Hydraulic Fracturing (or, “fracking”) is a commonly used method for extracting oil and gas from geological formations (i.e., “hydrocarbon bearing formations”) such as shale and tight-rock formations. Fracking typically involves, among other things, drilling a wellbore into a hydrocarbon bearing formation, deploying a perforating gun including shaped explosive charges into the wellbore via a wireline or other methods, positioning the perforating gun within the wellbore at a desired area, perforating the wellbore and the hydrocarbon formation by detonating the shaped charges, and pumping high hydraulic pressure fracking fluid into the wellbore to force open perforations, cracks, and imperfections in the hydrocarbon formation to liberate the hydrocarbons and collect them via a wellbore tubing or casing within the wellbore that collects the hydrocarbons and directs them to the surface.
Various downhole operations may require actuating one or more tools, such as wellbore plugs (bridge plugs, frac plugs, etc.), tubing cutters, packers, and the like as are well known in the art. For example, in an aspect of a fracking operation, a plug-and-perforate (“plug-and-perf”) operation is often used. In a plug-and-perf operation, a tool string including a plug, such as a bridge plug, frac plug, or the like, a setting tool for the plug, and one or more perforating guns are connected together and sent downhole. The plug assembly is located furthest downstream (in a direction further into the wellbore) in the string and is connected to the setting tool which is in turn connected to the bottom (downstream)-most perforating gun. The setting tool is for activating (i.e., expanding) the plug to isolate a portion of the wellbore to be perforated. Isolating these portions, or “zones”, makes more efficient use of the hydraulic pressure of the fracking fluid by limiting the volume that the fracking fluid must fill in the wellbore before it is forced into the perforations.
Using a setting tool for deploying the plug adds length to the tool string as well as potential failure points at the connections to the perforating guns/plug. A typical setting tool may use a pyrotechnic igniter and/or explosive to generate pressure for moving a piston that in turn forces a pressure, which may be a hydraulic pressure, into the plug assembly to expand the plug and shear the plug from the setting tool. Once the plug is expanded it makes contact with an inner surface of the wellbore casing and creates a fluid seal between the plug and the wellbore casing to isolate the zone with respect to the wellbore casing. The setting tool may be retrieved with the spent perforating guns on the tool string, after the perforating operation. Considering that most plugs include a hollow interior for housing components and accepting the pressures that will expand the plug, once the plug is in place a resulting open passage in the plug must be sealed by, e.g., dropping into the wellbore a ball that is sized to set within an opening of the passage of the plug and thereby fully isolate the zone. This process continues for each zone of the wellbore. Once the perforating operations are complete and the wellbore is ready for production, the balls and/or plugs remaining in the wellbore must be drilled out to allow hydrocarbons to travel to the surface of the wellbore for collection.
These typical aspects of a plug-and-perf operation create certain undesirable issues for the operation. For example, increased length of the tool string, including the setting tool, affects ease of handling and deployment of the tool string. Components of the plug assembly that remain in the wellbore post-perforation create obstructive debris in the wellbore. And the delay between initiating the setting tool and ultimately expanding the plug by, e.g., at least one mechanical process, may lead to inaccurate positioning of the tool string and perforating guns within the wellbore.
Accordingly, integrated and instantaneously expanding plugs would be beneficial in plug-and-perf operations. Similarly, these principles and certain disadvantages as explained above may be encountered with a variety of wellbore tools that must be actuated within the wellbore, and the benefits associated with, e.g., an instantaneously expanding plug would be similarly applicable and beneficial for any wellbore tool that must be actuated within the wellbore according to particular operations as are known.
An exemplary embodiment of a ballistically actuated plug may include an outer carrier having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The ballistically actuated plug may further include a hollow interior chamber within the outer carrier and defined by the outer carrier and extending from the first end to the second end of the outer carrier. The ballistically actuated plug may further include a ballistic carrier positioned within the hollow interior chamber. The ballistic carrier may include a body portion, a bore within the body portion and defined by the body portion, and one or more ballistic slots on an outer surface of the body portion and extending into the body portion. The ballistically actuated plug may further include an initiator positioned within the bore of the ballistic carrier and one or more ballistic components. Each of the one or more ballistic components may be positioned at least in part within a corresponding one of the one or more ballistic slots. The initiator and the one or more ballistic components may be relatively positioned for the initiator to initiate the one or more ballistic components. The one or more ballistic components may include an explosive charge for expanding the outer carrier from an unexpanded form to an expanded form upon initiation of the one or more ballistic component. The ballistic carrier may be formed from a fragmenting or disintegrating material and the one or more ballistic components is configured for fragmenting or disintegrating the ballistic carrier upon initiation of the ballistic components.
