taken along line 2-2 showing the fluid actuated choke in its initial position.
- FIG. 3B is a partial cross-sectional view of the reactive choke of FIG. 2 taken along line 2-2 showing fluid actuated choke in one of its plurality of restricted or expanded positions.
- FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view of another specific embodiment of the fluid actuated chokes disclosed herein showing the fluid actuated choke in its initial position.
- FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional view of an additional specific embodiment of the fluid actuated chokes disclosed herein showing the fluid actuated choke in its initial position.
- FIG. 6 is a partial cross-sectional view of another specific embodiment of the fluid actuated chokes disclosed herein showing the fluid actuated choke in its initial position.
- FIG. 7 is a partial cross-sectional view of an additional specific embodiment of the fluid actuated chokes disclosed herein showing the fluid actuated choke in its initial position.
- FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of another embodiment of a downhole tool having one specific embodiment of the fluid actuated chokes disclosed herein.
- FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of the downhole tool of FIG. 8 showing the fluid actuated choke in its initial position.
- downhole tool 20 comprises tubular member 21, having outer wall surface 22 and inner wall surface 23 defining bore 24.
- Choke 30 is disposed within bore 24 thereby dividing bore 24 into upper bore portion 25 and lower bore portion 26.
- a fluid such as oil, gas, brine, water and the like, initially flow through choke 30 either in an upward direction or a downward direction.
- the fluid initially flows from lower bore portion 26, through choke 30, and into upper bore portion 25, or from upper bore portion 25, through choke 30, and into lower bore portion 26.
- choke 30 comprises body 31, having upper surface 32, lower surface 33, side surface 34, and a plurality of passageways 35 disposed between upper and lower surfaces 32, 33 thereby permitting a fluid to flow through body 31.
- body 31 has one side surface 34 because body is cylindrically, or disc, shaped.
- body 31 may have another shape, e.g., a polygonal shape such as a square shape, a rectangular shape, hexagonal shape or the like (not shown). In such embodiments, body 31 would be have more than one side surface 34.
- Body 31 is formed, at least in part, by an expandable material that is capable of expanding to restrict fluid flow through passageway(s) 35 due to contact with an undesired fluid, e.g., hydrocarbon, brine, water, and the like.
- an undesired fluid e.g., hydrocarbon, brine, water, and the like.
- body 31 when contacted by the undesired fluid, body 31 expands such that body 31 and, thus, expandable material and passageway 35, moves from the initial configuration or position (FIG. 3A) to the restricted or expanded configuration or position (FIG. 3B) in which the flow of the undesired fluid through passageway 35 is lessened. In other words, the flow rate of fluid through passageway 35 is decreased.
- FIG. 3A initial configuration or position
- FIG. 3B restricted or expanded configuration or position
- passageway 35 is not completely closed off due to the expansion of expandable material of body 31 from the initial configuration. It is to be understood, however, that in other embodiments, passageway 35 is completely closed off such that the flow rate of fluid through passageway 35 is substantially zero, i.e., less than 5% of the original flow capacity permitted to flow through passageway 35 when the expandable material is in the initial configuration.
- body 31 is formed completely out of the expandable material.
- body 31 includes non-expandable components such as stiffmg rings or other support structures or substrates to which the expandable material is connected. Further, in one embodiment, the expandable materials expand by absorbing the undesired fluid.
- Suitable expandable materials include urethane and polyurethane materials, including polyurethane foams, biopolymers, and superabsorbent polymers. Nitriles and polymers sold as 1064 EPDM from Rubber Engineering in Salt Lake City, Utah are acceptable expandable materials.
- the expandable material comprises a swellable polymer such as cross-linked or partially cross-linked polyacrylamide, polyurethane, ethylene propylene, or other material capable of absorbing hydrocarbon or aqueous, or other fluids, and, thus, swelling to restrict passageway(s) 35.
- Suitable expandable materials include elastomers such as nitrile rubber (“NBR”), hydrogenated nitrile rubber (“HNBR”), carboxyl nitrile rubber (“XNBR”), silicone rubber, ethylene-propylene - diene copolymer (“EPDM”), fluoro elastomer (“FKM,” “FEPM”) and perfluoroelastomer (“FFKM”)); and cross-linked polymers such as water-soluble methylcellulose, cellulose acetate phtalate, and hydro xypropyl methylcellulose polymers, poly (ethylene oxide) polymers, guar and its derivatives, polyacrylamide, silicon-based materials, and flouro- silicone based materials. Still other expandable materials are disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 7,091,771 B2 which is hereby incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.
- the expandable material is a shape- memory material, for example, a compressed elastomer or polymer that is held in the compressed state by a dissolvable material.
- the expandable materials or body 31 itself, including the surface area of body 31 within passageway(s) 35 may be encapsulated with a layer of material dissolvable by fluids such as water, brine, hydraulic fluid, hydrocarbons, and the like.
