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US3623550A
US3623550A US11587A US3623550DA US3623550A US 3623550 A US3623550 A US 3623550A US 11587 A US11587 A US 11587A US 3623550D A US3623550D A US 3623550DA US 3623550 A US3623550 A US 3623550A
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Guy De Lajarte
Jacques De Saint Palais
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    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
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    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
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  • a production tube or so-called tubing string is run into the hole within the casing and coaxially with this latter; the tubing extends downwards from the ground level to a slightly smaller depth than the casing (the lower end or tubing shoe is always placed at a level slightly above the producing horizon).
  • This production string consists of an assembly of steel tube lengths which are screwed together.
  • the umbrella and the spoon are operated from the ground by means of a cable which controls all the operations electrically and in particular initiates the release of the instruments by electric triggering.
  • Electric triggering from the ground represents an excellent technical solution since it ensures complete safety of the instruments both during their downward and upward motion as well as the anchoring of said instruments at a precisely determined depth.
  • the umbrella and the spoon are lowered and positioned, not electrically, but mechanically by means of a cable or wire line without initial dismantling of the well and simply by insertion into the production tubing through a tubular lock chamber which is attached to the Christmas tree.
  • the present invention relates to a plugging apparatus which is also actuated mechanically by means ofa cable or wire line and introduced through a lock chamber under pressure into the production tubing without entailing the need for dismantling of the well but which has the further advantage of permitting upward withdrawal to ground level at any moment as long as said apparatus has not passed below the bottom extremity or shoe of the production tubing.
  • a further advantage of the apparatus lies in the fact that it permits of more accurate positioning than the mechanical plugging device of the prior art by reason of the novel design of its anchoring knives, of its device for setting the umbrella in position and of its spoon.
  • this invention is concerned with an apparatus for plugging tube-lined petroleum production wells, said apparatus being essentially characterized in that it comprises on the one hand an umbrella which is associated with its actuating tool by screwing, said umbrella being provided with a central rod, a bottom portion or shoe adapted to carry a lower set of knives upwardly directed to the top of said rod and a downwardly directed upper set of knives, said knives being fitted with springs which tend to displace them radially outwards from said shoe, an umbrella proper formed of blades each attached to a flexible strip which tends to displace said blade radially outwards from the central rod and a sleeve adapted to cover the umbrella proper and terminating in a threaded portion through which extends the upper extremity of the central rod and said actuating tool being provided with a cylinder whose hollow bottom portion is screwed on the umbrella and contains a cap rigidly fixed to said rod by means of a shearable locking pin and to said bottom portion by means of at least two balls and whose top portion which is
  • said container is a shoe which encloses a striker piece, said shoe in the inoperative state thereof being rigidly fixed to the reservoir tube by means of a locking device which is released from said shoe under the action of extension of said spring blades with respect to the reservoir tube, said shoe being capable of sliding along the reservoir tube over a short distance under the action of an irripact and of breaking said safety glass by means of its striker piece.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an umbrella in accordance with the invention, the umbrella proper being in the withdrawn position
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the umbrella-actuating tool which is screwed on the top portion of the umbrella
  • FlG. 3 illustrates the umbrella of FIG. 1 which is anchored to the casing of the production well, the umbrella proper being in the radially extended position;
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a first form of construction of the spoon.
  • the umbrella unit as shown in FIG. 1 comprises a central rod 1 and a bottom portion or shoe 2 fitted with four upwardly directed bottom knives 3 (only two of which are visible in the figure) and four downwardly directed top knives 4 and a catch 5 which serves as a stop for the sleeve 6 of the umbrella unit, the eight knives being of identical design.
  • Springs 7 formed of piano wire are attached to the different knives 3 and 4 and tend to displace these latter radially outwards.
  • the umbrella unit also comprises the umbrella 8 as constituted by blades 9 which are formed of metallic foil. Each blade tends to open by virtue of a rib 10 of spring steel (as shown in FIG. 3). Said ribs are joined together by means of a cylindrical base 11 formed of lead and cast around a guide tube 12.
  • the tool which serves to actuate the umbrella of FIG. 1 comprises a cylinder 16 (shown in FIG. 2), the lower half of which is hollow and provided with an internal screw thread. Said tool is screwed on thethreaded portion 14 of the umbrella sleeve 6 after successively passing over the top portion of the central rod 1 which is housed within the cylinder 16 a guide tube 17, a spring I8 under light compression and a cylindrical cap I9 which is rigidly fixed to the rod 1 by means of a shearable locking pin 20 formed of brass, for example.