An exemplary embodiment of a method of positioning a ballistically actuated plug within a wellbore may include moving a ballistic interrupt from a closed state to an open state. The ballistic interrupt may be positioned between an initiator and a donor charge. The ballistic interrupt may prevent initiation of the initiator by the donor charge when the ballistic interrupt is in the closed state. The donor charge may be in ballistic communication with the initiator when the ballistic interrupt is in the open state. The method may further include initiating the donor charge. The method may further include initiating, with the donor charge, the initiator. The initiator may be positioned in an axial bore of a ballistic carrier. The ballistic carrier may be housed within a hollow interior chamber of an outer carrier. The method may further include initiating, with the initiator, a ballistic component. The method may further include dislodging a seal disk from the hollow interior chamber of the outer carrier upon initiation of the ballistic component. The method may further include expanding the outer carrier from an unexpanded state to an expanded state upon initiation of the ballistic component. An outer surface of the outer carrier may be dimensioned for sealingly contacting an inner surface of a wellbore casing when the outer carrier is in the expanded state.
A ballistically actuated plug may include an outer carrier having a first end opening at a first end and a second end opening at a second end opposite the first end. The ballistically actuated plug may further include a hollow interior chamber within the outer carrier and defined by the outer carrier and extending from the first end to the second end of the outer carrier. The ballistically actuated plug may further include an initiator positioned within the hollow interior chamber. The ballistically actuated plug may further include a ballistic carrier positioned within the hollow interior chamber. The ballistic carrier may include a body portion, a bore within the body portion and defined by the body portion, and one or more ballistic slots on an outer surface of the body portion and extending into the body portion. The ballistically actuated plug may further include one or more ballistic components. The ballistically actuated plug may further include a seal disk provided within the hollow interior chamber between the first end opening and second end opening and dimensioned to seal against an inner surface of the hollow interior chamber. Each of the one or more ballistic components may be positioned at least in part within a corresponding one of the one or more ballistic slots. The initiator and the one or more ballistic components may be relatively positioned for the initiator to initiate the one or more ballistic components. The ballistic carrier may be formed from a fragmenting or disintegrating material. The hollow interior chamber may extend from the first end opening to the second end opening and is open to each of the first end opening and the second end opening. The one or more ballistic components may be further configured to dislodge the seal disk from the channel upon initiation of the one or more ballistic components.
A more particular description will be rendered by reference to exemplary embodiments that are illustrated in the accompanying figures. Understanding that these drawings depict exemplary embodiments and do not limit the scope of this disclosure, the exemplary embodiments will be described and explained with additional specificity and detail through the use of the accompanying drawings in which:
Various features, aspects, and advantages of the exemplary embodiments will become more apparent from the following detailed description, along with the accompanying drawings in which like numerals represent like components throughout the figures and detailed description. The various described features are not necessarily drawn to scale in the drawings but are drawn to emphasize specific features relevant to some embodiments.
The headings used herein are for organizational purposes only and are not meant to limit the scope of the disclosure or the claims. To facilitate understanding, reference numerals have been used, where possible, to designate like elements common to the figures.
Reference will now be made in detail to various embodiments. Each example is provided by way of explanation and is not meant as a limitation and does not constitute a definition of all possible embodiments.
Embodiments described herein relate generally to devices, systems, and methods for instantaneously setting a plug in a wellbore. For purposes of this disclosure, “instantaneously” means directly resulting from an initiating event, e.g., an explosive event such as detonation of an explosive charge, substantially at the speed of the initiating event. For purposes of this disclosure, the phrases “devices,” “systems,” and “methods” may be used either individually or in any combination referring without limitation to disclosed components, grouping, arrangements, steps, functions, or processes.
For purposes of illustrating features of the embodiments, an exemplary embodiment will now be introduced and referenced throughout the disclosure. This example is illustrative and not limiting and is provided for illustrating the exemplary features of a ballistically actuated plug as described throughout this disclosure. Further, the exemplary embodiment(s) herein are presented representatively and for brevity with respect to a ballistically actuated plug but are not so limited. The exemplary principles and descriptions of a ballistically actuated wellbore tool are applicable not only to, e.g., wellbore plugs, but to any wellbore tool that must be actuated within the wellbore. For example, packers and other known wellbore or annular isolation tools may variously incorporate the disclosed structures, configurations, components, techniques, etc. under similar operating principles.
With continuing reference to
In an aspect of the exemplary embodiment(s), the ballistic carrier 106 may be formed from a substantially fragmentable or disintegrable material such as, without limitation, an injection molded plastic that will substantially fragment and/or disintegrate upon detonation of the ballistic components 110. The ballistic components 110 in such embodiments should thus have sufficient power for fragmenting and/or disintegrating the ballistic carrier 106. The ballistic components 110 may include any known explosive or incendiary components, or the like, for use in a wellbore operation. Non-limiting examples include shaped charges, explosive loads, black powder igniters, and the like.
