Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for mitigating an uncontrolled fluid flow from a target wellbore using a relief wellbore
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Application No.: US16630409Application Date: 2018-07-13
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Publication No.: US11339626B2Publication Date: 2022-05-24
- Inventor: Madhusuden Agrawal , Paulo Jorge Da Cunha Gomes , James H. Knight , Satpreet Nanda , Lei Zhou , Eugene Sweeney
- Applicant: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
- Current Assignee: BP CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2018/042012 WO 20180713
- International Announcement: WO2019/014548 WO 20190117
- Main IPC: E21B33/13
- IPC: E21B33/13 ; E21B41/00 ; E21B47/00 ; E21B7/04

Abstract:
A method for mitigating a fluid flow from a target wellbore using a relief wellbore includes receiving wellbore geometry information of the target wellbore, receiving an initial interception point of the target wellbore, simulating a change in a three-dimensional flow characteristic of a kill fluid flow from a simulated relief wellbore and a target fluid flow from a simulated target wellbore resulting from an interaction between the kill fluid flow and the target fluid flow at the initial interception point, the simulated target wellbore designed using the received wellbore geometry information, and determining a final interception point of the target wellbore based on the simulation.
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