IP Library Granted Patent US 10,794,133
Granted Patent B2
US 10,794,133 · App. 15/947,163 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

Conveyance member for a resource exploration and recovery system

Inventors: Elias Pena (Katy, TX); Bryan Tindall (Edmond, OK)
Assignee: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
E21B23/12E21B23/04E21B23/14E21B33/072E21B33/08
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Patent No.
US 10,794,133
App. No.
15/947,163
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A downhole system includes a conveyance member having a body including an outer surface, an inner surface, and an interior portion. An actuator is arranged in the interior portion and a fluid trap is provided on the outer surface and operatively connected with the actuator. The fluid trap is selectively positionable in a first configuration establishing a continuously annular surface projecting radially outwardly of the body when being guided downhole and a second configuration allowing fluid to bypass the body when being withdrawn from a wellbore.

Claims (28)

1. A downhole system comprising:

a conveyance member having a body including an outer surface, an inner surface, and an interior portion;

an actuator arranged in the interior portion; and

a fluid trap provided on the outer surface and operatively connected with the actuator, the fluid trap including a first trap member and a second trap member, the fluid trap being selectively positionable in a first configuration establishing a continuously annular surface projecting radially outwardly of the body when being guided downhole and a second configuration wherein the first trap member is spaced from the second trap member allowing fluid to bypass the body when being withdrawn from a wellbore.

2. The downhole system according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid trap comprises a selectively radially outwardly deployable wiper.

3. The downhole system according to claim 2 , wherein the selectively radially outwardly deployable wiper includes a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween.

4. The downhole system according to claim 3 , wherein the second end is selectively moveable relative to the first end.

5. The downhole system according to claim 3 , wherein the intermediate portion defines the continuously annular surface.

6. The downhole system according to claim 5 , wherein the continuously annular surface defines a concave surface.

7. The downhole system according to claim 1 , wherein the first trap member is selectively positionable relative to the second trap member to form the continuously annular surface.

8. The downhole system according to claim 7 , wherein the second trap member is arranged at the first trap member in the first configuration to form the continuously annular surface.

9. The downhole system according to claim 7 , wherein the first trap member includes a plurality of wall members and a plurality of void sections arranged between respective ones of the plurality of wall members, and the second trap member includes a plurality of wall elements and a plurality of voids arranged between respective ones of the plurality of wall elements.

10. The downhole system according to claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of wall members register with a corresponding one of the plurality of the voids and each of the plurality of wall elements register with a corresponding one of the void sections in the first configuration.

11. The downhole system according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of void sections and the plurality of voids define a fluid bypass pathway in the second configuration.

12. A method of guiding a downhole tool into a wellbore comprising:

guiding a downhole tool into the wellbore;

establishing a fluid trap including a first trap member and a second trap member on a conveyance member connected to the downhole tool

introducing a pump down fluid into the wellbore against the fluid trap; and

shifting the downhole tool along the wellbore

with the fluid; and

disabling the fluid trap by separating the first trap member from the second trap member.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein establishing the fluid trap includes shifting a first end of a deployable wiper toward a second end of the deployable wiper to form a concave surface receptive of the pump down fluid.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein establishing the fluid trap includes radially outwardly expanding a continuously annular surface into contact with a wall of the wellbore.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein establishing the fluid trap includes shifting the first trap member toward the second trap member along the downhole tool.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein establishing the fluid trap includes blocking a plurality of void sections of the first trap member with a corresponding plurality of wall elements of the second trap member, and blocking a plurality of voids on the second trap member with a corresponding plurality of wall members of the first trap member.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

withdrawing the downhole tool from the wellbore after disabling the fluid trap.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein disabling the fluid trap includes unblocking the plurality of voids and the plurality of void sections.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 24, 2022
From: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
To: BAKER HUGHES HOLDINGS LLC
Reel/Frame 059498/0728 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2018
From: PENA, ELIAS; TINDALL, BRYAN
To: BAKER HUGHES, A GE COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 045461/0659 →