In the exemplary embodiments, the ballistic components 110 may include, without limitation, explosive rings (such as linear shaped charges) in the ballistic slots 109 formed in the ballistic carrier 106. The ballistic slots 109 may be formed, without limitation, about an entire perimeter or periphery of the ballistic carrier 106 or as pockets therein. The explosive rings may be formed, for example, by pressing explosive powder, and then the explosive rings may be inserted into the ballistic slots 109. Alternatively, the explosive charges (explosive loads) may be pressed directly into the ballistic slots 109. In operation, the explosive charge may generate thermal energy and pressure forces for expanding the outer carrier 105 from an unexpanded form 170 to an expanded form 171 (see
In an exemplary embodiment, the initiator 114 is a pressure sealed detonating cord. In other embodiments, the initiator 114 may be a detonator such as a wireless detonator as described in U.S. Pat. No. 9,605,937, which is commonly assigned to DynaEnergetics GmbH & Co. KG and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. In other embodiments, the initiator 114 may be an elongated booster. In other embodiments, the initiator 114 may be one or more detonating pellets. In other embodiments, the initiator 114 may include two or more of the above components in combination. Where the initiator 114 is a component such as a detonating cord, booster, detonating pellets, or other component that itself requires initiation, such initiation may be provided by, without limitation, a firing head, a detonator, an igniter, or other known devices and/or techniques for initiating a ballistic or incendiary component. Such initiation assembly may be configured or contained in, without limitation, a tandem seal adapter (TSA) (such as described with respect to
The initiator 114 may be completely or partially contained within the bore 112 of the ballistic carrier 106 according to the exemplary embodiments—at least a portion of the initiator 114 may be positioned within the bore 112 while a portion of the initiator 114 may lie outside of the bore 112 or even the outer carrier 105 according to certain embodiments discussed further below. As mentioned previously, the initiator 114 must at least be capable of initiating, either directly or indirectly (via ballistic components that have been directly initiated), the ballistic components 110 within the hollow interior chamber 104 of the outer carrier 105.
With continuing reference to
In the exemplary embodiments, the ballistic slots 109 may be formed, without limitation, as pockets or depressions extending from the outer surface 130 of the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106 into the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106, or as channels extending around at least a portion of a circumference of the exemplary cylindrically-shaped ballistic carrier 106. The exemplary bore 112 may be formed as an axial bore extending along a longitudinal axis x through the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106 and adjacent to the ballistic slots 109 at a portion of the ballistic slots 109 containing at least a portion of the pressed explosive charges.
The direction in which the ballistic components 110 fire is not limited by the disclosure—the ballistic components 110 may fire in any direction, uniformly or individually, at random or according to a particular orientation, provided that the ballistic components 100 are configured with, for example and without limitation, a type and amount of explosive sufficient for generating the energy and forces required for expanding the outer carrier 105.
In addition, and as will be discussed below, the ballistic components 110 may also be used to fragment and/or disintegrate the ballistic carrier 106 upon setting the ballistically actuated plug 100. Accordingly, it may be beneficial for at least some of the ballistic components 110 to fire radially inwardly, i.e., in a direction from a point within or at the outer surface 130 of the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106 towards the axis x. In an example of such embodiment (not illustrated in the Figures), the ballistic component 110 may be a shaped charge positioned such that an open end (i.e., an end through which the explosive jet is expelled) of the shaped charge is on the outer surface 130 of, or within, the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106, to direct the explosive jet into the body portion 115 towards the axis x. In an aspect of such embodiment, an initiation end (i.e., an end adjacent to an initiator) of the shaped charge may be opposite the open end and adjacent to an initiator outside or on the outer surface 130 of the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106. In another example of such embodiment (not illustrated in the Figures), a ballistic slot 109 may be formed as a pocket extending from the outer surface 130 of the ballistic carrier 106 into the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106 and past the longitudinal axis x, such that a portion of the ballistic slot 109 containing the explosive charge is on a side of the longitudinal axis x that is opposite a side into which the ballistic slot 109 extends from the outer surface 130 of the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106. In an aspect of such embodiment, the bore 112 may be positioned off-center within the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106 and adjacent to the portion of the ballistic slot 109 containing the explosive charge, and the initiator 114 may be positioned within the bore 112.
In certain embodiments, the ballistic carrier 106 may include a plurality of ballistic components 110 variously configured to fire in different directions from different orientations. In such embodiments, one or more corresponding initiators in, e.g., corresponding bores and/or outside or on the outer surface 130 of the body portion 115 of the ballistic carrier 106 may be respectively positioned for initiating each of the plurality of ballistic components 110.
In certain embodiments, the ballistic carrier 106 may include a plurality of ballistic components 110 variously configured to fire in different directions. In such embodiments, respective portions of ballistic slots 109 containing the explosive charge may not all be positioned along a single axis or around a single point. In an aspect of such embodiments, the ballistic carrier 106 may include a plurality of initiators respectively positioned within corresponding bores, and the corresponding bores may be respectively positioned adjacent to corresponding respective portions of the ballistic slots 109 containing the explosive charge.
In an aspect, where the ballistic components 110 are explosive charges pressed into the ballistic slots 109 according to the exemplary embodiment(s), the explosive charges may be covered in whole or in part by a liner 131 (
The ballistic components 110 and the outer carrier 105 are together configured for deforming and radially expanding the outer carrier 105 upon initiation of the ballistic components 110. For example, the ballistic components 110 may have a certain explosive force and the outer carrier 105 may be formed in a configuration and/or from a material with physical properties sufficient to achieve the desired expansion of the outer carrier 105 upon initiation of the ballistic components 110. For example, the outer carrier 105 may be formed from a ductile material such as steel having a high yield strength (e.g., >1000 MPa) and impact strength (e.g., Charpy Value >80 J), according to the ASTM-A519 specifications. Other exemplary materials may be aluminum, strong plastics (including injection molded plastics), and the like having the requisite ductility for swelling, resistance to the wellbore environment, and resiliency (i.e., not too brittle) for being drilled out after use.
