One trip drill and casing scrape method and apparatus
View Patent ↗A drilling assembly is tripped in a cased hole to make more open hole. The assembly features retracted scrapers and a closed circulation sub so that the drilling can commence with string pressure delivered to bit nozzles due to the circulation sub being in a closed position. When drilling is done and the bit is to be removed, an object lands on a seat on a sleeve that acts as a piston to break scraper retainers for casing scraping deployment and to open the circulation port. A bypass opens around the seated ball when the sleeve shifts to allow flow around the seated ball for circulation while scraping. Drilling and casing scraping are accomplished in a single trip.
1. A subterranean multi-function pressure actuated tool, comprising:
a tubular housing having a flowpath in selective communication with at least one wall port;
a sleeve assembly having a passage therethrough in fluid communication with said flowpath;
a tool externally mounted to said housing and selectively mechanically locked retracted to said housing in a first position of said sleeve assembly;
wherein movement of said sleeve assembly in one direction to a second position under pressure when said passage is selectively blocked, releases said tool to a further extended position from said housing and puts said flowpath in fluid communication with said wall port.
2. A subterranean multi-function pressure actuated tool, comprising:
a tubular housing having a flowpath in selective communication with at least one wall port;
a sleeve assembly having a passage therethrough in fluid communication with said flowpath;
a tool mounted to said housing and selectively locked to said housing in a first position of said sleeve assembly;
wherein movement of said sleeve assembly in one direction to a second position under pressure when said passage is selectively blocked, releases said tool and puts said flowpath in fluid communication with said wall port;
movement of said sleeve assembly opens said wall port and breaks a retainer that had previously retained said tool to said housing.
3. A subterranean multi-function pressure actuated tool, comprising:
a tubular housing having a flowpath in selective communication with at least one wall port;
a sleeve assembly having a passage therethrough in fluid communication with said flowpath;
a tool mounted to said housing and selectively locked to said housing in a first position of said sleeve assembly;
wherein movement of said sleeve assembly in one direction to a second position under pressure when said passage is selectively blocked, releases said tool and puts said flowpath in fluid communication with said wall port;
said sleeve assembly further comprising a seat around said passage for selectively blocking said passage to enable sleeve assembly movement to said second position whereupon at said second position a bypass is open to allow flow around said seat when obstructed by an object.
4. A subterranean multi-function pressure actuated tool, comprising:
a tubular housing having a flowpath in selective communication with at least one wall port;
a sleeve assembly having a passage therethrough in fluid communication with said flowpath;
a tool mounted to said housing and selectively locked to said housing in a first position of said sleeve assembly;
wherein movement of said sleeve assembly in one direction to a second position under pressure when said passage is selectively blocked, releases said tool and puts said flowpath in fluid communication with said wall port;
said tool comprises a scraper; and
said housing supports a drill bit whereupon a subterranean borehole can be extended with said bit and said scraper can scrape existing tubulars in the borehole in a single trip.
5. The tool of claim 1 , wherein:
said sleeve assembly comprises a single sleeve whose initial movement in response to pressure applied when said passage is selectively closed releases said tool from said housing for relative movement and opens said wall port and reopens said passage.
6. The tool of claim 1 , wherein:
said sleeve assembly comprises a single sleeve whose initial movement in response to pressure applied when said passage is selectively closed releases said tool from said housing for relative movement and opens said wall port and leaves said passage closed with an object landed on a seat surrounding said passage.