- the term "encapsulated” and “encapsulating” means that the dissolvable material forms an initial barrier between the fluid and the expandable materials or body 31.
- the encapsulated layer allows the use of expandable materials, and body 31 formed from expandable material(s), that expand virtually
- Encapsulating dissolvable materials for encapsulating the expandable materials may be any material known to persons of ordinary skill in the art that can be dissolved, degraded, or disintegrated over an amount of time by a temperature or fluid such as water-based drilling fluids, hydrocarbon-based drilling fluids, or natural gas.
- the encapsulating dissolvable material is calibrated such that the amount of time necessary for the dissolvable material to dissolve is known or easily determinable without undue experimentation.
- Suitable encapsulating dissolvable materials include polymers and biodegradable polymers, for example, polyvinyl-alcohol based polymers such as the polymer HYDROCENETM available from Idroplax, S.r.l.
- polylactide polymer 4060D from Nature-WorksTM, a division of Cargill Dow LLC
- TLF-6267 polyglycolic acid PGA
- polycaprolactams and mixtures of PLA and PGA solid acids, such as sulfamic acid, trichloroacetic acid, and citric acid, held together with a wax or other suitable binder material
- solid acids such as sulfamic acid, trichloroacetic acid, and citric acid, held together with a wax or other suitable binder material
- polyethylene homopolymers and paraffin waxes polyalkylene oxides, such as polyethylene oxides, and polyalkylene glycols, such as polyethylene glycols.
- tubular member 70 which can facilitate securing choke 30 within bore 24.
- Tubular member 70 provides resistance to outward expansion of body 31 and, thus, facilitates restriction of passageway(s) 35 during expansion of body 31.
- tubular member 70 also comprises a top retainer 71 disposed on upper surface 32 and a bottom retainer 72 disposed on lower surface 33 to provide resistance to upward and downward expansion of body 31.
- upper and lower retainers 71, 72 further facilitate restriction of passageway(s) 35.
- upper and lower retainers 71, 72 extend over the entire upper and lower surfaces 32, 33 and include holes that are in at least partial alignment with each passageway 35.
- upper and lower retainers 71, 72 provide addition resistance to upward and downward expansion by body 31 so that each passageway 35 can be restricted; yet fluid can flow through upper and lower retainers 71, 72 prior to expansion of body 31 due to the holes being at least partially aligned with corresponding passageways 35.
- choke 30 comprises a plurality of passageways 35 having a cylindrical cross-sectional shape such that the intersection of each passageway 35 with upper and lower surfaces 32, 33 provides a substantially circular shape, each circular shape having a substantially identical circumference.
- one or more passageways 35 comprises a serrated cross-sectional shape.
- one side of the cross-sectional shape of passageway 35 has serrations that are reciprocal in shape to the serrations on the opposite side of the cross-sectional shape of passageway 35.
- the serrations of one side fit into the reciprocally-shaped serrations of the opposite side to facilitate restriction of fluid flow through passageway(s) 35.
- one or more of passageways 35 may have a conically-shaped cross-section (FIG. 5) in which the intersection of passageway 35 with the upper surface 32 provides a circular shape having a circumference that is smaller than a circular shape of the intersection of passageway 35 with the lower surface.
- the circumference of the circular shape of the intersection of passageway 35 with lower surface 33 may be smaller than the circumference of the circular shape of the intersection of passageway 35 with the upper surface.
- one or more passageways 35 comprises a curved cross-section, wherein one side has a convex shape and an opposite side has reciprocally shaped concave shape so that, upon expansion of body 31, the convex shaped side fits into the concave shape side to facilitate restriction of the flow of fluid through passageway(s) 35.
- the sides of the cross-sectional shape of one or more passageways 35 have a single chevron cross-sectional shape in which one side fits into a reciprocally shaped chevron shape on an opposite side of the cross- sectional shape of passageway 35 to facilitate restriction of fluid flow through passageway(s) 35.
- downhole tool 80 comprises tubular member 81 having outer wall surface 82 and inner wall surface 83 defining bore 84. Choke 30, upper porous media 50, and lower porous media 60, are disposed within bore 84 thereby dividing bore 84 into upper bore portion 85 and lower bore portion 86.
- Choke 30 can be any of the embodiments disclosed and taught herein.
- Upper and lower porous media 50, 60 can be any porous media known in the art that permits fluid to flow through them. Suitable porous media include Teflon foam or metal screen.
- a fluid such as oil, gas, brine, water and the like, initially flows through choke 30, upper media 50, and lower media 60 in either in an upward direction or a downward direction.
- the fluid initially flows from lower bore portion 86, through lower media 60, choke 30, and upper media 50 into upper bore portion 85, or from upper bore portion 85, through upper media 50, choke 30, and lower media 60 into lower bore portion 86.
- choke 30, upper media 50, and lower media 60 are engaged to inner wall surface 83 of tubular member 85 and retained in place by upper and lower retainers 87, 89.
