Auxiliary feeding device for flexible pipe of radial horizontal well

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019264544-A1
Application number	US-201716307936-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 12, 2017
Priority date	Dec 27, 2016
Publication date	Aug 29, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention provides an auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well, comprising an oil pipe, a steering gear connected to the oil pipe at a lower opening thereof, and two impellers; an upper end surface of the steering gear is provided with an accommodating groove; the steering gear is internally provided with a through steering passage in an axial direction thereof for allowing an external flexible pipe to pass through; an inlet of the steering passage is located at a bottom wall of the accommodating groove, and an outlet of the steering passage is located at a lower portion of a sidewall of the steering gear; the two impellers are symmetrically disposed on two sides of the inlet; each of the impellers comprises an impeller shaft, a barrel body rotatably surrounding the impeller shaft, and at least three blades fixed outside the barrel body and provided at a top thereof with a notch, wherein the two impeller shafts are parallel to each other; the two impellers are synchronously rotated relative to each other, and the notches on two sides of the inlet are in one-to-one correspondence relation to form a holding passage that can clamp the flexible pipe; the flexible pipe enters the steering passage through the oil pipe, the holding passage, and the inlet in sequence, and protrudes from the outlet; fluid injected through an upper opening of the oil pipe drives the impellers to rotate downward, and causes the flexible pipe to be fed downward. The present invention can enable the flexible pipe to overcome frictional resistance effectively and be fed continuously and stably.

First claim

1 . An auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well, comprising an oil pipe ( 10 ), a steering gear ( 20 ) connected to the oil pipe ( 10 ) at a lower opening thereof, and two impellers ( 30 );
wherein an upper end surface of the steering gear ( 20 ) is provided with an accommodating groove ( 21 ); the steering gear ( 20 ) is internally provided with a through steering passage ( 22 ) in an axial direction thereof for allowing an external flexible pipe ( 100 ) to pass through; an inlet of the steering passage ( 22 ) is located at a bottom wall of the accommodating groove ( 21 ), and an outlet of the steering passage ( 22 ) is located at a lower portion of a sidewall of the steering gear ( 20 ); wherein the two impellers ( 30 ) are located at a bottom of the accommodating groove ( 21 ) and symmetrically disposed on two sides of the inlet; each of the impellers ( 30 ) comprises an impeller shaft ( 32 ) fixed in the accommodating groove ( 21 ), a barrel body ( 34 ) rotatably surrounding the impeller shaft ( 32 ), and at least three blades ( 36 ) fixed outside the barrel body ( 34 ), wherein the two impeller shafts ( 32 ) are parallel to each other, and each of the blades ( 36 ) is provided at a top thereof with a notch ( 362 ); and wherein during relative and synchronous rotation of the two impellers ( 30 ), the notches ( 362 ) of the two impellers ( 30 ) are in one-to-one correspondence relation at the inlet to form a holding passage that can clamp the flexible pipe ( 100 ); a lower end of the flexible pipe ( 100 ) enters the steering passage ( 22 ) through an inner cavity of the oil pipe ( 10 ), the holding passage, and the inlet from top to bottom in sequence, and protrudes from the outlet; fluid injected through an upper opening of the oil pipe ( 10 ) drives the impellers ( 30 ) to rotate downward in an axial direction of the flexible pipe ( 100 ), and causes the flexible pipe ( 100 ) clamped in the holding passage to be fed downward.

2 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 1 , further comprising two flow guiding and limiting bodies ( 40 ) which are symmetrically disposed on two sides of the inlet to form a flow-through gap ( 41 ) therebetween;
wherein each of the flow guiding and limiting bodies ( 40 ) is fixed in the accommodating groove ( 21 ), and disposed above corresponding impeller ( 30 ); the fluid injected through the upper opening of the oil pipe ( 10 ) passes through the flow-through gap ( 41 ), applies a force to the two blades ( 36 ) forming the holding passage, and drives the impellers ( 30 ) to rotate downward in the axial direction of the flexible pipe ( 100 ).

