Treatment system, method, and borehole system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12098606-B2
Application number	US-202217890399-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 18, 2022
Priority date	Aug 18, 2022
Publication date	Sep 24, 2024
Grant date	Sep 24, 2024

Abstract

A treatment system including a settable and unsettable seal sub, an operation sub connected to the seal sub, the operation sub including a flow restrictor, and a selectively openable port biased to a closed position. A borehole system including a slickline, and a resettable seal connected to the slickline and runnable in the borehole on the slickline. A method for treating a formation adjacent a borehole including running the treatment system on a slickline to a target depth, flowing past the flow restrictor thereby causing the flow restrictor and a mandrel upon which the restrictor is mounted to move toward the seal sub, partially setting the seal sub and increasing pressure on the seal sub thereby fully setting the seal sub. A borehole system, including a borehole in a subsurface formation, a treatment system disposed within the borehole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A borehole system, comprising:
a slickline; and
a resettable seal connected to the slickline and runnable in the borehole on the slickline, the seal is actuable for setting and unsetting responsive to slack off or overpull from the slickline, wherein the seal is further responsive to fluid flow for completion of the setting.

2. A treatment system comprising:
a settable and unsettable seal sub;
an operation sub connected to the seal sub, the operation sub including:
a flow restrictor; and
a selectively openable port biased to a closed position, wherein the flow restrictor is responsive to fluid drag and differential pressure to move a mandrel toward the seal sub to actuate the seal sub.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the flow restrictor is an upset member.

4. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the flow restrictor includes a cup.

5. The system as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the cup is a plurality of cups.

6. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the operation sub includes a biaser configured to cause the bias to the closed position.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the biaser is a compression spring.

8. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the port is openable by tension applied to the operation sub.

9. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the seal sub includes a J-slot mechanism.

10. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the seal sub includes an anchor.

11. The system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the seal sub includes a drag block.

12. A method for treating a formation adjacent a borehole, comprising:
running the treatment system as claimed in claim 2 on a slickline to a target depth;
flowing past the flow restrictor thereby causing the flow restrictor and a mandrel upon which the restrictor is mounted to move toward the seal sub;
partially setting the seal sub; and
increasing pressure on the seal sub thereby fully setting the seal sub.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising pressuring up to fracture the formation.

14. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising pulling on the system to cycle a J-slot to a position where setting is enabled.

15. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
pulling on the system;
equalizing pressure across the seal;
opening a port uphole of the restrictor; and
tripping the system to another target location.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 wherein the another target location is downhole of the previous target location.

17. A borehole system, comprising:
a borehole in a subsurface formation; and
a treatment system as claimed in claim 2 disposed within the borehole.

Assignees

• Casanova Gabriel
• Jackson Todd C
• Young Aaron
• Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations Llc

Inventors

• Casanova Gabriel
• Jackson Todd C
• Young Aaron

Classifications

• E21B33/128 Primary

  with a member expanded radially by axial pressure (E21B33/122, E21B33/124 take precedence) · CPC title

• E21B43/26

  by forming crevices or fractures · CPC title

• E21B34/101

  with means for equalizing fluid pressure above and below the valve · CPC title

• E21B33/12955

  using drag blocks frictionally engaging the inner wall of the well · CPC title

• E21B33/124

  Units with longitudinally-spaced plugs for isolating the intermediate space · CPC title