WO2017031419A1 - Chicane de colonne de production raccourcie à alésage de grand diamètre apte à être scellé - Google Patents

Chicane de colonne de production raccourcie à alésage de grand diamètre apte à être scellé Download PDF

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WO2017031419A1
WO2017031419A1 PCT/US2016/047762 US2016047762W WO2017031419A1 WO 2017031419 A1 WO2017031419 A1 WO 2017031419A1 US 2016047762 W US2016047762 W US 2016047762W WO 2017031419 A1 WO2017031419 A1 WO 2017031419A1
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Bryan Fitzhugh
William MUSCROFT
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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
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/06—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing or removing tools, packers or the like in boreholes or wells for setting packers
    • 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
    • E21B33/128—Packers; Plugs with a member expanded radially by axial pressure
    • 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
    • E21B33/129—Packers; Plugs with mechanical slips for hooking into the casing
    • 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
    • E21B33/129—Packers; Plugs with mechanical slips for hooking into the casing
    • E21B33/1293—Packers; Plugs with mechanical slips for hooking into the casing with means for anchoring against downward and upward movement

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  • Embodiments according to the present disclosure relate to flow control devices for use in oil and gas wells, and particularly to flow control devices used for isolating the portion of the well above the device from portions below the device.
  • Such flow control devices may be used to isolate one region of the wellbore, and/or tubing installed in the wellbore, from other portions thereof and are commonly used in the completion of multiple formations accessed by a single well, multiple stage completions of a single formation, or other activities in which it is desirable to prevent fluid communication across a desired location within the well.
  • bridge plugs Some fluid barriers, such as bridge plugs, must be removed from the well, such as by drilling or milling out, before fluids can flow back from the formation to the wellhead.
  • the bridge plugs function as fluid barriers in both directions, preventing fluid flow not only from the wellhead to the previously treated portion(s) of the well, but also from such treated portions to the wellhead. Drilling out bridge plugs can be a time consuming and expensive process involving workover rigs or coil tubing.
  • frac baffle One alternative to bridge plugs is the frac baffle. These devices have an open throughbore that can be sealed with an appropriately sized ball, dart or other plug to prevent fluid flow from the wellhead to the formation. Higher pressure on the wellhead side of the baffle forces the plug into the baffle and the plug releases when pressure equalizes across the baffle or when pressure on the downwell side is greater than the upwell side. In this way, firac baffles may permit reservoir fluids to flow to the wellhead without any drilling out operation.
  • Present frac baffle designs have a throughbore that is unsatisfactorily narrow, leading to clogging—such as "sanding up”— or other blockage following completion of fracture treatments, such as during flowback. Further, the narrow throughbore limits the thru tubing tools that may pass through such baffles so that, even if such baffles may remain during initial production, they are likely to require drilling out when workover operations become necessary.
  • Embodiments of the present disclosure overcome the difficulties described above and/or strike an improved balance therebetween.
  • Embodiment devices as described herein allow for significantly larger throughbores when the device is in the open state, making mill out an option rather than a necessity.
  • Embodiments may be constructed primarily of materials more machinable than commonly used steels (e.g. such as PI 10 specification steels having a minimum 110k psi yield strength and steels of approximate yield strengths similar to certain ductile irons such asL80 spec steels, having at least 80k psi yield strength). Such materials may include ductile iron, composite materials, or others. Combined with the shortness and thin walls of the baffles herein, devices of the present disclosure provide improved milling time if the device must be removed.
  • Methods according to the present disclosure deploy a flow control device—such as a device having an upward facing plug seat— at a selected location in the tubing for use with plug and perf operations or any other application that could utilize a ball and seat for isolation.
  • a seal is created between the flow control device and the tubing, such as with a conventional packing element, and at least one slip flanking the element is set to hold the flow control device in place.
  • the seat of the device does not create isolation until a sealing element (ball, dart, plug) is landed on/in the seat of the tool.
  • a treatment such as a fracture treatment, can then be conducted through casing perforations upwell of such seat.
  • a subsequent tool may then be run in and set upwell of those perforations and the process repeated.
  • Plugs are not required to pass through other seats before landing on the desired seat, thus permitting the throughbore of each seat to have maximum diameter— e.g., the throughbore is not reduced in size because of the need to pass its corresponding plug through pre-installed seats upwell of the desired seat location.
  • baffles have a seat configured to receive a selected plug or plugs (such as a ball, needle, disk, overshot, or other structure preventing, limiting, or controlling fluid flow when engaged with the seat).
  • a selected plug or plugs such as a ball, needle, disk, overshot, or other structure preventing, limiting, or controlling fluid flow when engaged with the seat.
  • Such embodiments may be useful, for example, when closure of the baffle causes a pressure differential to build across the seat after the plug has been engaged.
  • Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of an embodiment baffle according the disclosure herein.
  • Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the embodiment baffle of Fig. 1 in the set position.
  • Fig. 2A is a partial sectional elevation of the baffle of Fig. 2 more fully disclosing the region adjacent the upper slip.
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation of an alternate embodiment baffle.
  • Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a of an alternative embodiment baffle.
  • Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a run assembly showing the baffle of Fig. 4 and a Wireline Adaptor Kit.
  • Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation of an alternative embodiment baffle.
  • Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation of another alternative embodiment baffle.
  • Fig. 8 is a sectional elevation of further alternative embodiment baffle.
  • Fig. 9 is a sectional elevation of the embodiment of Fig. 8 in the set position.
  • Fig. 1 OA is a sectional elevation of the embodiment of Figure 6 having an alternative embodiment setting assembly.
  • Fig. 10B is side view of an embodiment wireline adaptor kit extension from Fig. 10A.
  • upwell When used with reference to the figures, unless otherwise specified, the terms “upwell,” “above,” “top,” “upper,” “downwell,” “below,” “bottom,” “lower,” and like terms are used relative to the direction of normal production and/or flow of fluids and or gas through the tool and wellbore.
  • normal production results in migration through the wellbore and production string from the downwell to upwell direction without regard to whether the tubing string is disposed in a vertical wellbore, a horizontal wellbore, or some combination of both.
  • fracing fluids and/or gasses move from the surface in the downwell direction to the portion of the tubing string within the formation.
