Capillary injection delivery system having tubing anchor
A capillary injection system delivers chemical with a capillary string to a targeted area in a wellbore such as adjacent a rod pump of a reciprocating pump system. The capillary string is disposed along the production string and delivers the chemical downhole. A tubing anchor disposed on the production string anchors the production string in tension in the casing. The tubing anchor has a mandrel coupled to the production string and has a housing disposed on the mandrel. The mandrel accommodates the capillary string outside thereof and defines a guide slot for controlling relative movement of the mandrel and the housing engaged with the guide slot. The housing has a slip movable outward from the mandrel. The mandrel is in a set condition is moved axially in the guide slot, and the slip is moved outward from the mandrel against the casing.
1. An apparatus for delivering chemicals through a capillary string disposed along a production string in casing, the apparatus comprising:
a mandrel coupled to the production string and accommodating a portion of the capillary string outside thereof, the mandrel defining first and second slots, the first slot having a lateral portion extending laterally along the mandrel and having a first longitudinal portion extending longitudinally along the mandrel;
a housing disposed on the mandrel about the capillary string and engaged with the first slot; and
a holder disposed on the housing and being rotatably coupled to the housing, the holder engaged with the second slot on the mandrel, the holder having a slip movable outward from the mandrel,
wherein in an unset condition, the mandrel has a cone positioned away from the slip, and
wherein in a set condition, the mandrel is first rotated to move laterally via the lateral portion of the first slot relative to the housing such that the holder having the slip is rotated with the mandrel relative to the housing via the rotatable coupling, and the mandrel is then shifted to move longitudinally via the first longitudinal portion of the first slot relative to the housing such that the holder having the slip is moved with the housing longitudinally via the second slot and the cone moves the slip outward against the casing.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mandrel comprises a ring disposed thereon and supporting the portion of the capillary string on the outside of the mandrel.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the cone comprises a ring disposed on the mandrel with a breakable connection.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the ring defines a notch on an inside dimension accommodating passage of the portion of the capillary string.
5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the breakable connection comprises one or more shear screws affixing the ring to the mandrel.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the mandrel in the set condition is rotated less than a full turn in the lateral portion of the first slot relative to the housing.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises an external drag member engaging the casing.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the housing defines a third slot extending laterally about the housing, the holder engaged with the third slot and movable laterally therein.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first slot comprises a second longitudinal portion extending longitudinally along the mandrel, wherein the mandrel in the unset condition has the housing caught in the second longitudinal portion of the first slot and holds the cone away from the slip.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the lateral portion of the first slot interconnects the first and second longitudinal portions, wherein the mandrel rotates and further moves a longitudinal amount in the lateral portion to transition between the set and unset conditions.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the mandrel transitions between the set and unset conditions with less than a full turn of the mandrel.
12. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an injection valve disposed on a distal end of the capillary string downhole of the mandrel.
13. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a pump disposed on the production string downhole of the tubing anchor.
14. A lift system for a wellbore having casing, the system comprising:
a production string disposed in the casing and conducting produced fluid uphole;
a capillary string disposed along the production string and delivering chemicals downhole; and
a tubing anchor disposed on the production string and anchoring the production string in tension in the casing, the tubing anchor at least including:
a mandrel coupled to the production string and accommodating a portion of the capillary string outside thereof, the mandrel defining a first slot and a second slot, the first slot having a lateral portion extending laterally along the mandrel and having a first longitudinal portion extending longitudinally along the mandrel,
a housing disposed on the mandrel about the capillary string and engaged with the first slot;
a holder disposed on the housing and being rotatably coupled to the housing, the holder engaged with the second slot on the mandrel, the holder having a slip movable outward from the mandrel,
wherein in an unset condition, the mandrel has a cone positioned away from the slip, and
wherein in a set condition, the mandrel is first rotated to move laterally via the lateral portion of the first slot relative to the housing such that the holder having the slip is rotated with the mandrel relative to the housing via the rotatable coupling, and the mandrel is then shifted to move longitudinally via the first longitudinal portion of the first slot relative to the housing such that the holder having the slip is moved with the housing longitudinally via the second slot and the cone moves the slip outward from the mandrel against the casing.
15. The system of claim 14 , further comprising an injection valve disposed on a distal end of the capillary string downhole of the tubing anchor.
16. The system of claim 14 , further comprising a pump disposed on the production string downhole of the tubing anchor.
17. A method of delivering chemicals downhole of a tubing anchor on production string in casing, the method comprising:
running a capillary string along the production string past a slip of the tubing anchor, the tubing anchor having a mandrel, a housing, and a holder, the mandrel defining first and second slots, the housing disposed on the mandrel about the capillary string and engaged with the first slot, the holder disposed on the housing and being rotatably coupled to the housing, the holder engaged with the second slot on the mandrel and having the slip;
deploying the production string, the capillary string, and the tubing anchor into the casing;
moving the slip on the tubing anchor outward toward the casing by rotating the production string less than a full turn to move the mandrel laterally via the first slot relative to the housing such that the holder having the slip is rotated with the mandrel relative to the housing via the rotatable coupling and pulling tension on the production string to move the mandrel longitudinally via the first slot relative to the housing such that the holder having the slip is moved with the housing longitudinally via the second slot and the slip moves outward against the casing; and
holding the production string in tension in the casing by setting the slip of the tubing hanger against the casing.