12728results about "Sealing/packing" patented technology

A technique facilitates use of a swellable packer or packers which may be disposed along completion equipment of a well string. Each packer comprises a packer frame and a plurality of swellable elements formed of materials which swell in different types of fluids. The plurality of swellable elements may comprise a first swellable element mounted on the packer frame and swellable in a first type of fluid. A second swellable element also may be mounted on the packer frame proximate the first swellable element and swellable in a second type of fluid which is different from the first type of fluid. Additionally, a portion of an alternate path system may extend through the swellable elements to facilitate a gravel packing operation.

Provided is a two-part drilling and running tool, a well system, and a method for forming a well system. The two-part drilling and running tool, in one aspect, includes a conveyance, a smaller assembly coupled to an end of the conveyance, and a larger bit assembly slidably coupled to the conveyance, the smaller assembly and larger bit assembly configured to slidingly engage one another downhole to form a combined bit assembly. The two-part drilling and running tool, according to this aspect, further includes a one way mechanism coupled between the smaller assembly and the larger bit assembly, the one way mechanism configured to allow the smaller assembly and larger bit assembly to axially slide in one direction relative to one another and prevent the smaller assembly and larger bit assembly from axially sliding in an opposite direction relative to one another.

Disclosed is a fracture plugging simulation experimental device and an experimental method thereof. The device comprises a simulated wellbore, a simulated formation, a simulated fracture, a plurality of pressure sensors and vales, a mixing barrel, a liquid injection port and a pressurization port, a liquid collection tank, a plugging fluid storage tank, a heating device, etc. The method comprises: loading the simulated formation with the simulated fracture in the simulated wellbore, closing the second valve and turning on the mixing device, injecting a lost circulation material into the mixing barrel, closing the liquid injection port and turning on the heating device and pressurizing, stopping pressurizing and opening the second valve to establish a plugging process, turning on the plunger pump to continue pressurizing, and collecting a fluid pressure change of the simulated fracture in the plugging process; and calculating a pressure-bearing capacity of plugged fracture.

A bottom hole assembly can include a cable head configured to connect the bottom hole assembly to a cable in a coiled tubing, an electrical orienter to rotate multiple sensor packages downhole, and multiple conductors extending between the cable head and the sensor packages via the electrical orienter. A method can include connecting a bottom hole assembly to a coiled tubing, the bottom hole assembly comprising an electrical orienter, a sensor package including ranging equipment, a fluid motor and a drill bit, deploying the coiled tubing and the bottom hole assembly into the well, activating the electrical orienter to rotate the ranging equipment, and then drilling an offset wellbore toward a target wellbore located using the ranging equipment. An electrical orienter can include an electric motor, a flow path extending completely longitudinally through the electrical orienter, and multiple conductors extending completely longitudinally through the electrical orienter.

The invention relates to a preparation method and application of a composite leakage-proof agent while drilling, and belongs to the technical field of petroleum drilling engineering. The composite leakage-proof agent while drilling is prepared from the following components in percentage by mass: 20-45% of nano composite particles, 15-35% of a multi-stage fiber reinforced network material, 10-20% of an intelligent response blocking agent, 5-10% of a high-temperature-resistant additive, 1-5% of a dispersing agent and the balance of deionized water, wherein the sum of the contents of all the components is 100%. According to the composite leak-proof agent while drilling provided by the invention, the temperature-sensitive resin with a core-shell structure is introduced, so that a three-dimensional synergistic mechanism of nano-composite particle filling-multistage fiber network bridging-intelligent response curing is realized, and efficient and environment-friendly plugging of an ultrahigh-temperature and high-pressure stratum is realized. The success rate of one-time plugging is increased from 45% to 92%, the average operation time is shortened by 60%, and an efficient solution is provided for deep and ultra-deep drilling.

A method of constructing an injection well for a geothermal energy system comprising determining a fracture area of an injection well with a curved wellbore by inputting the curved wellbore path, a set of formation properties, and a fracturing operation, into a fracturing model. The curved wellbore path can promote fracture interference between fracture stresses extending from the injection wellbore. A production model can determine an economic value of the production fluids produced from at least one production well by determining a contact time for the injection fluids to traverse the formation. A design process can iterate the curved wellbore path of the injection well to produce a production fluid with an economic value above a threshold value.

