Well abandonment tool
View Patent ↗An abandonment tool for abandoning a well is provided. The tool can have a cement tool connectable to coiled tubing for controlling a flow of a cement slurry through the tool, a setting tool provided below the cement tool for setting a bridge plug, an upper shear joint connected between the cement tool and the setting tool, a shear stud connecting the bridge plug to the setting tool, and at least one exhaust port in an inner passage to place the inner passage in fluid communication with an annulus between the abandonment tool and a wall of the well after the bridge plug has plugged the well. The upper shear joint shearing at a first force to separate the cement tool and the setting tool and the shear stud shearing at a second force to separate the bridge plug from the setting tool.
1. An abandonment tool for abandoning a well comprising:
a cement tool connectable to coiled tubing for controlling a flow of a cement slurry through the abandonment tool;
a setting tool provided below the cement tool;
an upper shear joint connected below the cement tool and above the setting tool, the upper shear joint shearing at a first force to separate the cement tool and the setting tool;
a bridge plug for plugging the well, the bridge plug settable by the setting tool;
a shear stud connecting the bridge plug to a bottom end of the setting tool, the shear stud shearing at a second force to separate the bridge plug from the setting tool; and
at least one exhaust port in an inner passage in the abandonment tool to place the inner passage in fluid communication with an annulus between the abandonment tool and a wall of the well after the bridge plug has plugged the well,
wherein the second force is lower than the first force; and
wherein the cement tool comprises:
an upper end connectable to the coiled tubing;
a lower end;
an outer sleeve forming an outer surface of the cement tool;
an inner passage running axially through the cement tool with an inlet in the upper end of the cement tool;
a cement drain sleeve having at least one cement drain;
an annulus formed between an exterior of the cement drain sleeve and an inner surface of the outer sleeve, the annulus in fluid communication with an outlet in the lower end of the cement tool; and
a cement piston provided in the inner passage and having at least one cement port in fluid communication with the inner passage, the cement piston displaceable from an initial top position to a bottom position, wherein when the cement piston is in the initial top position the cement drain sleeve covers the at least one cement port and when the cement position is displaced to the bottom position, the at least one cement port aligns with the at least one cement drain, placing the inner passage of the cement tool in fluid communication with the annulus.
2. The abandonment tool of claim 1 further comprising a check valve positioned below the at least one cement drain.
3. The abandonment tool of claim 1 further comprising:
a dart;
a circulation sub provided at the upper end of the cement tool with the inner passage passing through the circulation sub, the circulation sub having a dart seat for receiving the dart and at least one circulation port in the inner passage;
a circulation sleeve covering the at least one circulation port and displaceable downwards by applying pressure to the dart, when the dart is in the dart seat, to expose the at least one circulation port and place the inner passage in fluid communication with the annulus.
4. The abandonment tool of claim 3 wherein the dart comprises a latching mechanism to latch the dart into the dart seat and at least one seal to seal the inner passage of the cement tool when the dart is positioned in the dart seat.
5. The abandonment tool of claim 1 wherein the first force is 20,000 lbs.
6. The abandonment tool of claim 1 wherein the second force is 18,000 lbs.
7. The abandonment tool of claim 1 further comprising a packer for expansion against a wall of the well to fluidly isolate an annulus of the well below the packer from an annulus of the well above the packer.
8. The abandonment tool of claim 7 wherein the packer comprises:
an equalizer mandrel;
an expandable packer element provided on the equalizer mandrel;
slips provided on the outside of the equalizer mandrel, the slips having outward facing teeth;
a cone provided on the equalizer mandrel to force the slips against the wall of the well when the cone is moved towards the slip; and
a flow passage passing axially through the equalizer mandrel.
9. The abandonment tool of claim 7 wherein the packer is connected between the upper shear joint and the setting tool.
10. The abandonment tool of claim 1 wherein the setting tool is connected to a bottom of the upper shear joint.