Lead impression tool
A lead impression system having a downhole tool and a lead impression assembly assembled radially around the downhole tool is landed on a previously installed host casing hanger or a casing hanger being installed in the current/same trip to obtain a lead impression from the bore of the wellhead housing and indicate where the host casing hanger is located axially within the wellhead housing with respect to a feature on the bore of the wellhead housing from which the lead impression is obtained. Lead impression modules in the assembly have a lead pad that protrudes radially outward through a window on an outer sleeve according to a pressure differential between an internal and an external pressure of the lead impression assembly. The lead pad retracts to its pre-set position when the pressure differential exceeds a preset burst pressure.
1. A lead impression system, comprising:
a downhole tool;
an outer sleeve assembled radially around the downhole tool, comprising:
a wall; and
at least one window formed through the wall; and
a lead impression assembly assembled radially between the downhole tool and the outer sleeve, comprising:
at least one accumulator;
a pressure relief device;
at least one piston comprising a piston head disposed within a bore of a piston chamber, wherein a first side of the piston head is in fluid communication with a port to the at least one accumulator;
at least one lead impression module comprising:
a lead pad aligned with the at least one window in the outer sleeve;
a piston module; and
springs configured to apply a pressure from the piston module to the lead pad and from the lead pad to the piston module; and
a plurality of conduits and valves in fluid communication between the at least one accumulator, the pressure relief device, the at least one piston, and the at least one lead impression module.
2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the downhole tool is a single trip completion or drilling tool.
3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the lead impression assembly comprises multiple lead impression modules positioned at different axial positions along the downhole tool.
4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the lead impression assembly comprises multiple lead impression modules positioned axi-symmetrically around the downhole tool.
5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the downhole tool comprises a mounting interface, wherein the outer sleeve is assembled onto the mounting interface of the downhole tool.
6. A lead impression assembly, comprising:
at least one accumulator charged to a pre-set pressure;
a pressure relief device;
at least one piston comprising a piston head disposed within a bore of a piston chamber, wherein one side of the piston head is in a fluid communication with a port to the at least one accumulator and the other side in fluid communication with an environment surrounding the lead impression assembly;
at least one lead impression module comprising:
a lead pad;
a piston module; and
springs configured to apply a pressure from the piston module to the lead pad and from the lead pad to the piston module; and
a plurality of conduits and valves in fluid communication between the at least one accumulator, the pressure relief device, the at least one piston, and the at least one lead impression module.
7. The assembly according to claim 6 , comprising two pairs of the lead impression modules, wherein the two pairs are connected to the assembly via a three-way valve.
8. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the lead impression assembly comprises multiple lead impression modules positioned at different axial positions.
9. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the lead impression assembly comprises multiple lead impression modules positioned axi-symmetrically around the downhole tool.
10. The assembly according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of conduits and valves comprises at least one check valve positioned along at least one of the plurality of conduits that extends between the at least one accumulator and the at least one piston.
11. The assembly according to claim 10 , wherein the check valve allows fluid flow in a flow direction from the at least one piston to the at least one accumulator.