  • Figure 1 shows an embodiment flow control device 100 according to the present disclosure.
  • the embodiment of Figure 1 comprises a mandrel 110, slips 122 and 124, rings 132 and 134, element 130, cone 140, bottom section 150 and ratchet ring 160.
  • Mandrel 110 comprises at least one upper face 112, an interior surface 180 at least partially defining the throughbore of the tool, and mandrel teeth 170 positioned on at least part its exterior surface.
  • Slips 122, 124, rings 132, 134, and element 130 are arranged around an outer surface of mandrel 110 between mandrel shoulder 121 and cone shoulder 127.
  • Slip 122 is between mandrel shoulder 121 and ring 132.
  • Slip 124 lies between cone shoulder 127 and ring 134.
  • Rings 132, 134 are located on opposing ends of the element 130 between the element 130 and slip 122 or slip 124, respectively.
  • Either or both of slips 122, 124 may, in conjunction with rings 132, 134, function as an expansion ring to limit or prevent extrusion of element 130 longitudinally between the outer surface of the device 100 and any tubing in which it is installed.
  • ratchet ring 160 positioned in a groove formed at least in part from cone 140, has a plurality of teeth configured to engage mandrel teeth 170 on the outer surface of mandrel 110.
  • Ratchet ring is positioned adjacent to bottom section 150 and one or more surfaces of bottom section 150 may form at least part of the groove or other structure holding ratchet ring 160 in the desired location.
  • embodiments of the present disclosure may be run in on wireline using a setting tool such as a conventional Baker 10, Baker 20, or Go-Shorty hydraulic setting tool or other setting tool.
  • a setting tool such as a conventional Baker 10, Baker 20, or Go-Shorty hydraulic setting tool or other setting tool.
  • Such setting tools are known in the art.
  • Such setting tool which may also include a suitable or custom adapter for the specific embodiment, may be connected to the device via setting shear pins connecting a setting mandrel to the bottom of the baffle, such setting shear pins connecting the setting tool to the embodiment device through one or more shear pin holes 152 in the bottom section 150.
  • the setting tool, or adaptor may also have a piston, such as a setting sleeve or setting nut, engaging the setting mandrel at or near the upper face 112.
  • the mandrel shoulder 121 will be brought close to the ring shoulder 123.
  • the angular profile of slip 122 may such that, when the slip 122 expands to engage the tubing, mandrel shoulder 121 and ring shoulder 123 are held about 2 inches apart or less, 1.5 inches or less or about 1 inch or less apart. In some embodiments, slip 122 holds mandrel shoulder 121 and ring shoulder 123 about one-half inch or less apart and in still further embodiments less than about one-quarter inch apart.
  • mandrel shoulder 121 and ring shoulder 123 may dictate the length of mandrel 110 exposed to the high pressure differential of the fracture or other treatment.
  • the throughbore defined by interior surface 180 of mandrel 110 is in fluid isolation from slip 122 and the outer surface of mandrel 110 adjacent to slip 122.
  • Pressure in the tubing is applied to the outer surface of mandrel 110— from the upper face 112 to the upper edge of element 130— but not the inner surface of mandrel 110, creating a pressure differential aross the upper portion of the mandrel, including at exposed length 117.
  • the mandrel 110 may withstand pressure differentials across its wall that are normally predicted to collapse the mandrel 110. Ring 132 may not form a fluid seal with mandrel 110, and therefore the exposed length 117 may include the region under ring 132 as well as the region between mandrel should 121 and ring 132.
  • Embodiments with a shortened exposed length 1 17 may have an exposed length that is from about 3.0 inches to about less than 0.25 inches, more preferably less than 2.0 inches.
  • exposed lengths 117 With exposed lengths 117 less than about 1 inch, the ability of the mandrel to withstand collapse pressures may increase substantially. In certain embodiments, the exposed length 117 is about 0.5 to about .25 inches or less when the tool is set, but larger exposed lengths may be necessary if slip 122 must be enlarged.
  • the seat for engaging a plug is adjacent the exposed length of mandrel 110, such as within about 0.5 to 1 inches.
  • a solid plug such as a ball may provide support to both the upper face 112 and the exposed length 117 to prevent collapse at high pressure differentials across the mandrel wall.
  • Disintegrable plugs such as dissolvable firac balls, may be used in conjunction with embodiments according to the disclosure herein, leaving the throughbore of the device free from obstruction after sufficient disintegration of the plugs because such plugs can then flow freely out of the well through the installed embodiment baffles. Further, disintegrable plus may completely dissolve or suspend in wellbore fluids to be carried out of the well.
  • the slips may be biased to have greater holding strength to prevent movement in the downwell direction (e.g. against pressure differentials caused by higher fluid pressure at the upper face 112 relative to the fluid pressure at the bottom section 150).
  • Such an arrangement may allow for the slip 124 to have a stronger "bite" to hold the device against such differentials while the upper slip 122 has a weaker bite.
  • One or more shear pin holes 152 may be maintained without a shear pin, e.g. remain empty. Such empty shear pin holes may serve as a flowback bypass, such as when a plug from a downstream seat travels upwell to engage the bottom section 150. Such plug may be large enough to close the opening in the bottom section 150— e.g. block the throughbore by engaging bottom section 150— and an empty shear pin hole will allow fluid to enter the throughbore, thereby circumventing or bypassing such obstruction.
  • Embodiments with varying slips may be used.
  • the present disclosure encompasses alternate embodiments such as configurations in which both slips oppose movement of the device in a single direction or in which the upper slip is absent and friction from the element assembly holds the device in place against upwell movement.
  • the c- ring slips may be substituted with many other slips known in the art, including barrel slips— e.g. slips 222 and 224 of Fig. 3.
  • Figure 3 shows another embodiment downhole tool 200 according to the present disclosure.
  • the embodiment of Figure 3 comprises a mandrel 210, slips 222 and 224, rings 232 and 234, element 230, cone 240, bottom section 250 and ratchet ring 260.
  • Mandrel 210 comprises at least one upper face 212, an interior surface 280 at least partially defining the through bore of the tool, and mandrel teeth 270 positioned on at least part its exterior surface.
