IP Library Granted Patent US 10,428,624
Granted Patent B2
US 10,428,624 · App. 15/720,261 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Downhole completion system

Inventor: Ricardo Reves Vasques (Allerød, DK)
Assignee: Welltec Oilfield Solutions AG
E21B41/0042E21B17/003E21B17/028E21B41/0085E21B47/12E21B47/122
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Patent No.
US 10,428,624
App. No.
15/720,261
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A downhole completion system includes an intermediate casing, an outer production casing arranged at least partly within the intermediate casing, a main barrier to seal between the intermediate casing and the outer production casing, and an inner production casing arranged at least partly within the outer production casing. The outer production casing has a first outer inductive coupling arranged below the main barrier, and a first inner inductive coupling is arranged on an outer face of the inner production casing for wireless transfer of communication signals and/or power therebetween. The first inner inductive coupling is connected to the top of the borehole via a first electrical conductor, and a second outer inductive coupling is arranged on an outer face of the outer production casing and connected with the first outer inductive coupling via a second electrical conductor.

Claims (31)

1. A downhole completion system comprising:

an intermediate casing arranged in a borehole having a top,

an outer production casing arranged at least partly within the intermediate casing defining a primary annulus therebetween,

a main barrier configured to provide a primary seal between the intermediate casing and the outer production casing, and

an inner production casing arranged at least partly within the outer production casing defining a secondary annulus therebetween,

wherein the outer production casing comprises a first outer inductive coupling arranged below the main barrier in relation to the top, a first inner inductive coupling is arranged on an outer face of the inner production casing positioned substantially in the same horizontal level as the first outer inductive coupling for wireless transfer of communication signals and/or power therebetween, the first inner inductive coupling being connected to the top via a first electrical conductor, a second outer inductive coupling is arranged on an outer face of the outer production casing below the first outer inductive coupling and connected with the first outer inductive coupling via a second electrical conductor, and a second inner inductive coupling is arranged on the outer face of the inner production casing positioned substantially in the same horizontal level as the second outer inductive coupling for wireless transfer of communication signals and/or power therebetween.

2. The downhole completion system according to claim 1 , wherein the second inner inductive coupling is wireless.

3. The downhole completion system according to claim 1 , wherein the inner production casing comprises a first inner annular barrier and a second inner annular barrier configured to provide zonal isolation of a first inner zone in the secondary annulus, the first inner annular barrier being arranged between the first inner inductive coupling and the second inner inductive coupling, and the second inner annular barrier being arranged below the second inner inductive coupling, so that the second inner inductive coupling is arranged in the first inner zone.

4. The downhole completion system according to claim 3 , wherein the inner production casing comprises a completion component arranged between the first inner annular barrier and the second inner annular barrier.

5. The downhole completion system according to claim 4 , wherein the second inner inductive coupling is connected with the completion component.

6. The downhole completion system according to claim 4 , wherein the completion component is an actuator for moving a sleeve in order to cover or uncover at least one inner opening in the inner production casing.

7. The downhole completion system according to claim 3 , wherein a third inner annular barrier is arranged below the second inner annular barrier to provide a second inner zone opposite the second outer zone.

8. The downhole completion system according to claim 7 , wherein a third inner inductive coupling is arranged in the second inner zone, the third inner inductive coupling being wireless.

9. The downhole completion system according to claim 3 , wherein the inner production casing has an upper part separated from a lower part, the first inner inductive coupling is arranged on the upper part, and the first inner annular barrier is arranged on the lower part.

10. The downhole completion system according to claim 9 , wherein the lower part has a polished bore receptacle for receiving the upper part.

11. The downhole completion system according to claim 9 , wherein the upper part has no annular barriers.

12. The downhole completion system according to claim 9 , wherein the first inner annular barrier is the barrier closest to the top.

13. The downhole completion system according to claim 3 , wherein the annular barrier comprises:

a tubular metal part for mounting as part of the production casing, the tubular metal part having a first expansion opening and an outer face,

an expandable metal sleeve surrounding the tubular metal part and having an inner face facing the tubular metal part and an outer face facing a wall of the borehole or an inner face of another production casing, each end of the expandable metal sleeve being connected with the tubular metal part, and

an annular space between the inner face of the expandable metal sleeve and the tubular metal part, the expandable metal sleeve being configured to expand by entering pressurised fluid into the annular space through the first expansion opening.

14. The downhole completion system according to claim 1 , wherein the outer production casing comprises a first outer annular barrier and a second outer annular barrier to provide zonal isolation of a first outer zone in the primary annulus.

15. The downhole completion system according to claim 14 , wherein the outer production casing has at least one outer opening between the first outer annular barrier and the second outer annular barrier.

16. The downhole completion system according to claim 14 , wherein the second electrical conductor electrically connects the first outer inductive coupling and the second outer inductive coupling, the second electrical conductor extending through the first outer annular barrier.

17. The downhole completion system according to claim 14 , wherein a third outer annular barrier is arranged below the second outer annular barrier to provide a second outer zone, and a third outer inductive coupling is arranged in the second outer zone and is connected with the second outer inductive coupling by a third electrical conductor.

18. The downhole completion system according to claim 1 , wherein an intermediate outer inductive coupling is arranged on the outer face of the outer production casing above the main barrier and positioned substantially in the same horizontal level as the first inner inductive coupling for wireless transfer of communication signals and/or power therebetween, and the intermediate outer inductive coupling is connected with the first outer inductive coupling via the second electrical conductor.

19. A downhole communication or transferring method of using the downhole completion system according to claim 1 , comprising:

sending a signal and/or power from the top to the first inner inductive completion through the first electrical conductor,

wirelessly transferring the signal and/or power from the first inner inductive coupling to the first outer inductive coupling,

sending the signal and/or power from the first outer inductive coupling to the second outer inductive coupling through a second electrical conductor, and

wirelessly transferring the signal and/or power from the second outer inductive coupling to the second inner inductive coupling.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Apr 10, 2019
From: WELLTEC OILFIELD SOLUTIONS AG
To: WELLTEC OILFIELD SOLUTIONS AG
Reel/Frame 048853/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2018
From: WELLTEC A/S
To: WELLTEC OILFIELD SOLUTIONS AG
Reel/Frame 047724/0079 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2017
From: VASQUES, RICARDO REVES
To: WELLTEC A/S
Reel/Frame 044417/0722 →
Priority Claims (2)
EP 16191998 · Sep 30, 2016 · regional
EP 16193459 · Oct 12, 2016 · regional
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180094506A1 · Apr 5, 2018
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