Patent Grant
11913464
This disclosure relates to an electric submersible pump in a wellbore, for example, one through which hydrocarbons or water are produced.
Hydrocarbons are trapped in reservoirs. Wellbores are drilled through those reservoirs to raise the hydrocarbons to the surface. Sometimes, additional equipment like pumps are used to raise the hydrocarbons to the surface.
This disclosure describes technologies related to lubricating an electric submersible pump assembly. Implementations of the present disclosure include an electric submersible pump assembly. The assembly includes an electric submersible pump disposed in a wellbore. The electric submersible pump assembly includes a pump to pressurize a wellbore fluid. The electric submersible pump assembly includes an electric motor coupled to the pump to rotate the pump. The electric motor is lubricated by a dielectric oil.
The electric submersible pump assembly includes a sensor coupled to the electric motor to sense a condition of the electric motor and transmit a signal including a value representing the condition. The condition that the sensor senses can be a conductivity of the dielectric oil. The sensor can be a receiver coil to contact the dielectric oil that lubricates the electric motor. A self-inductance of the receiver coil can change responsive to a change in the conductivity of the dielectric oil contacting the receiver coil. The sensor can be a first inductor and a second inductor. The sensor can sense an eddy current loss between the first inductor and the second inductor in the presence of the contaminated dielectric oil. An electric current with the first inductor can alternate at a value between 100 kHz and 100 MHz to generate a magnetic field.
The assembly includes a controller coupled to the electric motor and the sensor. The controller receives the signal including the value from the sensor and compares the value of the condition of the dielectric oil to a threshold value. The threshold value can indicate that the wellbore fluid has flowed by the seal and mixed with the dielectric oil to create the contaminated dielectric oil. The controller determines when the value of the condition of the dielectric oil is greater than the threshold value. Responsive to determining that the value included in the signal is greater than a threshold value indicating a presence of contaminated dielectric oil, the controller flows a clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric motor to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric motor.
In some implementations, the electric submersible pump assembly further includes a seal coupled to and disposed between the pump and the electric motor. The seal prevents a wellbore fluid from the wellbore entering into the electric motor and mixing with the dielectric oil. Where the electrical submersible pump assembly includes the seal, the controller flows the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator to the electric motor to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric motor by the seal into the wellbore.
The accumulator includes a body to hold the clean dielectric oil. The accumulator includes a piston movably positioned within the body. The piston forces the clean dielectric oil into the electric motor. The accumulator includes a spring positioned within the body and coupled to the piston. The spring expands to move the piston. The accumulator includes a valve coupled to the body. The valve controls the flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator to the electric motor.
Further implementations of the present disclosure include a method for lubricating an electric submersible pump motor. The method includes sensing, by a sensor coupled to an electric submersible pump assembly positioned in a wellbore, a condition of a dielectric oil that lubricates the electric submersible pump assembly. Where the condition of the dielectric oil is a conductivity of the dielectric oil, sensing the condition of the dielectric oil includes sensing the conductivity of the dielectric oil.
In some implementations, the electric submersible pump assembly includes a pump to pressurize the wellbore fluid. The electric submersible pump includes an electric motor to rotate the pump. The electric motor is lubricated by the dielectric oil. The electric submersible pump assembly includes a seal coupled to and disposed between the pump and the electric motor. The seal prevents the wellbore fluid from the wellbore from entering into the electric motor and mixing with the dielectric oil. Where the electric submersible pump assembly includes the pump, the electric motor, and the seal, sensing the condition of the dielectric oil within the electric submersible pump assembly includes sensing the condition of the dielectric oil in the electric motor.
In some implementations, where the sensor includes a receiver coil to contact the dielectric oil that lubricates the electric motor, a self-inductance of the receiver coil changes responsive to a change in the conductivity of the dielectric oil contacting the receiver coil. Sensing, by the sensor coupled to the electric submersible pump assembly positioned in the wellbore, the condition of the dielectric oil that lubricates the electric motor includes sensing the self-inductance of the receiver coil changing responsive to the change in the conductivity of the dielectric oil contacting the receiver coil.
