Single trip dual zone selective gravel pack

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11035208-B2
Application number	US-201916295068-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2019
Priority date	Mar 21, 2018
Publication date	Jun 15, 2021
Grant date	Jun 15, 2021

Abstract

Provided is method for gravel packing dual zones within a wellbore and integrating a zonal isolation system. The method, in one embodiment, includes creating an outer sub-assembly and an inner sub-assembly, wherein the inner sub-assembly is positioned within the outer sub-assembly. The method further includes running the outer sub-assembly proximate a bottom of a downhole portion of a wellbore, and setting an uphole packer in an uphole portion of the wellbore and a downhole packer in the downhole portion of the wellbore. The method further includes gravel packing an upper zone and a lower zone, pulling the gravel pack service tool assembly out of the wellbore thereby isolating the upper zone and the lower zone from each other and the wellbore, and running an upper completion into the wellbore to open one or both of the upper zone or the lower zone for production.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for gravel packing dual zones within a wellbore, comprising:
creating an outer sub-assembly consisting of a washdown assembly, a lower shunt screen assembly, a downhole packer assembly, an upper shunt screen assembly, and a gravel pack assembly stacked in order on top of one another;
creating an inner sub-assembly consisting of an inner string assembly and gravel pack service tool assembly stacked in order on top of one another, wherein the inner sub-assembly is positioned within the outer sub-assembly;
running the outer sub-assembly having the inner sub-assembly therein proximate a bottom of a downhole portion of a wellbore;
setting an uphole packer associated with the gravel pack assembly in an uphole portion of the wellbore and a downhole packer associated with the downhole packer assembly in the downhole portion of the wellbore;
gravel packing an upper zone of the uphole portion of the wellbore using the upper shunt screen assembly and a lower zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the lower shunt screen assembly;
pulling the gravel pack service tool assembly out of the gravel pack assembly of the outer-sub assembly and the inner string assembly of the inner sub-assembly, thereby leaving the gravel pack assembly and inner string assembly downhole to isolate the upper zone and the lower zone from each other and the wellbore; and
running an upper completion into the wellbore to open one or both of the upper zone or the lower zone for production.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein pulling the gravel pack service tool assembly out of the wellbore thereby isolating the upper zone and the lower zone from each other and the wellbore, includes setting an isolation plug associated with the inner string assembly in a seal bore associated with the washdown assembly.

3. The method as recited in claim 2 , wherein pulling the gravel pack tool assembly out of the wellbore thereby isolating the upper zone and the lower zone from each other and the wellbore, additionally includes closing a mechanical sliding sleeve and a hydraulic sliding sleeve associated with the lower shunt screen assembly, and a sliding sleeve associated with the upper shunt screen assembly, and then pulling the gravel pack tool assembly entirely out of the wellbore.

4. The method as recited in claim 3 , wherein running an upper completion into the wellbore to open the upper zone and the lower zone for production, includes opening the hydraulic sliding sleeve associated with the lower shunt screen assembly and the sliding sleeve associated with the upper shunt screen assembly.

5. The method as recited in claim 4 , wherein opening the hydraulic sliding sleeve includes opening the hydraulic sliding sleeve using hydraulic pressure, and wherein opening the sliding sleeve associated with the upper screen assembly includes cycling an annular isolation flow sub associated with the gravel pack assembly.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein setting the uphole packer associated with the gravel pack assembly in the uphole portion of the wellbore includes dropping a setting ball within the gravel pack assembly and pressuring up to set the uphole hole packer.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein setting a downhole packer associated with the downhole packer assembly in the downhole portion of the wellbore includes closing a remote actuated isolation valve of the washdown assembly.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein setting a downhole packer associated with the downhole packer assembly further includes pressuring up to set the downhole packer while the remote actuated isolation valve is in the closed position.

9. The method as recited in claim 8 , wherein setting a downhole packer associated with the downhole packer assembly further includes opening the remote actuated isolation valve after setting the downhole packer whereby the applied pressure represents a suitable signal to activate an isolation plug.

10. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein gravel packing an upper zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the upper shunt screen assembly and a lower zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the lower shunt screen assembly and includes moving the gravel pack service tool assembly to a weight down position on the gravel pack assembly.

11. The method as recited in claim 10 , wherein gravel packing an upper zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the upper shunt screen assembly and a lower zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the lower shunt screen assembly further includes screening out the upper zone after moving the gravel pack service tool assembly to the weight down position.

12. The method as recited in claim 11 , wherein gravel packing an upper zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the upper shunt screen assembly and a lower zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the lower shunt screen assembly further includes screening out the lower zone after screening out the upper zone.

13. The method as recited in claim 12 , wherein gravel packing an upper zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the upper shunt screen assembly and a lower zone of the downhole portion of the wellbore using the lower shunt screen assembly further includes reversing out to remove excess gravel slurry from the wellbore.

14. A lower completion assembly for use in gravel packing dual zones within a wellbore, comprising:
an outer sub assembly, including;
a washdown assembly;
a lower shunt screen assembly coupled uphole of the washdown assembly and configured to be associated with a lower zone in a wellbore;
a downhole packer assembly coupled uphole of the lower shunt screen assembly;
an upper shunt screen assembly coupled uphole of the downhole packer assembly and configured to be associated with an upper zone in the wellbore;
a gravel pack assembly stacked uphole of the upper shunt screen assembly; and

an inner sub-assembly positioned within the outer sub-assembly, the inner sub-assembly including an inner string assembly spanning the washdown assembly to the gravel pack assembly and a gravel pack service tool assembly positioned over the inner string assembly, wherein the gravel pack service tool assembly is operable to be pulled out of the inner string assembly leaving the inner string assembly and the outer sub-assembly downhole to isolate the upper zone and the lower zone from each other and the wellbore.

15. The lower completion assembly of claim 14 , wherein the washdown assembly includes a washdown jet shoe, a remote actuated isolation valve, a washdown assembly seal bore, and a pup joint.

16. The lower completion assembly of claim 14 , wherein the lower shunt screen assembly includes one or more shunt screens and a lower shunt tube.

17. The lower completion assembly of claim 14 , wherein the downhole packer includes a lower downhole packer seal bore, a downhole packer, a shunt feed through tube, and an upper downhole packer seal bore.

18. The lower completion assembly of claim 14 , wherein the upper shunt screen assembly includes one or more shunt screens, one or more shunt tubes, a shunt tube entry sub, blank pipe and an upper makeup sub.

19. The lower completion assembly of claim 14 , further including an annular isolation flow assembly associated with the gravel pack assembly, wherein the annular isolation flow assembly includes a lower makeup sub, an annular isolation flow sub, and an upper makeup sub.

20. The lower comp

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Penno Andrew
• Ranjeva Jean-Michel Alain
• White Simon

Classifications

• E21B2200/06

  Sleeve valves · CPC title

• E21B33/126

  with fluid-pressure-operated elastic cup or skirt (E21B33/122, E21B33/124 take precedence) · CPC title

• E21B43/08

  Screens or liners {(expandable screens or liners E21B43/108)} · CPC title

• E21B43/045 Primary

  Crossover tools · CPC title

• E21B43/04 Primary

  Gravelling of wells · CPC title