Resettable latch assembly with energy transfer line(s) feed through
In general, in one aspect, embodiments relate to a resettable latch assembly for latching downhole to a mating mandrel; that comprises a mandrel, a latch collet disposed on the mandrel, wherein the latch collet is radially flexible with respect to the mating mandrel, and an energy transfer line extending a length of the mandrel; wherein the resettable latch assembly is latchable, releasable, and relatchable to the mating mandrel with translational movement.
1 . A resettable latch assembly for latching downhole to a mating mandrel, comprising:
a mandrel;
a latch collet disposed on the mandrel, wherein the latch collet is radially flexible with respect to the mating mandrel; and
an energy transfer line extending a length of the mandrel;
wherein the resettable latch assembly is latchable, releasable, relatchable to the mating mandrel with translational movement, wherein the mandrel is a lower mandrel, and wherein the resettable latch assembly further comprises:
an upper mandrel coupled to the lower mandrel with upper shear members;
a latch mandrel coupled to the upper mandrel that is disposed on the lower mandrel and at least partially extends between the latch collet and the lower mandrel; and
a sleeve disposed on the lower mandrel and coupled to the lower mandrel with shear members, wherein the sleeve comprises a collar engageable with the latch collet to limit downward movement of the latch collet on the lower mandrel.
2 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 1 , wherein lower mandrel comprises a body lock ring engagement with the upper mandrel.
3 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the lower mandrel comprises a collar spaced on the lower mandrel from the sleeve.
4 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the collar of the sleeve is positionable under the latch mandrel to support fingers of the latch mandrel locking the latch collet to the mating mandrel.
5 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the resettable latch assembly further comprises:
a landing shoulder disposed on the mandrel below the latch collet; and
a locking collet disposed on the mandrel and axially moveable with respect to the mandrel from a locked position to an unlocked position, wherein, in the locked position, the locking collet is configured to remain axially stationary with respect to the mandrel.
6 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 5 , wherein the locking collet and the latch collet are a unitary member with the latch collet positioned below the locking collet.
7 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 5 , wherein the latch collet is positioned below the locking collet, and wherein the locking collet comprises a collet shoulder that extends inward from the locking collet, and wherein the mandrel comprises a first mandrel groove and a second mandrel groove, and wherein the locking collet is in the locked position when the collet shoulder is positioned in either of the first mandrel groove or the second mandrel groove.
8 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the latch collet comprises a plurality of slots to define a plurality of fingers, and wherein the latch collet is engageable with the mating mandrel with the plurality of fingers to latch the resettable latch assembly to the mating mandrel.
9 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the mandrel comprises a latch support feature that is positionally behind the fingers at a collet engagement surface to latch the resettable latch assembly to the mating mandrel.
10 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 9 , wherein the latch support feature comprises a radial extension from the mandrel.
11 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 1 , wherein the energy transfer line comprises a fiberoptic line.
12 . A resettable latch assembly for latching downhole to a mating mandrel, comprising:
a mandrel;
a locking collet disposed on the mandrel and axially moveable with respect to the mandrel from a locked position to an unlocked position, wherein, in the locked position, the looking collet is configured to remain axially stationary with respect to the mandrel, further wherein the locking collet comprises a sleeve locking feature that engages a mandrel locking feature to lock the locking collet in the locked position;
a latch collet disposed on the mandrel, wherein e latch collet is radially flexible with respect to the mating mandrel, and further wherein the latch collet is positioned uphole from the locking collet;
a landing shoulder disposed on the mandrel below the latch collet, wherein the landing shoulder is disposed on an uphole end of the locking collet;
an energy transfer fine extending a length of the mandrel;
wherein the resettable latch assembly is latchable, releasable, relatchable to the mating mandrel with translational movement.
13 . The resettable latch assembly of claim 12 , further comprising a snap ring disposed on the mandrel uphole from the latch collet that is engageable with the latch collet to restrict axial movement of the latch collet with respect to the mandrel in an uphole direction.
14 . A resettable latch assembly for latching downhole toto a mating mandrel, comprising:
a mandrel wherein the mandrel is a lower mandrel;
a latch collet disposed on the mandrel, wherein the latch collet is radially flexible with respect to the mating mandrel; and
an energy transfer line extending a length of the mandrel;
wherein the resettable latch assembly is latchable, releasable, and relatchable to the mating mandrel with translational movement, and wherein the resettable latch assembly further comprises:
an upper mandrel coupled to the lower mandrel with upper shear members;
a latch mandrel coupled to the upper mandrel that is disposed on the lower mandrel and at least partially s bet the latch collet and the lower mandrel, wherein the latch mandrel comprises a co lar below the latch collet, wherein the latch mandrel is under the latch mandrel to support fingers of the latch mandrel locking the latch collet to the mating mandrel; and
a spring disposed on the lower mandrel below the latch mandrel; and
a shear ring disposed on the lower mandrel below the spring that limits downward movement of the spring wherein the shear ring is coupled to the lower man with lower shear members.
15 . A method for latching to a mating mandrel, comprising:
running a resettable latch assembly into the mating mandrel positioned in a borehole, wherein the resettable latch assembly comprises an energy transfer line;
engaging a collet engagement surface of the resettable latch assembly with a mating engagement surface of the mating mandrel to latch to resettable latch assembly in the mating mandrel;
disengaging the resettable latch assembly from the mating mandrel by moving the resettable latch assembly uphole without rotation;
moving the resettable latch assembly downhole to reengage the collet engagement surface of the resettable latch assembly with the mating engagement surface of the mating mandrel to latch the resettable latch assembly in the mating mandrel;
coupling the energy transfer line to a downhole energy transfer line; and
supporting fingers of the latch mandrel at the collet engagement surface to lock the latch mandrel on the mating mandrel, wherein:
moving the resettable latch assembly downhole to reengage the collet engagement surface of the resettable latch assembly with the mating engagement surface further comprises landing a lower mandrel of the resettable latch assembly in the mating mandrel to limit downward movement of the resettable latch assembly; and
then applying additional downward force to the resettable latch assembly such that upper shear members holding the lower mandrel to an upper mandrel of the resettable latch assembly are sheared.
16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the supporting fingers of the latch mandrel comprises, after the upper shear members are sheared, moving the upper mandrel further downhole to cause a latch mandrel associated with the upper mandrel and that is disposed on the lower mandrel to also move downhole behind the fingers of the latch mandrel to support the fingers at the collet engagement surface.
17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein a collar of a sleeve is positioned on the lower mandrel downhole from the latch collet to limit downward movement of the latch collet.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the method further comprises, after the supporting the fingers of the latch mandrel, applying uphold force to the resettable latch assembly to shear lower shear members holding the sleeve to the lower mandrel and then moving the resettable latch assembly uphole to remove the resettable latch assembly from the borehole.