In some implementations, where the sensor includes a first inductor and a second inductor, the sensor senses an eddy current loss between the first inductor and the second inductor in a presence of the contaminated dielectric oil. Sensing the condition of the dielectric oil in the electric motor can include sensing the eddy current loss between the first inductor and the second inductor.
Sensing the condition of the dielectric oil in the electric motor with the first inductor and the second inductor can include generating a magnetic field by the first inductor and receiving the magnetic field at the second inductor. Generating the magnetic field by the first inductor can further include flowing an electric current to the first inductor by the controller and responsive to flowing the electric current to the first inductor, generating the magnetic field with the first inductor. Flowing the electric current to the first inductor can include alternating the electric current at a value between 100 kHz and 100 MHz.
The method includes transmitting, by the sensor to a controller, a signal including a value representing the condition of the dielectric oil. The method includes receiving, at the controller, the signal including the value representing the condition of the dielectric oil. The method includes comparing, by the controller, the value to a threshold value that indicates that a wellbore fluid has flowed into the electric submersible pump assembly and contaminated the dielectric oil. The threshold value can indicate that the wellbore fluid has flowed by the seal and mixed with the dielectric oil to create the contaminated dielectric oil. The method includes responsive to the comparison, determining, by the controller, that the value is greater than the threshold value.
The method includes responsive to determining that the value is greater than the threshold value, flowing, by the controller, a clean dielectric oil from an accumulator into the electric submersible pump assembly to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric submersible pump assembly into the wellbore. Flowing, by the controller, the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator into the electric submersible pump assembly to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric submersible pump assembly into the wellbore further can include flowing, by the controller, the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator to the electric motor to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric motor by the seal into the wellbore.
In some implementations, flowing the clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric motor further includes holding the clean dielectric oil in a body of the accumulator, actuating a valve coupled to the body to allow a flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator to the electric motor, responsive to actuating the valve to allow the flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator to the electric motor, expanding a spring positioned within the body. Responsive to expanding the spring, the method includes moving a piston within the body. Responsive to moving the piston within the body, the method includes forcing the clean dielectric oil into the electric motor. Responsive to forcing the clean dielectric oil into the electric motor, the method includes expelling the contaminated oil out of the electric submersible pump assembly by the seal into the wellbore.
In some implementations, the method further includes transmitting, by the controller, a status signal representing the condition of the electric submersible pump assembly to a remote operating station.
The details of one or more implementations of the subject matter described in this disclosure are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the description below. Other features, aspects, and advantages of the subject matter will become apparent from the description, the drawings, and the claims.
Like reference numbers and designations in the various drawings indicate like elements.
The present disclosure describes an assembly and a method for lubricating an electric submersible pump assembly. Wellbores in an oil and gas well are filled with both liquid and gaseous phases of various fluids and chemicals including water, oils, and hydrocarbon gases. An electric submersible pump is installed in the wellbore to pressurize the fluids and gases in the wellbore from the formations of the Earth to flow the fluids and gas from the wellbore to the surface of the Earth. The electric submersible pump assembly includes a pump to pressurize a wellbore fluid. The electric submersible pump includes an electric motor coupled to the pump to rotate the pump. The electric motor is lubricated by a dielectric oil. The electric submersible pump assembly includes a seal coupled to and disposed between the pump and the electric motor. The seal prevents the fluids and gases from the wellbore from entering into the electric motor and mixing with the dielectric oil.
The electric submersible pump assembly includes a lubricator assembly. The electrical submersible pump assembly is disposed in the wellbore. The lubricator assembly includes a sensor coupled to the electric motor. The sensor senses a condition of the electric motor, for example, a property of a dielectric oil within the electric motor, and transmits a signal representing the property of the dielectric oil to a controller. The controller receives the signal from the sensor and then compares the value of the property of the dielectric oil to a threshold value of the property of the dielectric oil. The threshold value of the property of the dielectric oil, for example, is a value of a the property of the dielectric oil which indicates a presence of contaminated dielectric oil, that is, the wellbore fluid has leaked by the seal and into the motor, contaminating the dielectric oil. The controller then determines when the value of the property of the dielectric oil is less than the threshold value of the property of the dielectric oil. Responsive to the controller determining when the value of the property of the dielectric oil is less than the threshold value of the property of the dielectric oil, the controller flows clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric motor to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric motor through the seal.
