Chemical deployment modular system and method of use

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10837260-B2
Application number	US-201816146077-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2018
Priority date	Sep 28, 2018
Publication date	Nov 17, 2020
Grant date	Nov 17, 2020

Abstract

A method of treating a wellbore comprises supporting a first tubular member in a housing; coupling a second tubular member to the first tubular member via a connector; the first tubular member, the second tubular member, or both comprising a chemical deployment modular device charged with a plurality of particulates preloaded with a well treatment additive; and deploying the first and second tubular members into the wellbore.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of treating a wellbore, the method comprising:
supporting a first tubular member in a housing;
coupling a second tubular member to the first tubular member via a connector to form a downhole deployment system, at least one of the first tubular member and the second tubular member carrying a plurality of particulates preloaded with a well treatment additive;
and
deploying the first and second tubular members into the wellbore,
wherein the first tubular member, the second tubular member, or both comprise a chemical deployment modular device, which comprises
a tubular having a wall defining an interior space inside the tubular, the wall having a perforated or slotted portion, and
the plurality of particulates disposed in the interior space of the tubular between a first barrier and a second barrier.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chemical deployment modular device further comprises a screen radially outwardly disposed of the perforated or slotted portion of the pipe wall.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising flowing a wellbore fluid about the plurality of the particulates to release the well treatment additive to the wellbore fluid.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising recharging the plurality of the particulates with an additional well treatment additive.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein recharging the plurality of the particulates comprises circulating a treatment fluid comprising the additional well treatment additive in the wellbore.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the chemical deployment modular device is deployed into a live well or a dead well.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising pressurizing the housing to a wellbore pressure before deploying the first and second tubular members into the wellbore.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the particulates comprise activated carbon, silica particulate, precipitated silica, zeolite, ground walnut shells, fuller's earth, polystyrene-divinylbenzene, diatomaceous earth, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the well treatment additive comprises scale inhibitors, paraffin inhibitors, hydrate inhibitors, asphaltene inhibitors, hydrogen sulfide scavengers, or a combination comprising one or more of the foregoing.

10. A downhole deployment system comprising:
a first tubular member;
a second tubular member, at least one of the first tubular member and the second tubular member carrying a plurality of particulates preloaded with a well treatment additive; and
a connector that couples the first tubular member to the second tubular member,
wherein
the first tubular member, the second tubular member, or both comprise a chemical deployment modular device, which comprises
a tubular having a wall defining an interior space inside the tubular, the wall having a perforated or slotted portion, and
the plurality of particulates disposed in the interior space of the tubular between a first barrier and a second barrier.

11. The downhole deployment system of claim 10 , wherein the chemical deployment modular device further comprises a screen radially outwardly disposed of the perforated or slotted pipe wall.

12. The downhole deployment system of claim 10 , wherein the connector comprises
a first body member mounted to the first tubular member and
a second body member mounted to the second tubular member,
the first and second body members engageable to each other to couple the first and second tubular members together within a housing.

13. The downhole deployment system of claim 10 , wherein the particulates comprise activated carbon, silica particulate, precipitated silica, zeolite, ground walnut shells, fuller's earth, polystyrene-divinylbenzene, diatomaceous earth, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing.

14. The downhole deployment system of claim 13 , wherein the well treatment additive comprises scale inhibitors, paraffin inhibitors, hydrate inhibitors, asphaltene inhibitors, hydrogen sulfide scavengers, or a combination comprising one or more of the foregoing.

15. A downhole deployment system comprising:
a first tubular member;
a second tubular member, at least one of the first tubular member and the second tubular member carrying a plurality of particulates preloaded with a well treatment additive; and
a connector that couples the first tubular member to the second tubular member,
wherein
the connector comprises
a first body member mounted to the first tubular member and
a second body member mounted to the second tubular member,
the first and second body members engageable to each other to couple the first and second tubular members together within a housing,
the first body member comprises a window, and the second body member comprises a latching key disposed on a spring member and extending outwardly from the second body member, the latching key being aligned with the window when the first body member engages the second body member.

16. The downhole deployment system of claim 15 , wherein
the first tubular member, the second tubular member, or both comprise a chemical deployment modular device,
the chemical deployment modular device comprising
a tubular having a wall defining an interior space inside the tubular, the wall having a perforated or slotted portion, and
the plurality of particulates disposed in the interior space of the tubular between a first barrier and a second barrier.

17. The downhole deployment system of claim 15 , wherein
the first body member further comprises a lug extending inwardly from the first body member; and
the second body member further comprises a recess for receiving the lug.

18. The downhole deployment system of claim 15 , wherein the chemical deployment modular device further comprises a screen radially outwardly disposed of the perforated or slotted pipe wall.

19. The downhole deployment system of claim 15 , wherein the connector comprises
a first body member mounted to the first tubular member and
a second body member mounted to the second tubular member,
the first and second body members engageable to each other to couple the first and second tubular members together within a housing.

20. The downhole deployment system of claim 19 , wherein the first body member comprises a window, and the second body member comprises a latching key disposed on a spring member and extending outwardly from the second body member, the latching key being aligned with the window when the first body member engages the second body member.

Assignees

• Mcclean Charles Alexander
• Johnson Michael
• Joppe Lambertus Carolus
• Woudwijk Roy
• Alexander David
• Baker Hughes A Ge Co Llc

Inventors

• Mcclean Charles Alexander
• Johnson Michael
• Joppe Lambertus Carolus
• Woudwijk Roy
• Alexander David

Classifications

• C09K8/68

  containing organic compounds · CPC title

• C09K2208/04

  Hulls, shells or bark containing well drilling or treatment fluids · 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

• C09K2208/22

  Hydrates inhibition by using well treatment fluids containing inhibitors of hydrate formers · CPC title

• E21B17/18

  Pipes provided with plural fluid passages {(E21B17/203 takes precedence)} · CPC title