EP0543642A2 - Dispositif d'étanchéité au fond de puits - Google Patents

Dispositif d'étanchéité au fond de puits Download PDF

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EP0543642A2
EP0543642A2 EP92310533A EP92310533A EP0543642A2 EP 0543642 A2 EP0543642 A2 EP 0543642A2 EP 92310533 A EP92310533 A EP 92310533A EP 92310533 A EP92310533 A EP 92310533A EP 0543642 A2 EP0543642 A2 EP 0543642A2
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David P. Brisco
David D. Mcguire
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Halliburton Co
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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
    • 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
    • E21B33/02—Surface sealing or packing
    • E21B33/03—Well heads; Setting-up thereof
    • E21B33/068—Well heads; Setting-up thereof having provision for introducing objects or fluids into, or removing objects from, wells
    • 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
    • E21B33/126—Packers; Plugs with fluid-pressure-operated elastic cup or skirt

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  • This invention relates to downhole seal circulating devices useful for filling and circulating well fluids through well casing as it is being run into a well bore prior to the cementing of the casing therein.
  • casing is run into the well bore and subsequently cemented therein to isolate various portions of the well bore for purposes of production.
  • the casing in the well bore will vary in size and weight depending upon the size and depth of various portions of the well bore.
  • the string of casing is made up and run into the well bore using the drilling rig which drilled the well.
  • drilling rigs which drilled the well.
  • top drive drilling rigs also have a conventional rotary table drive on the rig floor so that they can use either type of drive to rotate the casing or drill pipe string as required.
  • drilling fluid mud
  • casing is circulated through the casing and well bore in an attempt to wash the casing free to continue running the casing string into the well bore.
  • the casing string must be kept filled with drilling fluid to prevent fluid pressure differentials across the casing string from collapsing the casing and to help ensure that the well is under control in the event of a blow-out or to help prevent a blow-out.
  • the casing is filled manually with drilling fluid from the drilling rig floor.
  • While various devices can be installed on the lower end of a string of casing being run into a well bore to automatically fill the casing with fluid from the well bore as the casing is being run therein, such devices may not reliably operate or operate as intended.
  • the circulating devices of the present invention comprise either a cup type seal having a guide nose assembly thereon or a compression type packer seal having a guide nose assembly thereon.
  • a cup type seal circulating device adapted to be connected to a portion of the equipment of a drilling rig to allow fluid to be pumped from said portion through a piece of casing connected to a casing string being run into a well bore filled with said fluid
  • said cup-type seal circulating device comprising a connector member having one end thereof for connection to said portion of the equipment of a drilling rig to allow fluid to be pumped from said portion thereinto; a seal body member connected to the connector member; a cup-type seal assembly connected to the seal body member, the cup-type seal assembly having a portion thereof adapted to sealingly engage a portion of the interior of said piece of casing when inserted thereinto and having another portion thereof adapted to sealingly engage a portion of the seal body member, the cup-type seal assembly being insertable into said piece of casing when said cup-type seal circulating device has a portion thereof inserted into said piece of casing, and being removed from said piece of casing when said cup-type seal circulating device has
  • the invention also provides a compression type packer seal circulating device adapted to be connected to a portion of the equipment of a drilling rig to allow fluid to be pumped from said portion through a piece of casing connected to a casing string being run into a well bore filled with said fluid, said compression type packer seal circulating device comprising a connector member having one end thereof connected to said portion of the equipment of a drilling rig to allow fluid to be pumped from said portion thereinto; a seal body assembly having a portion thereof connected to the connector member, the seal body assembly comprising a seal body mandrel and a seal body connector; a compression type seal assembly connected to the seal body assembly, the compression type seal assembly having a portion thereof adapted to sealingly engage the interior of said piece of casing upon being compressed into engagement therewith after being inserted thereinto, the compression type seal assembly comprising a seal mandrel having an annular piston on the exterior thereof; a lower seal support retained on the seal mandrel; an elastomeric annular seal member retained on the
  • a cup type circulating apparatus 10 comprises a connector 12, seal body 14, seal assembly 16 and check valve assembly 18.
  • the cup type circulating apparatus 10 is shown connected to a fluid coupling 20 and inserted in a portion of casing 22 having a coupling 24 thereon which, in turn, is being supported by a pair of elevators 26.