The present invention relates to the field of oil production engineering equipment. Disclosed are a waterflooding and well flushing system and an integrated water distributor thereof. The integrated water distributor comprises a main body with a hollow channel, and a setting mechanism slidably sleeved on the main body, wherein the main body is internally provided with a well-flushing fluid channel, a waterflooding valve, and a well flushing and waterflooding control mechanism for controlling the connection state of the well-flushing fluid channel and the open / closed state of the waterflooding valve; the well flushing and waterflooding control mechanism comprises a well flushing and waterflooding shared electrically-controlled transmission shaft and a well-flushing piston; and the waterflooding valve is connected to the well flushing and waterflooding shared electrically-controlled transmission shaft. When the waterflooding valve moves to an open state as the well flushing and waterflooding shared electrically-controlled transmission shaft slides, the hollow channel is in communication with a space outside the main body, and at the same time, the well-flushing piston blocks the well-flushing fluid channel. The integrated water distributor can effectively prevent the well-flushing fluid channel from being accidentally connected due to residual pressure of strata during waterflooding operation.

Embodiments include a choke system that passes enlarged debris despite having a relatively small diameter for an input port of the choke system. Embodiments also include systems to prevent dislodging of a choke seat when backpressure is supplied to the choke system. Embodiments also include sealing systems to prevent fluid leaks around the choke seat of the choke system.

Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method for operating a hydraulic fracturing system, the method comprising the steps of: establishing fluid communication between a pumping unit and a fracturing missile; determining if fluids are flowing between the pumping unit and the fracturing missile; if fluids are determined to be flowing, stopping the fluid communication between the pumping unit and the fracturing missile; and establishing fluid communication between the pumping unit and a bleed-off receiver. Other embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system for performing a hydraulic fracturing operation.

The invention relates to the technical field of underground gas production, and discloses a metal sealing gas production wellhead device which comprises a body. A housing; the filtering assembly is used for circularly filtering gas in the wellhead; the self-discharging assembly is used for automatically discharging impurity particles attached to the filtering assembly; the filtering assembly comprises a screening device and an indexing rotating device; and the screening device is used for filtering gas impurities in the well. According to the metal sealing gas production wellhead device, drum-type double-layer filtering can be achieved through the arranged filtering assembly, so that it can be guaranteed that impurity particles in mined gas can be greatly filtered out, and the purity of the extracted gas is guaranteed. And the indexing rotation of the circular filter cartridge can be controlled by utilizing the indexing rotation device, so that the gradually blocked circular filter cartridge can be rotated, and clean filter holes face the underground again, and therefore, circulating automatic anti-blocking screening is carried out, and the operation stability of the gas production wellhead device is ensured.

A friction reduction tool configured for selective activation downhole in response to a variation in a media flow's operating condition. A valve assembly and an activation assembly are both positioned downstream of a power assembly, which is configured to rotate a rotating valve segment of the valve assembly with media flow through the tool. The activation assembly is configured to transition from a first position to a second position with the media flow operating condition variation. In the first position, the activation assembly provides a bypass flow path around the valve assembly for at least a portion of the media flow, thereby preventing the valve assembly from generating any significant pressure pulse with rotation of the rotating valve segment. In the second position, the bypass flow path is closed such that all or a majority of the media flows through the valve assembly, thereby generating a significant pressure pulse.

Provided is a safety valve, a well system, and a method. The safety valve, in one aspect, includes an outer housing, a bore flow management actuator disposed within the outer housing, and a valve closure mechanism disposed within the outer housing. The safety valve, in accordance with this aspect, further includes one or more permanent magnets coupled to one of a movable feature of the safety valve or a fixed feature of the safety valve, and one or more magnetic field angle sensors coupled to an other of the fixed feature of the safety valve or the movable feature of the safety valve and positioned proximate the one or more permanent magnets, the one or more magnetic field angle sensors configured to sense a movement of the movable feature to determine a health of the safety valve.

Some implementations relate to a downhole separation system configured to be positioned downhole in a well formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the downhole separation system is configured to receive a formation fluid from the subsurface formation and configured to separate the formation fluid into a first fluid primarily comprised of a production fluid and a second fluid primarily comprised of a nonproduction fluid, the downhole separation system including, at least a first coalescer to be positioned within a downhole tubular, wherein the first coalescer is configured to separate out at least a portion of debris and the production fluid from the second fluid.

