CA2616055A1 - System and methods for tubular expansion - Google Patents

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CA2616055A1
CA2616055A1 CA002616055A CA2616055A CA2616055A1 CA 2616055 A1 CA2616055 A1 CA 2616055A1 CA 002616055 A CA002616055 A CA 002616055A CA 2616055 A CA2616055 A CA 2616055A CA 2616055 A1 CA2616055 A1 CA 2616055A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • E21B43/103—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells of expandable casings, screens, liners, or the like
    • E21B43/105—Expanding tools specially adapted therefor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/01—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells for anchoring the tools or the like
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/20—Driving or forcing casings or pipes into boreholes, e.g. sinking; Simultaneously drilling and casing boreholes

Abstract

Methods and apparatus enable expanding tubing in a borehole of a hydrocarbon well. According to some embodiments, an expander device includes a collapsible swage formed of collets, at least one slip arrangement and a hydraulic jack to stroke the swage through tubing to be expanded. In operation, expanding tubing may include securing an expansion tool to the tubing, lowering the tool and tubing into a borehole, actuating a collapsible expander of the expansion tool to an extended configuration, and supplying fluid pressure to a jack coupled to the expander thereby moving the expander through the tubing which is held by at least one of first and second tubing holding devices disposed respectively ahead of the expander and behind the expander.

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1. A system for expanding tubing, comprising:
an expander disposed on a work string and having a first extended configuration capable of expanding the tubing and a second collapsed configuration with a smaller outer diameter than the first extended configuration;
first and second tubing holding devices disposed on the work string and located respectively ahead of the expander and behind the expander; and a hydraulic operated jack coupled to the expander and configured to move the expander relative to the tubing holding devices.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the holding devices are fluid pressure actuated.
3. The system of claim 1, wherein the expander is actuated between configurations by fluid pressure.
4. The system of claim 3, further comprising a latch to retain the expander in the first extended configuration in the absence of fluid pressure supplied to the expander.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the latch is releasable to permit free movement of the expander between configurations.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the jack comprises a series of jacks coupled together with a spear connection that includes mating ends locked together by collets.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the jack comprises a series of jacks coupled together with a spear connection that includes concentric inner and outer string mating ends locked together by respective.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein the jack, the holding devices and the expander are all coupled together by connections having mating torque transmitting formations and a threaded engagement.
9. The system of claim 1, further comprising a releasable connection for temporary coupling the work string and the tubing.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the releasable connection includes a threaded sub disposed between the expander and the first holding device.
11. The system of claim 1, wherein the first and second tubing holding devices are slip assemblies sized to grip an inside surface of the tubing.
12. The system of claim 1, wherein the first tubing holding device is a slip assembly with unidirectional teeth that are angled toward the expander and grip an inside surface of the tubing.
13. The system of claim 1, wherein the first tubing holding device comprises a stop member abutting an end of the tubing.
14. A method of expanding tubing, comprising:
securing an expansion tool to the tubing, wherein the expansion tool includes an expander, a jack, and first and second tubing holding devices;
actuating the expander of the expansion tool to a first extended configuration from a second collapsed configuration having a smaller outer diameter than the first extended configuration; and supplying fluid pressure to the jack coupled to the expander thereby moving the expander through the tubing which is held by at least one of the first and second tubing holding devices disposed respectively ahead of the expander and behind the expander.
15. The method of claim 14, further comprising lowering the expansion tool into a borehole via a work string coupled to the expansion tool prior to actuating the expander.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising supplying fluid pressure to the first holding device to cause slips to extend into gripping contact with an unexpanded portion of the tubing.
17. The method of claim 14, wherein actuating the expander latches the expander in the first extended configuration.
18. The method of claim 14, wherein supplying fluid pressure to a central bore of the expansion tool supplies the fluid pressure to the jack and actuates the expander prior to operating the jack.
19. The method of claim 14, wherein supplying fluid pressure to a central bore of the expansion tool supplies the fluid pressure to the jack, actuates the expander prior to operating the jack, and extends slips of at least one of the first and second holding devices outward.
20. The method of claim 19, further comprising relieving fluid pressure supplied to the central bore and subsequently supplying fluid pressure again to stroke the jack and reset the slips of at least one of the first and second holding devices.
21. The method of claim 14, wherein the first holding device accommodates axial length change of the tubing as the expander moves through the tubing to expand the tubing.
22. The method of claim 14, further comprising actuating uni-directional slips of the first holding device to hold the tubing.
23. The method of claim 14, wherein the first holding device facilitates moving the expander relative to the tubing during expansion of an initial portion of the tubing.
24. The method of claim 14, wherein the second holding device facilitates moving the expander relative to the tubing during expansion of a subsequent portion of the tubing expanded after the initial portion.
25. A method of expanding tubing, comprising:
providing an assembly with an expansion tool, the tubing, and a boring tool, wherein the expansion tool includes an expander, a jack, and first and second tubing holding devices;
running the assembly in a borehole;
forming a borehole extension with the boring tool;
disposing the tubing at least partially within the borehole extension; and supplying fluid pressure to the jack coupled to the expander thereby expanding the tubing as the expander moves through the tubing which is held by at least one of the first and second tubing holding devices disposed respectively ahead of the expander and behind the expander.
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