Well testing with jet pump

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10408043-B2
Application number	US-201615298708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 20, 2016
Priority date	Oct 20, 2016
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

An apparatus can include a jet pump with a nozzle and a throat, a flow passage for conducting production fluid to the throat, and a check valve that prevents flow from the throat to the flow passage and permits flow from the flow passage to the throat. A method can include performing a bottomhole well pressure test while measuring well pressure with a well parameter sensor connected to a jet pump, and then retrieving the well parameter sensor and the jet pump together from the well. A system can include a jet pump sealingly received in a tubular string, the jet pump including a throat that receives a power fluid from a nozzle and receives a production fluid from a flow passage, and a check valve permitting flow of the production fluid from the flow passage to the throat and preventing flow of the power fluid to the flow passage.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fluid production apparatus for use with a subterranean well, the fluid production apparatus comprising:
a jet pump including a throat which receives a power fluid from a nozzle, a flow passage configured for conducting production fluid to the throat, and at least one check valve that prevents flow from the throat to the flow passage and permits flow from the flow passage to the throat; and
at least one well parameter sensor, wherein the well parameter sensor is positioned above the jet pump, and wherein the well parameter sensor detects a property of the production fluid in a chamber without the power fluid commingled therein.

2. The fluid production apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the well parameter sensor is in communication with the flow passage.

3. The fluid production apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the check valve prevents flow from the throat to the well parameter sensor.

4. The fluid production apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the well parameter sensor is included with a well parameter recorder.

5. The fluid production apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the well parameter sensor is disposed longitudinally between the jet pump and a retrieval connector configured for retrieving the fluid production apparatus from the well.

6. The fluid production apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the jet pump is disposed longitudinally between the well parameter sensor and a standing valve.

7. The fluid production apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the flow passage extends longitudinally beyond both opposite ends of the jet pump.

8. A production method for use with a subterranean well, the method comprising:
performing a bottomhole well pressure test while measuring well pressure with a well parameter sensor connected to a jet pump in the well, wherein the well parameter sensor is positioned to sense a property of the production fluid within a chamber above the jet pump, and wherein the well parameter sensor is hydraulically isolated from a power fluid which operates the jet pump; and
after the bottomhole well pressure test, retrieving the well parameter sensor and the jet pump together from the well.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the well parameter sensor is included with a well parameter recorder, and wherein the measuring includes recording measurements of the well pressure.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising connecting the jet pump between the well parameter sensor and a standing valve.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising connecting the well parameter sensor between the jet pump and a retrieval connector configured for retrieving the jet pump and the well parameter sensor from the well.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the well parameter sensor is in communication with a flow passage that receives production fluid from a production zone of the well.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising at least one check valve permitting flow from the flow passage to a throat of the jet pump and preventing flow from the throat to the flow passage.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising the check valve preventing flow from the throat to the well parameter sensor.

15. A fluid production system for use with a subterranean well, the fluid production system comprising:
a jet pump sealingly received in a bottomhole assembly connected in a tubular string, the jet pump comprising a throat that receives a power fluid from a nozzle and receives a production fluid from a flow passage, the jet pump further comprising at least one check valve that permits flow of the production fluid from the flow passage to the throat and prevents flow of the power fluid to the flow passage; and
at least one well parameter sensor, wherein the well parameter sensor is positioned above the jet pump, and wherein the well parameter sensor detects a property of the production fluid in a chamber without the power fluid commingled therein.

16. The fluid production system of claim 15 , wherein the well parameter sensor is in communication with the flow passage.

17. The fluid production system of claim 15 , wherein the check valve prevents flow of the power fluid to the well parameter sensor.

18. The fluid production system of claim 15 , further comprising a standing valve, the jet pump being connected longitudinally between the standing valve and the well parameter sensor.

19. The fluid production system of claim 15 , wherein the jet pump and the well parameter sensor are retrievable together from the bottomhole assembly.

20. The fluid production system of claim 15 , wherein the well parameter sensor is connected between the jet pump and a retrieval connector.

Assignees

• Weatherford Tech Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Knoeller Michael C
• Mathews Jason W

Classifications

• F04F5/464

  with inversion of the direction of flow · CPC title

• E21B34/08

  responsive to flow or pressure of the fluid obtained (E21B34/10 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E21B47/06 Primary

  Measuring temperature or pressure · CPC title

• E21B41/0078

  Nozzles used in boreholes (drilling by liquid or gas jets E21B7/18; drill bits with nozzles E21B10/60; perforators using direct fluid action E21B43/114; obtaining a slurry of minerals using nozzles E21B43/29) · CPC title

• E21B43/12

  Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells (E21B43/25 takes precedence; valve arrangements E21B34/00) · CPC title