  • Slips 222, 224, rings 232, 234, and element 230 are arranged around an outer surface of mandrel 210 between mandrel shoulder 221 and cone shoulder 227.
  • Slip 222 is between mandrel shoulder 221 and ring 232.
  • Slip 224 lies between cone shoulder 227 and ring 234.
  • Rings 232, 234 are located on opposing ends of the element 230 between the element 230 and slip 222 or slip 224, respectively.
  • Ratchet ring 260 positioned in a groove formed at least in part from cone 240, has a plurality of teeth configured to engage mandrel teeth 270 on the outer surface of mandrel 210.
  • shoulder 227 of cone 240 may be flatter than shoulder 127 of cone 140 as seen in Figure 1.
  • the angles of each of the shoulders may be adjusted, or coordinated with different element stacks, in order to optimize the strength with which the slips 224 and 222 hold the tubing in which the device is installed and/or the force applied to the element or element stack to create a fluid seal.
  • Ratchet ring 260 is positioned adjacent to bottom section 250 and one or more surfaces of bottom section 250 may form at least part of the groove or other structure holding ratchet ring 260 in the desired location.
  • Devices according to the disclosure herein may be configured to withstand greater pressure differentials in one direction than can be withstood in the other directions.
  • the embodiment of Figure 3 is configured to withstand, without moving in the well, a greater net force to the plug side of the tool, e.g. the side including upper face 212, than the tool can withstand against the bottom side, the side including bottom section 250, of the tool.
  • Such net force is typically applied by a higher fluid pressure on one end of the tool than is applied to the other end.
  • fluid pressure may be applied against the downhole tool 200 and a plug sealing against the upper face 212, causing a pressure differential across the tool 200 and thereby applying a net force against the plug side of tool 200.
  • a pressure differential applying net force in the opposing direction may also be formed, such as during flowback or production operations, if a second ball, plug, or debris trapped downwell of the tool engages the bottom section 250 of the embodiment of Figure 3.
  • the pressure differential created across a tool during flowback or production operations is typically less than a pressure differential from fracturing operations.
  • Second slip 224 is arranged to engage a casing, liner, or other tubular in order to prevent movement of the tool in response to net force against plug side of the tool.
  • second slip 224 has a larger gripping force, which may result from optimizing the gripping surface area, such as by increased number of teeth, the inclusion of alternative or additional gripping features, or other optimization.
  • the element stack may come in different configurations.
  • the element stack in Figure 1 has a ring 132, 134, which may be a metal ring, around either side of the element.
  • the embodiment of Figure 3 has a metal ring 232, 234 on either side of the element 230.
  • a Teflon® ring 233, 235 is interposed between the metal ring 232, 234, respectively, and element 230.
  • Other element stacks that are or become known in the art are also within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • Figure 4 shows another embodiment device 300 according to the present disclosure comprising a mandrel 310, slips 322 and 324, rings 332 and 335, backup ring 334, element 330, cone 340, bottom section 350, and ratchet housing 375 which includes ratchet ring 360.
  • Ratchet housing 375 is connected to bottom section 350 and slidingly engaged with mandrel 310 such that ratchet housing 375 and bottom section 350 telescope over mandrel 310 (or mandrel 310 telescopes into the ratchet housing 375 and bottom section 350) when the flow control device is set in the tubing.
  • Ratchet housing 375 engages slip 324 such that the ratchet housing 375 may apply force to slip 324, pushing slip onto cone 340 at the angular surface 327 of cone 340. This forces slip 324 radially outward and applies longitudinal force to cone 340, which in turn applies force to element 330 for creating a fluid seal against the tubing.
  • Mandrel 310 comprises at least one upper face 312, an interior surface 380 at least partially defining the throughbore of the tool, and mandrel teeth 370 positioned on at least part its exterior surface.
  • Mandrel 310 may have an enlarged end 315 which may be of a single piece with the remainder of the mandrel and function as a setting ring. It will be appreciated that the compressed element 330 exerts force back towards the upper and lower setting rings— enlarged end 315 and lock ring housing 375 in Fig. 3— in an attempt to relax from its compressed state.
  • the slips, including slip 322 when present, may redirect such force into the tubing in which the device is set. Slip 322 may thereby reduce or substantially reduce the tensile load placed on the mandrel 310 via the setting ring, further facilitating the thinness of the device wall, including the thin exposed length of the mandrel.
  • enlarged section 315 provides both the plug seat along upper face 312 and functions as a setting ring.
  • the setting ring comprises the plug seat in some embodiments.
  • Similar arrangements can been with respect to the enlarged sections 115, 215, 515, and 615 and their respective plug seats 112, 212, 512, and 612.
  • the plug seat must have a minimum thickness in order to effectively seal with a plug. Further, it is desirable, and in some cases necessary, that the plug seat have sufficient strength, material strength coupled with thickness, to withstand the forces of a plug landing thereon at relatively high speeds.
  • the plug seat then must withstand the force exerted on the plug by the fracturing fluids, force exceeding 100,000 lbs, for a four inch ball at 10,000 psi differential pressure.
  • the setting ring comprises the plug seat permit a thinner wall because the necessary thickness of the plug seat is at least partially combined in, rather than added to, the necessary thickness of the setting ring.
  • the setting ring and plug seat are of one piece with the mandrel.
  • Such configuration allows, as discussed above, the thickness of the setting ring to provide thickness for the plug seat.
  • Prior art devices have threaded setting rings which allow fluid communication between the inner surface of the setting ring and the outer surface of the mandrel.
  • Such arrangement both elongates the exposed section and precludes sealing of the plug against the setting ring due to leaks paths through the threads and "behind" the ball. Preventing such leak paths may be accomplished by using seals, such as o-rings between separately connected setting ring or setting ring/plug seat combinations and the use of such seals is within the scope of embodiments herein.
  • Slips 322, 324, rings 332, 335, backup ring 334 and element stack 330 are arranged around an outer surface of mandrel 310 between mandrel shoulder 321 and ratchet housing 375.
  • Slip 322 is between mandrel shoulder 321 and ring 332.
  • Slip 324 lies between cone shoulder 327 and ratchet housing 375.