  • the connector 12 comprises an elongated annular cylindrical member having, on the exterior thereof, cylindrical surface 30 and, on the interior thereof, first threaded bore 32 which releasably, threadedly engages fluid coupling 20, bore 34 therethrough and second threaded bore 36.
  • the connector 12 may include annular elastomeric seal member 38 at the upper section of second threaded bore 36.
  • the seal body 14 comprises an elongated annular cylindrical member having, on the exterior thereof, first threaded surface 40 which releasably, threadedly engages second threaded bore 36 of connector 12, first cylindrical surface 42, second cylindrical surface 44, third cylindrical surface 46, fourth cylindrical surface 48, frusto-conical annular surface 50, fifth cylindrical surface 52 and second threaded surface 53 and, on the interior thereof, first frusto-conical bore 54, bore 56 and second frusto-conical bore 58.
  • the seal assembly 16 comprises annular cylindrical backup member 60 retained on first cylindrical surface 42 of seal body 14, annular cylindrical elastomeric member 62 retained on second cylindrical surface 44 of seal body 14 and annular cylindrical elastomeric cup type seal member 64 having, in turn, back-up ring 66 sealingly engaging second cylindrical surface 44 of seal body 14 by means of annular elastomeric seal 68 located on the inner bore therethrough while a portion of the exterior of cup type seal member 64 sealingly engages a portion of casing 22.
  • the check valve assembly 18 comprises guide nose member 70, poppet guide support 72 and valve poppet 74.
  • the guide nose member 70 comprises an elongated annular cylindrical member having, on the exterior thereof, first cylindrical surface 76, first frusto-conical surface 78, second cylindrical surface 80, second frusto-conical 82 and elastomeric covering 84 covering surfaces 78, 80, and 82 respectively and, on the interior thereof, threaded bore 86 which releasably, threadedly engages second threaded surface 54 of seal body 14, first bore 88, second bore 90 creating annular shoulder 92 between first bore 88 and second bore 90, frusto-conical bore 94 and third bore 96.
  • the poppet guide support 72 comprises an annular cylindrical member having a plurality of axial flow ports 98 therethrough, a central bore 100 in the guide support 102 which is held in position by means of one or more struts (not shown), the guide support 102 having, in turn, a reduced diameter portion 104 on the upper end thereof and shoulder 106.
  • valve poppet 74 comprises a valve stem 108, valve poppet 110, elastomeric covering 112 on the valve poppet 110, annular elastomeric seal and back-up ring 114, and spring 116 located on valve stem 108 having one end located on the reduced diameter portion 104 of guide support 102 while the other end biases valve poppet 110 into engagement with second frusto-conical bore 58 of seal body 14.
  • the poppet guide support 72 is installed in first bore 88 of guide nose member 70 having a portion abutting shoulder 92 thereof. If desired, the poppet guide support 72 and valve poppet 74 may be deleted from the check valve assembly 18 and only the guide nose member 70 used.
  • a compression type packer seal circulating device 210 of the present invention is shown.
  • the compression type packer seal circulating device 210 comprises a connector 212, seal body assembly 214, seal assembly 216 and check valve assembly 218.
  • the connector 212 comprises an elongated annular cylindrical member having, on the exterior thereof, first cylindrical surface 230, frusto-conical annular surface 232, second cylindrical surface 234 and threaded surface 236 and, on the interior thereof, first threaded bore 238, first bore 240, second threaded bore 242 and second bore 244 having, in turn, annular recess 246 containing elastomeric annular seal 248 therein.
  • the connector 212 also has port 249 therein.
  • the seal body assembly 214 comprises seal body mandrel 250 and seal body connector 252.
  • the seal body mandrel 250 comprises an elongated annular member having on the exterior thereof, first threaded surface 254 which releasably threadedly engages second threaded bore 242 of connector 212, cylindrical surface 256 having, in turn, annular recess 258 containing annular elastomeric seal 260 therein and second threaded surface 262 and, on the interior thereon, bore 264.
