Abstract:
A control line assembly and technique for fabricating the control line assembly are disclosed. The assembly includes drawn tubular segments through which a gas is flowed to purge contaminants. The outflow of contaminants due to the gas flow is monitored and the gas flow can be controlled and terminated when a sufficient quantity of contaminants has been extracted. The gas flow can be combined with a heat treatment cycle to further extract contaminants. The heat treatment cycle can include multiple heating stages that can be controlled based on the monitoring of the exiting contaminants.
Abstract:
Embodiments may generally take the form of a safety joint and methods related thereto. One embodiment may take the form of a safety joint deployable in a well. The safety joint includes a first sub and a second sub coupled to the first sub. The coupling of the two subs may include a first set of threads having a first orientation and a second set of threads having a second orientation different from the first set of threads. The first sub is decoupleable from the second sub upon disengagement of the first set of threads by rotation in a first direction followed by disengagement of the second set of threads by rotation in a direction opposite from the first direction.
Abstract:
A method includes deploying an assembly in a contracted state on a tool into a well. The assembly includes segments that are adapted to be radially contracted in the contracted state. The method further includes expanding the assembly downhole in the well using the tool to transition the assembly between the contracted state and an expanded state. Expanding the assembly includes using linkages to guide the segments during the expansion.
Abstract:
Fluid compositions comprising water, at least one water soluble polymer, particles and degradable fibers have utility as well kill fluids for use during workover, drilling and completion operations. The compositions may be placed in a borehole such that they contact a slotted liner, a downhole filter, perforations, formation cracks and fissures or a combination thereof. The compositions form a plug or filtercake that minimizes flow between the wellbore and the formation. After completion of the well operation, the fibers degrade and the plug or filtercake weakens and may be washed away, thereby reestablishing fluid flow between the wellbore and the formation.
Abstract:
Methods may include pumping a cement composition containing one or more conductive fillers into an annular region of a wellbore created between a casing and a surface of the wellbore, allowing the cement composition to cure, emplacing a tool for measuring at least one electromagnetic property into the wellbore, and measuring at least one of the cemented casing and the formation. In another aspect, methods may include preparing a cement composition containing one or more conductive fillers, allowing the cement composition to set, and measuring at least one electromagnetic property of the set cement. In yet another aspect, cement compositions may contain a cement, one or more conductive fillers, and a surfactant, wherein the resistivity of the cement composition is less than 10 Ω*m.
Abstract:
An electric submersible pump system can include a shaft; a power cable connector for receipt of multiphase power; a multiphase electric motor configured to receive power via the power cable connector for rotatably driving the shaft; a pump operatively coupled to the shaft; and a power cable that includes a connector for connection to the power cable connector, a row multiphase conductors, a jacket surrounding the row of multiphase conductors that includes a polymer, and an outer coating that includes a fluoropolymer.
Abstract:
A methodology and system facilitate performance of an operation in tubing, such as wellbore tubing. A seat is placed in the tubing so that an object may be delivered along an interior of the tubing for engagement with the seat. The object is designed with a non-degradable component, e.g. wiper, mounted on a degradable core. In many applications, fluid may be used to move the object along the interior of the tubing and into engagement with the seat. As the object moves along the interior, the wiper is used to wipe, e.g. scrape, material from an inside surface of the tubing. After the object engages the seat, pressure may be applied along the interior of the tubing to actuate a desired tool. Upon completion of the procedure, the core may be degraded, e.g. dissolved, and thus removed from the tubing.
Abstract:
A technique facilitates various well operations by delivering a diluent to a desired location in a borehole. A completion system may be disposed in the borehole and a diluent flow path is routed along an interior of the completion system to a desired location. In some applications, the diluent is delivered to an artificial lift system, e.g. an electric submersible pumping system, to dilute a fluid being produced. A flow control unit is positioned along the diluent flow path and may be selectively actuated to control flow of the diluent to the desired location.
Abstract:
Various implementations described herein are directed to a vibration tool, e.g., for use in drilling. In one implementation, the vibration tool may include a housing having a bore extending therethrough. The vibration tool may also include a piston subassembly positioned inside the bore, where the piston subassembly is configured to oscillate when fluid flow inside the piston subassembly exceeds a predetermined flow rate. The vibration tool may further include a valve mechanism positioned around the piston subassembly, where the valve mechanism is configured to restrict fluid to flow inside the piston subassembly when the valve mechanism is in a closed state and configured to allow the fluid to flow from the piston subassembly to the bore when the valve mechanism is in an open state.
Abstract:
Methods for determining a distance from a drilling well to a magnetized target well include acquiring magnetic field measurements from the drilling well. The acquired magnetic field measurements are made at a plurality of spaced apart locations in the drilling well. The acquired magnetic field measurements are processed to obtain a ratio including at least one of the following: (i) a ratio of a magnetic field intensity to a first spatial derivative of a magnetic field, (ii) a ratio of a magnetic field intensity to a second spatial derivative of a magnetic field, and (iii) a ratio of a first spatial derivative of a magnetic field to a second spatial derivative of the magnetic field. The ratio (or ratios) is then processed to obtain the distance from the drilling well to the magnetized target well.