Refracturing in a multistring casing with constant entrance hole perforating gun system and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10753183-B2
Application number	US-201715729939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2017
Priority date	Oct 13, 2016
Publication date	Aug 25, 2020
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020

Abstract

A re-fracturing method using a perforating gun system in a multistring wellbore casing with an inner well casing installed in an outer well casing. The charges in the perforating system include a case, a liner positioned within the case, and an explosive filled within the liner. The liner shaped with a subtended angle about an apex of the liner such that a jet formed with the explosive creates an entrance hole in the inner well casing and the outer well casing; the liner having an exterior surface, the exterior surface substantially conical proximate the apex; the subtended angle of the liner ranges from 100° to 120°. The method includes covering the existing openings with the inner casing, perforating with the perforating system and creating constant diameter entrance holes in the outer casing and fracturing through the inner casing and outer casing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A re-fracturing method using a perforating gun system in a multistring wellbore casing; the multistring casing comprising an inner well casing installed within an outer well casing; the perforating system comprising constant entry hole shaped charges for use in a perforating gun, each of the constant entry hole shaped charges comprising a case, a liner positioned within the case, and an explosive filled within said liner; the liner shape configured with a subtended angle about an apex of the liner such that a jet formed with the explosive creates entrance holes in the inner and outer well casings of the multistring casing; the liner having an exterior surface, the exterior surface substantially conical proximate the apex; the subtended angle of the liner ranges from 100° to 120°;
wherein a diameter of a first entrance hole in the outer well casing created by a first charge in the plurality of charges is substantially equal to a diameter of a second entrance hole in the outer well casing created by a second charge in the plurality of charges; wherein said method comprises the steps of:
(a) positioning the perforating system along with the plurality of charges in the inner well casing at a desired location;
(b) perforating with the plurality of charges into a hydrocarbon formation through the inner well casing and the outer well casing;
(c) creating the entrance holes through the inner well casing and the outer well casing and completing a stage; and
(d) pumping fracture treatment in the stage at a desired rate.

2. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 further comprises cementing between the inner well casing and the outer well casing.

3. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 further comprises deploying swellable packers between the inner well casing and the outer well casing at desired locations and isolating desired stages.

4. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 further comprises deploying inflatable packers between the inner well casing and the outer well casing at desired locations and isolating desired stages.

5. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein the outer casing is cemented.

6. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein the outer casing is installed in an open hole.

7. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 further comprising sealing entrance holes in the outer casing with cement.

8. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein the desired location in step (a) is chosen such that an area of the hydrocarbon formation desired to be perforated with the perforating system does not overlap with an area of the hydrocarbon formation already fractured through the outer well casing.

9. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein fractures created in step (d) are in addition to existing fractures previously created in the hydrocarbon formation.

10. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein a diameter of each of the entrance holes in the outer well casing ranges from 0.15 to 0.75 inches.

11. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein a variation of diameters of entrance holes in the outer well casing is less than 7.5%.

12. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein the diameter of the outer well casing and the inner well casing ranges from 3 to 12 inches.

13. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein the diameter of a gun in the gun system ranges from 1 to 7 inches.

14. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein said charge is selected from a group comprising: reactive, or conventional charges.

15. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein said second charge is located in a second perforating gun.

16. The re-fracturing method of claim 15 wherein said second perforating gun is located in same stage as said perforating gun.

17. The re-fracturing method of claim 15 wherein said second perforating gun is located in a different stage as said perforating gun.

18. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein said second charge is located in said perforating gun.

19. The re-fracturing method of claim 1 wherein a location of entrance holes present in the outer casing prior to step (a) are different from a location of entrance holes created in step (c).

Assignees

• Geodynamics Inc

Inventors

• Yang Wenbo
• Snider Philip M
• Ambler David
• Cuthill David
• Hardesty John T
• Wesson David S

Classifications

• E21B43/26

  by forming crevices or fractures · CPC title

• E21B43/119

  Details, e.g. for locating perforating place or direction · CPC title

• E21B21/085

  Underbalanced techniques, i.e. where borehole fluid pressure is below formation pressure · CPC title

• E21B43/1195

  Replacement of drilling mud; decrease of undesirable shock waves · CPC title

• E21B43/263

  using explosives · CPC title