- tubular member 85 provides resistance to outward expansion of body 31 and, thus, facilitates inward expansion of body 31, thereby causing passageway(s) 35 to be restricted.
- Upper media 50 is engaged with upper surface 32 of body 31 and lower media 60 is engaged with lower surface 33.
- upper and lower media 50, 60 provide resistance to upward and downward expansion, respectively, of body 31 and, accordingly, facilitates restriction of passageway(s) 35 during expansion of body 31.
- the choke includes an opening through which a mandrel, pipe, or other tubular member is passed.
- the choke is disposed on an outer diameter of the mandrel, pipe or other tubular member so that the fluid flows through the passageways disposed outside of the mandrel, pipe, or other tubular member.
- the choke is static and disposed on the outer diameter of the mandrel, pipe, or other tubular member.
- the choke is disposed on a sliding sleeve that is in sliding engagement with the outer diameter of the mandrel, pipe or other tubular member.
- a downhole tool is disposed within a downhole completion at a desired location. Fluid is then permitted to flow from the formation as part of a production stream flowing through the downhole completion and, thus, through the downhole tool.
- a fluid activated choke Disposed within a production stream flow path through the downhole tool is a fluid activated choke such as those disclosed herein. Desired fluids are permitted to flow through the choke unimpeded. However, if an undesired fluid contacts the choke, the choke automatically restricts fluid flow through the choke due to the expansion of one or more expandable materials forming the body of the choke.
- the desired fluid that is permitted to flow unimpeded through the choke can be hydrocarbons, brine, water, and the like.
- the undesired fluid can also be hydrocarbons, brine, water, and the like.
- the choke will permit water to flow through the downhole completion unimpeded, but will automatically restrict the flow of hydrocarbons through the choke when the choke is contacted with the hydrocarbons.
- the choke will permit hydrocarbons to flow through the downhole completion unimpeded, but will automatically restrict the flow of water through the choke when the choke is contacted with the water.
- the choke is reversible. That is, the choke can be closed off or restricted by contact with the undesired fluid; however, after the undesired fluid is not longer in contact with the choke, or the choke is placed in contact with a desired fluid, the passageway(s) through the choke move toward their original open or unrestricted position and, in some embodiments, the passageway(s) return all the way to their original open or unrestricted position.
- the desired fluid is again permitted to flow through the choke.
- the choke can again be activated by an undesired fluid to restrict fluid flow through the choke. Later, the choke can be reopened and the process of restricting fluid flow through the passageways, and then reopening the passageways, can be repeated.
- a choke was formed comprising water swellable rubber having a blend of NBR and polyacrylamide sold under the designation DPNT04 0207 available from BASF located in Florham Park, New Jersey.
- the choke comprised a discshape having a continuous thickness of 0.085 inches and a diameter of 0.950 inches. Forty- three circular holes or passageways each having a diameter of approximately 0.620 inches were disposed through the body of the choke.
- the choke was placed between an upper and lower porous media each comprising Teflon foam.
- the upper porous media had a disc-shape with a diameter of 0.950 inches and a thickness of 1.000 inch.
- the lower porous media had a disc-shape with a diameter of 0.950 inches and a thickness of 1.500 inches.
- the percentage of brine cut was increased until the brine water reached 100%.
- the pressure of the fluid flowing through the flow loop increased from approximately 1.0 psi at 30% brine water to approximately 2.9 psi at 100% brine water.
- the 100% brine water was replaced with oil (LVT 200).
- pressure readings of the oil flowing through the flow loop were taken each minute for 20 seconds.
- the pressure of the fluid decreased from approximately 2.2 psi at the 165th (100% oil) minute of the experiment to approximately 0.9 psi at the 295th minute of the experiment.
- the desired fluid is permitted to flow through the choke at a relatively low pressure; however, upon being contacted by brine water (the undesired fluid), the choke swells and the passageways are closed off causing an increase in pressure within the flow loop. Removal of the brine water reverses the swelling of the choke resulting in the passageways be reopened to permit oil to flow through.
- the choke is reversible and repeatable such that fluid flow through the choke can be decreased and then increased.
- the passageways through the choke can have any desired or necessary cross-sectional shape to facilitate restriction of fluid flow through the choke.
- the choke can have as few as a single passageway or a plurality of passageways.
- the tubular members are not required to have a circular cross-section. Instead, the tubular member can have a polygonal shape or any other shape desired or necessary to flow a production stream through the tubular member.
- the choke is not required to be cylindrically or disc shaped, but can have any other shape desired or necessary to sufficiently restrict fluid flow through the downhole tool when contacted by one or more undesired fluids.
- the passageway(s) are not required to return to their original positions. All that is required is that the passageway(s) move toward their original positions such that increased fluid flow is permitted through the passageway(s). Accordingly, the invention is therefore to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
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