Remotely activated multi-cycle wellbore cleaning tool
A downhole tool for cleaning a wellbore includes a tool body having a passage therein. A liquid is to flow through the passage of the tool body and have an intermittent flow pattern. An inner sleeve positioned within the tool body includes a recess having a recess pattern. In response to the intermittent flow pattern of the flow of fluid, a shift pin positioned in the recess of the inner sleeve is to traverse through the recess pattern. The downhole tool includes at least one scraper blade. The scraper blade is movable between a retracted position and a radially expanded position. In response to the shift pin traversing the recess pattern of the recess, the scraper blade can be expanded radially outward toward a wall of the wellbore from the retracted position to the expanded position and/or retracted inward away from the wall of the wellbore from the expanded position to the retracted position.
1. A tool for cleaning a wellbore, the tool comprising:
a tool body having a flow path for a flow of liquid through the tool body, and at least an upper inner mandrel, a scraper body, and a scraper mandrel;
and
at least one scraper blade positioned on the scraper body, the scraper blade movable between a retracted position and a radially expanded position outward toward a wall of the wellbore, wherein the scraper blade moves in response to axial movement of the upper inner mandrel and the scraper mandrel relative to the scraper body in response to the flow of liquid through the flow path flowing in a direction from a surface of the wellbore to a bottom of the wellbore;
a first magnet; and
a second magnet, wherein the at least one scraper blade is movable between the retracted position and the radially expanded position based on movement of the second magnet relative to the first magnet;
wherein the tool body includes a bypass opening and the upper inner mandrel includes an internal bypass positioned uphole of the scraper body, wherein the bypass opening and the internal bypass align when the at least one scraper blade is in the radially expanded position, enabling fluid flow between the wellbore annulus and the flow path uphole of the at least one scraper blade.
2. The tool of claim 1 , further comprising:
an inner sleeve positioned in the tool body, the inner sleeve including:
a recess that includes a recess pattern;
wherein the inner sleeve is movable between an inactivated position and an activated position; and
a shift pin positioned in the recess and configured to traverse through the recess pattern in response to the flow of liquid through the flow path.
3. The tool of claim 2 ,
wherein the first magnet is disposed on a surface of the at least one scraper blade; and
the second magnet disposed on a surface of the upper inner mandrel.
4. The tool of claim 3 ,
wherein the inner sleeve is movable between the inactivated position and the activated position as the shift pin traverses the recess pattern of the recess,
wherein, in the inactivated position, the first magnet and the second magnet are offset, and
wherein, in the activated position, the first magnet and the second magnet are substantially aligned.
5. The tool of claim 4 , wherein the at least one scraper blade is to retract in response to the first magnet and the second magnet being offset, and wherein the at least one scraper blade is to deploy outward to the radially expanded position, in response to the first magnet and the second magnet being substantially aligned.
6. The tool of claim 2 ,
wherein the at least one scraper blade is to be in the retracted position while the tool is deployed to a cleaning depth in the wellbore where the wellbore is to be cleaned, and
wherein, in response to the tool being positioned at the cleaning depth, the at least one scraper blade to move from the retracted position to the radially expanded position, in response to the shift pin traversing the recess pattern of the recess.
7. The tool of claim 6 , wherein the at least one scraper blade is to move from the radially expanded position back to the retracted position, after at least a portion of the wellbore has been cleaned with the at least one scraper blade and while the tool is positioned in the wellbore.
8. A method comprising:
deploying, into a wellbore, a cleaning tool having at least one scraper blade in a retracted position, the cleaning tool including at least a flow path, an upper inner mandrel, a scraper body, and a scraper mandrel, wherein the at least one scraper blade is positioned on the scraper body;
controlling fluid flow through the flow path of the cleaning tool; and
moving the at least one scraper blade from the retracted position outward toward a wall of the wellbore to a radially expanded position in response to axial movement of the upper inner mandrel and the scraper mandrel relative to the scraper body in response to the flow of liquid flowing through the flow path in a direction from a surface of the wellbore to a bottom of the wellbore, wherein the moving comprises moving a first magnet of the cleaning tool relative to a second magnet of the cleaning tool; and
opening an internal bypass of upper inner mandrel uphole of the scraper body, wherein the internal bypass is open and aligned with a bypass opening of a tool body of the cleaning tool when the at least one scraper blade is in the radially expanded position, enabling fluid flow between the wellbore annulus and the flow path uphole of the at least one scraper blade.
9. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein the cleaning tool includes an inner sleeve positioned in a tool body of the cleaning tool, the inner sleeve including a recess that includes a recess pattern into which a shift pin is positioned;
wherein the shift pin moves through the recess pattern in response to the flow of liquid through the flow path.
10. The method of claim 9 ,
wherein the first magnet is disposed on a surface of the at least one scraper blade and
the second magnet is disposed on a surface of the upper inner mandrel.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the scraper blade is retained in the radially expanded position while the first magnet and the second magnet are substantially aligned.
12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
moving the at least one scraper blade from the radially expanded position back to the retracted position, after cleaning at least a portion of the wellbore and while the cleaning tool is positioned in the wellbore.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein moving the at least one scraper blade from the radially expanded position back to the retracted position comprises moving the at least one scraper blade from the radially expanded position back to the retracted position in response to the first magnet and the second magnet being offset relative to each other.