WO2014064254A1 - Wireline pump - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a wireline pumping assembly for being introduced in a wellbore or a casing and submerged in well fluid. Furthermore, the invention relates to a use of the wireline pumping assembly, a method of initiating a well using a wireline pumping assembly and a method of optimising an initiation operation.
- a tool may be used to lift the well fluid to the upper part of the well.
- Such tools are often referred to as artificial lift tools.
- Sucker rod pumps are widely used to draw oil from underground formations.
- such pumps entail a large construction above ground as well as sucker rods extending all the way down through the well to a sub-surface rod pump provided in the well.
- These types of pumps may be suitable for use in wells requiring continuous pumping over longer periods of time.
- the sucker rod pump concept is inexpedient due to the associated considerable investments.
- sea-based oil fields often situated at great depths, the concept of a sucker rod extending from a force generating installation at the surface to a pumping device downhole is ill-suited.
- a wireline pumping assembly for being introduced in a wellbore or a casing and submerged in well fluid, the wireline pumping assembly extending in a longitudinal direction and being adapted for connection with a wireline, and the wireline pumping assembly comprising a pump section comprising :
- a plunger being slidingly disposed in the pump chamber, the plunger comprising a second valve controlling a flow of fluid from a first compartment of the pump chamber on one side of the plunger to a second compartment of the pump chamber on the other side of the plunger,
- a pump rod operably connected to the plunger and extending from the plunger through the tubular pump housing
- the wireline pumping assembly further comprises: - a linear actuator arranged in association with the tubular pump housing for driving the pump rod, whereby, when the wireline pumping assembly is at least partially submerged into the well fluid, well fluid is drawn into the tubular pump housing through the one or more inlets, forced through the second valve of the plunger, and expelled through the one or more outlets in the upper part of the tubular pump housing.
- a simple and reliable pumping device which is capable of running using standard wireline and capable of pumping well fluids downhole. Further, as the pumping device is deployable using standard wireline, the amount of equipment needed to deploy the device is substantially reduced compared to known techniques for performing pumping operations downhole.
- the first valve may be a standing valve fixed in relation to the tubular pump housing and the second valve may be a travelling valve movable with the plunger in relation to the tubular pump housing.
- the linear actuator may comprise:
- tubular stroker cylinder providing one or more piston housings
- a pump for alternately supplying hydraulic fluid under pressure to the first chamber and the second chamber of the tubular stroker cylinder to reciprocate the piston element in the tubular stroker cylinder
- the linear actuator may comprise a plurality of piston elements slidingly disposed in a plurality of piston housings and operably connected to the stroker shaft.
- the linear actuator may comprise an electric linear motor and a stroker shaft driven by the electric linear motor for connection with the pump rod to provide reciprocation of the plunger.
- the wireline pumping assembly may be adapted to pump at a flow rate of approximately 5-15 litres per minute, preferably.
- the wireline pumping assembly may further comprise a plug device for providing a seal in an annulus between the wireline pumping assembly and the casing, the plug device comprising a base part connected with the tubular pump housing and having a through-going bore, and one or more sealing elements disposed around the base part, extendable from the base part for sealing off the annulus.
- the base part may be the tubular pump housing.
- the base part may be part of the tubular stroker cylinder and the outlet(s) of the pump section may be arranged in the linear actuator.
- a simple and reliable pumping device which is capable of running using standard wireline and capable of initiating a well by pumping well fluids from one side of the plug device to the other side, whereby water may be removed.
- the pumping device is deployable using standard wireline, the amount of equipment needed to deploy the device is substantially reduced compared to known techniques for initiating wells. The reduced need for equipment greatly reduces the complexity of the initiation operation, thereby reducing the time and cost of such operations.
- the plug device may further comprise an anchor mechanism for fixating the wireline pumping assembly in the well, the anchor mechanism being slidingly disposed around the base part and comprising a plurality of setting slips extendable from the base part in a substantially radial direction for engagement with the tubing or casing.
- the plug device may further comprise a compression sleeve slidingly disposed around the base part for compressing the one or more sealing elements, and the sealing elements may be adapted to extend from the base part to seal off the annulus when the compression sleeve is displaced in the longitudinal direction towards the one or more sealing elements, thereby applying a compression force to the one or more sealing elements.
