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WO2004044375A1
WO2004044375A1 PCT/US2003/035648 US0335648W WO2004044375A1 WO 2004044375 A1 WO2004044375 A1 WO 2004044375A1 US 0335648 W US0335648 W US 0335648W WO 2004044375 A1 WO2004044375 A1 WO 2004044375A1
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Douglas J. Murray
Aubrey C. Mills
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
    • E21B29/06—Cutting windows, e.g. directional window cutters for whipstock operations
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/10—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
    • E21B33/13—Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like
    • E21B33/14—Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like for cementing casings into boreholes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/0035—Apparatus or methods for multilateral well technology, e.g. for the completion of or workover on wells with one or more lateral branches
    • E21B41/0042—Apparatus or methods for multilateral well technology, e.g. for the completion of or workover on wells with one or more lateral branches characterised by sealing the junction between a lateral and a main bore

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  • junctions are rated with respect to their specific attributes from level 1 to level 6 in the Technical Advancement of Multilaterals (TAML) characterization system with level 1 being the lowest level of complexity and function and level 6 being the highest level of complexity and function.
  • TAML Technical Advancement of Multilaterals
  • tools and/or systems available to create a lateral junction system one of which is a product offered commercially by Baker Oil Tools, Houston, Texas and known to the industry as a hook hanger liner system. The system is known to be very effective in creating level 3 multilateral junctions according to the Technical Advancement of Multilaterals (TAML) characterization system.
  • an apparatus for creating a cemented lateral junction system which includes a sleeve with a premachined opening therein and a cover disposed at the sleeve. A release material is disposed at the cover.
  • a method for constructing a wellbore which includes installing a lateral diverter in a lateral junction system and applying a release material to the lateral diverter. The method further includes running foregoing elements in a borehole and deploying the lateral junction system in a lateral exit window. Applying a hardenable agent to the lateral junction system is also performed. Further, a method for constructing a wellbore which includes preparing a sleeve with a premachined window and a cover positioned to occlude the window and a release material at at least a portion of the cover exposed to environment through the window for rurming in the wellbore. The method further includes installing the sleeve in a wellbore and applying a hardenable agent to an annulus of the wellbore around the sleeve.
  • Figure 1 is a cross-sectional schematic view of a premachined window joint with a cover therein;
  • Figure 2 is a cross-sectional elevation view of a lateral junction system in a borehole
  • Figure 3 is a view of the embodiment of Figure 2 with a cementing process just finished.
  • Figure 4 is a view of the embodiment of Figure 2 with the main bore reopened.
  • Taught herein by way of example is a method and apparatus to cause a component placed downhole and cemented to be removable from the placed position after setting of the cement.
  • the component may be of a large number of types and includes tubulars (i.e., removability of an entire joint), tubular with windows covered (discussed hereunder), etc. This requires that the adhesive properties of the cement be defeated with respect to the component that is intended to be removable.
  • a release agent is applied to the component such that cement cannot stick thereto.
  • the release agent is a physical barrier between the cement and the component. Release agents may be of a number of types providing the bond of the release agent to the component is insufficient to prevent defeat thereof by pulling in a normal well operation using normal equipment.
  • the method and apparatus disclosed herein maybe embodied (see Figure 1) in a tubular member 10 having a premachined window 12 therein and a cover 14 for the opening.
  • the cover is to have a portion which will prevent ingress of cement through the window and which portion is at least partly coated with a release agent 16 to prevent or reduce adherence of cement thereto.
  • the cover 14 which may be a sleeve, can be easily removed after a cementing operation. With the cover removed, drilling out the cement from beyond the premachined window is a simple matter. It is of course notable that no metal need be drilled away as the cover, if metal, was removed prior to or contemporaneously with the drilling operation.
  • One embodiment of the foregoing concept is the formation of a cemented junction.
  • the concept facilitates fully cementing a junction, allowing the cement to set and then having the ability to remove the cover in order to drill for access back to the main bore.
  • both method and apparatus can be utilized to form any kind of junction needing merely location, orientation and depth, it is convenient to describe the concept by example with reference to a Hook Hanger Liner System commercially available from Baker Oil Tools, Houston, Texas.
  • hook hanger liner system will be familiar to those of skill in the art, it is used as one example of the type of apparatus and method disclosed herein.
  • the description of its components and the method of using the same is abbreviated herein.
  • the description herein is focused upon the distinctions relevant to the disclosure hereof and the relative position of components making up such distinctions over a prior art hook hanger liner system.
  • primary or main are intended to be relative terms only and denote the bore from which a lateral bore exits. In fact, such primary or main bore may actually itself be a lateral bore from another primary bore, and so on.
  • One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate how such structure can be generated. Such is not germane to this disclosure.
  • FIG. 1 a summary of components and relative locations is given for a hook hanger liner system.
  • Primary or main borehole 110 is illustrated with casing 112, window 116 and lateral borehole 118 extending therefrom.
  • the following equipment is installed on the end of a section of drill string 124.
  • a liner running tool 128 together with a liner setting sleeve with tieback extension 130 and liner sleeve 132 is mounted to drill pipe 124.
  • Attached to the liner sleeve 132 near the liner running tool 128 is an external casing packer 134.
  • An optional external casing packer 134 remains in the main borehole 110.
  • a tail pipe 136 Attached to the liner running tool 128 inside the liner sleeve 132 is a tail pipe 136 which has movable opposing swab cups 138 attached to tail pipe 136.
  • a crossover 140 which allows the rest of liner sleeve 132 to be a smaller diameter, is located about 2/3 of the length along liner sleeve 132.
  • an external casing packer 142 which can be used to cement the annular space between liner sleeve 132 and lateral borehole 118.
