WO2016081277A1 - Subsurface pipe dimension and position indicating device - Google Patents
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- WO2016081277A1 WO2016081277A1 PCT/US2015/060410 US2015060410W WO2016081277A1 WO 2016081277 A1 WO2016081277 A1 WO 2016081277A1 US 2015060410 W US2015060410 W US 2015060410W WO 2016081277 A1 WO2016081277 A1 WO 2016081277A1
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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
- E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
- E21B47/08—Measuring diameters or related dimensions at the borehole
- E21B47/085—Measuring diameters or related dimensions at the borehole using radiant means, e.g. acoustic, radioactive or electromagnetic
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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
- E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
- E21B47/09—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes
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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
- E21B47/00—Survey of boreholes or wells
- E21B47/09—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes
- E21B47/095—Locating or determining the position of objects in boreholes or wells, e.g. the position of an extending arm; Identifying the free or blocked portions of pipes by detecting an acoustic anomalies, e.g. using mud-pressure pulses
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01B—MEASURING LENGTH, THICKNESS OR SIMILAR LINEAR DIMENSIONS; MEASURING ANGLES; MEASURING AREAS; MEASURING IRREGULARITIES OF SURFACES OR CONTOURS
- G01B21/00—Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant
- G01B21/10—Measuring arrangements or details thereof, where the measuring technique is not covered by the other groups of this subclass, unspecified or not relevant for measuring diameters
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- the field of the invention is measuring systems that sense the outer dimension of a component of a tubular string or the shape of a tool or other string component at a specific location in a borehole and more particularly devices that provide such information in real time without reducing the drift dimension of the supporting pipe for the sensing and transmission equipment.
- Signal transmitters and sensors for the reflected signals are provided in circumferentially spaced locations with power being supplied locally such as from a battery or remotely by wires or other conductors that can extend from the zone of interest to a convenient surface location.
- the orientation of the transmitters and sensors can be inwardly directed to sense the dimension of a stand of pipe inside a surrounding tubular or the orientation can be outwardly oriented so as to sense the position of a tubular with respect to a surrounding open hole for example.
- the transmission and sensing equipment can be preinstalled on the surrounding pipe or can optionally be installed on the inner pipe to direct a signal to the surrounding outer pipe for reflection back to the inner pipe. Sound, vibration, pressure pulses or RF among other signal formats are contemplated.
- a sensing system provides real time information as to the location of a stand in a tubular string at a predetermined elevation such as where the rams are located. This allows a determination of whether the upsets are aligned with the ramps or whether the stand is aligned with the rams in a manner that the rams will close on the tubular between the end upsets.
- the surrounding pipe has circumferentially spaced transmitters and receivers to allow a determination of the outer dimension of the pipe and to transmit such information to the surface by conductors or other means. Measurement of other or irregular shapes such as of tools is also contemplated.
- the position of a tubular in an open hole can also be determined by sending a signal from the tubular to the open hole and back to the tubular. Different signal regimes are contemplated as well as power supply options.
- FIG. illustrates an elevation view of the sensor and transmitter on a surrounding tubular to measure the dimension of a stand of an inner string at a predetermined location.
- FIG. shows a tubular string 10 which supports a schematically illustrated blowout preventer 12 that has sliding rams that are not shown.
- the blowout preventer is of a type well known in the art with opposed rams designed to encircle the string 14 preferably at a location on a stand of tubular 16 between upsets 18 and 20.
- the problem in the past has been the lack of specific knowledge that the portion of tubular 16 between the upsets 18 and 20 is in general alignment with the rams of the blowout preventer 12.
- a signal transmitter array 22 is preferably mounted in a single place and circumferentially evenly spaced although an uneven spacing is also contemplated.
- a signal 24 goes out to the tubular 16 and is reflected back 26 to a respective signal receiver 28 into a multipurpose conductor 30 for transmission of the data to a surface location.
- Conductor 30 can also supply power to array 22 and receivers 28 or as an alternative a local power supply such as batteries can be used.
- the transmitters 22 and receivers 28 are preferably mounted to the surrounding tubular string 10 with an orientation toward the tubular string 14. The reverse arrangement is also contemplated with the transmitters 22 and receivers 28 located on string 14 sending a signal and receiving a reflected signal from the surrounding tubular 10.
- the described system can detect pipe outer dimension as well as outer dimension of irregular shapes such as well tools, with the aid of a local or surface mounted processor as being present in a given depth in a borehole with accuracy and in a real time manner.
- the processor can then confirm that the smaller dimension of a stand of pipe is in alignment with the rams, in one proposed application. In that way the string can be manipulated so that the rams close on a desired tubular dimension between upsets as it is designed to do.
- the presence and shape of a specific tool at a specific location can also be determined.
- the position of the sting or a tool on the string with respect to a surrounding pipe such as in a deviated borehole can also be computed apart from the determination of the external pipe dimensions.
- the transmitters 22 and receivers 28 can be on the outer pipe as shown in the FIG. or on the surrounding pipe and in either case should be configured to not reduce the drift dimension of the surrounding tubular. This can be accomplished with use of a recess or a wide spot in the line.
- the transmitters 22 and receivers 28 can be on a tubular exterior facing open hole to detect the pipe position or the position of a tool on the pipe with respect to the open hole.
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