E21B34/066

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTACHING A POPPET TO AN ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR APPARATUS
20230081450 · 2023-03-16 ·

An assembly having a coupling component and a poppet is disclosed. The coupling component has a first end. The first end has an opening extending into the coupling component, such that the coupling component has a sidewall extending around and defining the opening, the sidewall at least partially constructed of a ductile material. The poppet is positioned within the opening. The poppet has a first end outside of the opening, a second end within the opening, and an outer surface extending between the first end and the second end. The poppet has a recess positioned between the first end and the second end, the recess being defined by at least one sidewall and a bottom. At least a portion of the ductile material of the sidewall is positioned within the recess to secure the poppet into the opening.

Thermal expansion actuation system for sleeve shifting

A thermal expansion system for actuating a remote operated sleeve assembly to open and close ports in a housing for fluidly communicating between a bore of a tubular string in a wellbore to the formation utilizes actuation of a propellant charge to create expanding gas and heat in a combustion chamber to directly act on one side of a piston connected to an axially moveable sleeve supported in the housing to shift the sleeve in one direction. Ignition of another propellant charge in a combustion chamber on an opposing side of the piston is used to directly shift the sleeve in an opposing direction.

TIME-DELAYED, DOWNHOLE TRIGGER
20220333459 · 2022-10-20 · ·

A downhole actuator device is provided for use in directing wellbore fluid to be used in performing work in a wellbore by convening a pressure source into a force exerted over a distance. The core components of the downhole actuator device include a pressure chamber containing an insertable activation module, an insertable pressure source module capable of generating a pressure or force and a pressure responsive member. The core components of the pressure source module can include one or more of a plurality of optional formats for delivery of the force comprising a solenoid and a mechanical trigger, a non-explosive pyrotechnic device insert, or a charged gas module insert, which, when appropriately combined, sequenced and activated, will open a pressure responsive member that will allow wellbore fluid, at hydrostatic pressure, to enter the tool thereby providing the energy needed to actuate various mechanical and/or hydraulic components downhole. Multiple variations of the device are provided to allow for either pressure activated or surface activated variations of the device. Additional variable components may include a timer circuit, a power module, a proximal pressure actuated piston, various sub connections, a wireline or slickline cable.

Equipment string communication and steering

Aspects of the disclosure relate to a system including an implement (e.g., a steering tool, a drill bit) tetherable to an equipment string (e.g., a drill string), where the implement includes a steering mechanism to steer the equipment string with respect to a wall of a tubular passage (e.g., a borehole). The system can also include a bearing housing for the equipment string (e.g., connectable to a drill pipe of the drill string), where the bearing housing is rotationally coupled with the implement and rotated. The system can further include an actuation mechanism coupleable between the bearing housing and the steering mechanism to actuate the steering mechanism based upon a rotational orientation of the bearing housing with respect to the steering mechanism.

Systems and methods for generation of electrical power at a drilling rig

Embodiments of systems and methods for generating power in the vicinity of a drilling rig are disclosed. During a drilling operation, heat generated by drilling fluid flowing from a borehole, exhaust from an engine, and/or fluid from an engine's water (or other fluid) jacket, for example, may be utilized by corresponding heat exchangers to facilitate heat transfer to a working fluid. The heated working fluid may cause an ORC unit to generate electrical power.

METHOD FOR INTERVAL ACTION ON HORIZONTAL WELLS

The present invention relates to the oil-and-gas industry, specifically, to the development and exploitation of oil reservoirs with various permeability zones, including by means of lateral horizontal bore segments. The method of interval action on horizontal wells includes the steps at which a horizontal segment of the wet is bored preliminarily, the same segment being constructed through the formation with various permeability zones. Geophysical survey is conducted and the number of the oil recovery intervals of various categories and their lengths are determined. A tail pipe (or tail filter) of the casing string with packers and drive shoe is lowered down and installed in the horizontal segment of the well. A pump and an assembly on the pipe string is lowered down into the well, the same assembly consisting of the electric valves with the pressure and temperature sensing devices, the cable and the packers separating the annular space of the well. The assembly packers are arranged opposite to the casing string packers. While lowering down the assembly, some electric valves are opened, and another electric valve (intended for circulation) is closed. The data obtained from the sensing devices are monitored. The formation segments are periodically treated by injecting a chemical composition into the corresponding interval of the well horizontal segment.

MAGNETICALLY BIASED VALVE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD

A valve including a valve seat, a valve shuttle movable among positions wherein the shuttle is sealed against the seat and wherein the shuttle is spaced from the seat, a first magnet associated with the shuttle, and a second magnet positioned to magnetically interact with the first magnet in one of attractively or repulsively in at least one of the positions of the shuttle.

Apparatus for connecting drilling components between rig and riser

A riser extending from a floating rig has a riser manifold. A rig manifold can be manipulated by an arm to couple in an automated manner to the riser manifold when running the riser from the rig. The riser and rig manifolds have mechanical connectors that mechanically connect them. Additionally, the manifolds have flow couplings mating together for conducting flow in at least one flow connection, and the manifolds control couplings mating together for conducting control in at least one flow connection. At least one of the manifolds has at least one valve controllable with the at least one control connection and configured to control fluid communication for the at least one flow connection between at least one rig flow line and an internal passage of the riser.

Electrical submersible pump gas relief valve

The disclosure provides a pump system including a pump, a gas relief valve coupled to the pump, a motor configured to turn the pump, and a sensor configured to measure a parameter of at least one of a fluid or the pump system. The gas relief valve includes an actuator and a rotary disk system, and the rotary disk system includes a stationary disk and a rotary disk. The actuator is rotationally coupled to the rotary disk, and in a first position, the gas relief valve directs a flow of a fluid into a production tubing and in a second position, the gas relief valve directs the flow of the fluid into an annulus of a wellbore.

WELL INSTALLATIONS AND SUBSURFACE SAFETY VALVES

A subsurface safety valve control system including a downhole station 5 for provision in downhole metallic structure (2) of a well installation which comprises a subsurface safety valve V having an open state allowing flow through the valve and a closed state obstructing flow through the valve. The downhole station (5) is arranged for picking up electrical signals from the downhole metallic structure (2) to obtain valve control signals and for outputting control signals for controlling the subsurface safety valve V in dependence on the signals picked up from the downhole metallic structure. The downhole station (5) comprises a hardware electronics channel (5a) for handling electrical signals picked up from the downhole metallic structure and the hardware electronics channel (5a) is arranged for detecting the presence and/or absence of hold valve open signals. The downhole station (5) is arranged to cause the subsurface safety valve V to be held in the open state whilst expected hold valve open signals are received and is arranged to cause the subsurface safety valve to move to the closed state in the absence of expected hold valve open signals.