  • Rings 332, 335 are located on opposing ends of the element stack 330 between the element stack 330 and slip 322 or backup ring 334, respectively. Rings 332, 335 may be of any number of materials depending on the desired application. In some embodiments rings 332, 335 may be of ductile iron or other material.
  • Back up rings such as back up ring 334 are also known in the art. Certain embodiment back up rings may be opposing c- rings made of ductile iron, elastomeric materials such as poly-ether-ether-ketone (PEEK) or other suitable elastomers, or an array of other materials.
  • PEEK
  • Ratchet ring 360 positioned in a groove formed at least in part from ratchet housing 375, has a plurality of teeth configured to engage mandrel teeth 370 on the outer surface of mandrel 310.
  • Anti-preset shear pin 314 engages both ratchet housing 375 and mandrel 310, preventing telescoping down of the tool, and therefore setting of slips 322, 324 and of element 330, until the shear pin is broken.
  • shoulder 327 of cone 340 may have a different angle than shoulder 127 of cone 140 as seen in Figure 1. The angles of each of the shoulders may be adjusted, or coordinated with different element stacks, in order to optimize the strength with which the slips, 124, 324 in Fig.
  • Ratchet ring 360 is positioned adjacent to bottom section 350 and one or more surfaces of bottom section 350 may form at least part of the groove or other structure positioning ratchet ring 360.
  • devices according to the present disclosure may be configured to withstand greater pressure differentials in one direction than can be withstood in the opposing direction.
  • the embodiment of Figure 4 is configured to withstand, without moving in the well, a greater net force to the plug side of the device, e.g. the side including upper face 312, than the device can withstand against the bottom side, the side including bottom section 350, of the device.
  • Such net force is typically applied by a higher fluid pressure on one end of the device than is applied to the other end.
  • fluid pressure may be applied against the fluid control device 300 and a plug (not shown) sealing against the upper face 312, creating a large pressure differential across the device 300 and thereby applying a net force against the plug side of device 300.
  • a pressure differential applying net force in the opposing direction may also be formed, such as during flowback or production operations, if a second ball, plug, or other debris trapped downwell of the device engages the bottom section 350 thereof.
  • the pressure differential created across a baffle during flowback or production operations is typically smaller than a pressure differential from fracturing operations.
  • the presence of the upper slip may facilitate through tubing workover operations. After such operations are completed, the through tubing and any bottom hole assembly, or "BHA", attached thereto must be removed. Such tubing or BHA may tag, hang up, or otherwise engage the lower end of the device, such as device 300. The presence of upper slip 322 may prevent movement of the device 300 in the tubing in response to such engagement.
  • BHA bottom hole assembly
  • a second slip 324 is arranged to engage a casing, liner, or other tubular in order to prevent movement of the tool in response to net force against plug side of the tool, e.g. the side of the tool where seat 312 is located.
  • second slip 324 has a larger exterior surface, between 1 and 1.25 inches in width in some embodiments, and is configured to provide greater holding force than the first slip 322 which is placed on the upwell side of the embodiment of Figure 4 when such embodiment is used as a frac baffle.
  • Element stacks for tools according to the present disclosure may also come in different configurations.
  • the element stack in Figure 1 has a ring 132, 134, which may be a metal ring, around either side of the element.
  • the embodiment of Figure 3 has a metal ring 232, 234 on either side of the element 230.
  • a Teflon® ring 233, 235 is interposed between the metal ring 232, 234.
  • the element stack of Figure 4 may comprise an element 331 of 80 durometer rubber flanked by rings 337, 338 of 90 durometer rubber between element 331 and rings 332, 335, respectively.
  • Other element stacks that are or become known in the art are also within the scope of the present disclosure and such element may be chosen based on any particular application of the fluid control device.
  • Devices according the present disclosure may be configured for installation into casing or other tubing of various sizes.
  • the outer diameter of the tool In the run-in position, e.g. before the tool is set, the outer diameter of the tool must be smaller than the smallest diameter of the tubing through which the tool is run and into which it is installed.
  • the element and the slips must have sufficient capability to expand within the tubing to form a sufficient fluid seal and grip the tubing wall, respectively, to withstand the anticipated differential pressure expected to be created across the tool.
  • the mandrel must be configured to withstand the collapse forces from pressure differentials anticipated for the tool, the tool being designed to limit and/or avoid pressure differentials applying a burst force.
  • Embodiment tools of the present disclosure have been shown to have pressure ratings of at least 4000 psi, such as the embodiment tool in Figure 1 to 10,000 psi for the embodiment tools in Figures 4 and 6 utilizing a barrel slip as the lower slip.
  • embodiment tools tested have achieved a 10,000 psi pressure rating using ductile iron of grades with minimum yield strength of 70 ksi and radial thickness of about .44 inches (about 0.875 inches diametrically), permitting the borehole 380 diameter to exceed 70% of the casing diameter in 4.5" and 5.5" casing sizes.
  • the pressure rating of 10,000 psi is achieved with a mandrel made of ductile iron and having very thin walls at the exposed length.
  • ductile iron with a yield strength of at least 70k, and in certain tests 74.5k, psi was used in a mandrel, such as mandrel 310 with wall thickness of about 0.188 inches along the exposed length and through the portions of the mandrel engaging the sealing stack, cone 340, ratchet housing 375.
  • embodiment tools according to Figure 4 including an exposed length 317 wall thickness of 0.188 inches, withstood fracturing pressure differentials averaging over 8100 psi for more than 2.5 hours.
  • the element, slips, cone, and ratchet ring have a wall thickness of about 0.25 inches.
  • the inner diameter of a flow control device of the present disclosure is determined by three factors: the drift diameter of the tubing in which the device is to be installed, the ratio chosen for the outer diameter of the device relative to the drift diameter, and the wall thickness of the device itself.
  • the outer diameter of the device will range from about 95% of the drift diameter to about 98% of the drift diameter for the tubing size and/or weight with the smallest inner diameter and, more preferably from about 96.5% of the drift diameter to 97.5% of the drift diameter, including devices having ratios of about 97% of the drift diameter.
  • the inner diameter may be about 98% of the drift diameter minus .875 inches— the 0.875 inches corresponding to two times the thickness of one wall. Thinner walls may be achievable using higher yield materials, but such thinner walls may increase drill out time without providing an appreciably larger throughbore.
