WO2020206211A1 - Collecteur élevé résistant à l'érosion - Google Patents

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WO2020206211A1
WO2020206211A1 PCT/US2020/026521 US2020026521W WO2020206211A1 WO 2020206211 A1 WO2020206211 A1 WO 2020206211A1 US 2020026521 W US2020026521 W US 2020026521W WO 2020206211 A1 WO2020206211 A1 WO 2020206211A1
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manifold
contoured
crossover port
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packing
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Michael Dean Langlais
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Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Schlumberger Canada Limited
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Schlumberger Technology B.V.
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Priority to US17/601,110 priority patent/US20220213765A1/en
Publication of WO2020206211A1 publication Critical patent/WO2020206211A1/fr

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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
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/04—Gravelling of wells
    • E21B43/045—Crossover tools
    • 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
    • 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
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/08—Screens or liners
    • 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
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/14—Obtaining from a multiple-zone well

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  • Gravel packs are used in wells for removing particulates from inflowing hydrocarbon fluids.
  • a completion having a sand screen assembly or a plurality of sand screen assemblies is deployed downhole in a wellbore and a gravel pack is formed around the completion.
  • the completion may include an alternate path system to help prevent premature slurry dehydration in open hole gravel packs.
  • An alternate path system utilizes transport tubes and packing tubes which provide an alternate path for gravel slurry delivery. The transport tubes deliver gravel slurry to the packing tubes via crossover ports. However, directing the gravel slurry into the packing tubes can cause erosion of the packing tubes which can sometimes lead to holes, fractures, and/or other packing tube damage.
  • a system for use in a well includes a completion system having: a screen assembly; and an alternate path system disposed along the screen assembly, the alternate path system including a transport tube and a packing tube placed in fluid communication at a manifold via a contoured crossover port within the manifold, the manifold being disposed along the screen assembly, wherein the contoured crossover port comprises an acute angle.
  • a manifold includes a contoured crossover port, wherein the manifold is configured to receive a transport tube extending therethrough, the transport tube configured to be in fluid communication with a packing tube at the manifold via the contoured crossover port.
  • a method includes manufacturing at least a portion of a manifold using metal, the manifold including: a contoured crossover port including an acute angle, wherein the manifold is configured to receive a transport tube extending therethrough, the transport tube configured to be in fluid communication with a packing tube at the manifold via the contoured crossover port.
  • a method includes transporting a gravel pack slurry in an alternate path system disposed along a screen assembly, the alternate path system including a transport tube and a packing tube placed in fluid communication at a manifold via a contoured crossover port within the manifold, the manifold being disposed along the screen assembly; diverting flow of the gravel pack slurry through the contoured crossover port in the manifold from the transport tube into the packing tube; and delivering the gravel pack slurry to a wellbore annulus via the packing tube.
  • FIGS la and lb show a manifold according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure
  • FIGS. 2a and 2b show a prior art machined manifold
  • FIG. 3 shows a comparison of resulting flow velocity contours between a 90 degree crossover port and a contoured crossover port in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure
  • FIG. 4 shows a comparison of particle tracks between a 90 degree crossover port and a contoured crossover port in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • the present disclosure generally involves a system and methodology to facilitate formation of gravel packs in wellbores and thus the subsequent production of well fluids.
  • a well completion is provided with an alternate path system for carrying gravel slurry along an alternate path so as to facilitate improved gravel packing during a gravel packing operation.
  • the system and methodology are very useful for facilitating formation of a gravel pack along relatively lengthy wellbores, such as extended reach open hole wells having wellbore lengths of, for example, 4000-8000 feet. However, the system and methodology may be used with wells having lengths greater or less than this range.
  • pressures in the packing tubes at the heel of the completion can rise above, for example, 4000 psi and even up to 8000 psi or more.
  • gravel packing operations for these types of longer wellbores can utilize substantially increased proppant volumes.
  • the increased flow of proppant via gravel slurry as well as the higher pressures can potentially lead to increased erosion of the alternate path system and especially increased erosion of the packing tubes.
  • a completion system includes a screen assembly and an alternate path system disposed along the screen assembly.
  • the alternate path system may include a transport tube and a packing tube placed in fluid communication at a manifold via a contoured crossover port within the manifold.
  • the manifold is disposed along the screen assembly.
  • the manifold is about 6 inches in length according to one or more embodiments. Because the manifold includes a contoured crossover port and is about 6 inches in length, the manifold according to one or more embodiments of the present disclosure exhibits enhanced erosion resistance when compared to a manifold having a 90 degree crossover port that is only 3.5 inches in length, for example.
  • the fluid flow is in the form of a gravel slurry carrying proppant through the transport tube and into the packing tube via the contoured crossover port in the manifold.
  • the completion system may comprise multiple screen assemblies with multiple corresponding manifolds disposed along a wellbore.
