EP3179028A1 - Train d'outil d'usinage par câble de fond de trou - Google Patents

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EP3179028A1
EP3179028A1 EP15198341.8A EP15198341A EP3179028A1 EP 3179028 A1 EP3179028 A1 EP 3179028A1 EP 15198341 A EP15198341 A EP 15198341A EP 3179028 A1 EP3179028 A1 EP 3179028A1
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machining tool
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tool string
downhole wireline
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Christian Krüger
Sven Karsten Jensen
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Welltec AS
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Priority to EP15198341.8A priority Critical patent/EP3179028A1/fr
Priority to EP16806159.6A priority patent/EP3387212B1/fr
Priority to MYPI2021003543A priority patent/MY209702A/en
Priority to EP20192432.1A priority patent/EP3885527A3/fr
Priority to AU2016368616A priority patent/AU2016368616B2/en
Priority to PCT/EP2016/080068 priority patent/WO2017097832A1/fr
Priority to CA3006408A priority patent/CA3006408A1/fr
Priority to RU2018122849A priority patent/RU2728403C2/ru
Priority to EP20191937.0A priority patent/EP3757345B1/fr
Priority to US15/371,656 priority patent/US10851604B2/en
Priority to BR112018010126-5A priority patent/BR112018010126B1/pt
Priority to CN201680068410.7A priority patent/CN108291430A/zh
Priority to MX2018006769A priority patent/MX2018006769A/es
Priority to DK16806159.6T priority patent/DK3387212T3/da
Publication of EP3179028A1 publication Critical patent/EP3179028A1/fr
Priority to SA518391666A priority patent/SA518391666B1/ar
Priority to RU2020121989A priority patent/RU2020121989A/ru
Priority to US17/076,997 priority patent/US20210040807A1/en
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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
    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
    • E21B29/002—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe

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  • the present invention relates to a downhole wireline machining tool string for increasing an inner diameter of a well tubular metal structure in a well, the downhole wireline machining tool string having a longitudinal axis and comprising a rotatable tool part comprising a machining tool having a first end part, a second end part, a diameter and a circumference, and a stationary tool part.
  • a casing or liner in a well often has restrictions such as nipples, no-goes or patches, or restrictions caused by scale or cement on the inner surface, and in order to optimise production e.g. by intervening the well by a tool, this restriction needs to be removed or at least decreased in order to increase the inner diameter of the casing.
  • Another possible restriction may be a stuck valve, such as a ball valve or a flapper valve, at least partly closing the well.
  • a downhole wireline machining tool string for increasing an inner diameter of a well tubular metal structure in a well, the downhole wireline machining tool string having a longitudinal axis and comprising:
  • the well tubular metal structure to be machined may be partly or fully restricted, meaning that the inner diameter of the well tubular metal structure may be zero at the restriction. By increasing the inner diameter of the well tubular metal structure, at least part of the restriction is removed.
  • the restriction may be made of metal, ceramics, rubber, scale, cement or other materials in a well.
  • the inserts may be plate-shaped and project radially from the body.
  • the body may have longitudinal grooves in which parts of the inserts extend.
  • the inserts may be made of tungsten carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamonds embedded in a binder material.
  • the tungsten carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamonds may be in the form of particles having a particle size of 0.01-4 mm.
  • the inserts may extend along the longitudinal axis.
  • the inserts may be soldered, glued or welded to the outer face of the body.
  • each insert may have a width smaller than a length of the insert. Additionally, each insert may have a width which is less than 40% of the length. Further, the inserts may be distributed along the circumference with a mutual distance being at least the width of one insert.
  • the shavings or cuttings from the machining process of increasing the inner diameter are able to pass the outer face of the insert abutting the restriction and leave the machining area.
  • the inserts comprise embedded particles which are made of tungsten carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamonds
  • the particles released during the machining process are also able to leave the machining area.
  • machining area is meant the area of the insert having contact with the restriction.
  • magnets may be arranged on the outer face of the body, closer to the first end part than the second end part.
  • the inserts may incline towards at least one of the first and second end parts.
  • the second end part may have a decreasing outer diameter
  • at least part of the inserts may extend at least partly along part of the second end part having the decreasing outer diameter
  • the second end part having a decreasing diameter is meant that the second end part is round, inclining or tapering.
  • the inserts may be arranged in succession along the longitudinal axis.
  • the machining tool may have a bore extending into the second end part.
  • the bore may be arranged coincident with a centre axis of the machining tool.
