Wellbore staged operation method and rubber plug for said method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12486753-B2
Application number	US-202118001537-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2021
Priority date	Jun 12, 2020
Publication date	Dec 2, 2025
Grant date	Dec 2, 2025

Abstract

A wellbore staged operation method includes running, after a first well drifting operation is performed on a wellbore, a pipe string ( 100 ) in the wellbore, wherein the pipe string ( 100 ) includes, along a direction from bottom to top, a floating hoop ( 2 ), a plug seat ( 7 ), a toe-end sliding sleeve ( 3 ), and a fracturing sliding sleeve ( 4 ); performing a cementing operation, wherein cement slurry pumped into an inner chamber of the pipe string ( 100 ) enters an annulus between the pipe string and the wellbore through the plug seat ( 7 ) and the floating hoop ( 2 ) to form a cement sheath, the cement sheath isolating the toe-end sliding sleeve ( 3 ) from the fracturing sliding sleeve ( 4 ); performing a second drifting operation to ensure the toe-end sliding sleeve ( 3 ) of the pipe string ( 100 ) exposed; performing a pressure test for the pipe string; and performing staged fracturing constructions.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A wellbore staged operation method, comprising steps of:
performing a first drifting operation on a wellbore; running a pipe string in the wellbore, wherein the pipe string comprises, along a direction from bottom to top, a floating hoop, a plug seat, a toe-end sliding sleeve, and a fracturing sliding sleeve that are spaced apart from one another; performing a cementing operation; performing a second drifting operation to expose the toe-end sliding sleeve of the pipe string; performing a pressure test for the pipe string; and performing staged fracturing construction, wherein performing the cementing operation comprises: cleaning the wellbore by pumping a prepad liquid into the pipe string and then, through the plug seat and the floating hoop, into an annulus disposed between the pipe string and the wellbore; pumping a cement slurry into the pipe string to enter the annulus through the plug seat and the floating hoop to form a cement sheath, the cement sheath isolating the toe-end sliding sleeve from the fracturing sliding sleeve; pumping a displacing fluid with a rubber plug into the pipe string to cause the rubber plug to contact the plug seat; and causing a pressure buildup and a hardening of the cement slurry in the annulus to form a cement sheath, and wherein the step of performing the second drifting operation comprises: performing a plugging operation to determine a position of the rubber plug; judging a position of the rubber plug relative to the toe-end sliding sleeve; and when the position of the rubber plug is above the toe-end sliding sleeve, performing a plug-removing operation using a coiled tubing connected to a plugging string or a plug-removing string to remove the plug from the plug seat.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the prepad liquid forms a liquid section of a length of 200-300 m in the annulus.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the cement sheath is of a length of at least 200 m above the fracturing sliding sleeve.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the built-up pressure is 3-5 MPa higher than a pressure of the liquid column.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plugging operation is performed with the coiled tubing connected to the plugging string, wherein an outer diameter of the coiled tubing is 20-30 mm smaller than an inner diameter of the pipe string, and a maximum outer diameter of the plugging string is 3-5 mm smaller than the inner diameter of the pipe string, the coiled tubing having a running speed of 10-20 m/min.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the plug-removing operation is performed by the coiled tubing connected with the plug-removing string, a maximum outer diameter of the plug-removing string being 6-8 mm smaller than the inner diameter of the pipe string.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein in the plug-removing operation, the rubber plug is drilled out to a position 10-20 m below a bottom surface of the toe-end sliding sleeve.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the rubber plug is drilled out through pumping a plug-removing working fluid to drive a drill bit via the plug-removing string, the plug-removing working fluid being pumped with a displacement of 300-500 L/min.

9 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein an operation of displacing the plug-removing working fluid in the pipe string is performed after the plug-removing operation.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the coiled tubing is lifted up after contacting with the rubber plug in the pipe string, and a well-construction working fluid is pumped to displace the plug-removing working fluid in the pipe string.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein a pressure of the well-construction working fluid decreases stepwise.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the well-construction working fluid is a reaction fluid acting on the sliding sleeves of the pipe string, and
wherein a spacer liquid is pumped before the well-construction working fluid.

Assignees

• China Petroleum & Chem Corp
• Sinopec Southwest Oil & Gas Co

Inventors

• Lei Wei
• Hou Zhimin
• Dong Haifeng
• Yan Yancheng
• Lan Lin
• Wang Xingwen
• Wang Xiaogang
• Qiao Zhiguo
• Fang Zhou

Classifications

• E21B33/13

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

• E21B33/16

  using plugs for isolating cement charge; Plugs therefor {(stage cementing E21B33/146; spacer compositions C09K8/424)} · CPC title

• E21B43/261 Primary

  Separate steps of (1) cementing, plugging or consolidating and (2) fracturing or attacking the formation · CPC title