  • a cementing valve 144 is located on liner sleeve 132 just above external casing packer 142.
  • a premilled window 152 in liner sleeve 132 which allows for re-entry into the primary borehole 110 after completion of the junction between lateral borehole 118 and primary borehole 110.
  • a "hook” 146 is displayed on liner sleeve 132 , the "hook” has primary functions (among others) including:
  • a lateral diverter 160 On an inside diameter of liner sleeve 132 is positioned a lateral diverter 160 to temporarily block access through window 152 to main bore 110. Lateral diverter also provides additional stiffness to liner sleeve 132.
  • lateral diverter 160 further includes seals 162 atuphole and downhole ends thereof such as o-rings.
  • liner sleeve 132 may also include polished seal bores, on an inside diameter of liner sleeve 132 where seals 162 contact the inside diameter of liner sleeve 132.
  • Lateral diverter 160 is mounted in the position shown in Figure 1 prior to running the tool in the hole and is treated with a material 164 on the outside diameter thereof.
  • material 164 release agent
  • material 164 is to prevent the adhesion of later applied cement to the portion (or at least a portion) of lateral diverter 160 that would but for the material be exposed through window 152.
  • One appropriate material is silicone rubber, another is polyurethane, yet another is latex paint, but it will be appreciated that any material facilitative of removal of the diverter 160 after setting and/or curing of the cement is acceptable.
  • the release agent or material may be relevat to particular operations. For example, it may, in some applications be desirable for the material to be resilient whereas in others, resiliency of the material may not be needed. It is anticipated by the inventors hereof that resilient material will more often be preferred since when the cover, diverter, etc. is removed and some if not all of the material is released into the well fluid, resilient material is less likely to cause ancillary damage. Too, the thickness of the applied material should be taken into consideration. While only a thin layer of material is necessary to prevent cement bonding, thin material is shed form the interface after separation, in thin sheets, thick application of material is shed in thicker chunks. Depending upon what well equipment is to be encountered, thin sheets or thick chunks may be more desirable.
  • seals 162 create a hydraulic seal which effectively prevents extrusion of the material 164 into liner sleeve 132. Where a high pressure is not anticipated, the seals 162 are not needed for this function although may be employed for another function.
  • the hook hanger liner system described above is run into the primary borehole 110.
  • the "hook" liner system self orients the liner sleeve 132 after sleeve 132 traverses window 116.
  • a cementing operation is performed (see Figure 2).
  • Cement is caused to flow out of a downhole location of liner sleeve 132 or a liner extending therefrom (not shown).
  • Cement 153 is flowed through cementing valve 144 and into annulus 151.
  • pumping of cement 153 will be terminated.
  • Temporary plug 114 prevents migration of the cement to downhole areas of the main bore 110 where it is not intended to go.
  • Temporary plug 114 may be created in a number of ways such as building a sand bridge, heavy gel pills, bridge plugs, etc. Any of these may be placed as schematically illustrated at 114 in Figures 1 and 2. Which plug is selected depends upon a number of factors including but not limited to pressure, hole angle, etc. One of ordinary skill in the art is aware of how to make the determination.
  • lateral diverter 160 is still in place within sleeve liner 132. This is distinguished from the prior art because without the release capability of material 164, diverter 160 would have to be pulled prior to setting of the cement or it would be adhered thereto. The subsequent cleaning operation would wash out the cement at the junction. Leaving the diverter 160 in place, as noted previously, prevents the entry of cement to the ID of sleeve liner 132 but also prevents the washout of cement around the junction during the cleaning operation.
  • the diverter 160 may be removed at any time. In some cases it will be left in place for some time during other well activity or indeed even no activity. In other cases it will be immediately removed after cement set to regain access to the main bore 110.
  • the diverter 160 When it is determined the diverter 160 should be pulled from the well it is retrieved by any of a number of retrieval methods which are known to the art. Due to the release material installed prior to running and described above, the bond with the diverter 160 is broken and the diverter may easily be withdrawn. Once the diverter is removed, a main bore diverter may be run in the hole and a milling tool or other appropriate tool depending upon type of temporary plug 114 may be ran. The milling tool will mill the cement that is between window 152 and temporary plug 114 (and will mill the plug too if that was intended) and if a plug is to be retrieved, a retrieval tool may be run to effect the same. Access is available to both lateral and main bore for further creation of laterals or for completion of the wellbore or other operation. Advantageously the junction is completely cemented. In this condition the hook hanger liner system achieves a level 4 TAML rating.

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La présente invention concerne un appareil pour créer une jonction latérale collée, comprenant un manchon (10) qui présente une ouverture pré-usinée (12) et un revêtement (14) situé sur le manchon. Un matériau antiadhésif (16) est placé sur le revêtement. La présente invention concerne également un procédé pour construire un puits de forage, qui consiste à préparer un manchon (10) présentant une ouverture pré-usinée (12) et un revêtement (14) placé de manière à occulter l'ouverture et un matériau antiadhésif (16) sur au moins une partie du revêtement exposée à l'environnement à travers l'ouverture, afin de le faire passer dans le puits de forage. Le procédé peut également consister à installer le manchon dans un puits de forage et à appliquer un agent durcissable sur un espace annulaire du puits de forage, autour du manchon.
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GB0510373A GB2410764B (en) 2002-11-11 2003-11-07 A method and apparatus for creating a cemented lateral junction system
AU2003291388A AU2003291388B2 (en) 2002-11-11 2003-11-07 A method and apparatus for creating a cemented lateral junction system
CA002504247A CA2504247C (fr) 2002-11-11 2003-11-07 Procede et appareil pour creer un systeme de jonction laterale collee
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