  • the downhole wireline machining tool string may further comprise an anchor section for anchoring the string in the well, or a self-propelling section, such as a downhole tractor, for propelling the string forward in the well.
  • the inserts may be arranged in at least a first and a second row extending along the circumference, and the first and second rows of inserts may be arranged in succession along the longitudinal axis.
  • the first row of inserts arranged closest to the second end part may have a smaller outer diameter than the second row of inserts arranged closer to the first end part.
  • the inner diameter of the well tubular metal structure can be increased from a first inner diameter to a second inner diameter by the first row of inserts and from the second inner diameter to a third inner diameter by the second row of inserts.
  • an outer diameter of the body may be larger opposite the inserts than closer to the first end part.
  • the rotatable tool part may rotate less than 300 revolutions per minute (RPM).
  • the driving unit may be powered by less than 7,000 Watt.
  • the rotatable tool part may rotate at a low torque.
  • the machining tool may increase the inner diameter by milling away part of a nipple, scale, a sliding sleeve, a whip stock or a valve.
  • Fig. 1 shows a downhole wireline machining tool string 1 for increasing an inner diameter ID s of a casing or well tubular metal structure 2 in a well 3.
  • the downhole wireline machining tool string 1 has a longitudinal axis 4 along the extension of the well 3 and comprises a rotatable tool part 5 and a stationary tool part 6.
  • the stationary tool part 6 is arranged closest to a top of the well 3.
  • the rotatable tool part 5 comprises a machining tool 7 having a first end part 8 arranged closest to stationary tool part 6, and a second end part 9 which is arranged by the restriction to be at least partly removed.
  • the machining tool 7 has a diameter D T and a circumference C T .
  • the machining tool 7 increases the inner diameter ID s of the well tubular metal structure by machining, such as by milling away part of a nipple, scale, a sliding sleeve, a whip stock or a valve in order to at least partly remove the restriction.
  • the stationary tool part 6 of Fig. 1 comprises a driving unit 10, such as an electrical motor, which is configured to rotate the rotatable tool part 5 and is powered through a wireline 11.
  • the machining tool 7 comprises a body 12 having an outer face 14 and a plurality of inserts 15. Each insert 15 has a length L (shown in Fig. 3 ) along the longitudinal axis 4, and the inserts 15 project from the outer face 14 of the body 12.
  • the inserts 15 are distributed around the circumference C T with a mutual distance 16 between them, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3 .
  • a mutual distance between the inserts fluid is allowed to flow past and along the inserts and thus flush and cool the inserts, thereby increasing the service life of the inserts.
  • the shavings or cuttings released during the machining process are able to pass the outer face of the insert abutting the restriction and leave the machining area.
  • the inserts comprise embedded particles made of tungsten carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamonds, the particles released during the machining process are also able to leave the machining area.
  • machining area is meant the area of the insert having contact with the restriction, and along the longitudinal axis 4, the machining area or contact area is less than 60% of the total area of the restriction, preferably less than 50% of the total area of the restriction. In other words, if the tool had contact with the restriction along the whole circumference of the restriction when seen in cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, contact with the whole circumference is 100%.
  • the inserts 15 are plate-shaped and project radially from the outer face of the body.
  • Each insert 15 is arranged in a groove 18 in the outer face of the body 12 and is fastened to the body, e.g. by means of soldering. The heat may be applied from within the bore of the machining tool.
  • the inserts 15 thus extend from the grooves 18 and project radially outwards away from the outer face 14 of the body 12.
  • the inserts 15 extend along the longitudinal axis so that the length L of the inserts extends along the longitudinal axis 4.
  • Each insert 15 has a width W i which is less than 40% of the length L of the insert, preferably less than 30% of the length L of the insert, more preferably less than 20% of the length L of the insert, and even more preferably less than 15% of the length L of the insert.
  • the inserts 15 are arranged distributed along the circumference C T with a mutual distance of least the width W i of one insert.
  • the inserts have a curvature and an even thickness along their length.
  • the inserts function as blades of a turbine and thus lead or shovel the shadings or cuttings away from the machining area.
  • the machining tool 7 has a bore 17 extending into the second end part 9.
  • the area of the machining tool 7 engaging the restriction in order to perform the machining operation, such as by milling or grinding, is substantially reduced, which requires substantially less power than a machining tool 7 having inserts 15 all the way around the front of the tool, as shown in Fig. 4 .
  • the bore 17 has a centre axis arranged coincidently with the centre axis and thus the longitudinal axis 4 of the machining tool 7.
