Interruptible pressure testing valve

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9334710-B2
Application number	US-201313742869-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2013
Priority date	Jan 16, 2013
Publication date	May 10, 2016
Grant date	May 10, 2016

Abstract

A wellbore servicing system comprising a pressure testing valve incorporated within a casing string and comprising a housing comprising one or more ports and an axial flowbore, a sliding sleeve, wherein the sliding sleeve is positioned within the housing and transitional from a first position to a second position through a sliding sleeve stroke, wherein, in the first position, the sliding sleeve blocks a route of fluid communication via the one or more ports and, in the second position the sliding sleeve does not block the route of fluid communication via the one or more ports, wherein the pressure testing valve is configured such that application of a predetermined pressure to the axial flowbore for a predetermined duration causes the sliding sleeve to transition from the first position to the second position, wherein the predetermined duration is at least about one minute.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A wellbore servicing system comprising:
a casing string; and
a pressure testing valve, the pressure testing valve incorporated within the casing string and comprising:
a housing comprising one or more ports and an axial flowbore;
a fluid chamber not fluidicly exposed to the axial flowbore;
a sliding sleeve, wherein
the sliding sleeve is slidably positioned within the housing and transitional from:
a first position to a second position through a sliding sleeve stroke;
wherein, when the sliding sleeve is in the first position, the sliding sleeve blocks a route of fluid communication via the one or more ports and, when the sliding sleeve is in the second position the sliding sleeve does not block the route of fluid communication via the one or more ports;
wherein the pressure testing valve is configured such that application of a predetermined pressure to the axial flowbore for a predetermined duration causes the sliding sleeve to transition from the first position to the second position, wherein the predetermined duration is at least about one minute;

the sliding sleeve comprises a collar configured to divide the fluid chamber into a first chamber portion and a second chamber portion across at least a first portion of the sliding sleeve stroke; and
the collar comprises a check valve configured to control fluid communication from the first chamber portion to the second chamber portion over at least the first portion of the sliding sleeve stroke.

2. The wellbore servicing system of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined pressure comprises a pressure threshold.

3. The wellbore servicing system of claim 2 , wherein the predetermined pressure varies over the predetermined duration.

4. The wellbore servicing system of claim 1 , wherein the pressure testing valve comprises one or more frangible members.

5. The wellbore servicing system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more frangible members are configured to restrain the sliding sleeve in the first position.

6. The wellbore servicing system of claim 2 , wherein the pressure threshold is at least about 8,000 p.s.i.

7. The wellbore servicing system of claim 2 , wherein the pressure threshold is at least about 10,000 p.s.i.

8. The wellbore servicing system of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined duration is from about 15 minutes to about 60 minutes.

9. The wellbore servicing system of claim 3 , wherein the predetermined duration comprises an accumulation of one or more subintervals of time.

10. A wellbore servicing method comprising:
positioning casing string having a pressure testing valve incorporated therein within a wellbore penetrating the subterranean formation, wherein the pressure testing valve comprises:
a housing comprising one or more ports and an axial flowbore;
a fluid chamber not fluidicly exposed to the axial flowbore; and
a sliding sleeve, wherein
the sliding sleeve is slidably positioned within the housing;
the sliding sleeve is configured to block a route of fluid communication via one or more ports when the casing string is positioned within the wellbore;
the sliding sleeve comprises a collar configured to divide the fluid chamber into a first chamber portion and a second chamber portion across at least a first portion of the sliding sleeve stroke; and
the collar comprises a check valve configured to control fluid communication from the first chamber portion to the second chamber portion over at least the first portion of the sliding sleeve stroke;

applying a fluid pressure of at least a pressure threshold to the axial flowbore, wherein, upon application of the fluid pressure of at least the pressure threshold, the sliding sleeve continues to block the route of fluid communication via the one or more ports; and
continuing to apply fluid pressure to the axial flowbore for a predetermined duration of time, wherein the predetermined duration is at least about one minute, and wherein, following the predetermined duration of time, the sliding sleeve allows fluid communication via one or more ports of the housing.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the sliding sleeve is initially retained by one or more frangible members prior to the application of fluid pressure of at least the upper threshold, wherein the application of fluid pressure of at least the pressure threshold causes the one or more frangible members to fail.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the pressure threshold is at least about 8,000 p.s.i.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the pressure threshold is at least about 10,000 p.s.i.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the predetermined duration is from about 15 minutes to about 60 minutes.

15. The method of claim 10 , further comprising communicating a fluid via the one or more ports.

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Pacey Kendall Lee
• Berscheidt Kevin Thomas
• Howell Matthew Todd

Classifications

• E21B34/063

  Valve or closure with destructible element, e.g. frangible disc (E21B34/103 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E21B34/103 Primary

  with a shear pin · CPC title

• E21B47/117

  Detecting leaks, e.g. from tubing, by pressure testing · CPC title

• E21B47/1025

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic