Dual-walled coiled tubing with downhole flow actuated pump
Dual-walled coiled tubing assemblies are used to dispose a flow actuated pump into a wellbore. Dual-walled coiled tubing assemblies include an inner coiled tubing string and an outer coiled tubing string.
1. A fluid pumping arrangement for use in pumping a wellbore fluid from a subterranean location in a wellbore, the fluid pumping arrangement comprising:
a flow actuated pump;
a dual-walled coiled tubing running string for disposing the flow actuated pump into the wellbore, the dual-walled coiled tubing running string having:
an inner coiled tubing string defining an inner coiled tubing central axial pathway along its length;
an outer coiled tubing string radially surrounding the inner coiled tubing string;
a first fluid flow path is defined within the inner coiled tubing string;
a second fluid flow path is defined radially between the inner coiled tubing string and the outer coiled tubing string;
a third fluid flow path is defined radially between the outer coiled tubing string and a wall of the wellbore;
wherein power fluid for actuating the flow actuated pump is flowed to the flow actuated pump through the first fluid flow path; and
wherein exhausted power fluid is flowed through the third fluid flow path and wellbore fluid is flowed through the second fluid flow path.
2. The fluid pumping arrangement of claim 1 wherein:
exhausted power fluid is flowed through the second fluid flow path; and
the wellbore fluid is flowed through the third fluid flow path.
3. The fluid pumping arrangement of claim 1 wherein the wellbore fluid is water.
4. The fluid pumping arrangement of claim 1 further comprising a packer to zonally isolate the flow actuated pump within the wellbore.
5. A fluid pumping arrangement for dewatering a gas well, the fluid pumping arrangement comprising:
a flow actuated pump to pump water from the gas well;
a dual-walled coiled tubing running string for disposing the flow actuated pump into the wellbore, the dual-walled coiled tubing running string having:
an inner coiled tubing string defining an inner coiled tubing central axial pathway along its length;
an outer coiled tubing string radially surrounding the inner coiled tubing string, the outer coiled tubing string defining an outer coiled tubing string central axial passage along its length;
a first fluid flow path defined along the inner coiled tubing central axial pathway;
a second fluid flow path defined radially between the inner coiled tubing string and the outer coiled tubing string;
a third fluid flow path is defined radially between the outer coiled tubing string and a wall of the wellbore;
power fluid for actuating the flow actuated pump is flowed to the flow actuated pump through the first fluid flow path; and
commingled exhausted power fluid and wellbore fluid are flowed through either or both of the second and third fluid flow path.
6. The fluid pumping arrangement of claim 5 wherein:
exhausted power fluid is flowed through the second fluid flow path; and
the wellbore fluid is flowed through the third fluid flow path.
7. A method of pumping wellbore fluid from a subterranean location in a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of:
disposing a fluid pumping arrangement into the wellbore, the fluid pumping arrangement having a dual-walled coiled tubing running string and a flow actuated pump affixed to the dual-walled coiled tubing running string;
the dual-walled coiled tubing running string includes an inner coiled tubing string and an outer coiled tubing string;
flowing a power fluid through a first fluid flow path which is defined radially within the inner coiled tubing running string to actuate the flow actuated pump;
a second fluid flow path is defined radially between the inner coiled tubing string and the outer coiled tubing string; and
wellbore fluid is flowed away from the flow actuated pump along the second fluid flow path.
8. The method of claim 7 wherein:
exhausted power fluid is flowed away from the flow actuated pump along the second fluid flow path.