Implementations of the present disclosure realize one or more of the following advantages. Operating life of the electric submersible pump can be increased. For example, release of clean dielectric oil displaces conductive wellbore fluids entering the motor by a degrading or failing motor seal which can create an electrical short between motor components. Preventative and corrective maintenance conducted on electric submersible pumps can be decreased. For example, some motor components can be isolated from wellbore fluid for a longer time period, increasing component mean time between failures. Increasing the mean time between failures can increase the time period between scheduled preventive maintenance and required corrective maintenance, which will further reduce the total well cost. Reducing the total well cost can change the total well cost from a loss to a profit.
The assembly 100 is disposed in a wellbore 102 to pressurize the wellbore fluids. Pressurizing the wellbore fluids flows the wellbore fluids from a downhole location 110 to an uphole location 140 through a tubing 112. The uphole location 140 can be the surface 180 of the Earth in the direction of arrow 116.
The assembly 100 includes a pump 118. The pump 118 increases the pressure of the wellbore 102 at the downhole location 110 by creating a suction force to flow the wellbore fluids into a pump suction 120 through suction inlets 122 from downhole location 110 into the suction inlets 122 in the direction of arrow 158. The pump 118 is a multi-stage centrifugal pump. The pump 118 includes impellers 124. The impellers 124 rotate, increasing a pressure and velocity of the wellbore fluids. The pump 118 includes a drive shaft 126 coupled to the impellers 124. The drive shaft 126 rotates within the pump 118 to rotate the impellers 124.
The assembly 100 includes a motor 128. The motor 128 can be a rotary electro-magnetic machine. For example, the motor 128 can be a squirrel cage induction motor. The motor 128 is coupled to the drive shaft 126 to rotate the pump 118. The drive shaft 126 extends through the pump 118 and into the motor 128. The motor 128 includes a motor body 130. The motor body 130 seals the motor 128 components from the wellbore fluids. The drive shaft 126 is centered within the motor body 130 by a bearing set 132.
The motor 128 includes a stator 134. The stator 134 is positioned within the motor body 130 and coupled to the motor body 130. Electricity flows from a power source (not shown) the surface 180 of the Earth through a power cable 136 coupled to the stator 134. Electricity flowing through the stator 134 generates a magnetic field. The stator 134 can include a wire (not shown). The wire is wound around a core (not shown) to create a winding. The power source can be a renewable remote power source such as a solar panel or a commercial electrical grid. The power source can include a power storage device, for example, a battery.
The motor 128 includes a rotor 138 positioned within the stator 134. The rotor 138 is mechanically coupled to the drive shaft 126. The rotor 138 rotates in response to the magnetic field generated by the stator 134. As the rotor 138 rotates in response to the magnetic field, the drive shaft 126 rotates, causing the impellers 124 to rotate and wellbore 102 fluid to flow.
The motor body 130 and the stator coupled to the motor body 130 define a void 142. The stator 134 and the rotor 138 are positioned within the void 142. The rotor 138 is spaced from (separated from) the stator 134 by a dimension 190. The dimension 190 can be referred to as an annular clearance or a stator 134/rotor 138 air gap. The void 142 is filled with a dielectric oil. The dielectric oil is an electrical insulator which prevents a flow of an electric current directly from the stator 134 to the rotor 138. The flow of an electric current directly from the stator to the rotor 138 is an electric short which can result in motor 128 failure. Also, the dielectric is circulated around the void 142 to lubricate and cool the rotor 138 and the bearing set 132.