Accordingly, the exemplary ballistically actuated plug 100 sets by expanding only radially outwardly, without lateral moving parts, into the wellbore casing 300 (
As discussed further below, a sufficient degree of “swell”—i.e., the degree to which the size of the outer carrier 105 is expanded upon ballistic actuation—is required for the exemplary instantaneously expanding, ballistically actuated plug 100 to seal within the wellbore in the expanded state 171. For example, initiation of the ballistic components 110 must cause sufficient controlled plastic deformation of the outer carrier 105 to expand the outer carrier 105 enough for engaging and sealing elements (discussed below) to contact the inner wellbore surface and thereby hold, anchor, and seal the ballistically actuated plug 100 thereto, without causing failure of the ballistically actuated plug 100 by, for example, splitting the outer carrier 105. Various considerations that may affect swell include the ratio of explosive mass to free volume within the wellbore tool, the material from which the swellable component is formed and properties such as, without limitation, the yield strength of the material, the thickness of the swellable component(s) such as the outer carrier 105, and the type of ballistic component(s) (e.g., explosive loads, detonating cords, explosive pellets, etc.). Other considerations may be applicable for particular actuatable wellbore tools. In the case of the ballistically actuated plug 100, for example, the type and position of the ballistic components 110 within the outer carrier 105 may affect the degree of swell at different portions/positions of the outer carrier 105. These concepts are discussed further below with respect to the test results being provided herein.
With continuing reference to
The exemplary ballistically actuated plug 100 also includes at least one sealing element 122 extending along at least a portion of the outer surface 121 of the outer carrier 105. In the exemplary embodiment(s) illustrated in
The sealing elements 122 are formed from a material and in a configuration such that, in operation, the sealing elements 122 will expand along with the outer carrier 105 when the ballistic components 110 are initiated. The outer carrier 105 and the sealing elements 122 are dimensioned such that the sealing elements 122 will contact the inner surface 301 of the wellbore casing 300 and form a seal between the inner surface 301 of the wellbore casing 300 and the sealing elements 122 when the outer carrier 105 is in the expanded form 171.
With further reference to
The bumper 116 may be connected to the second end 102 of the outer carrier 105 using adhesives, tabs, melding, bonding, and the like. In the exemplary embodiment(s) that
The neck portion 160 may be integrally (i.e., as a single piece) formed with the outer carrier 105 or bonded or machined on the outer carrier 105, or provided in the disclosed configuration, or other configuration(s) consistent with this disclosure, according to known techniques. For purposes of this disclosure, the “neck portion 160” is so called to aid in the description of the exemplary ballistically actuated plug 100 and without limitation regarding the delineation, position, configuration, or formation of the neck portion 160 with respect to the outer carrier 105 or other components. In the exemplary embodiments, for example, the neck portion 160 is formed integrally with the outer carrier 105, as a portion with a reduced outer diameter as compared to the outer carrier 105. The neck portion 160 includes a first end 161 and a second end 162 opposite the first end 161 and a channel 165 is formed within the neck portion 160 and defined by the neck portion 160. In the exemplary embodiments, the channel 165 extends from a first opening 163 on the first end 161 of the neck portion 160 to a second opening 164 on the second end 162 of the neck portion 160, wherein the channel 165 is adjacent and open to a second end opening 113 of the outer carrier 105, via the first opening 163 of the channel 165. The second end opening 113 of the outer carrier 105 is adjacent and open to the hollow interior chamber 104 of the outer carrier 105, and is effectively a terminus of the hollow interior chamber 104 at the second end 102 of the outer carrier 105.
The second opening 164 of the channel 165 within the neck portion 160 is sealed by a seal disk 118 positioned within the channel 165 and dimensioned to seal the channel 165 by engaging an inner surface (unnumbered) of the neck portion 160 bounding the channel 165. The seal disk 118 may include an additional sealing element, for example, o-ring 120. The ballistic components 110 are configured to dislodge the seal disk 118 from the channel 165 upon initiation of the ballistic components 110. Dislodging the seal disk 118 in combination with fragmenting the ballistic carrier 106 upon initiating the ballistic components 110 provides a flow path for hydrocarbons being recovered through the ballistically actuated plug 100, as explained below with respect to operation of the ballistically actuated plug 100. Accordingly, in the exemplary embodiments the ballistic components 110 are configured for fragmenting or disintegrating the ballistic carrier 106 upon initiation of the ballistic components 110 and the ballistic carrier 106 is formed from a fragmentable material such as injection molded plastic.
The outer carrier 105 includes a first end opening 103 at the first end 101 of the outer carrier 105 opposite the second end opening 113 at the second end 102 of the outer carrier, and the hollow interior chamber 104 extends from the first end opening 103 to the second end opening 113 and is open to each of the first end opening 103 and the second end opening 113. The first end opening 103 has a rim 103b that defines a passage 103a through the first end opening 103 of the outer carrier 105. In the exemplary embodiment(s), the passage 103a has a diameter d3 that is smaller than a diameter d2 (
With reference now to
As shown in
With reference now to
In an aspect of the exemplary method, expanding the outer carrier 105 from the unexpanded state 170 to the expanded state 171 includes expanding the sealing element 122 that extends along the outer surface 121 of the outer carrier 105, wherein the outer carrier 105 and the sealing element 122 are together dimensioned for contacting and forming a seal between the sealing element 122 and the inner surface 301 of the wellbore casing 300 when the outer carrier 105 is in the expanded state 171.