  • the machining tool 7 has a first tool end 19 closest to the stationary tool part 6 and a second tool end 20 closest to the second end part 9, and the inserts 15 incline towards the second tool end 20, thereby enabling the inserts to engage the restriction and centralise the machining tool 7.
  • the inserts 15 also incline towards the first tool end 19, which ensures that the inserts do not have any sharp edges which may easily be broken off.
  • the body 12 of the machining tool 7 has magnets 33 arranged on the outer face 14 thereof so that shavings from the machining process adhere to the magnets 33 and are in this way collected and brought up to surface together with the tool string when the tool string is retracted from the well.
  • the outer diameter OD B of the body is larger opposite the inserts 15 than closer to the first end part 8, and the magnets 33 are arranged in the part of the body having the smaller outer diameter.
  • the second end part 9 of the machining tool 7 has a decreasing outer diameter due to the body tapering, and at least part of the inserts 15 extends partly along part of the second end part 9 having the decreasing outer diameter.
  • the second end part 9 having a decreasing diameter is meant that the second end part is round, inclining or tapering and some of the inserts 15 cover part of the round, tapering or inclining end part.
  • the rotatable tool part 5 has inserts 15 arranged in succession along the longitudinal axis so that the second end part 9 is partly covered with inserts in prolongation of each other along the longitudinal extension.
  • Inserts 15 are arranged at the centre of the second tool end 20 of the second end part 9, extending from an end face 21 of the second tool end 20, and further inserts are arranged abutting these centre inserts 15, 15a and as a prolongation of the centre inserts at the inclining face of the second end part 9.
  • Other inserts 15, 15c are arranged in prolongation of the inclining inserts 15, 15b, projecting radially from the outer face 14 of the body 12.
  • the machining tool 7 has a bore 17 and first inserts 15, 15' projecting radially from the body 12, and also extending along the inclining surface of the second end part 9.
  • the inserts 15 of Fig. 4 are arranged in a first row 22 and a second row 23, each row extending along the circumference C T , and the first 22 and second rows 23 of inserts are arranged in succession along the longitudinal axis 4.
  • the second row 23 of inserts 15 acts as a back-up to the first row 22 of inserts, and the inserts of the first row 22 are arranged in recesses 24.
  • the inserts When seen from the side of the machining tool as shown in Fig. 5 , the inserts may be arranged with different lengths and in an overlapping manner, and the inserts 15b arranged closest to the second part 9 have a smaller radial extension than the inserts 15c arranged closest to the first part 8.
  • the inserts 15c are L-shaped so as to overlap the inserts 15b also in the radial direction so that when the inserts 15b have machined the restriction from its initial and first inner diameter to a second inner diameter, the inserts 15c can take over the machining process to machine increase the inner diameter of the restriction even further.
  • the inserts 15 may be made of tungsten carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamonds embedded in a binder material, and the tungsten carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamonds may be in the form of particles having a particle size of 0.01-2 mm.
  • CBN cubic boron nitride
  • new bits of tungsten carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamonds are always ready to take over when the first part of the insert is worn down, and then, new bits of tungsten carbide, cubic boron nitride (CBN) or diamonds will appear.
  • the inserts can be used over a longer period of time, as the inserts function over their entire extension, and machining tools having these inserts are therefore better able to decrease the thickness of the casing from one inner diameter to a second larger inner diameter than known tools.
  • the inserts 15 are arranged in at least a first 22 and a second row 23 extending along the circumference, and the first and second rows of inserts are arranged in succession along the longitudinal axis.
  • the first row 22 of inserts 15 arranged closest to the second end part 9 has a smaller outer diameter OD 1 than the second row 23 of inserts arranged closer to the first end part 8.
  • the inner diameter of the well tubular metal structure can thereby be increased from a first inner diameter to a second inner diameter by the first row 22 of inserts 15, and from the second inner diameter to a third inner diameter by the second row 23 of inserts.
  • each insert has a varying radial extension so that a first part of the insert closest to the second part 9 of the machining tool has a smaller radial extension than a second part of the insert closest to the first part 8.
  • the machining tool thus has a smaller outer diameter opposite the part of the inserts having a smaller radial extension, since each insert has an indentation so that the first part of the inserts contact the restriction and machine it from a first initial diameter to a second inner diameter and the second part of the inserts machine the restriction from the second inner diameter to its final inner diameter.
  • the inserts may be plate-shaped, have a varying thickness and be cone-shaped.