The assembly 100 includes a sealing element 144. The sealing element 144 is coupled to the pump 118 and positioned in between the motor 128 and the pump 118 to prevent a flow of wellbore fluids from entering the motor body 130. The sealing element 144 is coupled to the drive shaft 126 to define a sealing surface 146 to prevent the flow of wellbore fluids from entering the motor body 130. Over time and due to wellbore 102 conditions, the structural integrity of the sealing element 144 can degrade, reducing the sealing effectiveness of the sealing element 144. The sealing element 144 can degrade due to wellbore conditions such as pressure, temperature, and/or corrosive or abrasive substances in the wellbore fluids. When sealing element 144 sealing effectiveness degrades, wellbore fluids can leak by the sealing surface 146 into the void 142 of the motor body 130. The leaked wellbore fluids can comingle with or displace the dielectric oil in the void 142. When the wellbore fluids comingle with the dielectric oil, the electric current can flow through the mixture of wellbore fluids and dielectric oil and short the stator 134 and the rotor 138, resulting in motor 128 failure. The mixture of the wellbore fluids and dielectric oil can be referred to as a contaminated dielectric oil. For example, at a portion 142 of the void 142, near location 192 where the power cable 136 electrically couples to the stator 134 the electric current can flow through the mixture of wellbore fluids and dielectric oil and short the stator 134 and the rotor 138, resulting in motor 128 failure. In some orientations and configurations, the portion 142 of the void 142 can be near a top surface 194 of the void.
The assembly 100 includes a sensor sub-assembly 148. The sensor sub-assembly 148 is coupled to the motor 128 and the sealing element 144. The sensor sub-assembly 148 senses a condition of the motor 128 and transmits a signal including a value representing the condition, for example a resistance to the flow of electricity of a motor 128 component, vibration of the motor 128, or a temperature of a motor 128 component, or a property of the dielectric oil within the motor 128. The sensor sub-assembly 148 includes a body 150. The body 150 defines a void 152. The void 152 of the sensor sub-assembly 148 is fluidically coupled to the void 142 of the motor 128. The void 152 of the sensor sub-assembly 148 is filled with the dielectric oil.
The sensor sub-assembly 148 includes a sensor 154. The sensor 154 senses a property of the dielectric oil in the void 152 of the motor 128 and transmits a signal including a value representing the property of the dielectric oil. The condition of the motor 128 can be a property of the dielectric oil. For example, the property of the dielectric oil can be a conductivity or a resistivity (or both) of the dielectric oil. Alternatively or in addition, the property of the dielectric oil can be a pressure, a temperature, or a viscosity of the dielectric oil. When the sealing element 144 degrades as previously described, wellbore fluids can leak by the sealing element 144 and into the void 152 of the motor 128 and mix with the dielectric oil in the void 152 of the motor 128. The mixing can occur at location 192 near the top surface 194 of the void 152 as previously described. The contamination of the dielectric oil by the wellbore fluids changes the property of the dielectric oil.
The sensor 154 senses the conductivity or resistivity of the contaminated dielectric oil and transmits a signal including the value of the conductivity or resistivity. For example, in reference to the conductivity of the dielectric oil, when the dielectric oil is clean (uncontaminated), the dielectric oil will have a low electrical conductivity. For example, the electrical conductivity can be low when the electrical conductivity is less than 10−10 S/m. When the dielectric oil has mixed with wellbore fluids (contaminated), the dielectric oil will have a high electrical conductivity. For example, the electrical conductivity can be high when the electrical conductivity is greater than 10'S/m. This is because the wellbore fluids, especially water and salts, have a high conductivity relative to the dielectric oil. Likewise, in reference the resistance of the dielectric oil, when the dielectric oil is clean (uncontaminated), the dielectric oil will have a high resistance. When the dielectric oil has mixed with wellbore fluids (contaminated), the dielectric oil will have a low resistance. This is because the wellbore fluids, especially water and salts, have a low resistance relative to the dielectric oil.
The sensor 154 can include a single sensor or multiple sensors. For example, three sensors can be arrayed in a plane in with 120 degrees of separation to sense the condition of the dielectric oil in the void 152.
Electricity, I, flows through the wire receiver coils 212a and 212b in the direction of arrows 212a and 212b, respectively. The flow of electricity through the wire receiver coil 210a generates a magnetic field B1. The magnetic field B1 is in the direction of arrows 214a, from a south magnetic pole (S1) to a north magnetic pole (N1). The flow of electricity through the wire receiver coil 210b generates a magnetic field B2. The magnetic field B2 is in the direction of arrows 214b, from a south magnetic pole (S2) to a north magnetic pole (N2).