- the compression sleeve may comprise a cone-shaped section facing towards the anchor mechanism, the cone-shaped section being adapted to force the setting slips in a radial direction, at least upon activation of the anchor mechanism, when the plurality of setting slips are displaced towards the compression sleeve thereby engaging the cone-shaped section.
- the compression sleeve may be adapted to be displaced by displacement of the anchor mechanism, resulting in a subsequent compression of the sealing elements by the compression sleeve.
- the wireline pumping assembly may further comprise an equalisation valve for equalising a differential pressure across the plug, at least prior to disengaging of the plug, when the plug device is set in a well.
- the plug device may comprise the equalisation valve.
- the wireline pumping assembly may further comprise one or more sensors for measuring a differential pressure across the plug device when the plug device is set in a well.
- the wireline pumping assembly may further comprise an anchor section for anchoring the wireline pumping assembly in the well, the anchor section comprising a plurality of hydraulically activatable anchoring elements extendable from the tool body, for engagement with the casing.
- the wireline pumping assembly may further comprise a driving unit for driving the wireline pumping assembly forward in deviated wells.
- the wireline pumping system may comprising a wireline pumping assembly as described above, and a plug device for providing a seal in an annulus between the plug device and the casing, the plug device comprising a base part having a through-going bore adapted to be connected with the tubular pump housing of the pump section, and one or more sealing elements disposed around the base part, extendable from the base part for sealing off the annulus, wherein the wireline pumping assembly is adapted for connection with the plug device downhole following setting of the plug device in the well.
- the present invention furthermore relates to a use of the wireline pumping assembly as described above or the wireline pumping system described above for initiation of a killed well by removing water or mud present in the well using the pumping action provided by the pumping assembly.
- the present invention relates to a method of initiating a well using a wireline pumping assembly as described above, comprising the steps of:
- the plug devise comprising :
- one or more sealing elements disposed around the base part, extendable from the base part for sealing off the annulus
- the method may further comprise the step of removing the plug device from the well.
- the present invention relates to a method of optimising an initiation operation, comprising the steps of:
- Fig. 1 shows a wireline pumping assembly
- Fig. 2 shows a cross-section of one embodiment of a pump section of the wireline pumping assembly
- Fig. 3a shows a cross-section of one embodiment of a plug device of the wireline pumping assembly
- Fig. 3b shows a cross-section of another embodiment of a plug device
- Fig. 4a shows a cross-section of one embodiment of a linear actuator
- Fig. 4b shows a cross-section of another embodiment of a linear actuator
- Fig. 5a shows the wireline pumping assembly of Fig. 1 in a set condition inside a casing downhole
- Fig. 5b shows a close-up of a lower section of the wireline pumping assembly shown in Fig. 5a
- Fig. 6 shows another embodiment of the wireline pumping assembly comprising a driving unit and an anchor section
- Fig. 7 shows another embodiment of the wireline pumping assembly
- Fig. 8 shows yet another embodiment of the wireline pumping assembly.
- Fig. 1 shows a wireline pumping assembly 1 comprising a pump section 2, a plug device 3, a linear actuator 40 and an electronic section 7.
- the wireline pumping assembly is a downhole assembly adapted to be suspended in a well using a wireline 60 operably connected at a top end of the wireline pumping assembly.
- the plug device is arranged in continuation of the pump section.
- the plug device may be an integrated part of the wireline pumping assembly or adapted to be releasably connected with the wireline pumping assembly downhole.
- the pump section 2 is operably connected to the linear actuator 40, and the linear actuator provides the power input required to drive the pump section 2.
- the wireline pumping assembly is powered through the wireline 60, and the electronic section controls the powering and operation of the remainder of the wireline pumping assembly.
- Fig. 2 shows a pump section 2 of the wireline pumping assembly, comprising a tubular pump housing 20 also constituting a tool housing.
- the pump housing 20 defines a pump chamber 201.
- a lower part of the pump housing is provided with inlets 21 in fluid communication with the pump chamber 201, and an upper part of the pump housing is provided with a plurality of outlets 27 in fluid communication with the pump chamber.