  • the diameter of the throughbore may range from about 88% of drift minus .875 inches up to 98% of drift minus .875 inches for a device designed to span three casing weights.
  • the inner diameter may range from about 92% of drift minus .875 inches to about 98%> of drift minus .875 inches in some embodiments or from about 94% of drift minus .875 inches to about 98%> of drift minus 0.875 inches.
  • slips 322, 324 of Fig. 4 For devices spanning multiple casing sizes/weights, it may be desirable to increase the thickness of the walls in order to increase outward travel of the slips, e.g. slips 322, 324 of Fig. 4.
  • the outward— radial, or towards the tubing in which a device is installed— travel of the slips may be limited, at least in part, by the angular surface 327 of cone 340 for lower slip 324 or by the angular surface 321 of the setting ring for the upper slip 322.
  • Making the angular surfaces 321, 327 deeper, such as by thickening the cone and/or making the slips radially thicker can increase the ability of the slips 322, 324 to travel outward and engage the tubing.
  • the outward stroke of the slips may be about 0.25 inches diametrically for a device with an O.D. suitable for use in 23# casing. This may be done by increasing the thickness of the cone by 0.25 inches or by increasing the thickness of the cone and the slips by a combined 0.25 inches, e.g. by thickening each 0.125 inches diametrically. Such an arrangement may lead to wall thickness of one wall about .5 inches to about .67 inches. For a device spanning two casing weights, the outward travel increases by about 0.115 inches. Thus, the wall thickness may increase by about .03 to .06 inches (e.g.
  • a device spanning three casing sizes may, where desired, have a wall thickness of about 0.46 inches to about 0.49 inches.
  • the thin wall enabled by devices according to the present disclosure allows the larger throughbore sizes of these baffles.
  • Prior art baffles have wall thicknesses much larger, at least about 0.55 inches (radially, 1.10 inches diametrically) using steel in the mandrel and about 0.78 inches (radially, 1.56 inches diametrically) with an iron mandrel.
  • Figure 5 illustrates an embodiment device 300, such as from Figure 4, assembled on a wireline adapter kit (WLAK) as it might be run into a well.
  • WLAK wireline adapter kit
  • Upper face 312, bottom section 350, and shear pin holes 352 are shown in Fig. 5 for reference.
  • the WLAK comprises an outer adapter crossover 415 connected to setting sleeve 410 which is in turn connecting to setting nut 440.
  • Setting nut has angular surface 442 which complements upper face 312.
  • WLAK further comprises an inner adapter crossover 420 connected to one end of WLAK mandrel extension 430 and WLAK mandrel 470 is connected to the opposing end of WLAK extension mandrel 430.
  • WLAK mandrel 470 may include shear trap 450.
  • Such shear trap may allow for connection of shear pin 354 to WLAK mandrel around a lower shoulder of shear pin 354.
  • the lower shoulder of the shear pin has a greater diameter than the hole in WLAK mandrel 470 and shear trap 450 through which shear pin 354 passes.
  • Bypass holes 357 which may be shear pin holes 352 without shear pins placed therein, are shown in Figure 5 to illustrate their location relative to other components of the baffle 300.
  • WLAK mandrel extension 430 may contain a check valve, such as a ball 460 and seat 445 check valve.
  • Embodiment devices such as disclosed in Fig. 4 may be particularly useful in wellbores with long lateral or horizontal sections. During run-in prior to installation, the devices may "fall" through the vertical section of the well and then may be pumped through a lateral section. Devices with larger throughbores "fall” more readily because of the decrease in fluid volume displacement caused by the device. Ports 412, 422, 432 allow fluid communication between the various annuli of the assembly, facilitating the flow of fluids therebetween and further facilitating fall of the assembly in a vertical section.
  • the smaller volume displacement of large throughbore devices means pumping the device along the lateral section may require more time.
  • the check valve of the assembly in Fig. 5 allows for the throughbore to be open when the assembly is falling in the vertical section because fluid pressure on the WLAK mandrel 470 side of the assembly is greater than on the outer adapter crossover 415 side, pushing the ball 460 off seat 445 and allowing fluid to flow through the throughbore.
  • fluid pressure is applied to the well, such as by pumps at the surface, causing pressure to be higher at the outer adapter crossover 415 side of the device than at the WLAK mandrel 470 side, forcing the ball 460 into seat 445 and preventing fluid flow through the throughbore.
  • the check valve enables the throughbore to go from an open state to a closed state, increasing the fluid displacement of the assembly and allowing a given pressure differential to move the assembly at a higher rate of speed. The higher speed decreases the run-in time required for the device to reach its desired location.
  • the setting tool is actuated.
  • the setting tool may force the outer adapter crossover 415 downward (e.g. toward shear pin 354) while the inner adapter crossover 420 is held in place.
  • mandrel 310 in Figure 4
  • the sheer pins break and release the WLAK from device 300.
  • the setting tool and WLAK can then be removed, where desired, and operations may proceed.
  • Embodiment devices may be very short, having lengths less than eight inches and as short as six inches for embodiments holding 4000 psi and as little as 11 inches, or even 10.4 to 10.5 inches, prior to installation, for embodiments rated to about 8500 psi or 10,000 psi.
  • Embodiment tools may telescope down substantially when set, reducing in length as much as about 2.0 to about 2.25 inches from the run-in position to the set position for embodiments according to Fig. 4 and Fig. 6.
  • mill out times for embodiment devices be less than 1 hour, equivalent to about 18 inches of device length for embodiments according to the present disclosure.
  • mill out times will be less than 45 minutes, or about 15 inches in length.
  • mill out times will be less than about 30 minutes, or about 12 inches or less in length. It will be appreciated that mill out times will vary depending on the specific milling conditions used— e.g. type of mill, conveyance on jointed pipe or coil tubing, location of the milled device in the well, and other factors.
  • Mill out time is not the only consideration in determining device length. Specifically, longer devices may be desirable if higher pressure rating is needed because longer element stacks, longer cones, or longer slips may permit pressure ratings above 10,000 psi in some embodiments. However, the required device length for a particular pressure differential may be kept to a minimum using devices according to the disclosure herein as compared to prior art baffles.
