Well-killing system for ultra-deep well drilling with co-existence of overflow and lost circulation and operation method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12331602-B2
Application number	US-202418981584-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 15, 2024
Priority date	Apr 30, 2024
Publication date	Jun 17, 2025
Grant date	Jun 17, 2025

Abstract

A well-killing system for ultra-deep well drilling with co-existence of overflow and lost circulation is provided. An upper part of a wellhead blowout preventer is connected to a first mud pump and a lost circulation material mud tank through a pipeline, a first three-way control valve, and a second three-way control valve. A lower port of the second three-way control valve is connected to a second mud pump and a mud pit. A lower port of the first three-way control valve is connected to a first well-killing fluid tank and a second well-killing fluid tank. A gas-liquid separation tank is connected to a side of a wellhead device. A first pressure sensor and a first flowmeter are provided on a left port of the first three-way control valve. A second pressure sensor and a second flowmeter are provided at a left port of a third three-way control valve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A well-killing system for ultra-deep well drilling with co-existence of overflow and lost circulation, comprising:
a wellhead blowout preventer;
a mud pit;
a freshwater tank;
a mud material tank;
a mud preparation tank;
a first pressure sensor;
a first three-way control valve;
a second three-way control valve;
a first mud pump;
a second mud pump;
a lost circulation material mud tank;
a third three-way control valve;
a third mud pump;
a first well-killing fluid tank;
a second well-killing fluid tank;
a second pressure sensor;
a first flowmeter;
a second flowmeter;
a fourth three-way control valve;
a gas-liquid separation tank; and
a computer terminal;
wherein the wellhead blowout preventer is provided on an upper side of a wellhead device; and the mud pit, the freshwater tank, the mud material tank and the mud preparation tank are provided outside a wellhead;
an upper part of the wellhead blowout preventer is connected to a first port of the first three-way control valve through a first pipeline; a second port of the first three-way control valve is connected to a first port of the second three-way control valve through a second pipeline; a second port of the second three-way control valve is connected to the first mud pump and the lost circulation material mud tank through a third pipeline; a third port of the second three-way control valve is connected to the second mud pump and the mud pit through a fourth pipeline; a third port of the first three-way control valve is connected to a first port of the third three-way control valve through a fifth pipeline and a first one-way valve; a second port of the third three-way control valve is connected to the first well-killing fluid tank and the second well-killing fluid tank through a sixth pipeline and the third mud pump; a first port of the fourth three-way control valve is connected to a side of the wellhead device through a seventh pipeline; a second port of the fourth three-way control valve is connected to a third port of the third three-way control valve through an eighth pipeline; a third port of the fourth three-way control valve is connected to the gas-liquid separation tank through a ninth pipeline; a lower end of the gas-liquid separation tank is connected to the mud preparation tank through a tenth pipeline; an upper end of the mud preparation tank is connected to the freshwater tank and the mud material tank through an eleventh pipeline; the first pressure sensor and the first flowmeter are provided at the first pipeline; the second pressure sensor and the second flowmeter are provided at the seventh pipeline; and the first pressure sensor, the first flowmeter, the second pressure sensor and the second flowmeter are connected to the computer terminal via a first data cable, respectively.

2. The well-killing system of claim 1 , wherein an outer side of the mud pit is connected to a first end of a second one-way valve via a twelfth pipeline; a second end of the second one-way valve is connected to the mud preparation tank via a thirteenth pipeline and a fourth mud pump; an outer side of the first well-killing fluid tank and an outer side of the second well-killing fluid tank are connected to a first end of a third one-way valve through a fourteenth pipeline; and a second end of the third one-way valve is connected to the mud preparation tank through a fifteenth pipeline and the fourth mud pump.

3. The well-killing system of claim 2 , wherein a throttle valve is provided at the seventh pipeline.

4. The well-killing system of claim 3 , wherein a booster pump is provided on the sixth pipeline between the third mud pump and the first well-killing fluid tank.