  • Screwing of the actuating tool on the threaded end 14 has the effect of compressing a spring 21 which as previously been inserted in the cavity 22 of said tool.
  • the umbrella is then retained solely by the safety lug 15.
  • a set of two spring blades 23 referred to as a lantern is passed over the top portion of the cylinder 16 of the actuating tool.
  • Said spring blades are attached at their upper extremities to a sleeve 24 which is rotatably fitted in an annular groove 25 of the cylinder 16 and at their lower extremities to a sleeve 26 which is capable of free displacement over a distance of a few centimeters.
  • a groove 27 formed in the cylindrical cap 19 is located opposite to two holes of the cylindrical wall 16. Two steel balls 28 are placed in said holes, thereby rigidly coupling the umbrella unit with the actuating tool.
  • the upper extremity of the tool is provided with a threaded end 29 for screwing the cable or wire line which is employed for lowering the umbrella unit into the well.
  • the gage is replaced by the umbrella unit and the assembly is inserted in the lock chamber which is located at the surface.
  • the safety lug 15 is withdrawn and the umbrella unit is accordingly coupled to its actuating tool solely by means of the balls 28 and the shearing pin 20.
  • the lock chamber is then connected to the tubing head or Christmas tree and brought to the same pressure as the production tubing; the valves of the Christmas tree are then opened and the complete assembly is lowered into the tubing.
  • top knives 4 are held in the closed position by the sleeve 6 of the umbrella which is retained by the spring 18.
  • the spring 18 is compressed until cap comes into abutting contact with the guide tube 17.
  • the sleeve 6 is either discarded or used again.
  • said spoon essentially comprises a reservoir tube 31, a lantern 32 comprising two spring blades and a container or shoe 33.
  • the tube 31 the lower portion of which is of smaller diameter, is sealed at the bottom end by means of a glass disc 34 which is held in its recess by a clamp between two sealing rings.
  • the upper portion of the tube 31 is provided with a window 35 for the introduction of cement grout and terminates in a screw thread 36 for the attachment of the wire line.
  • the lantern 32 which is identical with the lantern of the umbrella-actuating tool, is passed over the lower portion of the tube 31, the top sleeve 37 of said lantern being locked in position and secured against rotation.
  • the bottom sleeve 38 of the lantern locks the shoe 33 in position by means of two safety lugs 39 during manipulation of the spoon within the production tubing.
  • the shoe 33 serves to protect the glass disc 34 during the downward travel of the spoon within the production tubing by means of the two lugs 39 and within the casing 30 by means of a spring 40.
  • the glass disc 34 is caused to break under the action of a striker piece 41 as the shoe of the spoon drops onto the gravel which has previously been discharged onto the extended umbrella 8.
  • the cement grout with which the tube 31 has been filled is then permitted to flow through wide openings 42.
  • the shoe 33 is adapted to slide within the bottom portion of the spoon by means of a chamfered lug attached to a blade spring, thereby permitting rapid replacement of the glass disc.
  • the glass disc 34 is placed inside its recess and the spoon is filled with cement grout through the opening 35.
  • the assembly is passed into the lock chamber and then run inside the production tubing.
  • the bottom sleeve 38 of the lantern 32 covers the safety lugs 39 of the shoe.
  • Said lugs 39 are released when they have passed below the production tubing.
  • the glass disc 34 is then protected by the spring 40.
  • the design of the spoon can be other than that which has just been described.
  • the lantern 32 is replaced by locking pins and the safety lugs 39 are dispensed with.
  • An O-ring seal prevents the passage of liquid between the shoe and the spoon.
  • An apparatus for plugging tube-lined petroleum production wells wherein said apparatus essentially comprises an umbrella unit associated with its operating tool by screwing, said umbrella unit being provided with a central rod, a bottom portion carrying a lower set of knives upwardly directed to the top of said rod and a downwardly directed upper set of knives, said knives having springs to displace them radially outwards from said shoe, an umbrella proper formed of blades each attached to a flexible strip to displace said blade radially out wards from the central rod and a sleeve covering the umbrella proper and terminating in a threaded portion through which extends the upper extremity of the central rod and said operating tool being provided with a cylinder, a hollow bottom portion for said cylinder screwed on the umbrella unit and containing a cap rigidly fixed to said rod by a shearable locking pin and to said bottom portion by at least two balls and a top portion for said cylinder attachable to an operating cable carrying a set of spring blades moving towards said top portion under the action of a compressive force and

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