In an aspect of the exemplary method, initiating the ballistic component(s) 110 includes firing one or more ballistic component(s) 110 radially outwardly from the axial bore 112.
In an aspect of the exemplary method, the ballistic carrier 106 is fragmented upon initiating the ballistic component 110. In a further aspect of the exemplary method, the seal disk 118 is dislodged from the channel 165 within a portion of the outer carrier 105 upon initiating the ballistic component 110. As a result, an aspect of the exemplary method includes enabling fluid communication through the hollow interior chamber 104 of the outer carrier 105 between a location upstream of the ballistically actuated plug 100 and a location downstream of the ballistically actuated plug 100.
In an operation of the exemplary ballistically actuated plug 100, and with reference to
With reference to
However, before the well is completed and put into production, each zone of the wellbore must be perforated. Typically, each zone of the wellbore is isolated before being perforated, to avoid fluid pressure losses to zones that have already been completed. Accordingly, when a zone upstream of the ballistically actuated plug 100 is to be perforated, a sealing ball, as is known, is dropped down into the wellbore casing 300 to isolate the upstream zone by sealing against an opening of the fluid path that the ballistically actuated plug 100 in the expanded form 171 has created. In the case of the exemplary embodiment shown in
After the well is completed and ready for production, the balls sealing any ballistically actuated plugs 100 (or other plugs) may be drilled out, thus restoring the flow path through the outer carrier 105.
With reference now to
A detonator 501, for example, a selective switch detonator as previously discussed, may be, as shown in phantom in
A cross-sectional view of the exemplary bulkhead 512 configuration in the TSA 500 is shown in
The TSA 500 may connect at a second end 503 of the TSA 500 to a wellbore tool 510 such as a perforating gun, which may be connected as part of a tool string 505 to additional wellbore tools further upstream, i.e., in a direction away from the ballistically actuated plug 100, as is known. In such configuration, the tool string 505 may be run downhole in the wellbore casing 300 such that after the ballistically actuated plug 100 is set within the wellbore casing 300 in its expanded form 171 as described herein, the additional wellbore tool(s) 510 may be initiated for various operations. In an example, and without limitation, the wellbore tool 510 may be a perforating gun that is fired after the ballistically actuated plug 100 is set. In such embodiment, the tool string 505 may be removed (for example, by retracting a wireline (not shown) to which the tool string is attached) after all perforating guns in the tool string 505 have fired, and a ball may then be dropped into the wellbore casing 300 as previously discussed, thereby sealing the flow path through the outer carrier 105 of the ballistically actuated plug 100 in its expanded form 171. Once the ball has sealed the flow path and isolated the upstream zone, fracking fluid may then be pumped into the wellbore to fracture the hydrocarbon formations via the perforations that the perforating guns created.
In other embodiments, the ballistically actuated plug 100 may be connected to a firing head, as is known, for initiating the ballistically actuated plug 100. The firing head may initiate, without limitation, a wireless detonator as described in U.S. Pat. No. 9,605,937, discussed above. The firing head may be connected to a wireline serving as a connection to the surface of the wellbore and/or a relay for a power supply or electrical control signals, as is known. In other embodiments, the ballistically actuated plug 100 and detonator 501 or other initiator may be electrically connected to a wireline that connects to, e.g., a top sub or other known connector that electrically connects the wireline to the detonator 501 via, for example, a relay such as the bulkhead 512 discussed with respect to
With reference now to
The ballistically actuated plug section 601 is substantially a ballistically actuated plug 100 as described throughout this disclosure, the description of which will not be repeated here. The ballistically actuated plug section 601 may be connected to the ballistic interrupt section 605 by, without limitation, a threaded engagement (e.g., as discussed with respect to a TSA 500 in
The ballistic interrupt section 605 includes a ballistic interrupt 640 housed within the body 606 of the ballistic interrupt section 605. The ballistic interrupt 640 has a through-bore 642 formed therethrough at a position such that the through-bore 642 in the open position, as shown in
The ballistic interrupt 640 may be transported in the closed position and rotated from the closed position to the open position at the wellbore site, to arm the plug drone 600 before deploying the plug drone 600 into the wellbore. The ballistic interrupt 640 includes a keyway 660 for accepting a tool that may be used to rotate the ballistic interrupt 640 from the closed position to the open position. The ballistic interrupt 640 may be rotated, via the keyway 660, either manually or automatically in, or with, a device for engaging the keyway 660. In an exemplary operation, the ballistic interrupt 640 is rotated, and the plug drone 600 is armed, in a launcher (not shown) that arms the plug drone 600 before launching it into the wellbore.