A cage-type dual wedge throttle valve, comprising: a housing having an inner cavity; a valve cover arranged at the top of the housing; a valve seat arranged in the inner cavity, wherein the valve seat comprises an outer valve seat and an inner valve seat, and a plurality of flow holes are distributed on the peripheral wall of the outer valve seat; a valve core, which comprises two wedge-shaped surfaces and two cylindrical surfaces which are axially symmetrically arranged about the central axis, wherein the cylindrical surfaces face the direction in which a fluid flows into the inner cavity, and the cylindrical surfaces can fit the inner wall of the inner valve seat; and a valve stem having the two ends respectively connected to a driving device and the valve core, wherein under the driving of the driving device, the valve stem can drive the valve core to reciprocate in the valve seat in the axial extension direction of the valve stem. By means of the above solution, primary throttling is achieved when a fluid passes through the outer valve seat, and secondary throttling is achieved as the valve core gradually extends into the inner valve seat; moreover, the valve core comprises wedge-shaped surfaces, and a long throttling stroke is formed, thereby improving the throttling switching performance of the throttle valve; the symmetrical arrangement of the two wedge-shaped surfaces can balance the pressure on the two sides, thereby improving the stability of the valve core under force.

Systems and methods for landing a tubing hanger in a wellhead and then orienting a tree (or spool, or flowline connection body) relative to the tubing hanger while landing the tree on the wellhead are provided. This alignment is accomplished without the use of either a tubing spool or a BOP stack with an orientation pin. The tubing hanger alignment devices may be used to orientate the tree as the tree is landed so that the couplings and stabs between the tree and the tubing hanger line up with each other just at the moment of landing. A space-out mechanism is provided to take up any gaps formed axially by being picked up, thus rigidizing the tubing hanger and casing hanger within the wellhead.

A water injection regulation system for water injection well has a float limiting device (A) provided at a wellhead configured to release and capture a float; a ground water delivery device (B) having an outlet in communication with the float limiting device (A), and is configured to inject water into well through the float limiting device (A); and a plurality of downhole water distribution devices, each arranged in a target layer and outside a sidewall of a water-injection string, and configured to monitor production data of the target layer. The float is configured to receive a water distribution instruction to regulate water distribution of each downhole water distribution device, enter the water-injection string (11) with water flow, and float upwards to the wellhead after completing data collection. Each downhole water distribution device is configured to exchange the production data with the water distribution instruction carried by the float.

A rotating check valve is disclosed for improved debris collection within a wellbore. The check valve can be part of a debris removal tool that includes a motor, pump, gearbox, bailer, milling bit, the check valve, rotational shafts. On its uphole end, the check valve can be coupled with the bailer such that the check valve can rotate relative to the bailer. Also on the uphole end, the check valve can be rotationally coupled to a shaft that passes through the bailer and couples with the gearbox. On the downhole end, the check valve can be rotationally coupled to the milling bit. The check valve can include a torque transfer mechanism that transfers torque generated by the motor and gearbox to the milling bit. The check valve can include a unidirectional flow control mechanism that restricts the flow of fluid and debris to the uphole direction.

The invention discloses a blowout preventer remote automatic grease injection system based on PID control and a control method, and relates to the technical field of grease injection, and the control method comprises the following steps: an initialization stage: automatically matching the specification of a choke tube according to the diameter of a cable, and preheating sealing grease to a set temperature; in the dynamic control stage, wellhead pressure and grease injection pressure are monitored in real time, pressure errors are calculated, the flow of a grease injection pump is adjusted according to a PID algorithm, and when the cable lowering speed suddenly changes, pressure fluctuation is inhibited in advance through a differential link; and according to the safety redundancy mechanism, when the main PID controller fails, the standby PID controller is automatically switched, and emergency locking is triggered when the wellhead pressure exceeds the limit. The flow of a grease injection pump is adjusted in real time through an incremental PID algorithm and a self-adaptive adjustment method, the grease injection amount is accurately controlled, pressure fluctuation is reduced, sudden change of the cable lowering speed is predicted through a differential link, the response precision is improved, stable operation of the system is ensured through a redundant controller and an emergency locking function, PID output is corrected through a dynamic temperature-viscosity model, and the reliability of the system is improved. The system service life is prolonged.

The grouting drilling orifice reinforcement construction method based on intelligent control comprises the five steps that S1, drilling machine parameter signals are collected through operation of a drilling machine, and meanwhile geological data signals are collected through in-hole detection equipment; s2, the drilling machine parameter signals and the geological data signals are input into an intelligent decision-making center for fusion processing, and geological sensing signals are generated; s3, based on the geological sensing signal, calling a preset decision-making model through the intelligent decision-making center for calculation, and generating a grouting control instruction signal; s4, grouting operation is executed according to the grouting control instruction signal, and meanwhile a grouting process monitoring signal is collected and fed back to the intelligent decision center in real time; and S5, after grouting is completed, hole opening stable monitoring signals are continuously collected, and when the effect evaluation signals do not reach the standard, reinforcing grouting signals are automatically triggered, and grouting operation is executed again. According to the intelligent die adjusting method for the die-casting machine, the problems that drill holes are prone to collapse, reinforcement depends on experience, and quality is difficult to control can be solved.