- a first valve 22, such as a standing valve is arranged for controlling the flow of fluid through the inlet 21.
- a plunger 23 is slidingly disposed, thereby dividing the pump chamber into a first compartment 202 and a second compartment 203.
- the pump section 2 further comprises a pump rod 26 operably connected to the plunger and extending from the plunger through the tubular pump housing for connection with a stroker shaft 45 (shown in Fig. 4a) of the linear actuator.
- the wireline pumping assembly further comprises a linear actuator 40 arranged in association with the tubular pump housing 20, as shown in Fig. 1.
- the linear actuator 40 comprises a tubular stroker cylinder 4 defining a piston housing 47 and a piston element 46 slidingly disposed in the piston housing to divide the piston housing into a first chamber 41 and a second chamber 42.
- a stroker shaft 45 extending from the piston element is operably connected with the pump rod of the pump section, as described above, to provide reciprocation of the plunger in the pump chamber.
- the linear actuator further comprises a pump 5 (not shown in Fig.
- the pump housing 20 may be provided as a separate pump housing inside a tubular tool housing.
- the plunger moves away from the inlet 21 and the first valve 22, resulting in well fluid being sucked in through the inlet 21, past the open first valve 22 and into the first compartment 202 of the pump chamber.
- the first valve is a check-valve only allowing fluid to flow into the pump chamber.
- the plunger 23 reaches an upper extreme position, the first compartment of the pump chamber has been flooded.
- a subsequent down- stroke motion of the plunger wherein the plunger moves towards the inlet 21 and the first valve 22, forces the fluid through the travelling valve 24 of the plunger and into the second compartment 203 of the pump chamber.
- the fluid in the second compartment 203 is expelled out through the plurality of outlets in the tubular pump housing as the second valve prevents fluid from flowing in the direction towards the first compartment 202.
- the first valve and the second valve are embodied as check-valves of the ball-type and comprise a displaceable valve ball 221, 241 cooperating with a valve seat 222, 243 to control the flow direction.
- the skilled person would know that many other types of valves may be envisaged providing similar functionality.
- the design of the pump section is based on the principles of widely used rod pumps, and other designs of the pump section may thus be envisaged by the skilled person without departing from the invention. Details about the design of the linear actuator are shown in Figs.
- the stroker shaft 45 extends through the tubular stroker cylinder 4 sectioned into one or more piston housings 47 by partitions 48.
- the partitions comprise a sealing means 49b, such as an O-ring, in order to provide a sealing connection between the partitions and the stroker shaft 45.
- a piston element 46 is provided around the stroker shaft 45 so that the stroker shaft 45 may run back and forth within the tubular stroker cylinder 4 to provide the linear motion.
- Each of the piston elements 46 divides each of the one or more piston housings into a first chamber 41 and a second chamber 42, and the piston elements are provided with sealing means 49a in order to provide a sealing connection between the inside of the piston housing 47 and the outside of the piston element 46.
- fluid is alternately supplied to the first chamber 41 and the second chamber 42 via the respective fluid channels 43, 44.
- Fig. 4b only the fluid channels in fluid communication with the fist piston housing are shown, however, the other piston housings are provided with a similar arrangement of fluid channels.
- the pump pumps fluid into the first chamber by sucking a corresponding amount of fluid from the second chamber 42, and vice versa.
- the pump shifts its pumping direction and pumps fluid from the first chamber 41 into the second chamber 42. Consequently, the piston element 46 is forced in the opposite direction. Consequently, the stroker shaft 45 is forced back and forth, thereby providing the linear motion.
- the first chamber 41 is provided with a fluid channel 43 at one end of the piston housing 47
- the second chamber 42 is provided with a fluid channel 44 at the opposite end of the piston housing 47. In this way, fluid can be sucked or pumped into each chamber until the piston element 46 almost abuts the partitions 48.
- the linear actuator is thus a closed system, meaning that the same fluid is recirculated by being pumped back and forth in the piston housing 47 in order to move the one or more piston elements 46 back and forth.
- the linear actuator may comprise an electric linear motor 51 driving the stroker shaft 45.