The control module section 610 is generally defined by a control module section body 611 and may be, without limitation, generally circumferentially-shaped and formed about a longitudinal axis y. The control module section body 611 may be formed from, without limitation, a fragmentable or disintegrable material, such as an injection molded plastic, such that the control module section body 611 will substantially disintegrate upon detonation of the ballistic components 110 and/or the donor charge 622. In an aspect, the control module section 610 may be formed integrally (i.e., as a single piece) with the ballistic interrupt section 605.
The control module section 610 includes a Control Interface Unit (CIU) 613 that may be, for example, a programmable onboard computer as described below or in International Patent Publication No. WO2020/035616 published Feb. 20, 2020, which is commonly owned by DynaEnergetics Europe GmbH and incorporated by reference herein in its entirety. The CIU 613 is housed within a control module housing 614 positioned within a hollow interior portion 612 of the control module section 610 and defined by the control module section body 611. Charging and programming contacts 615 include pin contact leads 616 electrically connected to the CIU 613, for example, to a programmable electronic circuit which may be contained on a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) 617. The pin contact leads 616 may be exposed through, and sealed within, apertures 618 through a sealing access plate 619 that closes the hollow interior portion 612 of the control module section 610. The charging and programming contacts 615 may be used for charging a power source of the CIU 613 and/or programming onboard circuitry by, for example and without limitation, connecting the charging and programming contacts 615 to a power supply and/or control computer at the surface of the wellbore, before deploying the plug drone 600 into the wellbore.
The CIU 613 may contain such electronic systems such as power supplies, programmable circuits, sensors, processors, and the like for detecting a position, orientation, or location of the plug drone 600 and/or the condition of the wellbore around the plug drone 600, for powering the onboard computer systems and/or trigger/arming components, and for triggering initiation of the plug drone 600 as described below. In an aspect, the CIU 613 may include capacitor and/or battery power sources 620, a detonator 621, and a donor charge 622. The detonator 621 is positioned for initiating the donor charge 622 upon receiving a signal (e.g., from the programmable electronic circuit) to detonate the plug drone 600. The detonator 621 may include a Non-Mass Explosive (NME) body and the donor charge 622 may, in an aspect, be integrated with the explosive load of the detonator 621. In an aspect of integrating the donor charge 622 with the explosive load of the detonator 621, the amount of explosive may be adjusted to accommodate the donor charge 622 and the size and spacing of components such as a ballistic channel 623 along which a jet from the donor charge 622 propagates upon detonation of the donor charge 622.
In an aspect, the CIU 613 may include the PCB 617 and a fuse for initiating the detonator 621 may be attached directly to the PCB 617. In an aspect of those embodiments, the detonator 621 may be connected to a non-charged firing panel—for example, a selective detonator may be attached to the PCB 617 such that upon receiving a selective detonation signal the firing sequence, controls, and power may be supplied by components of the PCB 617 or CIU 613 via the PCB 617. This can enhance safety and potentially allow shipping the fully assembled plug drone 600 in compliance with transportation regulations if, as discussed above, the ballistic interrupt 640 is in the closed position. Connections for the detonator 621 (and associated components) on the PCB 617 may be, without limitation, sealed contact pins or concentric rings with o-ring/groove seals to prevent the introduction of moisture, debris, and other undesirable materials.
In alternative embodiments, the CIU 613 may be configured without a control module housing 614. For example, the CIU 613 may be contained within the hollow interior portion 612 of the control module section 610 and sealed from external conditions by the control module section body 611 itself. Alternatively, the CIU 613 may be housed within an injection molded case and sealed within the control module section body 611. The injection molded case may be potted on the inside to add additional stability. In addition, or alternatively, the control module housing 614 or other volume in which the CIU 613 is positioned may be filled with a fluid to serve as a buffer. An exemplary fluid is a non-conductive oil, such as mineral insulating oil, that will not compromise the CIU components including, e.g., the detonator 621. The control module housing 614 may also be a plastic carrier or housing to reduce weight versus a metal casing. In any configuration including a control module housing 614 the CIU components may be potted in place within the control module housing 614, or alternatively potted in place within whatever space the CIU 613 occupies.
The detonator 621 and the donor charge 622 are contained within the control module housing 614 and the donor charge 622 is substantially adjacent to and aligned with the ballistic channel 623 along the axis y which is further aligned with the initiator 114. Upon detonation of the detonator 621, the donor charge 622 is initiated and the explosive jet from the donor charge 622 will pierce a portion 624 of the control module housing 614 that is positioned between the donor charge 622 and the ballistic channel 623 and propagate into the ballistic channel 623. When the ballistic interrupt 640 is in the open position, the explosive jet will reach the initiator 114 which will in turn initiate the ballistic components 110 to expand the outer carrier 105 of the ballistically actuated plug section 601 in the same manner as described throughout this disclosure for a ballistically actuated plug 100.