The invention discloses an organic plugging agent, a preparation method thereof and application of the organic plugging agent to inhibition of SAGD steam cavity edge water invasion. The organic plugging agent is prepared from the following raw materials: epoxy resin, a curing agent, nano aerogel, mineral fibers, plant fibers, a reactive diluent, a heat stabilizer and water, the epoxy resin is at least one of glycidyl amine epoxy resin and alicyclic epoxy resin; the curing agent is at least one of amino resin, dicyandiamide and hydrazide; the heat stabilizer is at least one of thiourea, sodium thiosulfate and cobalt chloride. The organic plugging agent is excellent in high temperature resistance, mineralization resistance and plugging performance, the organic plugging agent, nitrogen and an inorganic plugging agent are injected into a water plugging system of an SAGD steam cavity edge well in a slug mode, the organic plugging agent is applied to SAGD high-temperature and high-leakage well conditions, and the SAGD production effect can be effectively improved.

The present invention relates to the technical field of wellhead sealing, and is a packing automatic sealing self-tightening system, comprising a left valve core, a right valve core, a first drive assembly, a sealing packing, a second drive assembly and a cross-shaped sealing housing. The present invention has a reasonable and compact structure. When the light rod in the penetration hole is not in the center, the right valve core moves to the left, so that the eccentric light rod can move along the inner wall of the guide groove to the right sealing groove, which has a straightening effect on the eccentric light rod, and then the guide part moves to the right again to seal the guide groove, and finally the outer side of the light rod is in sealing contact with the inner wall of the sealing hole, thereby playing the effect of closing the penetration hole. When the sealing packing on site is punctured, the second drive assembly works and compresses the sealing packing through the compression sleeve, thereby preventing and stopping the sealing packing from continuing to puncture. When the light rod leaks or steam blowout occurs, the penetration hole can be quickly and timely closed by the first drive assembly and the second drive assembly, thereby ensuring the safe operation of the wellhead blowout preventer of the pumping unit and reducing the occurrence of wellhead pollution events.

The invention relates to a deep coal underground gasification method which comprises the following steps: drilling a plurality of gasification wells in a land parcel, sequentially arranging the plurality of gasification wells into three rows from the edge of the land parcel, and fracturing a bottommost coal seam; the first row of gasification wells are injection wells, the second row of gasification wells are production wells, and the bottommost coal seam between the first row of gasification wells and the second row of gasification wells is gasified; when the gasification high-temperature area of the gasified coal seam is expanded to the front edge of the gas cooling area, the second gas gasification well is closed, the third gas gasification well serves as a production well, and the coal seam continues to be gasified; meanwhile, a fourth row of gasification wells are drilled; after the coal bed is gasified, the bottommost coal bed between the second row of gasification wells and the third row of gasification wells is gasified, and so on, the bottommost coal bed between all the rows of gasification wells is gasified; meanwhile, cement paste is injected into the first exhaust gasification well to fill the gasified goaf; and so on, filling the goaf between each row of gasification wells; sequentially gasifying and refilling each coal seam from bottom to top according to the method.

A compartmentalized hydraulic fracturing (frac) system may include a mono line configured to carry frac fluid into a well. The system may include a plurality of zones, each zone comprising: a set of one or more frac pumps each configured to pump frac fluid into the mono line, an isolation valve configured to control the flow of frac fluid between the set of frac pumps and the mono line; and a bleed valve configured to release pressurized frac fluid from the set of frac pumps when in an open position. The system may include partition walls between the plurality of zones. The system may include a control system configured to deactivate or reactivate a zone of the plurality of zones by controlling the set of frac pumps, the isolation valve, and the bleed valve of the zone.

Provided is a downhole device, a well system, and a method. The downhole device, in one aspect, includes an electromagnetic assembly, as well as a magnetic target positioned proximate the electromagnetic assembly, wherein one of the magnetic target or the electromagnetic assembly is coupled with a movable feature of the downhole device, the movable feature configured to move to physically couple or physically decouple the electromagnetic assembly and the magnetic target. The downhole device, according to this aspect, further includes a sensor electrically coupled to the electromagnetic assembly, the sensor configured to sense for a change in a DC power parameter powering the electromagnetic assembly as the electromagnetic assembly and magnetic target physically couple to or physically decouple from one another, the sensed change representative of a change of impedance within a coil of the electromagnetic assembly and employable to estimate the status or health of the downhole device.