5. The well-killing system of claim 4 , wherein a hydrogen sulfide detector is provided on a side of the gas-liquid separation tank; and the hydrogen sulfide detector is connected to the computer terminal via a second data cable.

6. A method for operating the well-killing system of claim 5 , comprising:
(A) in a case that an outlet flow rate measured by the second flowmeter and an inlet flow rate measured by the first flowmeter are in a normal state, performing normal drilling through steps of:
turning on the second mud pump and the fourth mud pump through the computer terminal; and
opening successively the third port of the second three-way control valve, the second port of the first three-way control valve, the throttle valve, the third port of the fourth three-way control valve, and the second one-way valve, such that a drilling fluid is pumped by the second mud pump from the mud pit to successively flow through the third port of the second three-way control valve, the second port of the first three-way control valve, the first flowmeter, the first pressure sensor, a drilling pipe, and a drilling bit to enter an annulus between a wellbore and the drilling pipe, and then flow successively through the second pressure sensor, the second flowmeter, the throttle valve, the third port of the fourth three-way control valve, the gas-liquid separation tank, and the mud preparation tank to return to the mud pit;

(B) in a case that the outlet flow rate measured by the second flowmeter is greater than the inlet flow rate measured by the first flowmeter, and the hydrogen sulfide detector does not send an alarm, performing a well killing operation based on an engineer's method through steps of:
turning on the third mud pump and the fourth mud pump through the computer terminal;
opening successively the second port of the third three-way control valve, the first one-way valve, the third port of the first three-way control valve, the throttle valve, the third port of the fourth three-way control valve, and the third one-way valve, such that the drilling fluid is pumped by the third mud pump from the first well-killing fluid tank to flow successively through the second port of the third three-way control valve, the first one-way valve, the third port of the first three-way control valve, the first flowmeter, the first pressure sensor, the drilling pipe, and the drilling bit to enter the annulus between the wellbore and the drilling pipe, and then flow successively through the second pressure sensor, the second flowmeter, the throttle valve, the third port of the fourth three-way control valve, the gas-liquid separation tank, the mud preparation tank, the fourth mud pump, and the third one-way valve to return to the first well-killing fluid tank and the second well-killing fluid tank;

(C) in a case that the outlet flow rate measured by the second flowmeter is greater than the inlet flow rate measured by the first flowmeter, and the hydrogen sulfide detector sends an alarm, performing a well-killing operation by bullheading through steps of:
turning on the third mud pump and the fourth mud pump through the computer terminal, wherein in the case of insufficient pump pressure, the booster pump is started; and
opening successively the third port of the third three-way control valve, the second port of the fourth three-way control valve, the throttle valve, and the third one-way valve; mixing fresh water and raw materials of the drilling fluid in the mud preparation tank to obtain a well-killing liquid, wherein the freshwater is from the freshwater tank, and the raw materials of the drilling fluid are from the mud material tank; pumping, by the fourth mud pump, the well-killing liquid to the first well-killing fluid tank and the second well-killing fluid tank; pumping, by the third mud pump, the well-killing fluid from the first well-killing fluid tank to flow sequentially through the third port of the third three-way control valve, the second port of the fourth three-way control valve, the throttle valve, the second flowmeter, and the second pressure sensor

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum East China

Inventors

• Yin Bangtang
• Feng Kai
• Sun Baojiang
• Wang Zhiyuan
• Gao Yonghai
• Li Hao
• Zhang Jianbo
• Xin Guizhen

Classifications

• E21B21/106

  Valve arrangements outside the borehole, e.g. kelly valves (valves specifically for maintaining circulation of drilling fluid while connecting or disconnecting tubular joints E21B21/019) · CPC title

• E21B47/06

  Measuring temperature or pressure · CPC title

• E21B47/00

  Survey of boreholes or wells (monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08) · CPC title

• E21B34/14

  operated by movement of tools, e.g. sleeve valves operated by pistons or wire line tools {(E21B34/066 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• E21B34/02

  in well heads · CPC title