Expandable anchor sleeve
A device and method for an expandable anchor sleeve. An expandable anchor sleeve may comprise a front-end and a back-end for a wellbore comprising a base casing. The expandable anchor sleeve may further comprise an anchoring element having a conical shape with a front-end radial thickness being larger than a back-end radial thickness, not less than a difference between corresponding radii of maximum and minimum internal diameters of the base casing and providing the anchoring element is in interference contact with the base casing upon radial expansion of the expandable anchor sleeve by an expansion swage propagating in the front-end direction. A method for installation of an expandable anchor sleeve in a well comprising a base casing which may comprise connecting an expandable anchor sleeve to an expansion, deploying the expandable anchor sleeve, activating the expansion device, and removing the expansion device from the well.
1. An expandable anchor sleeve system for a wellbore comprising a base casing, comprising:
an expansion device comprising:
a shaft;
an expansion swage slidably attached to the shaft;
a connecting device couple to the shaft; and
a thruster; and
an expandable anchor sleeve comprising:
a front-end;
a back-end;
an anchoring element having a conical shape with a front-end radial thickness and a back-end radial thickness, wherein the front-end radial thickness is larger than the back-end radial thickness; and
a ball seat disposed in the front-end, wherein a frac ball is disposed between the ball seat and the connecting device.
2. The expandable anchor sleeve of claim 1 , wherein the anchoring element comprises a C-ring comprising hardened material.
3. An expandable anchor sleeve system, comprising:
an expandable anchor sleeve comprising:
a front-end;
a back-end;
a sealing element disposed at the back-end;
an anchoring element disposed in the expandable anchor sleeve, wherein the anchoring element comprises a conical shape with a front-end radial thickness and a back-end radial thickness wherein the front-end radial thickness is larger than the back-end radial thickness;
a gripping element disposed at the front-end; and
a ball seat disposed in the front-end, wherein a frac ball is disposed between the ball seat and a connecting device; and
an expansion device comprising:
a shaft;
an expansion swage slidably attached to the shaft;
the connecting device coupled to the shaft; and
a thruster.
4. The expandable anchor sleeve of claim 3 , wherein the expandable sleeve comprises a threaded portion at the front-end.
5. A method for installation of an expandable anchor sleeve in a well comprising a base casing, comprising:
(a) connecting an expandable anchor sleeve to an expansion device wherein the expandable anchor sleeve comprises:
a front-end;
a back-end;
an anchoring element disposed in the expandable sleeve, wherein the anchoring element comprises a conical shape with a front-end radial thickness being larger than a back-end radial thickness;
a gripping element disposed at the front-end; and
a ball seat positioned in front of the gripping element, wherein a frac ball is positioned between the ball seat and the gripping element; and
the expansion device comprising:
a shaft;
an expansion swage slidably attached to the shaft;
a connecting device coupled to the shaft; and
a thruster;
(b) deploying the expandable anchor sleeve and the expansion device to a desired location in the well;
(c) activating the expansion device, wherein activating the expansion device expands the anchor sleeve into interference contact with the base casing and disengages the expandable anchor sleeve from the expansion device; and
(d) removing the expansion device from the well.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the expandable anchor sleeve comprises a sealing element disposed at the back-end.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the expandable anchor sleeve comprises a threaded portion at the front-end.
8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the expandable anchor sleeve is coupled to a tubular.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the tubular is an expandable tubular.
10. The method of claim 5 , wherein the expandable anchor sleeve comprises a nipple positioned inside the sleeve.
11. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
(e) fracturing a new perforated zone up-hole of the expandable sleeve;
(f) Repeating steps (a) to (e) for fracturing a plurality of zones.
12. The method of claim 5 , wherein the expandable anchor sleeve further comprises a sealing element disposed at the back-end.