Downhole entry guide having disappearing profile and methods of using same
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
E21B-017/10
E21B-029/00
E21B-029/02
출원번호
US-0922716
(2013-06-20)
등록번호
US-9677349
(2017-06-13)
발명자
/ 주소
Ireland, Kelly D.
Cragin, Timothy L.
출원인 / 주소
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
대리인 / 주소
Parson Behle & Latimer
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초록▼
Entry guides for use on a tubing string comprise one or more dissolvable materials. A profile disposed on the entry guide facilitates aligning the tubing string in a desired orientation within a wellbore. For example, the profile can align the tubing string with a bore of a component disposed within
Entry guides for use on a tubing string comprise one or more dissolvable materials. A profile disposed on the entry guide facilitates aligning the tubing string in a desired orientation within a wellbore. For example, the profile can align the tubing string with a bore of a component disposed within the wellbore so that the tubing string can be inserted into a bore of the downhole component. After proper alignment has been achieved, the one or more dissolvable materials can be activated to disappear leaving behind the tubing string and the downhole component in their desired arrangement. One or more portion of the entry guides, including the profile, can be formed out of the dissolvable material.
대표청구항▼
1. An entry guide for attaching to a tubing string, the entry guide comprising: a body having an upper end with at least one fastener member for securing the entry guide to a tubing string in a position that impedes fluid communication through the tubing string, and a lower end having a guide profil
1. An entry guide for attaching to a tubing string, the entry guide comprising: a body having an upper end with at least one fastener member for securing the entry guide to a tubing string in a position that impedes fluid communication through the tubing string, and a lower end having a guide profile shaped to contact an upper end of a tool disposed within a wellbore and direct the entry guide into a bore of the tool, wherein a portion of the body comprises a dissolvable material configured to dissolve while secured to the tubing string and increase fluid communication through the tubing string for downhole operations through the bore of the tool disposed within the wellbore, the dissolvable material being an energetic material, a frangible material, a fusible material, or a fluidly degradable material. 2. The entry guide of claim 1, wherein the body further comprises a longitudinal bore in fluid communication with the upper end and the lower end. 3. The entry guide of claim 2, wherein the guide profile is comprised of the dissolvable material. 4. The entry guide of claim 3, wherein the guide profile comprises a uniform shape. 5. The entry guide of claim 4, wherein the uniform shape comprise a hemispherical shape. 6. The entry guide of claim 1, wherein an entirety of the body comprises the dissolvable material. 7. The entry guide of claim 1, wherein the guide profile comprises a uniform shape. 8. The entry guide of claim 7, wherein the guide profile is comprised of the dissolvable material. 9. The entry guide of claim 7, wherein the body further comprises a longitudinal bore in fluid communication with the upper end and the lower end, and wherein a portion of the body disposed around the longitudinal bore comprises the dissolvable material and an outer wall surface of the body is formed out of a non-dissolvable material so that a diameter of the longitudinal bore increases when the dissolvable material is dissolved. 10. The entry guide of claim 9, wherein the uniform shape comprise a hemispherical shape. 11. The entry guide of claim 1, wherein the at least one fastener member of the upper end of the body comprises the dissolvable material. 12. The entry guide of claim 11, wherein the at least one fastener member comprises threads. 13. The entry guide of claim 1, wherein the tool is one of a bridge plug and a packer. 14. A method of guiding a tubing string into a bore of a tool disposed within a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of: (a) running a tubing string into a wellbore to a desired depth, the tubing string comprising an entry guide formed at least in part from a dissolvable material and having a profile to facilitate alignment of the tubing string with a tool disposed at the desired depth within a wellbore;(b) contacting the profile of the entry guide with an upper end of the tool disposed at the desired depth within the wellbore;(c) sliding the profile along the upper end of the tool until the tubing string is in alignment with a bore of the tool;(d) inserting the entry guide and the tubing string into the bore of the tool; and(e) while the entry guide is connected to the tubing string, dissolving the dissolvable material through an application of temperature, pressure, contact with a fluid, combustion, or an explosion. 15. The method of claim 14, wherein during step (e), a portion of the entry guide breaks away from the tubing string. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein an upper end of the entry guide dissolves causing a connection of the entry guide to a lower end of the tubing string to be compromised so that the remainder of the entry guide is no longer disposed at the lower end of the tubing string. 17. The method of claim 14, wherein during step (e), an entirety of the entry guide dissolves. 18. The method of claim 14, wherein during step (e), an entirety of an inner diameter of a bore of the tubing string is placed in fluid communication with an entirety of an inner diameter of the bore of the tool. 19. The method of claim 14, wherein during step (e) an inner portion of the entry guide disposed around a longitudinal axis dissolves and an outer wall surface of the entry guide does not dissolve. 20. A method of guiding a tubing string into a bore of a tool disposed within a wellbore, the method comprising the steps of: (a) running a tubing string along a portion of a wellbore above a tool disposed within the wellbore and toward the tool disposed within the wellbore, the tubing string comprising an entry guide formed at least in part from a dissolvable material and having a profile to facilitate alignment of the tubing string with the tool disposed within the wellbore, the tool having a bore with a smaller diameter than a diameter of the wellbore;(b) contacting the profile of the entry guide with an upper end of the tool disposed within the wellbore;(c) sliding the profile along the upper end of the tool until the tubing string is in alignment with a bore of the tool;(d) inserting the entry guide and the tubing string into the bore of the tool;(e) dissolving the dissolvable material through an application of temperature, pressure, contact with a fluid, combustion, or an explosion; and(f) performing downhole operations through a bore of the tubing string and through the bore of the tool after step (e).
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