Estimating borehole shape between stationary survey locations

    公开(公告)号:US12084959B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-10

    申请号:US16904777

    申请日:2020-06-18

    摘要: This disclosure presents a method and process to improve the accuracy of the calculations for true vertical depth and Eastings and Northings pair of a borehole while drilling operations are in progress. The method utilizes continuous survey parameters that are collected while drilling operations are in progress, and that have been collected between two neighboring stationary survey parameters. The stationary survey parameters are assumed to be ground truth and are fused with an invertible solution to a low order polynomial to generate the true vertical depth and an Eastings and Northings pair at each continuous survey location. An objective function can be used to optimize and solve the polynomial. The method can be performed on a well site controller, a geo-steering system, a bottom hole assembly, or other computing system capable of receiving the collected measurements, performing the method steps, and communicating the resultant borehole position parameters to other systems.

    Oleophobic and hydrophobic applications for downhole tools

    公开(公告)号:US12078030B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-03

    申请号:US18198162

    申请日:2023-05-16

    IPC分类号: E21B37/06

    CPC分类号: E21B37/06

    摘要: A variety of methods are disclosed, including, in one embodiment, a method comprising: applying a wettability modifier coating on a surface of a downhole tool; disposing the downhole tool into a wellbore extending into a subterranean formation, wherein the wettability modifier coating is disposed on the surface of the downhole tool; traversing the wellbore with the downhole tool; and removing the downhole tool from the wellbore.

    Housing Joints with Compression Loaded Graphite Seals for Downhole ESP Use

    公开(公告)号:US20240287996A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-29

    申请号:US18114744

    申请日:2023-02-27

    发明人: Michael RIMMER

    IPC分类号: F04D29/08 E21B43/12 F04D13/10

    摘要: A seal mechanism for an electric submersible pump (ESP) assembly comprising a graphite ring installed on a first component with an installation configuration and a sealing configuration. The graphite ring is installed on an external sealing surface of a first component. An internal sealing surface of a second component is aligned with the graphite ring. An activation force transitions the graphite ring from the installation configuration to a sealing configuration wherein the graphite ring forms a seal to the external sealing surface of the first component and the internal sealing surface of the second component.

    Downhole anchor system
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    公开(公告)号:US12071823B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-27

    申请号:US18190197

    申请日:2023-03-27

    IPC分类号: E21B23/01

    CPC分类号: E21B23/01

    摘要: Provided is an anchoring mechanism, a method for anchoring a downhole tool, and a well system. The anchoring mechanism, in one aspect, includes a tubular housing, a hub disposed about to the tubular housing, and a wedge hub disposed about the tubular housing, wherein at least one of the hub or wedge hub is slidably disposed about the tubular housing. The anchoring mechanism, according to this aspect, further includes one or more telescoping arms and one or more fixed toggle arms, wherein a first end of the one or more telescoping arms is coupled to one of the hub or the wedge hub, a first end of the one or more fixed toggle arms is coupled to an other of the wedge hub or the hub, and a second end of the one or more telescoping arms and a second end of the one or more fixed toggle arms are coupled to one another at a location between the first end of the one or more telescoping arms and the first end of the fixed toggle arms.

    Optical Detection of ION Water Chemistry In Oil And Water

    公开(公告)号:US20240280018A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-22

    申请号:US18243002

    申请日:2023-09-06

    IPC分类号: E21B49/10 E21B49/08

    CPC分类号: E21B49/10 E21B49/0875

    摘要: Systems and methods of separating multiphase flows in a flowline of a downhole fluid sampling and analysis tool, measuring target ions in the water phase, and separating between formation water and injection water are described. The system to separate the multiphase flows includes a three-dimensional barrier permeable to water and repelling oil and/or drilling mud filtrate into at least one bypass channel within the flowline of the downhole fluid sampling and analysis tool. For instance, the system to measure the targeted ions includes the system to separate the multiphase flows and an optical sensor, wherein the three-dimensional barrier has an aperture inside the three-dimensional barrier to let a light from an optical sensor go through perpendicular to the flowline.