The present disclosure provides a drilling tool and a method for full-length insertion of a fracturing casing into an underground directional borehole. The drilling tool comprises a reaming bit, a torque-transmitting casing, a torque-transmitting shaft, and a pilot bit; the reaming bit is provided with a first through hole; the torque-transmitting casing and the reaming bit are coaxially arranged, and the reaming bit is connected to one end of the torque-transmitting casing; the other end of the torque-transmitting casing is provided with a first connecting portion, the inner wall of the torque-transmitting casing is provided with a keyway and a separation guide groove, and the separation guide groove is communicated with the keyway; the torque-transmitting shaft passes through the first through hole and the torque-transmitting casing; the outer wall of the torque-transmitting shaft is provided with a torque-transmitting member, one end of the torque-transmitting shaft is provided with a second connecting portion, the pilot bit is connected to the other end of the torque-transmitting shaft, and the outer diameter of the pilot bit is less than the inner diameters of the first through hole and the torque-transmitting casing. The drilling tool of the present application allows large-bore fracturing casings to be inserted into directional boreholes, reducing the cost of fracturing engineering, and facilitating high-flow and high-pressure hydraulic fracturing operations.

The invention belongs to the technical field of petroleum machinery, and particularly relates to a combined type polish rod breakage blowout prevention wellhead device which comprises a valve body, a horizontally symmetrical penetrating cavity is formed in the valve body, the two ends of the cavity are blocked and fixed through glands, and a vertically-penetrating annular channel is further formed in the valve body and allows an oil pumping polish rod to pass through. Two gate plates are further symmetrically arranged in the valve body corresponding to the horizontally-symmetrical penetrating cavity, a rib plate is arranged on one side of the cover plate, and a right-angle rubber base is fixedly connected between the gate plates and the rib plate through bolts. The device can be automatically triggered after the oil pumping polish rod is broken and disengaged, a blowout channel is rapidly sealed, oil well back pressure spraying is prevented, environment pollution caused by crude oil spraying is avoided, and the device has the function of guaranteeing sealing between a wellhead device and the oil pumping polish rod during normal production of a rod-pumped well. And the wellhead device can be isolated from the shaft when the packing is maintained and replaced by the oil extraction system of the pumping unit.

The invention provides a mine water prevention and control risk early warning method and system based on earthquake and geology fusion, and belongs to the field of soil layer or rock drilling, the method comprises the steps that real-time earthquake data of an earthquake monitoring module and geological exploration data of a geological exploration module are received, and the geological exploration module comprises a drilling detection module and a hydrogeological analysis module; based on the real-time seismic data, the geological exploration data and a preset water prevention and control risk early warning model, obtaining a risk level including a risk level and a corresponding water prevention and control execution measure; triggering target execution equipment such as drilling equipment to perform prevention and treatment according to execution measures; drilling a monitoring hole and arranging an optical fiber osmometer to collect osmotic pressure data at a first risk grade; at the second risk level, grouting plugging is conducted on the crack drilling grouting holes; constructing a water guide hole in the aquifer at the third risk level, and guiding underground water to a safe area through a drainage pump group. According to the method, multi-source data are fused to realize graded accurate early warning and prevention.

A downhole tool includes a tool body including an uphole joint and a downhole joint configured to couple within a wellbore tubing string that extends in a wellbore. One or more flow directing paths are formed on an outer surface of the tool body and configured to rotate a portion of the tool body in response to a fluid flow within the wellbore tubing string. One or more ports are disposed around a circumference of the tool body; and a piston is configured to adjust between an open position such that the one or more ports are open to enable injection of a lost circulation material circulated through the tool body and into the wellbore and a closed position such that the one or more ports are closed to block injection of the lost circulation material into the wellbore from the tool body.

The invention discloses a shallow hidden fire area radon gas in-situ tracing accurate identification and definition prevention and control system, belongs to the technical field of mine fire prevention and control, and aims to construct a dynamic monitoring, accurate delineation and targeted plugging multi-cooperation closed-loop governance chain and an in-situ radon detection and identification monitoring unit. Drilling, cup burying and sampling integrated operation is completed, and a radon gas concentration abnormal signal is monitored in real time; the radon measurement magnetic method fire area precise delineation unit is used for quantitatively delineating a fire source prevention and control area in a grading manner by fusing a radon gas magnetic field two-parameter ring type measurement network layout and combining an intersection and union set abnormal area division method and a comprehensive abnormal index threshold value method; according to the earth surface crack self-adaption blocking treatment unit, a dynamic shoveling solidified slurry precise blocking device is adopted, and efficient treatment of the shallow buried coal seam hidden fire area is achieved by separating an earth surface and an underground air leakage channel through bucket prepared soil screening and conveying, instant slurry preparation through a synthesis system, directional slurry spraying through a blocking mechanism and crawler belt ballasting dense blocking.