Pulse based perf and wash system and method
A perf and wash system for plugging a casing and wellbore, the perf and wash system including a cleaning tool having at least one nozzle making a first angle with a longitudinal axis of the system; a perforating gun assembly having at least one shaped charge making a second angle with the longitudinal axis; and a plug connected with a first end to the cleaning tool and with a second end, opposite to the first end, to the perforating gun assembly. The first angle is substantially equal to the second angle and the first and second angles are different than 90 degrees.
1. A perf and wash system ( 300 ) for plugging a casing and wellbore, the perf and wash system comprising:
a cleaning tool ( 310 ) having at least one nozzle ( 312 ) making a first angle with a longitudinal axis of the system;
a perforating gun assembly ( 320 ) having at least one shaped charge ( 510 ) making a second angle with the longitudinal axis; and
a plug ( 334 ) connected with a first end to the cleaning tool ( 310 ) and with a second end, opposite to the first end, to the perforating gun assembly ( 320 ),
wherein the first angle is substantially equal to the second angle and the first and second angles are different than 90 degrees.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning tool is configured to generate a pulsing water jet through the at least one nozzle.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first and second angles are both acute or both obtuse.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the at least one nozzle of the cleaning tool includes a first set of nozzles having the first angle and a second set of nozzles having a third angle, which is different from the first angle.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the at least one shaped charge of the perforating gun assembly includes a first set of shaped charges having the second angle, and a second set of shaped charges having a fourth angle, different from the second angle.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the second angle is substantially equal to the fourth angle.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein one of the first and third angles is acute and another one of the first and third angles is obtuse.
8. The system of claim 5 , wherein the at least one nozzle includes a third set of nozzles that are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one shaped charge includes a third set of charges that are perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the plug is configured to be set to close the casing and to detach from the cleaning tool.
11. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
first and second bypassing valves that are located to sandwich the cleaning tool; and
an automatic gun release module located between the plug and the perforating gun assembly and configured to release the perforating gun assembly.
12. A perf and wash system ( 300 ) for plugging a casing, the perf and wash system comprising:
a cleaning tool ( 310 ) having at least one nozzle ( 312 );
a perforating gun assembly ( 320 ) having at least one shaped charge ( 510 ); and
a plug ( 334 ) connected with a first end to the cleaning tool ( 310 ) and with a second end, opposite to the first end, to the perforating gun assembly ( 320 ),
wherein the cleaning tool is configured to generate a pulsing water jet through the at least one nozzle.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one nozzle makes a first angle with a longitudinal axis of the system, the at least one shaped charge makes a second angle with the longitudinal axis, the first angle is equal to the second angle, and the first and second angles are different than 90 degrees.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the at least one nozzle of the cleaning tool includes a first set of nozzles having the first angle and a second set of nozzles having a third angle, which is different from the first angle, and the at least one shaped charge of the perforating gun assembly includes a first set of shaped charges having the second angle, and a second set of shaped charges having a fourth angle, different from the second angle.
15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the third angle is substantially equal to the fourth angle.
16. A method for cleaning a casing in a well, the method comprising:
selecting ( 1100 ) a perforating gun assembly ( 320 ) having at least one shaped charge ( 510 ) making a first angle with a longitudinal axis of the casing;
selecting ( 1102 ) a cleaning tool ( 310 ) having at least one nozzle ( 312 ) making substantially the first angle with the longitudinal axis, wherein the cleaning tool is configured to generate a pulsed water jet ( 316 ) through the at least one nozzle ( 312 );
connecting ( 1104 ) a plug ( 334 ) with a first end to the cleaning tool ( 310 ) and with a second end, opposite to the first end, to the perforating gun assembly ( 320 ), to form a pert and wash system ( 300 );
lowering ( 1106 ) the pert and wash system ( 300 ) into the casing; and
cleaning ( 1108 ) the casing with the pulsed water jet ( 316 ) of the cleaning tool ( 310 ).
17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:
activating the perforating gun system to make holes into the casing; and
releasing the perforating gun system from the pert and wash system.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the holes are convergent or divergent.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the holes are inclined downward relative to the casing and gravel is packed into the holes.
20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
setting the plug downstream from the holes made by the perforating gun system to close the casing; and
separating the plug from the cleaning tool.
21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
positioning the cleaning tool above the holes made by the perforating gun system; and
cleaning the casing and cement formed in an annulus between the casing and a wall of the well, with the pulsed water jet.
22. The method of claim 21 , further comprising:
pouring cement into the casing and the annulus to form a cement plug.