In an aspect of the exemplary plug drone(s) described above, the bumper 116 on the ballistically actuated plug section 601 may act as, or be replaced by, a frac ball for sealing a plug as previously discussed. For example, the frac ball, which may be the bumper 116, may be attached to the ballistically actuated plug section 601 of a second plug drone 600 that is deployed into the wellbore after a first plug drone has previously been set in the wellbore casing 300 with the outer carrier 105 in the expanded form 171. When the second plug drone 600 is actuated, the frac ball—made from a resilient material—is detached from the second plug drone 600 and propelled downstream towards the expanded plug. The frac ball is dimensionally configured to seal the expanded plug as previously discussed. Accordingly, one plug may be sealed as another is set upstream in the next zone to be perforated. However, the frac ball may also be attached to any wellbore tool, or may itself be the wellbore tool, for autonomous deployment on a ballistically actuated drone. In embodiments where the bumper 116 serves as a frac ball, e.g., to seal a plug that has been set downstream, the bumper 116 may not be annularly shaped but have, for example, a solid front portion such that the interior opening 180 of the bumper 116 is closed at one end to prevent the flow of fluid therethrough.
With reference now to
In an exemplary operation of a plug drone 600 as described with respect to
Once deployed in the wellbore, the plug drone 600 may use onboard sensors to determine a speed, orientation, position, and the like of the plug drone 600 within the wellbore. The plug drone 600 may transmit to a surface controller information determined by the sensors, for generating a wellbore topography profile. The plug drone 600 may also use, for example and without limitation, temperature and pressure sensors to determine a temperature and pressure of the wellbore around the plug drone 600 and may transmit to the surface controller a profile of such wellbore conditions.
Upon reaching a predetermined location within the wellbore as determined by, without limitation, an elapsed time from deployment, a distance traveled, a location as determined from, e.g., casing collar locators (CCLs) or other known position-sensing devices, an orientation of the plug drone 600, and the like, the CIU 613 may trigger the detonator 621 to detonate and thereby initiate the donor charge 622, which will detonate and form an explosive jet that will propagate through the ballistic channel 623 and initiate the initiator 114. The initiator 114 will in turn initiate the ballistic components 110 and cause the ballistically actuated plug section 601 to expand and engage the inner surface 301 of the wellbore casing 300 at a desired location, at which the plug will be set. Instructions regarding, e.g., the predetermined location and/or conditions at which the plug drone 600 should detonate may be programmed into the CIU 613, via the charging and programming contacts 615, by a computer interface at the surface of wellbore, before the plug drone 600 is deployed in the wellbore. While the above sensor-based type initiation is particularly useful in the exemplary plug drone 600 in which no physical connection with the surface is maintained after the plug drone 600 is deployed into the wellbore, such techniques are not limited to use with an autonomous tool and may also contribute to automating deployment and actuation of non-autonomous wellbore tools such as those attached to wirelines or tool strings.
In the exemplary embodiments, the ballistic carrier 106 in the ballistically actuated plug section 601, the body 606 of the ballistic interrupt section 605, and the control module section body 611 are each made from a frangible or disintegrable material that will substantially fragment or disintegrate upon detonation of the detonator 621, donor charge 622, and/or ballistic components 110. The CIU 613 and other internal components of the plug drone 600 may be similarly fragmented into debris that will be carried away from the plug drone 600 upon expansion. Accordingly, the plug drone 600 post expansion will substantially resemble the configuration of the ballistically actuated plug 100 in the expanded form 171, as shown and described with respect to
A method of transporting and arming the exemplary plug drone 600 for use at the wellbore site may include transporting the plug drone 600 in a safe state to the wellbore site and arming the ballistically actuated plug drone 600 at the wellbore site. The safe state of the plug drone 600 is when the ballistic interrupt 640 is in the closed position and arming the plug drone 600 includes moving the ballistic interrupt 640 from the closed position to the open position. The method may also include programming the CIU 613 of the plug drone 600 and/or charging a power source 620 of the plug drone 600, at the wellbore site.
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In an aspect, one or more of the frac ball 802 and various components of the plug drone 600 (or actuatable wellbore tool, generally) may be formed from known degradable materials that will dissolve in the wellbore fluid and therefore not require drilling out.
In an aspect, the exemplary plug drone 600 including the frac ball 802 carried thereon may be part of a daisy-chained assembly 700 including a perforating gun 510 as shown in and described with respect to
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According to the results of tests 1-6, it is believed that each of changing the inner medium from air to water and especially providing water within the outer carrier such that water is between the explosive and the outer carrier, increasing the explosive mass, and increasing the pellet diameter have a significant impact for increasing the amount of swell. Changing the outer medium from air to water slightly decreased the swell.
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Based on the results from tests 10 and 11, it is believed that the free space in the carrier may play an important role in swelling the carrier such that decreasing the free space in the carrier could have a severe impact on the carrier.
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Filling the casing with water (test 14) instead of air (tests 12 and 13) seems to have increased the maximum swell, likely due to the water as an inner medium. Test 13 showed the least amount of swell of tests 12-14, likely due to the explosive sections of the detonating cord being spaced further apart.
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According to tests 15-17, two rows of detonating cord on the inner core apparently induce a wider (i.e., along a greater axial length of the carrier) swell compared to one row of cord. Increasing the explosive weight apparently increases the maximum swell and the fixation of the carrier in the wellbore casing.