  • FIG. 6 Another embodiment flow control device is shown in Figure 6, comprising a mandrel 510, slips 522 and 524, ring 532, element 530, cone 540, bottom section 550, and ratchet housing 575 which includes ratchet ring 560.
  • Ratchet housing 575 is connected to bottom section 550 and slidingly engaged with mandrel 510 such that ratchet housing 575 and bottom section 550 telescope over mandrel 510 (or mandrel 510 telescopes into the ratchet housing 575 and bottom section 550) when the flow control device is set in the tubing.
  • Ratchet housing 575 engages slip 524 such that the ratchet housing 575 may apply force to slip 524, pushing slip onto cone 540 at the angular surface 527 of cone 540. This forces slip 524 radially outward and applies longitudinal force to cone 540, which in turn applies force to element 530 for creating a fluid seal against the tubing.
  • Mandrel 510 comprises at least one upper face 512, an interior surface 580 at least partially defining the throughbore of the tool, and mandrel teeth 570 positioned on at least part of its exterior surface.
  • Mandrel 510 may have an enlarged end 515 which may function as a setting ring.
  • Slips 522, 524 (which may be hardened), ring 532, and element stack 530 are arranged around an outer surface of mandrel 510 between mandrel shoulder 521 and ratchet housing 575.
  • Slip 522 is between mandrel shoulder 521 and ring 532.
  • Slip 524 lies between cone shoulder 527 and ratchet housing 575.
  • Ring 532 may be of any number of materials known in the art depending on the desired application. In some embodiments rings 532 may be of a ductile material such as ductile iron or other material.
  • Ratchet ring 560 positioned in a groove formed at least in part from ratchet housing 575, has a plurality of teeth configured to engage mandrel teeth 570 on the outer surface of mandrel 510.
  • Anti-preset shear pin 514 engages both ratchet housing 575 and mandrel 510, preventing telescoping down of the tool, and therefore setting of slips 522, 524 and element 530 until the shear pin is broken.
  • shoulder 527 of cone 540 may be optimized to different angles depending on the needed pressure rating of the flow control device.
  • Ratchet ring 560 is positioned adjacent to bottom section 550 and one or more surfaces of bottom section 550 may form at least part of the groove or other structure holding ratchet ring 560 in the desired location.
  • devices according to the present disclosure may be configured to withstand greater pressure differentials in one direction than can be withstood in the other directions.
  • the embodiment of Figure 6 is configured to withstand, without moving in the well, a greater net force to the plug side of the tool, e.g. the side including upper face 512, than the tool can withstand against the bottom side, the side including bottom section 550, of the tool.
  • Such net force is typically applied by a higher fluid pressure on one end of the tool than is applied to the other end.
  • fluid pressure may be applied against the downhole tool 500 and a plug sealing against the upper face 512 (plug not shown), creating a large pressure differential across the tool and thereby applying a net force against the plug side of tool 500.
  • a pressure differential applying net force in the opposing direction may also be formed, such as during flowback or production operations, if a second ball, plug, or debris, trapped downwell of the tool engages the bottom section 550 of the tool.
  • the pressure differential created across a tool during flowback or production operations is typically lower than a pressure differential from fracturing operations.
  • Second slip 524 is arranged to engage a casing, liner, or other tubular in order to prevent movement of the tool in response to net force against plug side of the tool, e.g. the side of the tool where upper face 512 is located.
  • second slip 524 may have an optimized exterior surface, such as toothed surface between 1 and 1.25 inches in width in some embodiments, to provide greater holding force than the similarly configured, but narrower, first slip 522 which is placed on the upwell side of the embodiment of Figure 6.
  • Figure 6 illustrates an embodiment element stack 530 in which the lower element stack ring 538 is widened.
  • Such embodiment may be constructed without a ring such as ring 335 or a backup ring such as back up ring 334, both illustrated in Fig. 4.
  • the lower element stack ring 538 may be of 95 durometer rubber or other rubber of suitable mechanical characteristics.
  • cone 540 may have a cone lock, such as shear pin 544, to prevent movement of the cone prior to actuation of the setting tool such as is described in relation to Figure 5, and connected to the embodiment of Figure 6 by shear pins 554.
  • Lower section 550 may have an inner surface 555, which may be adjacent to shear pin holes 552, with a diameter slightly smaller (e.g. 0.030 inches) than the inner diameter of the mandrel 510.
  • Such inner surface 555 with smaller diameter will prevent plugs, such as frac balls, located below the flow control device from lodging within the mandrel and blocking flow therethrough— any such plug which can pass inner surface 555 can also pass through the larger throughbore of the mandrel.
  • the throughbore of the tool will be reduced by a corresponding amount.
  • Upper face 512 and lower section 550 may be crenelated.
  • the crenels of upper face 512 may be coordinated with the crenels of the lower section 550 for a tool to be installed above the flow control device.
  • Such crenels operate as a clutch, similar to a muleshoe on certain prior art firac plugs, preventing a device or component from spinning, such as if engaged by a mill.
  • Such crenels aid with mill out when multiple tools are installed, as is known in the art.
  • FIG. 7 Another embodiment flow control device 600 is shown in Figure 7, comprising a mandrel 610, slips 624, element 630, cone 640, bottom section 650, and ratchet housing 675 which includes ratchet ring 660.
  • Ratchet housing 675 is connected to bottom section 650 and slidingly engaged with mandrel 610 such that ratchet housing 675 and bottom section 650 telescope over mandrel 610 (or mandrel 610 telescopes into the ratchet housing 675 and bottom section 650) when the flow control device is set in the tubing.
  • Ratchet housing 675 engages slip 624 such that the ratchet housing 675 may apply force to slip 624, pushing slip onto cone 640 at the angular surface 627 of cone 640. This forces slip 624 radially outward and applies longitudinal force to cone 640, which in turn applies force to element 630 for creating a fluid seal against the tubing.
  • Mandrel 610 comprises at least one upper face 612, an interior surface 680 at least partially defining the throughbore of the tool, and mandrel teeth 670 positioned on at least part of its exterior surface.
  • Mandrel 610 may have an enlarged end 615 which may function as a setting ring.
