Quick connect tools are known in the downhole drilling and completion industry for a number of applications and in a number of forms due to the need for efficiency in running and moving to an operational stage. Downhole completions contemplated include but are not limited to hydrocarbon production, carbon dioxide sequestration, etc. In any case, reaching an operational stage is where money is made as opposed to being spent. It is therefore not surprising that many efforts have been made over the years to increase productivity by creating configurations capable of quickly mating various components for the downhole environment and also will not be surprising to those skilled in the art that other and different quick connect configurations are needed and sought to chase the ever tightening window of efficiency.
Moreover, as advanced activities in downhole operations continue to flourish, additional components are needed with enhanced performance. For example, while control lines of many types have been run into the downhole environment for years, they generally are a part of tool strings made up with connections. Connections do work well for their intended purposes and have certainly been made use of ubiquitously but losses are a part of connections for some types of control line applications. Since any kind of improvement in function of components is always welcome to the industry, improvements in function and speed of installation of control lines will be well received by the art.
A quick connect tool collar including a multipart collar body; a rib extending radially inwardly from the collar body; one or more recesses in the collar body at an inside dimension surface thereof; and one or more profiles at an outside dimension surface of the collar body.
A quick connect tool including a lift nipple; a lower body positionable within the lift nipple; a locking collar; and a connector attached to the lift nipple and receptive of the locking collar, the locking collar when assembled restricting axial and rotational movement of the lower body relative to the lift nipple.
Referring now to the drawings wherein like elements are numbered alike in the several Figures:
The quick connect tool as disclosed herein provides for two connections; the upper body connects the screen liner to the downhole end of a gravel pack assembly (not shown) and also the tool connects the screen liner to the outer protective shroud. The control line discussed hereunder is routed between the screen liner and the outer shroud. The connector allows for a continuous control line to pass through the connection without a connection splice. The control line has to be at the outside of the tool before it goes through the gravel pack packer so as the control line passes through the connector, the control line moves to the outside of the gravel pack assembly. This puts the control line at the outer surface of the lower body. Referring to
Returning to
Uphole of the lock nut 50 is a further extended length of lower body 28, which is engaged with a sleeve 60 and an upper body 62 in the same way that these components are engaged in Product family number H445-79-6500 available commercially From Baker Oil Tools Houston, Tex.
In another embodiment of the tool, identified as 110 for distinguishment from the prior described embodiment, referring to
While one or more embodiments have been shown and described, modifications and substitutions may be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is to be understood that the present invention has been described by way of illustrations and not limitation.
This application claims the benefit of an earlier filing date from U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61/173,391 filed Apr. 28, 2009, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
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