Test 18 evaluated a different 4.5″ carrier grade and used a similar setup with detonating cord 920 wrapped around an inner core 935 as in tests 15-17, and the inner core 935 was placed in a carrier 105 made from D10053 ST 37 steel and shot in a 5.5″ casing. The total explosive weight from the detonating cord was approximately 54 g. The carrier became completely trapped in the casing and swell was not measured.
Overall, according to the test results, using the detonating cord as the explosive material instead of the explosive pellet results in an increase in the swollen region. Other suggestions from the testing include: 1) the inner and outer medium fluid directly affect the amount of swell and the shape of the swell; 2) increasing explosive weight (while keeping other conditions constant) increases the amount of swell; 3) the amount of free volume in the carrier affects the swell; 4) using water instead of air between the explosive and the carrier, within the carrier, increases the swell; 5) the material of the inner core (e.g., to reduce free volume in the carrier) affects the swell; 6) the grade of steel from which the carrier is formed affects the amount of swell; and 7) where two rows of detonating cord are used on a PVC inner core, the row at which initiation starts induces a greater swell than the other row.
In other testing done with a setup including a PVC inner core with inner free volume such as in test 12, except with water as an inner medium and an outer medium, results showed or suggested, among other things, that doubling the thickness of the outer carrier wall from 7 mm to 14 mm decreased swell by approximate 58% but prevented the outer carrier wall from cracking and substituting steel for the PVC as the inner core material increased the swell by approximate 131%.
This disclosure, in various embodiments, configurations and aspects, includes components, methods, processes, systems, and/or apparatuses as depicted and described herein, including various embodiments, sub-combinations, and subsets thereof. This disclosure contemplates, in various embodiments, configurations and aspects, the actual or optional use or inclusion of, e.g., components or processes as may be well-known or understood in the art and consistent with this disclosure though not depicted and/or described herein.
The phrases “at least one”, “one or more”, and “and/or” are open-ended expressions that are both conjunctive and disjunctive in operation. For example, each of the expressions “at least one of A, B and C”, “at least one of A, B, or C”, “one or more of A, B, and C”, “one or more of A, B, or C” and “A, B, and/or C” means A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, or A, B and C together.
In this specification and the claims that follow, reference will be made to a number of terms that have the following meanings. The terms “a” (or “an”) and “the” refer to one or more of that entity, thereby including plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. As such, the terms “a” (or “an”), “one or more” and “at least one” can be used interchangeably herein. Furthermore, references to “one embodiment”, “some embodiments”, “an embodiment” and the like are not intended to be interpreted as excluding the existence of additional embodiments that also incorporate the recited features. Approximating language, as used herein throughout the specification and claims, may be applied to modify any quantitative representation that could permissibly vary without resulting in a change in the basic function to which it is related. Accordingly, a value modified by a term such as “about” is not to be limited to the precise value specified. In some instances, the approximating language may correspond to the precision of an instrument for measuring the value. Terms such as “first,” “second,” “upper,” “lower” etc. are used to identify one element from another, and unless otherwise specified are not meant to refer to a particular order or number of elements.
As used herein, the terms “may” and “may be” indicate a possibility of an occurrence within a set of circumstances; a possession of a specified property, characteristic or function; and/or qualify another verb by expressing one or more of an ability, capability, or possibility associated with the qualified verb. Accordingly, usage of “may” and “may be” indicates that a modified term is apparently appropriate, capable, or suitable for an indicated capacity, function, or usage, while taking into account that in some circumstances the modified term may sometimes not be appropriate, capable, or suitable. For example, in some circumstances an event or capacity can be expected, while in other circumstances the event or capacity cannot occur—this distinction is captured by the terms “may” and “may be.”
As used in the claims, the word “comprises” and its grammatical variants logically also subtend and include phrases of varying and differing extent such as for example, but not limited thereto, “consisting essentially of” and “consisting of.” Where necessary, ranges have been supplied, and those ranges are inclusive of all sub-ranges therebetween. It is to be expected that the appended claims should cover variations in the ranges except where this disclosure makes clear the use of a particular range in certain embodiments.
The terms “determine”, “calculate” and “compute,” and variations thereof, as used herein, are used interchangeably and include any type of methodology, process, mathematical operation or technique.
This disclosure is presented for purposes of illustration and description. This disclosure is not limited to the form or forms disclosed herein. In the Detailed Description of this disclosure, for example, various features of some exemplary embodiments are grouped together to representatively describe those and other contemplated embodiments, configurations, and aspects, to the extent that including in this disclosure a description of every potential embodiment, variant, and combination of features is not feasible. Thus, the features of the disclosed embodiments, configurations, and aspects may be combined in alternate embodiments, configurations, and aspects not expressly discussed above. For example, the features recited in the following claims lie in less than all features of a single disclosed embodiment, configuration, or aspect. Thus, the following claims are hereby incorporated into this Detailed Description, with each claim standing on its own as a separate embodiment of this disclosure.
Advances in science and technology may provide variations that are not necessarily express in the terminology of this disclosure although the claims would not necessarily exclude these variations.
This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/627,780 filed Jan. 17, 2022, which is a national stage application of and claims priority to Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Application No. PCT/EP2020/070291 filed Jul. 17, 2020, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62/876,447 filed Jul. 19, 2019, each of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
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