- Fig. 3a shows a plug device 3 adapted to be arranged in continuation of the pump section, as shown in Fig. 1, so that an assembly inlet 35 arranged at the end of the plug device is in fluid communication with the inlet of the pump section 2 through outlet 36.
- the plug device is adapted for anchoring the wireline pumping assembly in the well and for providing a circumferential seal in an annulus 62 between the wireline pumping assembly and the casing 61 (shown in Fig. 5a) or an inside wall of the well.
- the plug device comprises a base part 31 having a through-going bore 32 extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of sealing elements 34 disposed around the base part for sealing off the annulus.
- the anchor mechanism comprises a plurality of setting slips 331 which are adapted to extend from the base part in a substantially radial direction.
- a force is applied to the anchor mechanism 33 in the longitudinal direction, thereby displacing the anchor mechanism towards the sealing elements.
- the setting slips 331 engage a cone-shaped section 381 of the compression sleeve facing towards the anchor mechanism.
- the cone-shape of the compression sleeve forces the setting slips in an outwards radial direction for engagement with the casing when the wireline pumping assembly is positioned downhole.
- displacement of the anchor mechanism 33 displaces the compression sleeve in the same direction towards the sealing elements.
- the sealing elements 34 are adapted to extend from the base part 31 to seal off the annulus when the compression sleeve is displaced. Displacement of the compression sleeve applies a compression force to the sealing elements 34, whereby the sealing elements are compressed in the longitudinal direction, resulting in the sealing elements buckling outwards.
- the cooperation relationship of the anchor mechanism, the compression sleeve 38 and the sealing elements 34 thus results in the setting slips 331 and the sealing elements 34 being simultaneously extended from the base part 31 to set the plug device.
- the wireline pumping assembly may further comprise an equalisation valve 37, as shown in Fig. 3b.
- the equalisation valve is adapted to control the flow through the bore 32 of the plug device 3.
- the equalisation valve may also be used for equalising a differential pressure created across the plug device when the plug device is set in the well and well fluid is pumped from the lower sealed-off section 66a of the well below the plug to the upper section 66b of the well above the sealing elements, as shown in Figs. 5a and 5b.
- the equalisation valve is provided in the bore 32 of the plug.
- the equalisation valve may also be incorporated in the pump section (not shown).
- the plug device or other parts of the wireline pumping assembly may comprise a system for measuring the differential pressure, such as one or more sensors 39 for measuring the pressure in the lower and the upper sections of the well.
- the differential pressure may, however, also be determined based on other principles known to the skilled person, inter alia based on the force required to drive the plunger in the pump section.
- the well may start flowing by itself as the well fluid flows from regions with higher pressure towards regions with lower pressure.
- the design of the first valve 22 and the second valve 24 allows well fluid to flow from the inlet 21 towards the outlets 27 regardless of the position of the plunger 23.
- the wireline pumping assembly operates in a contributory way by boosting the existing flow in the well.
- the differential pressure may also be measured by a single sensor arranged across the plug device or by a single sensor in the plunger conducting measurements over time.
- An alternative method for determining the differential pressure is to measure the flow through the outlets 27 of the pump section, e.g. by providing a flow meter 28 in one or more of the outlets 27.
- the wireline pumping assembly is provided with a driving unit 9 and an anchoring section 8.
- the driving section is adapted to drive the wireline pumping assembly forward in inclined sections of the well, and the anchoring section may be used for fixating the wireline pumping assembly downhole.
- the wireline pumping assembly 1 comprises the plug device 3 having the through bore 32 in which the stroker shaft 45 extends and the stroker shaft is connected with the pump rod 26 of the pump section 2.
- the pump section is, in the same way as explained above, operably connected to the linear actuator 40.
- the outlets 27 are arranged in the linear actuator 40 above the plug device and closer to the plug device than the inlet 21 of the pump section 2.
- the base part of the plug device forms part of the linear actuator.
- the plug device 3 is arranged so that the base part is the tubular pump housing and the sealing element 34 is disposed around the tubular pump housing and is radially expandable from the tubular pump housing.
- the sealing element is an inflatable elastomeric material which is inflated by the linear actuator before the actuator drives the pump section.