The mutual inductance between the wire receiver coils 212a and 212b is affected by the electrical conductivity of the dielectric oil between them. The lower the electrical conductivity, lower the electrical losses. The electrical loss is measured as the electrical power in wire receiver coil 212a minus the electrical power received in wire receiver coil 212b. This electrical loss is calibrated against a known amount of contamination.
The magnetic field B1 induces eddy currents in the dielectric oil 204 which weaken the magnetic field across the void 152. The second wire receiver coil 212b receives the weakened magnetic field, and measures the weakened magnetic field by generating an induced electric current proportional to the received weakened magnetic field. The difference between the transmitted magnetic field and the received weakened magnetic field corresponds to the eddy current loss in the dielectric oil. When the wellbore fluids mix with the clean dielectric oil in the void 152 to create the contaminated dielectric oil, the conductivity of the dielectric oil increases from the original value of conductivity of the clean dielectric oil. The increase in conductivity in the contaminated dielectric oil causes the magnetic field to induce greater eddy currents, further weakening the magnetic field received at the second wire receiver coil 212b relative to the weakened magnetic field in clean dielectric oil. An electric current generating the magnetic field with the first wire receiver coil 212a can alternate at a value between 100 kHz and 100 MHz.
The assembly 100 includes an accumulator 156. The accumulator 156 is coupled to the motor 128. The accumulator 156 contains an uncontaminated (clean) dielectric oil. The accumulator 156 flows the uncontaminated dielectric oil to the motor 128. The accumulator 156 includes a body 160 defining a void 162. The body 160 holds the clean dielectric oil. The void 162 is filled with the clean dielectric oil. The accumulator 156 includes a piston 164. The piston 164 is movably positioned within the body 160 of the accumulator 156. The piston 164 forces the clean dielectric oil into the motor 128. The accumulator 156 includes a spring 166. The spring 166 is positioned within the body 160 and coupled to the body 160 and the piston 164. The spring 166 expands to move the piston 164 to force the clean dielectric oil in the direction of arrow 168.
The accumulator 156 includes a valve 170. The valve 170 is coupled to the body 160 of the accumulator 156 and the motor 128. The valve 170 controls the flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128. When in a closed position (not shown), the valve 170 prevents flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128. The closed position is the normal position of the valve 170. When in an open position (not shown), the valve 170 allows flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128.
The assembly 100 includes a controller 172. The structural details of the controller 172 are described below. The controller 172 is operatively coupled to the motor 128, the sensor 154, and the accumulator 156. The controller 172 is coupled to motor 128 and the sensor 154 by the power cable 136. The power cable 136 can include a control cable. The controller 172 receives the signal including the value of the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 of the sensor sub-assembly 148 through the control cable. Additionally or alternatively, the controller 172 can receive the signal including the value of the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 of the sensor sub-assembly 148 from an addressable inductive coupling (not shown) positioned on the power cable 136 which can transfer electrical power and data to and from the sensor 154.
The controller 172 is operatively coupled to valve 170 of the accumulator 156 by a control cable 174. The controller 172 generates a command signal to move the valve 170 from the closed position preventing flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128 to the open position allowing flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128.
The controller 172 receives the signal including the value of the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 of the sensor sub-assembly 148 from the sensor 154. The controller 172 compares the value of the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 to a threshold value stored in the controller 172. The threshold value is a value of conductivity which indicates a presence of contaminated dielectric oil in the void 152. The threshold value is a value of conductivity above which the motor functions normally. The threshold value corresponds to a minimum dielectric strength of the dielectric oil. In other words, the wellbore fluids have leaked by the sealing element 144 and into the sensor sub-assembly 148, mixing with the clean dielectric oil. The controller 172 determines when the value of the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 is greater (a high conductivity) than the threshold value.