  • the manifold (or manifolds) is responsible for the functionality enabling an alternate path system so as to achieve long distance open hole gravel packs.
  • the manifold delivers slurry (which is a combination of suspension fluid and proppant, e.g. gravel) to the wellbore annulus by diverting flow through a contoured crossover port in the manifold from transport tubes into packing tubes.
  • the packing tubes then deliver the slurry to the annulus.
  • proppant e.g. gravel
  • the packed proppant/gravel in the packing tubes presents a restriction, which inhibits further flow of suspension fluid through those packing tubes.
  • FIGS la and lb show an alternate path system 100 including a transport tube 102 and a packing tube 104 placed in fluid communication at a manifold 106 via a contoured crossover port 108 within the manifold 106.
  • the transport tube 102 and the packing tube 104 at least partially extend through the manifold 106, and a carbide liner 110 of the packing tube 104 may be at least partially inserted into a recess of the manifold 106.
  • the carbide liner 110 may provide additional erosion resistance for the alternate path system 100.
  • the contoured crossover port 108 within the manifold 106 provides for a smoothly contoured flow 112 of gravel pack slurry from the transport tube 102 and into the packing tube 104 via the contoured crossover port 108.
  • the contoured crossover port 108 is an acute angle, partial flow diversion from a main transport tube 102 within the manifold 106 into a secondary parallel flow path, /. e. , the packing tube 104.
  • a transition length of the acute angle of the contoured crossover port 108 is curved to gradually“turn” and partially divert the flow from the transport tube 102 within the manifold 106 into a path of the packing tube 104 that is parallel to the path of the transport tube 102.
  • the manifold 106 measures about 6 inches in length in one or more embodiments. Other lengths of the manifold 106 are feasible and are within the scope of the present disclosure.
  • metal additive manufacturing (metal AM) via laser powder bed fusion is utilized to produce either the entire manifold 106 or just the erosion-critical passages within the manifold 106.
  • at least one flow path of the manifold 106 e.g., the flow path corresponding to the transport tube 102, the contoured crossover port 108, or packing tube 104 entrance
  • metal AM via laser powder bed fusion
  • either at least one flow path of the manifold 106 or the entire manifold 106 may be made of fused metal powder in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • a casting manufacturing process may be used to produce either the entire manifold 106 or just the erosion-critical passages within the manifold 106.
  • at least one flow path of the manifold 106 e.g., the flow path corresponding to the transport tube 102, the contoured crossover port 108, or packing tube 104 entrance
  • a casting process may be used to produce either the entire manifold 106 or just the erosion-critical passages within the manifold 106.
  • at least one flow path of the manifold 106 e.g., the flow path corresponding to the transport tube 102, the contoured crossover port 108, or packing tube 104 entrance
  • either the at least one flow path of the manifold 106 or the entire manifold 106 may be made of casted metal in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2b shows an alternate path system 200 including a transport tube 202 and a packing tube 204 placed in fluid communication at a manifold 206 via a crossover port 208 within the manifold 206.
  • FIG. 2b also shows that the packing tube 204 may include a carbide liner 210.
  • the prior art manifold 206 is machined from bar stock and milled with two 90 degree intersecting ports, creating a 90 degree crossover port 208, as shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b. As shown in FIGS.
  • the 90 degree crossover port 208 within the machined manifold 206 provides for a sharply angled flow 212 of gravel pack slurry from the transport tube 202 and into the packing tube 204 via the 90 degree crossover port 108. Also in contrast to FIGS la and lb, the machined manifold 206 measures about 3.5 inches in length.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 a comparison of resulting flow velocity contours and particle tracks between a 90 degree crossover port (FIGS. 2a and 2b) and a contoured crossover port in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present disclosure (FIGS la and lb) are shown.
  • computation fluid dynamics shows the 90 degree crossover port 208 results in the highest velocity particle impacts at the crossover port 208 and at the wall of the packing tube 204 after the crossover port 208.
  • the 90 degree crossover port 208 of FIGS. 2a and 2b presents a substantial erosion risk for the alternate path system 200, especially in extended reach applications.
  • the contoured crossover port 108 of FIGS la and lb allows for fewer particle impacts at the contoured crossover port 108 and lower velocities overall, and shifts the highest velocities away from the wall of the packing tube 104 downstream of the contoured crossover port 108.
  • the contoured crossover port 108 of FIGS la and lb presents a reduced erosion risk for the alternate path system 100.
  • the metal AM manifold 106 having the contoured crossover port 108 achieves at least 1.4x the performance of the bar stock machined manifold 206 with respect to erosion resistance.
  • the improved erosion resistance may be attributed to at least one of 316L metal AM via laser powder bed fusion resulting in a material structure having greater erosion resistance than annealed bar stock 316L, and an elongated and contoured crossover port 108 within a manifold 106 having a length increased from 3.5 inches to about 6 inches providing a smooth transition of erosive fluid from the transport tube 102 to the packing tube 204.
  • one or more embodiments of the present disclosure enhances the erosion resistance of the manifold, thereby increasing the open hole alternate path gravel pack system’s ability to sustain erosive flow for greater amounts of proppant needed to gravel pack extended reach wells.

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L'invention concerne un système destiné à être utilisé dans un puits, le système comprenant un système de complétion comportant un ensemble écran et un système de trajet alternatif disposé le long de l'ensemble écran, le système de trajet alternatif comprenant un tube de transport et un tube de garnissage placés en communication fluidique au niveau d'un collecteur par l'intermédiaire d'un orifice de liaison profilé à l'intérieur du collecteur, le collecteur étant disposé le long de l'ensemble écran.
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