Treatment tool for use in a subterranean well
A treatment tool can include a housing with longitudinal passages, a valve that controls flow between sections of one passage, another valve that controls flow between the one passage and a section of another passage, and a locking device that prevents the first valve from being transitioned to an open configuration from a closed configuration. A method can include flowing a fluid through a passage of a service string and into an annulus about a screen, the fluid entering the screen and flowing to another annulus via another passage of the service string, then installing a plug in the first passage, thereby preventing flow through the first passage to the annulus about the screen, and creating at least one pressure differential across the plug, thereby preventing flow from an interior of the screen to the other annulus and permitting flow from the first passage to the screen interior.
1. A treatment tool for use with a subterranean well, the treatment tool comprising:
an outer housing with first and second flow passages extending longitudinally through the outer housing;
a first valve that, in respective open and closed configurations, selectively permits and prevents flow between first and second sections of the second flow passage;
a second valve that selectively prevents and permits flow between the first flow passage and the second section of the second flow passage; and
a locking device that prevents the first valve from being transitioned to the open configuration from the closed configuration.
2. The treatment tool of claim 1 , wherein the locking device permits displacement of a member of the first valve in a first direction, but prevents displacement of the member of the first valve in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
3. The treatment tool of claim 2 , wherein the first and second directions comprise longitudinal directions.
4. The treatment tool of claim 2 , wherein the locking device permits displacement of the member of the first valve only in the first direction.
5. The treatment tool of claim 1 , further comprising a mandrel that circumscribes the first flow passage, and wherein the locking device permits displacement of the mandrel in a first longitudinal direction, but prevents displacement of the mandrel in a second longitudinal direction opposite to the first longitudinal direction.
6. The treatment tool of claim 5 , wherein a seal of the first valve engages a seal bore in response to displacement of the mandrel in the first longitudinal direction.
7. The treatment tool of claim 6 , wherein the seal is longitudinally compressed in response to the displacement of the mandrel in the first longitudinal direction.
8. The treatment tool of claim 5 , further comprising a sleeve of the second valve releasably secured to the mandrel, and wherein displacement of the sleeve relative to the mandrel in the first longitudinal direction causes the second valve to permit flow between the first flow passage and the second section of the second flow passage.
9. The treatment tool of claim 8 , wherein a seat is disposed in the sleeve, and wherein a first pressure differential created across a plug engaged with the seat causes the mandrel to displace in the first longitudinal direction.
10. The treatment tool of claim 9 , wherein the first pressure differential causes the first valve to prevent flow between the first and second sections of the second flow passage.
11. The treatment tool of claim 9 , wherein a second pressure differential across the plug causes the sleeve to displace relative to the mandrel in the first longitudinal direction.
12. The treatment tool of claim 11 , wherein the second pressure differential causes the second valve to permit flow between the first flow passage and the second section of the second flow passage.
13. The treatment tool of claim 11 , wherein the second pressure differential is substantially equal to, or greater than, the first pressure differential.
14. The treatment tool of claim 5 , wherein a seat extends about the first flow passage, wherein a pressure differential created across a plug engaged with the seat causes the mandrel to displace in the first longitudinal direction, and further comprising a plug retainer that secures the plug in the first flow passage.