Responsive to determining that the value of the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 is greater than the threshold value (indicating a presence of contaminated dielectric oil), the controller 172 flows clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128 to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the motor 128 back by the leaking seal element 144. In other words, the contaminated dielectric oil is expelled back out via the route it entered into the void 152. Clean dielectric oil can flow from the accumulator 156 until the accumulator no longer contains clean dielectric oil. As seen, flowing the clean dielectric oil to the leaking seal element 144 is not a permanent correction to fix the leaking seal element 144. The flow of clean dielectric oil from the accumulator can alert the user that the seal element 144 has an integrity problem, which can lead to assembly 100 electrical failure. In some cases, the controller 172 can flow clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128 for a pre-set time to expel some or all of the contaminated dielectric oil out of the motor 128 back by the leaking seal element 144 as previously described.
As described earlier, the controller 172 generates the command signal to move the valve 170 from the closed position preventing flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128 to the open position for a pre-set time allowing flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator 156 to the motor 128. This process is repeated as required until the oil accumulator 156 is empty. The controller can determine that the accumulator 156 is empty by using a known number of times the valve 170 has been actuated multiplied by the pre-set time to equal the volume of dielectric oil flowed from the accumulator 156. In other words, only a pre-set number of actuations can be achieve based on accumulator volume and the pre-set flow time. The controller 178 will count-down the valve 170 actuations. The controller 178 transmits number of valve actuations to the user. The controller 178 monitors the conductivity of the dielectric oil between each actuation for a finite amount of time to determine if the valve 170 should be actuated again to restore the conductivity below the threshold value.
The sensor 154 periodically senses the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 of the sensor sub-assembly 148 and transmits the signals including the value of the conductivity to the controller 172. Sensing the conductivity of the dielectric oil can include a time interval between sensing the conductivity. For example, the sensor can sense the conductivity every one second, five seconds, or ten seconds. The time interval can be adjustable. The controller 172 continues to compare the value of the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 to the threshold value. The controller 172 determines when the value of the conductivity of the dielectric oil in the void 152 is less than the threshold value by continually sampling the conductivity of the dielectric oil. In some cases, the controller 172 will not actuate the valve 170 again until the conductivity of the dielectric oil rises above the threshold value, that is, the dielectric oil is more conductive (has a lower insulation value).
The controller 172 includes a computer 178 with a microprocessor. The controller 172 has one or more sets of programmed instructions stored in a memory or other non-transitory computer-readable media that stores data (e.g., connected with the printed circuit board), which can be accessed and processed by a microprocessor. The programmed instructions can include, for example, instructions for sending or receiving signals and commands to operate the valve 170 and/or collect and store data from the sensor 154. The controller 172 stores values (signals and commands) against which sensed values (signals and commands) representing the condition are compared.
The controller 172 includes a telemetry transceiver 176. The telemetry transceiver 176 transmits a status signal to a remote control station 188. The remote control station 188 can be an operating station at the surface 180 of the Earth which receives the reprogramming signal through the wellbore and or the power cable 136. For example, the number of times the valve 170 has been actuated for the pre-set time and/or the balance of actuations remaining.
The telemetry transceiver 176 also receives a command signal from the remote control station 188. For example, command signal can instruct the one or more computer processors to open or close the valve 170 for the pre-set time.
The electric submersible pump can include a pump, an electric motor, and a seal. The pump, driven by the electric motor, adds energy to the fluid in the well bore and lifts fluids to surface. The electric motor is lubricated and cooled by the dielectric oil. The seal is coupled to and disposed between the pump and the electric motor. The seal prevents the wellbore fluid from the wellbore from entering into the electric motor and mixing with the dielectric oil. When the electric submersible pump includes the pump, the electric motor, and the seal, sensing the condition of the dielectric oil within the electric submersible pump includes sensing the condition of the dielectric oil in the electric motor.
The condition of the dielectric oil can be a conductivity of the dielectric oil. When the condition of the dielectric oil is the conductivity of the dielectric oil, sensing the condition of the dielectric oil includes sensing the conductivity of the dielectric oil.
The sensor can include a receiver coil to contact the dielectric oil that lubricates the electric submersible pump motor. A self-inductance of the receiver coil changes responsive to a change in the conductivity of the dielectric oil contacting the receiver coil. When the sensor includes the receiver coil, sensing, by the sensor coupled to the electric submersible pump positioned in the wellbore, the condition of the dielectric oil that lubricates and cools the electric submersible pump motor includes sensing the self-inductance of the receiver coil changing responsive to the change in the conductivity of the dielectric oil contacting the receiver coil.
