Deploying material to limit losses of drilling fluid in a wellbore

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11286733-B2
Application number	US-202016831483-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2020
Priority date	Mar 26, 2020
Publication date	Mar 29, 2022
Grant date	Mar 29, 2022

Abstract

Bottom hole assemblies for deploying fabric can include: a body configured to be attached to a drill pipe; a control tube disposed inside the body at a position controlled by engagement of a cam with a continuous guide path; a set tube, the set tube and the body together defining a pressure chamber with the body defining an inlet port extending between the interior cavity and pressure chamber, the set tube movable between a rolling position and a reaming position; a reamer assembly with at least one first articulated arm with extending between first attachment point on the body and the set tube; and a roller assembly with: at least one second articulated arm extending between the set tube and a second attachment point on the body; and a roller positioned at a joint of each second articulated arm.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A bottom hole assembly for deploying fabric, the bottom hole assembly comprising:
a body configured to be attached to a drill pipe, the body having walls extending from an uphole end to a downhole end, the walls defining an interior cavity;
a control tube disposed inside the body at a position controlled by engagement of a cam with a continuous guide path, the control tube movable between a first axial position blocking an inlet port and a second axial position spaced apart from the inlet port, the control tube rotatable within the body;
a set tube with an uphole end, the set tube and the body together defining a pressure chamber with the body defining the inlet port extending between the interior cavity and pressure chamber, the set tube movable between a rolling position and a reaming position;
a reamer assembly comprising at least one first articulated arm with extending between first attachment point on the body and the set tube; and
a roller assembly comprising:
at least one second articulated arm extending between the set tube and a second attachment point on the body; and
a roller positioned at a joint of each second articulated arm.

2. The bottom hole assembly of claim 1 , wherein the continuous guide path is defined in an inner surface of the body and the cam projects radially outward from the control tube.

3. The bottom hole assembly of claim 1 , wherein the continuous guide path is defined in an outer surface of the control tube.

4. The bottom hole assembly of claim 1 , wherein the set tube defines a equalizing port extending between the pressure chamber and an environment of the bottom hole assembly.

5. The bottom hole assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a first spring biasing the control tube towards the first axial position.

6. The bottom hole assembly of claim 5 , further comprising a finger attached to a downhole end of the control tube, the finger extending radially into the interior cavity of the body.

7. The bottom hole assembly of claim 6 , further comprising second spring biasing the set tube towards the reaming position.

8. The bottom hole assembly of claim 7 , wherein pressure of fluid in the pressure chamber biases the set tube towards the rolling position.

9. The bottom hole assembly of claim 6 , wherein the body defines a notch in a surface of facing the interior cavity, the notch receiving at least a portion of the finger when the control tube is in the second axial position.

10. The bottom hole assembly of claim 1 , wherein the guide path includes at least one pattern with a closed position, a first release position, an open position, a second release position, and a second closed position.

11. The bottom hole assembly of claim 10 , wherein the at least one pattern is plurality of repeating patterns and the second closed position of each pattern is the first closed position of a subsequent pattern.

12. A bottom hole assembly for deploying fabric, the bottom hole assembly comprising:
a body configured to be attached to a drill pipe, the body having walls extending from an uphole end to a downhole end, the walls defining an interior cavity and a continuous guide path defined in an inner surface of the body;
a control tube comprising a cam, the control tube disposed inside the body at a position controlled by engagement of the cam with the continuous guide path, the control tube movable between a first axial position blocking an inlet port and a second axial position spaced apart from the inlet port, the control tube rotatable within the body;
a set tube with an uphole end, the set tube and the body together defining a pressure chamber with the body defining the inlet port extending between the interior cavity and pressure chamber, the set tube movable between a rolling position and a reaming position;
a reamer assembly comprising at least one first articulated arm with extending between first attachment point on the body and the set tube; and
a roller assembly comprising:
at least one second articulated arm extending between the set tube and a second attachment point on the body; and

a roller positioned at a joint of each second articulated arm.

13. The bottom hole assembly of claim 12 , wherein the guide path includes at least one pattern with a closed position, a first release position, an open position, a second release position, and a second closed position.

14. The bottom hole assembly of claim 13 , wherein the at least one pattern is plurality of repeating patterns and the second closed position of each pattern is the first closed position of a subsequent pattern.

15. The bottom hole assembly of claim 12 , further comprising a first spring biasing the control tube towards the first axial position.

16. The bottom hole assembly of claim 15 , further comprising a finger attached to a downhole end of the control tube, the finger extending radially into the interior cavity of the body.

17. The bottom hole assembly of claim 16 , further comprising second spring biasing the set tube towards the reaming position.

18. The bottom hole assembly of claim 17 , wherein pressure of fluid in the pressure chamber biases the set tube towards the rolling position.

19. The bottom hole assembly of claim 16 , wherein the body defines a notch in a surface of facing the interior cavity, the notch receiving at least a portion of the finger when the control tube is in the second axial position.

Assignees

• Saudi Arabian Oil Co

Inventors

• Li Bodong
• Gooneratne Chinthaka Pasan
• Moellendick Timothy E
• Saleh Rami F

Classifications

• E21B43/103

  of expandable casings, screens, liners, or the like · CPC title

• E21B10/26

  Drill bits with leading portion, i.e. drill bits with a pilot cutter; Drill bits for enlarging the borehole, e.g. reamers (percussion drill bits with leading portion E21B10/40) · CPC title

• E21B21/003 Primary

  Means for stopping loss of drilling fluid (plastering the borehole wall E21B33/138) · CPC title

• E21B10/30

  Longitudinal axis roller reamers, e.g. reamer stabilisers · CPC title

• E21B33/13

  Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like · CPC title