Apparatus and methods for drilling with casing
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United States(US) Patent
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국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E21B-007/00
E21B-021/00
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US-0269661
(2002-10-11)
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/ 주소
Haugen, David M.
Tilton, Frederick T.
출원인 / 주소
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Moser, Patterson &
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The present invention provides an apparatus and methods to reduce ECD and pressure associated therewith while drilling with casing. In one aspect, the invention provides an energy transfer assembly locatable at a predetermined location in a casing string. The assembly includes an impeller portion in
The present invention provides an apparatus and methods to reduce ECD and pressure associated therewith while drilling with casing. In one aspect, the invention provides an energy transfer assembly locatable at a predetermined location in a casing string. The assembly includes an impeller portion in the interior of the casing to be acted upon by the downward moving fluid in the casing and a pump portion disposed outwardly of the impeller portion and arranged in fluid communication with the upward moving fluid in the annulus between the casing and the borehole, adding energy thereto and reducing pressure in the annulus therebelow. In another aspect, the energy transfer assembly is retrievable to the surface of the wellbore prior to cementing. In a further aspect, fluid ports between the interior and exterior of the casing are remotely sealable prior to cementing.
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1. A method of drilling with casing, comprising:running the casing into a wellbore, the casing having a drilling member at a lower end to form a borehole as the casing is run; and utilizing an energy transfer assembly operatively connected to the casing, the energy transfer assembly adding energy to
1. A method of drilling with casing, comprising:running the casing into a wellbore, the casing having a drilling member at a lower end to form a borehole as the casing is run; and utilizing an energy transfer assembly operatively connected to the casing, the energy transfer assembly adding energy to upwardly traveling fluid in an annulus defined between the casing and the wellbore. 2. The method of claim 1, further comprising removing the energy transfer assembly from the casing.3. The energy transfer assembly of claim 1, wherein the drilling member and the energy transfer assembly utilize fluid from a common source.4. The energy transfer assembly of claim 1, wherein the energy and the upwardly traveling fluid originate from a common source.5. A method of reducing equivalent circulation density in a wellbore while towering casing in the wellbore, comprising:forming the wellbore by running the casing into the wellbore, the casing including an energy transfer portion operatively connected thereto; transferring energy with the energy transfer portion from fluid pumped down the casing to fluid circulating upwards in an annulus. 6. The method of claim 5, further comprising cementing the casing in the wellbore.7. The method of claim 5, wherein the wellbore is formed using a drill bit located proximate the lower end of the casing.8. A method for placing a casing in a wellbore comprising:lowering the casing to form the wellbore; and pumping fluid into an area within a wall of the casing, the fluid circulating through an energy transfer assembly and to an area outside the wall, thereby adding energy to the fluid outside the wall. 9. The method of claim 8, further comprising placing a drill bit proximate the lower end of the casing to form the wellbore as the casing is placed in the wellbore.10. The method of claim 8, wherein a portion of the casing comprises an energy transfer apparatus for transferring energy from one side of a wall of the casing to the other side of the wall.11. A casing for lowering into a wellbore comprising:a wellbore tubular with an interior forming a first communication path and an exterior forming a second communication path; and an energy transfer assembly operatively connected to the tubular for transferring energy between the interior and the exterior; the energy transfer assembly capable of communicating with a power source through a third communication path, wherein the third communication path is isolated from the first and second communication paths. 12. A method of installing a casing string in a borehole, comprising:lowering a tubular string of casing into the borehole, the tubular string including a housing for an energy transfer assembly: installing, at a predetermined time, the energy transfer system into the housing; operating the energy transfer system to add energy to a flow of wellbore fluid returning to a surface of the well in an annular area defined between the casing string the wellbore; and removing the energy transfer assembly from the casing string. 13. A method of drilling with casing, comprising:running casing into a wellbore, the casing having a drilling member at a lower end to form a borehole as the casing is run; utilizing an energy transfer assembly operatively connected to the casing, the energy transfer assembly adding energy to upwardly traveling fluid in an annulus defined between the casing and the wellbore; removing the energy transfer assembly from the casing; and cementing the casing in the borehole. 14. A method of reducing equivalent circulation density in a wellbore while lowering casing in the wellbore, comprising:running the casing into the wellbore, the casing including an energy transfer portion operatively connected thereto; transferring energy with the energy transfer portion from fluid pumped down the string to fluid circulating upwards in an annulus; and selectively removing the energy transfer assembly from the casing. 15. The method of claim 14, further comprising sealing the casing as the energy transfer assembly is removed.16. A method of installing a tubular in a wellbore, comprising:lowering the tubular into the wellbore; after at least partially lowering the tubular into the wellbore, installing an energy transfer assembly in the tubular; and while further lowering the tubular into the wellbore, operating the energy transfer assembly to add energy to a flow of fluid returning to a surface of the well in an annular area defined between the tubular and the wellbore. 17. The method of claim 16, further comprising removing the energy transfer assembly from the tubular.18. The method of claim 16, wherein the tubular is casing.19. The method of claim 18, further comprising forming the wellbore while lowering the casing into the wellbore.20. A casing for lowering into a wellbore comprising:a wellbore tubular having an interior and an exterior; and an energy transfer assembly operatively connected to the tubular for transferring energy between the interior and the exterior, the energy transfer assembly selectively removable from the tubular while lowering the tubular into the wellbore. 21. The casing of claim 20, wherein the energy transfer assembly is disposed completely within the interior of the tubular.22. A casing assembly for lowering into a wellbore comprising:a wellbore casing having an interior and an exterior; an energy transfer assembly operatively connected to the casing for transferring energy between the interior and the exterior; and a drill bit connected to the wellbore casing. 23. The casing of claim 22, wherein the drill bit is connected to the lower end of the wellbore casing.
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