The sensor can include a first inductor and a second inductor to sense an eddy current loss between the first inductor and the second inductor in a presence of the contaminated dielectric oil. When the sensor includes the first inductor and the second inductor, sensing the condition of the dielectric oil in the electric submersible pump includes sensing the eddy current loss between the first inductor and the second inductor. The method can include generating, by the first inductor, a magnetic field. Generating, by the first inductor, the magnetic field, can include flowing, by the controller, an electric current to the first inductor and responsive to flowing the electric current to the first inductor, generating the magnetic field with the first inductor. Flowing the electric current to the first inductor can include alternating the electric current at a value between 100 kHz and 100 MHz. The method can include receiving, at the second inductor, the magnetic field.
At 304, a signal including a value representing the condition of the dielectric oil is transmitted by the sensor to the controller.
At 306, the signal including the value representing the condition of the dielectric oil is received at the controller.
At 308, the value is compared, by the controller, to a threshold value that indicates that a wellbore fluid has flowed into the electric submersible pump and contaminated the dielectric oil. The threshold value can indicated that the wellbore fluid has flowed by the seal and mixed with the dielectric oil to create the contaminated dielectric oil. When the seal/protector integrity is broached, well bore fluids will enter the top surface 194 of the motor 128 and reduces the electrical dielectric quality of the dielectric oil in the motor 128, for example at location 192.
At 310, responsive to the comparison, it is determined, by the controller, that the value is greater than the threshold value.
At 312, responsive to determining that the value is greater than the threshold value, a clean dielectric oil is flowed, by the controller, from an accumulator into the electric submersible pump to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric submersible pump into the wellbore. Flowing, by the controller, the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator into the electric submersible pump to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric submersible pump into the wellbore further can include flowing, by the controller, the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator to the electric motor to expel the contaminated dielectric oil out of the electric motor back through the seal, by the sealing surface 146, into the wellbore. The controller 178 opens or closes the valve 170 to flow the clean dielectric oil to the motor 128 for the time interval. The controller 178 counts the number of valve 170 actuations. When there is no clean dielectric oil remaining, the controller 178 will no longer actuate the valve 170, in other words, when there is no longer a positive number of actuations remaining. In some cases, the user in the remote operating station 188 is on the surface 180 of the Earth can manually actuate the valve 170 to ensure all the clean dielectric oil in the accumulator 156 has been expelled.
Flowing the clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric submersible pump further can include holding the clean dielectric oil in a body of the accumulator. Flowing the clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric submersible pump further can include actuating a valve coupled to the body to allow a flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator to the electric submersible pump. Flowing the clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric submersible pump further can include responsive to actuating the valve to allow the flow of the clean dielectric oil from the accumulator to the electric submersible pump, expanding a spring positioned within the body. Flowing the clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric submersible pump further can include responsive to expanding the spring, moving a piston within the body. Flowing the clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric submersible pump further can include responsive to moving the piston within the body, forcing the clean dielectric oil into the electric submersible pump. Flowing the clean dielectric oil from an accumulator to the electric submersible pump further can include responsive to forcing the clean dielectric oil into the electric submersible pump, expelling the contaminated oil out of the electric submersible pump by the seal into the wellbore.
The method can further include transmitting, by the controller, a status signal representing the condition of the electric submersible pump to a remote operating station. The remote operating station 188 is on the surface 180 of the Earth.
Although the following detailed description contains many specific details for purposes of illustration, it is understood that one of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that many examples, variations, and alterations to the following details are within the scope and spirit of the disclosure. Accordingly, the example implementations described herein and provided in the appended figures are set forth without any loss of generality, and without imposing limitations on the claimed implementations.
Although the present implementations have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions, and alterations can be made hereupon without departing from the principle and scope of the disclosure. Accordingly, the scope of the present disclosure should be determined by the following claims and their appropriate legal equivalents.
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