Methods and systems for wellbore integrity management

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11073011-B2
Application number	US-201715763031-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2017
Priority date	Jul 24, 2017
Publication date	Jul 27, 2021
Grant date	Jul 27, 2021

Abstract

Methods and systems for evaluating integrity of a tubular located within a wellbore are provided. The method includes measuring an operation parameter of the wellbore, measuring a feature of the tubular two or more times to produce an integrity log each time the feature is measured, and determining a tubular integrity analysis for the tubular by using the integrity logs and the operation parameter. The tubular integrity analysis contains parameter limitations for the tubular. The method also includes determining if tubular integrity is within or outside the parameter limitations. If the tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations, then determine a duration of integrity for the tubular. If the tubular integrity is outside of the parameter limitations, then determine a location on the tubular for loss of tubular integrity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for evaluating integrity of a tubular located within a wellbore, comprising:
measuring an operation parameter of the wellbore via a tubular testing device and a fiber optic sensing system comprising an interrogator and a fiber optic cable coupled to the tubular;
measuring a feature of the tubular two or more times to produce an integrity log each time the feature is measured;
determining a tubular integrity analysis for the tubular by using the integrity logs and the operation parameter, the tubular integrity analysis comprising parameter limitations for the tubular;
making a determination based on the tubular integrity analysis that tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations; and
in response to the determination that the tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations, determining a duration of integrity for the tubular.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the tubular integrity analysis comprises calculating a rate of change of the feature of the tubular.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the feature of the tubular comprises at least one of corrosion on the tubular, roughness on the tubular, pits on the tubular, deformation of the tubular, scales within the tubular, flow restrictions within the tubular, tubular wall thickness, tubular inner diameter, or any combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation parameter comprises a property of a fluid within the tubular, and wherein the operation parameter comprises at least one of temperature, pressure, flow rate, density, composition, pH, or any combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the operation parameter comprises a property outside the tubular, and wherein the operation parameter is at least one of temperature, pressure, composition, or any combination thereof.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the fiber optic cable is positioned inside or outside the tubular, and wherein the fiber optic sensing system measures at least one of a pressure, a temperature, a flow rate, a pH, acoustic energy, vibrations, or any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein measuring the feature of the tubular further comprises introducing a testing device into the tubular and measuring the feature of the tubular two or more times with the testing device to produce the integrity log each time the feature is measured.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing the tubular integrity analysis from the integrity logs and operation parameter using a transient program.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wellbore is in fluid communication with at least one of a subterranean formation, a production well, a storage well, an injection well, a disposal well, a salt dome, or any combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising preparing a finalized evaluation report containing the tubular integrity and the duration of integrity.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the duration of integrity is outside of the parameter limitations, and further comprising: measuring the operation parameter again; measuring the feature of the tubular again to produce another integrity log; and recalculating the tubular integrity analysis for the tubular by using all of the measured integrity logs and operation parameters.

12. A method for evaluating integrity of a tubular located within a wellbore, comprising:
measuring an operation parameter of the wellbore via a tubular testing device and a fiber optic sensing system comprising an interrogator and a fiber optic cable coupled to the tubular;
measuring a feature of the tubular two or more times to produce an integrity log each time the feature is measured;
determining a rate of change of the feature of the tubular from two or more of the integrity logs;
determining a tubular integrity analysis for the tubular by using the integrity logs and the operation parameter, the tubular integrity analysis comprising parameter limitations for the tubular;
making a determination based on the tubular integrity analysis that tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations; and
in response to the determination that the tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations, determining a duration of integrity for the tubular.

13. A method for evaluating integrity of a tubular located within a wellbore, comprising:
measuring an operation parameter of the wellbore via a tubular testing device and a fiber optic sensing system comprising an interrogator and a fiber optic cable coupled to the tubular;
measuring a feature of the tubular two or more times to produce an integrity log each time the feature is measured;
determining a rate of change of the feature of the tubular from two or more of the integrity logs;
determining a tubular integrity analysis for the tubular by using the integrity logs and the operation parameter, the tubular integrity analysis comprising parameter limitations for the tubular;
making a determination based on the tubular integrity analysis that tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations;
in response to the determination that the tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations, determining a duration of integrity for the tubular;
performing a preventive and risk study of the wellbore and surrounding earth adjacent the wellbore to produce a standard;
determining a preventive action or a risk analysis is outside the standard of the preventive and risk study; and
changing at least a portion of the tubular or plugging the wellbore.

14. A system for performing a method of evaluating integrity of a tubular located within a wellbore, the system comprising:
a testing device configured to measure a feature of the tubular two or more times to produce the integrity log each time the feature is measured;
a fiber optic sensing system configured to measure the operation parameter, the fiber optic sensing system comprising an interrogator and a fiber optic cable coupleable to the tubular; and
a transient program configured to calculate a tubular integrity analysis from the integrity logs and the operation parameter; and
the method, comprising:
measuring an operation parameter of the wellbore;
measuring the feature of the tubular two or more times to produce an integrity log each time the feature is measured;
determining a tubular integrity analysis for the tubular by using the integrity logs and the operation parameter, the tubular integrity analysis comprising parameter limitations for the tubular;
making a determination based on the tubular integrity analysis that tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations; and
in response to the determination that the tubular integrity is within the parameter limitations, determining a duration of integrity for the tubular.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Haghshenas Arash
• Hess Joe Eli
• Cuthbert Andrew John

Classifications

• G01N3/40

  Investigating hardness or rebound hardness · CPC title

• G01M3/28 Primary

  for pipes, cables or tubes; for pipe joints or seals; for valves {; for welds} · CPC title

• G01N11/00

  Investigating flow properties of materials, e.g. viscosity, plasticity; Analysing materials by determining flow properties · CPC title

• G01K11/32

  using changes in transmittance, scattering or luminescence in optical fibres · CPC title

• G01B5/12

  internal diameters · CPC title