Pressure-preserved coring tool, use method, and reservoir analysis method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026078647-A1
Application number	US-202319109167-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 8, 2023
Priority date	Sep 9, 2022
Publication date	Mar 19, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present invention relates to the field of drilling coring devices. Disclosed are a pressure-preserved coring tool, a use method, and a reservoir analysis method. The pressure-preserved coring tool comprises an outer cylinder ( 1 ), a differential assembly ( 2 ), a pressure-preserving inner cylinder assembly ( 4 ), and a seal assembly ( 5 ). The differential assembly is configured to be able to drive the pressure-pre-serving inner cylinder assembly to move upwards relative to the seal assembly, so that the seal assembly seals the inner cylinder assembly for accommodating a rock core ( 8 ). Therefore, in the process of taking out a drilled rock core to the ground, the pressure state of the rock core in an in-situ formation can be preserved in the inner cylinder assembly, so that important information, such as physical properties and fluid distribution characteristics of reservoirs under in-situ formation conditions, is obtained by means of, for example, a nuclear magnetic resonance-based analysis and test method, thereby supporting efficient exploration and development of oil and gas resources.

First claim

1 - 17 . (canceled)

18 . A pressure-preserved coring tool, comprising:
an outer cylinder with an axially extending hollow cavity formed therein, wherein the outer cylinder has a first end and a second end; and a differential assembly, a downhole rock core cleaning assembly, a pressure-preserving inner cylinder assembly and a seal assembly that are arranged from top to bottom in the hollow cavity in series, wherein the pressure-preserving inner cylinder assembly as an inner cylinder assembly for accommodating a rock core, the inner cylinder assembly comprises a glass fiber tube and an upper joint and a lower joint respectively connected to two ends of the glass fiber tube, the upper joint and the lower joint are non-ferromagnetic alloy parts, wherein the downhole rock core cleaning assembly is arranged to clean the rock core contained in the inner cylinder assembly by injecting a cleaning solvent into the inner cylinder assembly when driven by the differential assembly, and moves the pressure-preserving inner cylinder assembly toward the first end of the outer cylinder after completing cleaning, the seal assembly is arranged to close an accommodating space of the inner cylinder assembly at the second end of the outer cylinder after the pressure-preserving inner cylinder assembly moves toward the first end of the outer cylinder.

19 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 18 , wherein the differential assembly has a first pitching joint that is connected to a first end of the outer cylinder and extends in the hollow cavity and a differential joint that is socket-connected to the first pitching joint and has an axial relative position defined by a first shear pin, wherein a pressure cavity is arranged inside the differential joint, a first fluid channel with a first ball seat is formed in the first pitching joint, and the first fluid channel is in communication with the pressure cavity through a first diversion hole penetrating through a circumferential wall of the first pitching joint; when the pressure in the pressure cavity reaches a first predetermined value, the first shear pin is cut off, so that the differential joint moves along the first pitching joint toward the first end of the outer cylinder;
the pressure-preserving inner cylinder assembly is connected to an end of the differential joint away from the first end of the outer cylinder through a drive connection so as to move in an axial direction along with the differential joint; and the seal assembly has a seal cover that is arranged to close the accommodating space of the inner cylinder assembly at a second end of the outer cylinder after the pressure-preserving inner cylinder assembly moves toward the first end of the outer cylinder along with the differential joint.

20 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 19 , wherein the outer cylinder comprises an outer cylinder body, and an outer cylinder joint and a coring bit that are connected to two ends of the outer cylinder body respectively, wherein the first pitching joint is connected to the outer cylinder joint, and the seal assembly is mounted on the coring bit and in sealing fit with an outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder assembly.

