Wellbore completion
A wellbore completion includes a housing and a mandrel. The housing is coupled with a wellbore string disposed within a well that includes a first wellbore and a second wellbore extending from the first wellbore. The housing resides at the juncture and includes fluid port, a first fluid inlet fluidly coupled with the first wellbore, and a second fluid inlet fluidly coupled with the second wellbore. The mandrel includes a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit and is rotatable to position the mandrel in a first position, in which the first fluid conduit is aligned with the fluid port and the first fluid inlet to open a fluid pathway from the first wellbore, or a second position, in which the second fluid conduit is aligned with the fluid port and the second fluid inlet to open a second fluid pathway from the second wellbore.
1 . A wellbore completion, comprising:
a housing coupled with a downhole end of a wellbore string disposed within a well, the well comprising a first wellbore and a second wellbore extending from the first wellbore at a juncture of the well, the housing residing at or near the juncture and comprising:
a fluid port fluidly coupled with the wellbore string,
a first fluid inlet fluidly coupled with the first wellbore, and
a second fluid inlet fluidly coupled with the second wellbore; and
a mandrel disposed within the housing and residing downhole of the fluid port, the mandrel comprising a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit;
wherein the mandrel is rotatable to position the mandrel in a first position, in which the first fluid conduit is aligned with the fluid port and the first fluid inlet to open a fluid pathway from the first wellbore to the wellbore string, or a second position, in which the second fluid conduit is aligned with the fluid port and the second fluid inlet to open a second fluid pathway from the second wellbore to the wellbore string.
2 . The wellbore completion of claim 1 , wherein the mandrel is rotatable by an electric motor, the electric motor controllable from a terranean surface of the well.
3 . The wellbore completion of claim 2 , further comprising a controller disposed at the terranean surface of the well and a cable coupled with the controller and the electric motor to transmit information from the controller to the electric motor to control the electric motor.
4 . The wellbore completion of claim 1 , wherein the first wellbore is a vertical wellbore and the second wellbore is a non-vertical wellbore.
5 . The wellbore completion of claim 1 , wherein the housing is a completion housing coupled with production tubing residing downhole of the housing and disposed within the first wellbore, the production tubing fluidly coupled with the first fluid inlet of the completion housing.
6 . The wellbore completion of claim 5 , further comprising a flapper valve coupled with the production tubing, the flapper valve operable to open or close a fluid pathway from the production tubing to the completion housing.
7 . The wellbore completion of claim 6 , wherein the flapper valve is operable by a linear actuator, the linear
actuator controllable from a terranean surface of the well.
8 . The wellbore completion of claim 7 , further comprising a controller disposed at the terranean surface of the well and a cable coupled with the controller and the linear actuator to transmit information from the controller to the linear actuator to open or close the flapper valve.
9 . The wellbore completion of claim 8 , wherein the linear actuator is a hydraulic actuator comprising a spring-loaded tube movable under pressure of a fluid flowed by a fluid pump, the fluid pump operable by the controller to either (i) push, with the fluid, the spring-loaded tube downhole to open the flapper valve, or (ii) reduce a pressure of the fluid to allow a spring of the spring-loaded tube to push the spring-loaded tube uphole to close the flapper valve.
10 . A wellbore assembly, comprising:
a housing configured to be coupled with a wellbore string, the housing configured to reside at or near a juncture between a first wellbore and a second wellbore, the housing comprising a fluid port that is, with the housing coupled with the wellbore string, fluidly coupled with the wellbore string; and
a mandrel coupled with the housing and residing downhole of the fluid port, the mandrel comprising a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit, the mandrel being rotatable to at least one of (i) align the first fluid conduit with the fluid port and the first wellbore to open a first fluid pathway from the first wellbore to the wellbore string, or (ii) align the second fluid conduit with the fluid port and the second wellbore to open a second fluid pathway from the second wellbore to the wellbore string.
11 . The wellbore completion of claim 10 , further comprising a sliding sleeve door (SSD) coupled with the wellbore string and residing uphole of the housing, the SSD configured to open or close a fluid pathway between the second wellbore and the production string.
12 . The wellbore completion of claim 11 , further comprising a first packer residing uphole of the SSD and a downhole packer residing downhole of the mandrel, the juncture disposed between the first packer and the second packer such that the first packer isolates the second wellbore from an annulus uphole of the first packer and the second packer isolates the first wellbore from the second wellbore.
13 . The wellbore completion of claim 10 , further comprising a controller electrically coupled with and configured to control an electric motor coupled with the mandrel to rotate the mandrel in response to receiving information from the controller.
14 . The wellbore completion of claim 13 , further comprising a flapper valve coupled downhole of the housing, the flapper valve operable by a linear actuator, the controller electrically coupled with and configured to control the linear actuator to open or close the flapper valve in response to receiving information from the controller to regulate a flow of fluid from the vertical wellbore into the housing.
15 . The wellbore completion of claim 14 , wherein the linear actuator is a hydraulic actuator comprising a spring-loaded tube movable under pressure of a fluid flowed by a fluid pump, the fluid pump operable by the controller to either (i) push, with the fluid, the spring-loaded tube downhole to open the flapper valve, or (ii) reduce a pressure of the fluid to allow a spring of the spring-loaded tube to push the spring-loaded tube uphole to close the flapper valve.
16 . The wellbore completion of claim 10 , wherein the first wellbore is a vertical wellbore and the second wellbore is a non-vertical wellbore.
17 . The wellbore completion of claim 10 , further comprising a sensor coupled with the mandrel, the sensor communicatively coupled with a receiver and configured to transmit sensor feedback to the receiver, the sensor feedback comprising an orientation of the mandrel to guide at least one of (i) a placement of the housing at the juncture, or (ii) a rotation of the mandrel with respect to the housing to open or close the first fluid pathway or second fluid pathway.
18 . A method, comprising:
rotating a mandrel of a wellbore completion assembly, the wellbore completion assembly comprising:
a housing coupled with a wellbore string and residing at or near a juncture between a first wellbore and a second wellbore, the housing comprising a fluid port fluidly coupled with the wellbore string, and
a mandrel coupled with the housing and residing downhole of the fluid port, the mandrel comprising a first fluid conduit and a second fluid conduit, the mandrel being rotatable to at least one of (i) align the first fluid conduit with the fluid port and the first wellbore, or (ii) align the second fluid conduit with the fluid port and the second wellbore, wherein rotating the mandrel comprises rotating the mandrel to align the first fluid conduit with the fluid port and the first wellbore, opening a first fluid pathway extending from the first wellbore to the wellbore string; and
rotating the mandrel to align the second fluid conduit with the fluid port and the second wellbore, closing the first fluid pathway and opening a second fluid pathway extending from the second wellbore to the wellbore string.
19 . The wellbore completion of claim 18 , further comprising, before rotating the mandrel to open the first fluid pathway, determining, by controller and as a function of sensor feedback or an operator input, that the first fluid pathway is to be opened.
20 . The wellbore completion of claim 19 , wherein the sensor feedback is sensor feedback from one or more sensors coupled with the wellbore string, the sensor feedback comprising at least one of a flow rate, pressure, or temperature of production fluid in the wellbore string.