  • Slips 624 (which may be hardened) and element stack 630 are arranged around an outer surface of mandrel 610 between mandrel shoulder 690 and ratchet housing 675. Slip 624 lies between cone shoulder 627 and ratchet housing 675. Ring shoulder 690 may function, among other things, as a thimble to help prevent swabbing of elastomeric components, such as portions of element 630, off of the mandrel and/or to increase the sealing surface of element 630 and mandrel 610.
  • Ratchet ring 660 positioned in a groove formed at least in part from ratchet housing 675, has a plurality of teeth configured to engage mandrel teeth 670 on the outer surface of mandrel 610.
  • Anti-preset shear pin 614 engages both ratchet housing 675 and mandrel 610, preventing telescoping down of the tool, and therefore setting of slips 624 and element 630 until the shear pin is broken.
  • shoulder 627 of cone 640 may be optimized to different angles depending on the needed pressure rating of the flow control device.
  • Ratchet ring 660 is positioned adjacent to bottom section 650 and one or more surfaces of bottom section 650 may form at least part of the groove or other structure holding ratchet ring 660 in the desired position.
  • fluid pressure may be applied against the downhole tool 600 and a plug sealing against the upper face 612 (plug not shown), creating a pressure differential across the tool and thereby applying a net force against the plug side of tool 600.
  • a pressure differential applying net force in the opposing direction may also be formed, such as during flowback or production operations, if a second ball, plug, or debris, trapped downwell of the tool engages the bottom section 650 of the tool.
  • the pressure differential created across a tool during flowback or production operations is typically lower than a pressure differential from fracturing operations.
  • Slip 624 is arranged to engage a casing, liner, or other tubular in order to prevent movement of the tool in response to net force against plug side of the tool, e.g. the side of the tool where upper face 612 is located.
  • slip 624 may have an optimized exterior surface, such as toothed surface between 1 and 1.25 inches in length in some embodiments.
  • Element stack 630 has both an upper element stack ring 637 and a lower element stack ring 638 that are widened relative to the element stack rings 337, 338 of Figure 4.
  • the lower element stack ring 638 may be of 95 durometer rubber or other rubber of suitable mechanical characteristics.
  • cone 640 may have a cone lock, such as shear pin 644, to prevent movement of the cone prior to actuation of the setting tool such as is described in relation to Figure 5, and connected to the embodiment of Figure 7 by shear pins 654.
  • Lower section 650 may have an inner surface 655, which may be adjacent to shear pin holes 652, with a diameter slightly smaller (e.g. 0.030 inches) than the inner diameter of the mandrel 610.
  • Such inner surface 655 with smaller diameter will prevent plugs, such as frac balls, located below the flow control device from lodging within the mandrel and blocking flow therethrough— any such plug which can pass inner surface 655 can also pass through the larger throughbore of the mandrel.
  • the throughbore of the tool will reduced by a corresponding amount.
  • Upper face 612 and lower section 650 may be crenelated.
  • the crenels of upper face 612 may be coordinated with the crenels of the lower section 650 for a tool to be installed above the flow control device.
  • the portion of the device 600 below the slips may be pushed down the well until it reaches the bridge plug, baffle, or other device installed in the well below it.
  • the crenels of the bottom sub 650 may engage crenels or other complimentary feature at the top of the next device. Such engagement may operate as a clutch to prevent spinning, improving efficiency when milling the device.
  • Figure 8 illustrates certain features of other embodiment tools.
  • the embodiment tool 700 of Figure 8 has a mandrel 710, element stack 730, slip 724, ratchet housing 775 and bottom sub 750 arranged generally as described for the embodiment in Figures 6 and 7 above.
  • the embodiment of Figure 8 includes an upper expansion ring 790, upper element ring 732 and shear ring 796.
  • lock ring 760 is configured to engage teeth on the second diameter 794 of mandrel 710.
  • shear pin 744 may hold the cone 740 in the run in position until force is applied to set the tool.
  • Shear pins 754 may releasably connect the tool 700 with a WLAK or other device.
  • the outer surface of 710 mandrel may have a first diameter 792 and a second diameter 794, the second diameter 794 being smaller than the first diameter 792.
  • the element or element stack 730 and cone 740 are positioned around the first diameter 792 and the lower slip 724 is positioned around the second diameter 794.
  • the second diameter allows increased thickness for both cone 740 and slip 724 without increasing the gauge, the maximum outer diameter, of the tool 700. Thicker cones and/or slips, permitting increased radial travel for the slips, facilitate setting of the slips in casing with larger internal diameter relative to the outer diameter of the tool.
  • the embodiment of Figure 8 may have a pressure rating of 10,000 psi set in casing approximately 8-10% larger than the gauge of the tool.
  • An embodiment tool such as found in Figure 6, with the same gauge and internal diameter, may have a significantly lower pressure rating because the teeth of the slips 724 are unable to penetrate the casing to the same degree.
  • the embodiment of Figure 8 may be preferable in wells discovered to have over-torqued connections, or other obstructions, which reduce the effective drift of the casing string to a value below the nominal drift of the tubing which makes up such casing string.
  • the slip 724 engages the casing and the slip teeth may penetrate the casing.
  • the force of the slip 724 against the casing is also applied radially inwardly from the slip 724 to the cone 740. If the contact area between the cone 740 and slip 724 becomes unacceptably small, the cone 740 may fail. Thickening of the cone 740 permits an increase in the contact area between the cone 740 and the slip 724 when the slip 724 is set. Such increase in available contact area allows for the inward force to be dispersed over a sufficient area of the cone 740 to prevent cone failure.
  • cone 740 may unacceptably increase the gauge of the tool 700.
  • the embodiment of Figure 8 addresses this concern by using two surfaces of the cone 740, one with positive slope and one with negative slope, for supporting the slip 724. Such an arrangement preserves the cone 740 surface area over which the inward force of the slips 724 is spread.
  • cone 740 is flanked by slip 724 and cone extension 736 and has a first angular surface 727 and a second angular surface 728.
  • Cone extension 736 may be an expansion ring and has a slip support surface 785 with an angle corresponding to the first angular surface 727 of cone 740.
  • Cone extension 736 has an angular cone engagement surface 782 in contact with the second angular surface 728 of cone 740 and a ring engagement surface 784 in contact with a surface of element ring 735.