  • the inserts may have a varying thickness in the radial direction so that the thickness of the inserts are greater closer to the centre of the machining tool or the thickness may vary along the longitudinal extension.
  • the downhole wireline machining tool string 1 further comprises an anchor section 31 for anchoring the string in the well 3, and a self-propelling section 32, such as a downhole tractor, for propelling the string forward in the well.
  • a self-propelling section 32 such as a downhole tractor
  • the anchor section 31 or the self-propelling section 32 comprises a power unit 34, such as an electrical motor, which receives power from the wireline 11.
  • the power unit 34 drives a pump unit 35 driving the anchor section 31 and/or the self-propelling section 32.
  • the anchor section 31 and the self-propelling section 32 may have both a power unit 34 and a pump unit 35.
  • the tool string 1 may furthermore comprise one or more pressure compensators.
  • the rotatable tool part rotates at a low torque and rotates less 300 revolutions per minute (RPM).
  • the driving unit receives less than 1,000 Volts or 7,000 Watt due to a loss of power in the long wireline when performing an operation several kilometres down the well.
  • a stroking tool may be used to provide weigth on bit, i.e. weigth on the machining tool.
  • the stroking tool is a tool providing an axial force along the longitudinal extension.
  • the stroking tool comprises an electrical motor for driving a pump.
  • the pump pumps fluid into a piston housing in order to move a piston acting therein.
  • the piston is arranged on a stroker shaft.
  • the pump may pump fluid into the piston housing on one side and simultaneously suck fluid out on the other side of the piston.
  • fluid or well fluid any kind of fluid that may be present in oil or gas wells downhole, such as natural gas, oil, oil mud, crude oil, water, etc.
  • gas is meant any kind of gas composition present in a well, completion, or open hole
  • oil is meant any kind of oil composition, such as crude oil, an oil-containing fluid, etc.
  • Gas, oil, and water fluids may thus all comprise other elements or substances than gas, oil, and/or water, respectively.
  • the downhole wireline machining tool string may comprise a fluid delivery unit for delivering fluid to the machining area.
  • a casing or well tubular metal structure 2 is meant any kind of pipe, tubing, tubular, liner, string etc. used downhole in relation to oil or natural gas production.
  • a downhole tractor can be used to push the tool all the way into position in the well.
  • the downhole tractor may have projectable arms having wheels, wherein the wheels contact the inner surface of the well tubular metal structure for propelling the tractor and the tool forward in the well tubular metal structure.
  • a downhole tractor is any kind of driving tool capable of pushing or pulling tools in a well downhole, such as a Well Tractor®.

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
EP15198341.8A EP3179028A1 (fr) 2015-12-08 2015-12-08 Train d'outil d'usinage par câble de fond de trou
US15/371,656 US10851604B2 (en) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Downhole wireline machining tool string
BR112018010126-5A BR112018010126B1 (pt) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Coluna de ferramenta de usinagem wireline para fundo de poço
EP20192432.1A EP3885527A3 (fr) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Train d'outil d'usinage par câble de fond de trou
AU2016368616A AU2016368616B2 (en) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Downhole wireline machining tool string
PCT/EP2016/080068 WO2017097832A1 (fr) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Train d'outils d'usinage au câble de fond de trou
CA3006408A CA3006408A1 (fr) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Train d'outils d'usinage au cable de fond de trou
RU2018122849A RU2728403C2 (ru) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Скважинный кабельный обрабатывающий инструментальный снаряд
EP20191937.0A EP3757345B1 (fr) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Train d'outil d'usinage par câble de fond de trou
EP16806159.6A EP3387212B1 (fr) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Train d'outil d'usinage par câble de fond de trou
MYPI2021003543A MY209702A (en) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Downhole wireline machining tool string
CN201680068410.7A CN108291430A (zh) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 井下电缆加工工具管柱
MX2018006769A MX2018006769A (es) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Columna de herramientas de maquinado de linea de acero de fondo de perforacion.
DK16806159.6T DK3387212T3 (da) 2015-12-08 2016-12-07 Wireline-forbundet brøndbearbejdningsværktøjsstreng
SA518391666A SA518391666B1 (ar) 2015-12-08 2018-05-24 سلسلة أدوات تشغيل آلي لكبل حفر أسفل البئر
RU2020121989A RU2020121989A (ru) 2015-12-08 2020-07-02 Скважинный кабельный обрабатывающий инструментальный снаряд
US17/076,997 US20210040807A1 (en) 2015-12-08 2020-10-22 Downhole wireline machining tool string

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