Use of downhole high pressure gas in a gas-lift well and associated methods
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United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E21B-043/12
E21B-043/14
E21B-043/00
출원번호
US-0220249
(2001-03-02)
국제출원번호
PCT/US01/006986
(2001-03-02)
§371/§102 date
20020829
(20020829)
국제공개번호
WO01/065062
(2001-09-07)
발명자
/ 주소
Hirsch,John M.
Stegemeier,George Leo
Hall,James William
Vinegar,Harold J.
Burnett,Robert Rex
Savage,William Mountjoy
Carl, Jr.,Frederick Gordon
출원인 / 주소
Shell Oil Company
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92
초록▼
A gas-lift petroleum well and method for producing petroleum products using downhole pressurized gas to provide lift. The gas-lift well having a well casing, a production tubing, a packer, and a gas-lift valve. The well casing extends within a wellbore of the well, and the wellbore extends through o
A gas-lift petroleum well and method for producing petroleum products using downhole pressurized gas to provide lift. The gas-lift well having a well casing, a production tubing, a packer, and a gas-lift valve. The well casing extends within a wellbore of the well, and the wellbore extends through oil and gas zones. The production tubing extends within the casing. The tubing having an opening formed therein, which is in fluid communication with an oil zone. The packer is located downhole in the casing and coupled to the tubing. The packer can have an electrically controllable packer valve, which is adapted to control a flow of downhole pressurized gas from one side of the packer to another. The downhole pressurized gas is provided by a gas zone that the wellbore passes through. The downhole gas-lift valve is coupled to the tubing and is adapted to control a flow of downhole pressurized gas into oil in the tubing for lifting the oil. The gas-lift valve can be an electrically controllable valve. The tubing and casing are used as electrical conductors for supplying power and/or communications downhole. The current in the tubing is routed using a ferromagnetic induction choke to create a voltage potential, which provides electrical power to downhole electrical devices. Also, there may be a bypass passageway to route downhole gas to gas-lift valves. There may also be downhole sensors to measure physical quantities (e.g., pressure). Such measurements can be used for feedback control of downhole electrically controllable valves.
대표청구항▼
The invention claimed is: 1. A gas-lift petroleum well for producing petroleum products using downhole pressurized gas, comprising: a well casing extending within a wellbore of said well, said wellbore extending through an oil zone and at least one high pressure gas zone wherein the at least one hi
The invention claimed is: 1. A gas-lift petroleum well for producing petroleum products using downhole pressurized gas, comprising: a well casing extending within a wellbore of said well, said wellbore extending through an oil zone and at least one high pressure gas zone wherein the at least one high pressure gas zone is separate from the oil zone by at least one impermeable zone; a downhole gas-lift valve coupled to a tubing and being adapted to control a flow of downhole pressurized gas into the tubing; and a connector for supplying gas from the gas zone to said down hole gas-lift valve bypassing said oil zone. 2. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 1, wherein the connector for supplying gas from the gas zone to said down hole gas-lift valve comprises: a controllable packer located downhole in said well casing and coupled to said tubing; and an electrically controllable packer valve, said electrically controllable packer valve being adapted to control a flow of down hole pressurized gas, provided by a gas zone, from one side of said packer to another. 3. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 2, further comprising an induction choke located about said tubing proximate to said electrically controllable valve. 4. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 1, wherein said gas-lift valve is electrically controllable, such that said gas-lift valve can be opened, closed, adjusted, or continuously throttled in response to an electrical signal. 5. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 3, further comprising an induction choke located about said tubing proximate to said gas-lift valve. 6. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 1, the well-casing extending along and within said wellbore, said well casing comprising a first perforated section located at an oil zone and a second perforated section located at a pressurized gas zone. 7. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a communications and control module. 8. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 1, the tubing and well casing comprising well piping structure, including a source of time varying current applied to one of the piping structures in the well. 9. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a downhole modem adapted to send and receive communications along said tubing and well casing. 10. A gas-lift petroleum well in accordance with claim 1, further comprising plurality of packers to separate a plurality of oil zones from at least one gas zone. 11. A method of producing petroleum products from a gas-lift well using downhole pressurized gas from a subsurface pressurized gas zone, said method comprising the steps of: supplying said downhole pressurized gas from said gas zone into a well casing of said well; routing time-varying current to an electrically controllable gas-lift valve using an induction choke located downhole about a tubing; regulating flow of said downhole pressurized gas from within said well casing into an interior of the tubing, said tubing extending within said well casing; allowing oil from a subsurface oil zone to enter said tubing wherein the subsurface oil zone is separated from the pressurized gas zone by at least one impermeable zone; lifting said oil in said tubing using at least in part gas bubbles of said downhole pressurized gas to lower the density of the mixture in said tubing; and producing petroleum products from said tubing at the surface; further comprising the step of: regulating flow of said downhole pressurized gas between one space within said well casing and another space within said well casing with a controllable packer comprising an electrically controllable packer valve. 12. A method of operating a petroleum well comprising a wellbore traversing a gas producing formation and an oil production formation and a tubing comprising the steps of: isolating the gas producing formation from the oil producing formation; powering a downhole device operable to permit fluid communication between the formations, said power being supplied by an AC signal applied to the piping structure of the well; routing gas from the gas producing formation to the interior of the tubing using said down hole device; and producing oil from the oil producing formation using the routed gas to aid in lifting the oil to the surface; wherein the downhole device comprising a packer having a controllable valve. 13. A method in accordance with claim 12, further comprising the steps of: inputting a time-varying signal to the tubing of the piping structure; routing part of said signal to the downhole device electrically connected to said tubing using an induction choke located about said tubing, wherein said downhole device comprises a gas-lift valve, said gas-lift valve being electrically controllable; and controlling said electrically controllable gas-lift valve based on said time-varying signal.
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