  • slip 724 is moved up first angular surface 727, expanding outwardly toward the casing.
  • Cone extension 736 is squeezed between element ring 735 and second angular surface 728 to move cone extension 736 radially outward toward the casing.
  • first end 786 of slip 724 passes the end of angular surface 727.
  • the movement of cone extension 736 places slip support surface 785 in position to engage the first end 786 of slip 724 while cone extension 736 remains engaged with second angular surface 728.
  • the cone extension 736 will contact the slip 724 at a position, and/or around a circumference or other perimeter, that is radially outward from the outer diameter 741 of cone 740.
  • Figure 9 shows the embodiment of Figure 8 in the set position.
  • Slip 724 is engaged with the cone extension 736 which is in turn engaged on the second angular surface of cone 740.
  • Slip 724 also remains partially engaged on first angular surface 727 of the cone 740.
  • inward force from slip 724 is applied to a surface of other than first angular surface 727 of cone 740.
  • slip 724 is engaged with, and supported by, a surface that is radially outward of the gauge for the cone 740.
  • shear screws, or other releasable element for connecting the WLAK in the bottom section may help facilitate flexibility in materials selected for producing some embodiments according the present disclosure.
  • setting of the tool will involve principally and, in some embodiments substantially only, compressive forces as the mandrel and bottom sub are forced together to set the slips and the element.
  • Some embodiments according to the present disclosure will experience compressive forces which exceed tension forces by a large margin, allowing use of materials which withstand compression loads much better than tension loads.
  • materials with lower tensile strengths, including composite or other materials may be useful for manufacture of the mandrel or other components.
  • the component parts of devices herein are made from ductile iron having a minimum yield strength of 45k psi.
  • the slips may be made of hardened steel to improve their gripping characteristics.
  • certain parts, such as the mandrel or cone may be made from materials with higher yield strengths, such as ductile iron with a minimum yield strength of at least 70k psi.
  • some components may be made from composite materials or other materials good with machinability, even when the yield strengths of such materials are relatively low compared to commonly used steels.
  • Figure 10A illustrates an embodiment device 500, such as from Figure 6, assembled on an alternative wireline adapter kit (WLAK) comprising degradable material for certain portions.
  • Upper face 512, bottom section 550, and bypass holes 557 are shown in Fig. 10A for reference.
  • the WLAK may be generally configured according to the WLAK of Figure 5.
  • An outer adapter crossover (shown as item 415 in Fig. 5) may be connected to setting sleeve 810 which is in turn connecting to setting nut 840.
  • Setting nut 840 has at least one surface which complements an opposing surface on the top of mandrel 510, which may be seating surface 512 or another surface.
  • the WLAK further comprises an inner adapter crossover 820 connected to degradable plug 825 which is connected to one end of WLAK mandrel extension 830, which may also be made of degradable materials.
  • Lower adaptor 870 is connected to the opposing end of WLAK mandrel extension 830.
  • Lower adaptor may engage a surface of bottom section 550, such as through circumferential shoulder 873, for applying setting force. Such arrangement may eliminate the need for shear pins to connect bottom section 550 to lower adaptor 870.
  • Bypass holes 557 are shown in Figure 10A to illustrate their location relative to other components of the baffle 500. Such bypass holes may increase the available fluid flow area from the outside of the tool 500 to the interior flowpath when the bottom adaptor 870 is engaged with bottom section 550.
  • FIG 10B illustrates one embodiment degradable WLAK extension 800.
  • the illustrated embodiment of degradable WLAK extension 800 may include degradable plug 825, degradable mandrel extension 830, and degradable lower adaptor 870.
  • Inner adaptor crossover 820 may be releasably connected to the degradable plug 825, and such releasable connection can be configured to shear, break, or otherwise release in response to the selected setting force on the flow control device 510.
  • Inner adaptor crossover 820, and the remainder of the wireline string, may be released from the device 500 while the degradable WLAK extension 800 remains with the flow control device 500.
  • Degradable WLAK extension 800 may be configured to function as a check valve. For example, if WLAK mandrel extension 830 is sufficiently long, degradable plug 825 may be able to move relative to angular surface 512. When the fluid pressure below flow control device 500 is greater than the fluid pressure above flow control device 500, plug 825 may be pushed off the angular surface 512, facilitating fluid flow through the interior flowpath. When fluid pressure above the flow control device 500 is greater, degradable plug 825 is pressed into angular surface 512, inhibiting fluid flow through the interior flowpath and allowing the wireline string, including WLAK and flow control device 800 to be pumped down the well, such as along a lateral section of a well towards the toe.
  • the setting tool is actuated.
  • the setting tool may force the outer adapter crossover and setting sleeve 810 downward (e.g. toward bottom section 550) while the inner adapter crossover 820 is held in place.
  • connection releases the WLAK from the WLAK extension, such as degradable WLAK extension 800.
  • the setting tool and WLAK can then be removed, where desired, and operations may proceed.
  • degradable WLAK extension or any of the parts thereof, are within the scope of the present disclosure provided that such devices provide a seal inhibiting fluid communication through the interior flowpath when fluid pressure is higher above the device than below device; are made of degradable materials such that the interior flowpath becomes at least substantially unobstructed due to degradation of the WLAK extension and/or its component; and the WLAK extension is effective in transferring and/or applying the forces necessary to change the flow control device from the run-in state to the set state.

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La présente invention concerne des dispositifs de régulation de l'écoulement de fluides au-delà d'un emplacement dans un puits de forage et des procédés d'utilisation de tels dispositifs. Les dispositifs selon les modes de réalisation sont configurés de telle sorte que l'alésage traversant est maximisé en raison de la longueur section transversale réduite du dispositif. Les dispositifs selon les modes de réalisation peuvent être optimisés de sorte à se déployer dans des plus grandes tailles de tubage par l'utilisation d'un système de cône en plusieurs parties, tout en maintenant la section transversale réduite. Les dispositifs selon les modes de réalisation peuvent également permettre le déplacement du bouchon dans le puits au moyen des dispositifs de régulation de l'écoulement, de sorte à réduire le volume de fluide requis pour traiter des étages de puits séparés par les dispositifs selon les modes de réalisation divulgués.
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