- the outlets 27 are arranged in the top of the tubular pump housing and the inlet in the bottom of the housing.
- the wireline pumping assembly may be used for various purposes requiring pumping downhole.
- the wireline pumping assembly may be used for initiation of a well that has been intentionally killed, e.g. to perform maintenance operations or the like downhole.
- water may be introduced into the well, thereby increasing the hydrostatic pressure preventing hydro carbon from being forced to the surface by the pressure exerted by the sourrounding formation.
- Such a well may be initiated by subsequently removing the water from the the well.
- a wireline pumping assembly according to the present invention is introduced into a well through the lubricater (not shown) at the surface of the well.
- Figs. 5a and 5b show the wireline pumping assembly being submerged in a well 65 via a wireline 60.
- the plug device is activated, whereby the setting slips 331 engage the casing 61 to fixate the wireline pumping assembly, and the sealing elements 34 are simultaneously extended to provide a circumferential seal sealing off the annulus.
- the well is thus divided into a lower sealed-off section 66a of the well below the set sealing elements and an upper section 66b of the well above the set sealing elements.
- the pump section 2 is activated to pump well fluid from below the set sealing elements 34 to the upper section 66b of the well.
- Pumping well fluid from the lower sealed-off section 66a to the upper section of the well results in lifting of the well fluid in the upper section towards the surface and in a pressure build- up in the lower section of the well.
- the pressure in the upper and/or the lower section is continuously monitored to be able to determine when enough water has been removed for the well to be able to run by itself.
- the operation of the pump section may be stopped .
- the pressure across the plug device has to be equalised, which may be done by operating the equalisation valve provided in the plug device or in another part of the wireline pumping assembly.
- the wireline pumping assembly is pulled up into the lubricator and subsequently removed from the well. Subsequently, the wireline pumping assembly may easily be moved to the next well to perform a similar initiation operation.
- the plug device 3 and the remainder of the wireline pumping assembly 1 may be separately operated and adapted to be releasably connected downhole.
- the plug device is inserted into the well and set in the desired position by activating the anchoring mechanism and the sealing elements.
- the wireline pumping assembly is introduced into the well and connected with the plug device.
- the desired pressure in the lower sealed-off section 66a has been reached by operating the pump section, the wireline pumping assembly may be removed from the well.
- the pressure may be equalised using the equalisation valve provided in the plug device, and the plug device may be removed.
- the design of the plug device 3 and the remainder of the wireline pumping assembly 1 as separate and releasably connectable units may allow for the plug device 3 to be arranged in the well downhole permanently or for longer periods of time.
- the design of the pump section allows well fluid to flow from the inlet 21 towards the outlets 27 regardless of the position of the plunger 23.
- the wireline pumping assembly may thus be arranged in the well downhole permanently or for longer periods of time, operating based on the actual demand for boosting the flow in the well. If, for some reason, the flow in the well suddenly drops, the wireline pumping assembly may be activated to boost the flow until the well is once again able to run by itself.
- the wireline pumping assembly may be activated either automatically based on a measured pressure in the well or by a signal received from an operator. The measured differential pressure across the set sealing elements may thus be used to control the operation of the pumping action of the wireline pumping assembly by continuously activating and deactivating the pumping action to boost the flow in the well.
- fluid or well fluid any kind of fluid that may be present in oil or gas wells downhole, such as natural gas, oil, oil mud, crude oil, water, etc.
- gas is meant any kind of gas composition present in a well, completion, or open hole
- oil is meant any kind of oil composition, such as crude oil, an oil- containing fluid, etc.
- Gas, oil, and water fluids may thus all comprise other elements or substances than gas, oil, and/or water, respectively.
- a casing is meant any kind of pipe, tubing, tubular, liner, string etc. used downhole in relation to oil or natural gas production.
- a downhole tractor can be used to push the assembly all the way into position in the well.
- the downhole tractor may have projectable arms having wheels, wherein the wheels contact the inner surface of the casing for propelling the tractor and the assembly forward in the casing.
- a downhole tractor is any kind of driving tool capable of pushing or pulling tools in a well downhole, such as a Well Tractor®.
- the linear actuator may be a Well Stroker®.
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