3 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 2 , wherein each of the flow guiding and limiting bodies ( 40 ) at least comprises a flow guiding body ( 42 ), one side of which abuts against a sidewall of the accommodating groove ( 21 ), and an opposite side of which is provided with a slope ( 422 ); and wherein the flow-through gap ( 41 ) is located between two slopes ( 422 ), and the flow-through gap ( 41 ) has a truncated cone shape that is reduced from top to bottom.

4 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 3 , wherein each of the flow guiding and limiting bodies ( 40 ) further comprises a limiting block ( 44 ) that is fixed to a bottom of the fluid guiding body ( 42 );
and wherein each of the limiting blocks ( 44 ) is extended in a rotation direction of the corresponding blade ( 36 ), and a cross-sectional shape of the limiting block ( 44 ) is matched with a shape of the notch ( 362 ).

5 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 3 , wherein each of the flow guiding and limiting bodies ( 40 ) further comprises at least one fixing block ( 46 ) that is fixed to a sidewall of the flow guiding body ( 42 );
and wherein the accommodating groove ( 21 ) is provided on the sidewall thereof with assembly chutes ( 24 ) which are slidably matched with the fixing blocks ( 46 ) respectively, and the fixing blocks ( 46 ) can be fixed in the assembly chutes ( 24 ).

6 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 3 , wherein a distance between lower ends of the two slopes ( 422 ) is smaller than a distance between the two impeller shafts ( 32 ).

7 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 5 , wherein each of the impeller shafts ( 32 ) is horizontally disposed, and two ends of each of the impeller shafts ( 32 ) are fixed in the assembly chutes ( 24 ), respectively.

8 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 7 , wherein each of the assembly chutes ( 24 ) comprises a slide-in section ( 242 ) and a clamping section ( 244 ) which are sequentially disposed from top to bottom; wherein a width of the clamping section ( 244 ) is smaller than a width of the slide-in section ( 242 ); and wherein the two ends of each of the impeller shafts ( 32 ) are fixed in corresponding clamping sections ( 244 ), respectively.

9 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 1 , wherein the blades ( 36 ) are tabulate, extended in an axial direction of the corresponding impeller shaft ( 32 ), and evenly arranged in a circumferential direction of the corresponding impeller shaft ( 32 ).

10 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 1 , wherein the notch ( 362 ) is semi-circular, the holding passage is circular, and an inner diameter of the holding passage is smaller than an outer diameter of the flexible pipe ( 100 ).

11 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 1 , wherein the steering gear ( 20 ) comprises a first steering body ( 25 ) and a second steering body ( 26 );
wherein the accommodating groove ( 21 ) is disposed on an upper end surface of the first steering body ( 25 ), and a lower portion of the first steering body ( 25 ) has a first machined surface which is vertically disposed; wherein the second steering body ( 26 ) has a second machined surface that is vertically disposed and is fixedly attached to the first machined surface; and wherein a first groove is provided on the first machined surface, and a second groove is provided on the second machined surface, the first groove and the second groove being aligned and snap-fitted to form the steering passage ( 22 ).

12 . The auxiliary feeding device for a flexible pipe of a radial horizontal well according to claim 1 , wherein the steering passage ( 22 ) comprises a vertical line segment ( 222 ), an oblique line segment ( 224 ), and an arc segment ( 226 ) which are sequentially connected from top to bottom;
wherein the inlet is located at an upper end of the straight line segment ( 222 ), the outlet is located at a tail end of the arc segment ( 226 ), and a tangential direction of a tail end of the arc segment ( 226 ) is horizontal.

Assignees

• Univ China Petroleum Beijing

Inventors

• Huang Zhongwei
• Li Jingbin
• Niu Jilei
• Li Gensheng
• Cheng Zhen

Classifications

• E21B7/06

  Deflecting the direction of boreholes · CPC title

• E21B41/0035 Primary

  Apparatus or methods for multilateral well technology, e.g. for the completion of or workover on wells with one or more lateral branches · CPC title

• E21B7/046 Primary

  horizontal drilling (drilling with mechanical conveying means E21B7/003) · CPC title

• E21B7/061

  the tool shaft advancing relative to a guide, e.g. a curved tube or a whipstock · CPC title

• E21B7/18

  Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets (E21B7/14 takes precedence) · CPC title