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Granted Patent B2
US 9,938,782 · App. 14/730,365 · Granted Apr 10, 2018

Facility for assembly of well heaters

Inventors: Maurice A Bujold (Cochrane, CA); Doug Beattie (Calgary, CA)
Assignee: ATHABASCA OIL CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 9,938,782
App. No.
14/730,365
Granted
Apr 10, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A facility for assembly of well heaters includes a well of sufficient diameter to receive coiled tubing; a scaffold supporting a coiled tubing injector, wherein the injector is configurable for injection of coiled tubing into the well and configurable for injection of one or more resistive heating cables into coiled tubing in the well; a coiled tubing guide system supported by the injector or the scaffold; and one or more cable guides for guiding the resistive heating cables from respective cable reels into the injector, wherein the cable guides are supported by the scaffold.

Claims (28)

1. A facility for assembly of well heaters, the facility comprising:

a) a well of sufficient diameter to receive coiled tubing;

b) a scaffold supporting a coiled tubing injector, wherein the injector is configurable for injection of coiled tubing into the well and configurable for injection of one or more resistive heating cables into coiled tubing in the well;

c) a coiled tubing guide system supported by the injector or the scaffold; and

d) one or more cable guides for guiding the resistive heating cables from respective cable reels into the injector, wherein the cable guides are supported by the scaffold.

2. The facility of claim 1 wherein the well is a vertical well or a deviated well.

3. The facility of claim 2 wherein the deviated well is deviated from vertical by between about 30 degrees to about 50 degrees.

4. The facility of claim 3 wherein the deviated well is deviated from vertical by between about 35 to about 45 degrees.

5. The facility of claim 1 wherein at least part of the coiled tubing guide system is a gooseneck connected to the injector.

6. The facility of claim 1 wherein the one or more cable guides are guide sheaves supported by the scaffold.

7. The facility of claim 6 wherein the scaffold includes a first platform for workers to obtain access to the injector.

8. The facility of claim 7 wherein the scaffold includes a second platform for workers to obtain access to the top of the injector and to the guide sheaves supported by an upper beam of the scaffold.

9. The facility of claim 1 further comprising a covered structure to provide protection of the facility from weather elements.

10. The facility of claim 9 wherein the covered structure includes a bay opening to allow access of a delivery vehicle to the interior of the covered structure.

11. The facility of claim 1 wherein the injection system is configured to allow exchange of coiled tubing gripper blocks for gripper blocks configured for simultaneous injection of one or more cables.

12. The facility of claim 1 further comprising a separate coiled tubing straightener and a separate cable straightener, each supported by the scaffold.

13. The facility of claim 12 wherein the cable straightener is configured to straighten three cables simultaneously.

14. The facility of claim 12 wherein the coiled tubing straightener is supported by the scaffold below the cable straightener and the cable straightener includes a swivel mechanism to remove the cable straightener from the path of entry of the coiled tubing into the injector.

15. The facility of claim 1 further comprising a crane for moving an assembled well heater spooled on a reel.

16. A facility for assembly of well heaters, the facility comprising:

a) a well of sufficient diameter to receive coiled tubing;

b) a scaffold supporting a coiled tubing injector and a separate coiled tubing straightener, wherein the injector is configurable for injection of coiled tubing into the well and configurable for injection of one or more resistive heating cables into coiled tubing in the well;

c) a coiled tubing guide system supported by the injector or the scaffold; and

d) one or more cable guides for guiding the resistive heating cables from respective cable reels into the injector, wherein the cable guides are supported by the scaffold.

17. The facility of claim 16 , wherein the coiled tubing straightener includes a swivel mechanism for moving the coiled tubing straightener away from the coiled tubing injector.

18. The facility of claim 17 , further comprising a cable straightener supported by the scaffold, the cable straightener configured to straighten three cables simultaneously.

19. The facility of claim 16 wherein the well is a vertical well or a deviated well.

20. The facility of claim 16 wherein the one or more cable guides are guide sheaves supported by a beam of the scaffold.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 24, 2015
From: BUJOLD, MAURICE A; BEATTIE, DOUG
To: ATHABASCA OIL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036644/0246 →
Continuity (4)
Division 14625279 · Feb 18, 2015
Provisional Application 61941251 · Feb 18, 2014
Provisional Application 62080569 · Nov 17, 2014
Related Publication 20150267486A1 · Sep 24, 2015