Axial and rotational alignment system and method
An axial and rotational alignment system including a casing string having an axial orientation feature and a rotational orientation feature; and a tubing string having an axial and rotational orientation assembly thereon, the assembly including a rotational alignment subassembly having a selectively actuable member that is selectively engagable with the rotational orientation feature.
1. An axial and rotational alignment system comprising:
a casing string having an axial orientation feature and a rotational orientation feature; and
a tubing string having an axial and rotational orientation assembly thereon, the assembly including a rotational alignment subassembly having a selectively actuable member that is selectively engagable with the rotational orientation feature, the rotational alignment subassembly including a communication device and wherein the communication device is radially outwardly extendible toward the casing.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rotational orientation feature is a recess.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the member is radially extendible.
4. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the member is biased to a radially extended position.
5. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the member is a pawl.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the axial and rotational orientation assembly includes an axial alignment subassembly.
7. The system as claimed in claim 6 wherein the axial alignment subassembly includes a dog housing and a dog biased radially outwardly from the dog housing.
8. The system as claimed in claim 7 wherein the dog includes a profile at a surface thereof engagable with the casing string.
9. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rotational alignment subassembly includes a friction reducer at an interface between the rotational alignment subassembly and an axial alignment subassembly.
10. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication device is a transceiver.
11. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication device is a transducer.
12. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the communication device is housed in a communication housing.
13. An axial and rotational alignment system comprising:
a casing string having an axial orientation feature and a rotational orientation feature; and
a tubing string having an axial and rotational orientation assembly thereon, the assembly including a rotational alignment subassembly having a selectively actuable member that is selectively engagable with the rotational orientation feature, the rotational alignment subassembly including a communication device and wherein the rotational alignment subassembly includes a cam pin.
14. The system as claimed in claim 13 wherein the cam pin is configured and dimensioned to be shearable at a selected load.
15. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the tubing string includes a helical groove.
16. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rotational alignment subassembly houses the selectively actuable member.
17. A method for axially and rotationally orienting a communications system comprising:
engaging a dog of the system of claim 1 into the rotational orientation feature in the casing;
moving the tubing string to rotate the rotational alignment subassembly;
actuating the selectively actuable member; and
engaging the selectively actuable member with the rotational orientation feature of the casing.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the moving is axial.