21 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 20 , wherein the seal assembly has a mounting base fixed to the coring bit and a sealed bin connected to the mounting base and in sealing fit with the outer circumferential surface of the inner cylinder assembly, the mounting base is formed with an opening that allows the rock core to pass therethrough into the inner cylinder assembly, the seal cover is mounted to the mounting base via a torsional spring, so that the seal cover closes the accommodating space of the inner cylinder assembly by closing the opening after the pressure-preserving inner cylinder assembly moves toward the first end of the outer cylinder along with the differential joint, wherein all of the sealed bin, the mounting base and the seal cover are non-ferromagnetic alloy parts.

22 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 18 , wherein the differential joint is formed with a second diversion hole penetrating through its circumferential wall, and, when the differential joint slides toward the first end of the outer cylinder to an upper limit position, the pressure cavity is in communication with an annulus area on the periphery of the differential joint through the second diversion hole.

23 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 18 , wherein the cleaning solvent is a perfluoro solvent.

24 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 19 , wherein the differential assembly is provided with a second pitching joint that is socket-connected into the first pitching joint and has an axial relative position defined by a second shear pin, a second fluid channel that is in communication with the first fluid channel and has a second ball seat is formed in the second pitching joint, and the radial dimension of the second ball seat is smaller than that of the first ball seat; the ultimate shear strength of the second shear pin is smaller than that of the first shear pin, so that when the pressure in the second fluid channel reaches a second predetermined value that is smaller than the first predetermined value, the second shear pin is cut off, thus, the second pitching joint slides along the first pitching joint toward the downhole rock core cleaning assembly, thereby drive the downhole rock core cleaning assembly to inject the cleaning solvent into the inner cylinder assembly.

25 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 24 , wherein the second pitching joint is formed with a third diversion hole penetrating through its circumferential wall, and the differential joint is formed with a fourth diversion hole penetrating through its circumferential wall at a position corresponding to a joint between the differential assembly and the downhole rock core cleaning assembly; when the second pitching joint slides toward the downhole rock core cleaning assembly to a lower limit position, the second fluid channel is in communication with the annulus area on the periphery of the differential joint via the third diversion hole and the fourth diversion hole sequentially.

26 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 24 , wherein the downhole rock core cleaning assembly has a cylinder that is connected between the differential joint and the inner cylinder assembly and formed with a solvent cavity and a piston that is slidably mounted in the cylinder and connected to the second pitching joint via a drive rod, and the cleaning solvent is contained in the solvent cavity and can be injected into the inner cylinder assembly when the piston moves along with the second pitching joint.

27 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 26 , wherein a third fluid channel in communication with the second fluid channel is formed in the drive rod, and a circumferential wall of the drive rod is formed with a fifth diversion hole that extends through the circumferential wall of the drive rod and is used for releasing the pressure in the first fluid channel and the second fluid channel.

28 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 26 , wherein the cylinder comprises an upper cylinder part and a lower cylinder part that are butt-jointed to form the solvent cavity, and the upper cylinder part is formed with a sixth diversion hole in communication with a rod cavity and a space between the drive rod and the differential joint.

29 . The pressure-preserved coring tool of claim 26 , wherein a fluid control valve is arranged in the fluid channel between the solvent cavity and the accommodating space of the inner

Assignees

• China Nat Petroleum Corp
• Cnpc Greatwall Drilling Co

Inventors

• Su Yang
• Sun Shaoliang
• Wang Ren
• Luo Jun
• Zhou Shangwen
• Xie Mengyu
• Xia Boyi
• Duan Xianggang
• Jiao Yang
• Tang Liang
• Dong Chenchen
• Wen Li

Classifications

• E21B25/08 Primary

  Coating, freezing, consolidating cores (E21B25/06 takes precedence); Recovering uncontaminated cores or cores at formation pressure · CPC title

• G01N24/081

  Making measurements of geologic samples, e.g. measurements of moisture, pH, porosity, permeability, tortuosity or viscosity · CPC title

• G01N24/08

  by using nuclear magnetic resonance (G01N24/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E21B25/10

  Formed core retaining or severing means (E21B25/06, E21B25/08 take precedence) · CPC title