  • the seal body connector 252 comprises an annular cylindrical member having, on the exterior thereof, cylindrical surface 266 and threaded surface 268 and, on the interior thereof, threaded bore 270 which threadedly releasably engages second thread surface 262 of seal body mandrel 250, first frusto-conical bore 272, bore 274 and second frusto-conical bore 276.
  • the seal assembly 216 comprises seal mandrel 278, lower seal support 280, seal spacer 282, upper seal support 284, and elastomeric annular seal members 286.
  • the seal mandrel 278 comprises an elongated annular cylindrical member having, on the exterior thereof, cylindrical surface 288 having, in turn, annular piston 290 having annular recess 292 therein containing annular elastomeric seal 294 therein and threaded surface 296 and, on the interior thereof, bore 298.
  • the seal mandrel 278 further includes a plurality of apertures 299 therethrough below the annular piston 290.
  • the lower seal support 280 comprises an annular cylindrical member having threaded bore 300 therethrough which releasably threadedly engages threaded surface 296 of seal mandrel 278.
  • the seal spacer 282 comprises an annular cylindrical member having bore 302 therethrough.
  • Upper seal support 284 comprises an elongated annular cylindrical member having, on the exterior thereof, cylindrical surface 304 and, on the interior thereof, threaded bore 306 which releasably threadedly engages threaded surface 234 of connector 212, first bore 308 in which annular elastomeric seal 294 on piston 290 of seal mandrel 278 sealingly engages and second bore 310.
  • Each elastomeric annular seal member 286 comprises an annular elastomeric member having a bore 312 therethrough.
  • the check valve assembly 218 comprises guide nose member 320, poppet guide support 322 and valve poppet 324.
  • the check valve assembly 218 is constructed and operated in the same manner as check valve assembly 18 previously described herein.
  • cup-type circulating device 10 of the present invention is shown.
  • the cup-type circulating device 10 is connected to the top drive fluid coupling 20 of similar connection on a conventional drilling rig.
  • the cup-type circulating device 10 is inserted into the casing 22 with the cup-type seal member 64 of the seal assembly 16 sealingly engages the interior of the casing 22.
  • fluid is pumped through connector 12, seal body 14 and check valve assembly 18 into the casing 22.
  • the check valve assembly 18 prevents the flow of fluid back through the seal body 14 and connector 12 as well as the flow of fluid from the top drive unit of the drilling rig.
  • the cup-type seal 64 sealingly engages the interior of casing 22 fluid is prevented from flowing upwardly past the seal 64 out the upper end of the casing 22 and casing connector 24.
  • the elevators 26 are disengaged from the casing 22 and casing connector 24 thereby allowing upward movement thereof with the subsequent upward movement of cup-type circulating device 10 being removed from the casing 22 and casing connector 24.
  • FIG. 2 the compression type packer seal circulating device 210 of the present invention is shown.
  • the seal assembly 216 is actuated by connecting a fluid line to 249 in connector 212 and fluid pumped into the annular cavity between the connector 212 and seal body mandrel 250, through apertures 299, and into the annular cavity between the seal mandrel 278 and upper seal support 284 causing annular piston 290 to move upwardly in upper seal support 284 thereby compressing elastomeric annular seal members 286 into sealing engagement with the casing 22.
  • fluid is prevented from flowing upwardly past the seal members 286 out the upper end of the casing 22 and connector 24.
  • connector 212 Since connector 212 is connected to top drive 20 or a suitable fluid conduit, if it is desired to pump fluids into casing 22, fluid is pumped through connector 212, seal body assembly 214 and check valve assembly 218 into the casing 22. Upon the cessation of the pumping of fluid through the packer type seal circulating device 210, the check valve assembly 218 prevents the flow of fluid back through the seal body assembly 214 and connector 212 as well as prevents the flow of fluid from the top drive unit of the drilling rig.

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EP1260671A1 (fr) * 2001-05-24 2002-11-27 Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. Soupape de retenue pour tête d'entraínement
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GB2379700A (en) * 2000-12-08 2003-03-19 Schlumberger Holdings A well completion string for multilateral junctions
GB2379700B (en) * 2000-12-08 2003-06-11 Schlumberger Holdings Well completion strings
WO2002086281A1 (fr) * 2001-04-19 2002-10-31 Appleton Robert P Garniture de fond de trou
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