WO2003016669B1 - Apparatus for radially expanding tubular members including a segmented expansion cone - Google Patents

Apparatus for radially expanding tubular members including a segmented expansion cone

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WO2003016669B1
WO2003016669B1 PCT/US2002/024399 US0224399W WO03016669B1 WO 2003016669 B1 WO2003016669 B1 WO 2003016669B1 US 0224399 W US0224399 W US 0224399W WO 03016669 B1 WO03016669 B1 WO 03016669B1
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Prior art keywords
expansion device
tubular member
tubular
adjustable
positioning
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PCT/US2002/024399
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French (fr)
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WO2003016669A2 (en
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Brock Wayne Watson
Lev Ring
David Paul Brisco
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Eventure Global Technology
Brock Wayne Watson
Lev Ring
David Paul Brisco
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Priority to GB0404796A priority Critical patent/GB2396639B/en
Priority to US10/487,199 priority patent/US7243731B2/en
Priority to AU2002322855A priority patent/AU2002322855A1/en
Priority to CA2458211A priority patent/CA2458211C/en
Publication of WO2003016669A2 publication Critical patent/WO2003016669A2/en
Publication of WO2003016669A3 publication Critical patent/WO2003016669A3/en
Publication of WO2003016669B1 publication Critical patent/WO2003016669B1/en

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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • E21B43/103—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells of expandable casings, screens, liners, or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D39/00—Application of procedures in order to connect objects or parts, e.g. coating with sheet metal otherwise than by plating; Tube expanders
    • B21D39/08—Tube expanders
    • B21D39/20—Tube expanders with mandrels, e.g. expandable
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/16—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/02—Subsoil filtering
    • E21B43/10—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells
    • E21B43/103—Setting of casings, screens, liners or the like in wells of expandable casings, screens, liners, or the like
    • E21B43/105—Expanding tools specially adapted therefor

Abstract

An apparatus for radially expanding tubular members including a segmented expansion cone.

Claims

AMENDED CLAIMS
[received by the International Bureau on 19 April 2004 (19.04.2004); new claims 22-45 added; remaining claims unchanged (6 pages)]
arcuate conical expansion cone segments interleaved among the longitudinal slots; and an actuator for adjusting the tubular adjustable expansion cone, comprising: a first tubular member coupled to the adjustable tubular expansion cone defming a plurality of first radial passage and comprising a plurality of internal flanges interleaved among the first radial passages; a second tubular member received within the first tubular member defining a plurality of second radial passages interleaved among the first radial passages and comprising a plurality of external flanges interleaved among the first and second radial passages and the internal flanges; and a tubular expansion cone coupled to the second tubular member for radially expanding the tubular adjustable expansion cone.
20. A method of plastically deforming and radially expanding a tubular member, comprising: positioning an adjustable tubular expansion cone within the tubular member; and increasing the size of the adjustable tubular expansion cone within the expandable tubular member, comprising: positioning a tubular segmented expansion cone within the tubular member; positioning a tubular expansion cone within the tubular member; and displacing the tubular expansion cone relative to the tubular segmented expansion cone.
21. An apparatus for plastically deforming and radially expanding a tubular member, comprising-, means for positioning an adjustable tubular expansion cone within the tubular member; and means for increasing the size of the adjustable tubular expansion cone within the expandable tubular member, comprising: means for positioning a tubular segmented expansion cone within the tubular member; means for positioning a tubular expansion cone within the tubular member; and means for displacing the tubular expansion cone relative to the tubular segmented expansion cone.
22. An apparatus for forming a wellbore casing within a wellbore within a subterranean formation, comprising: a tubular support member; an adjustable expansion device coupled to the tubular support member; an actuator coupled to toe tubular support member for adjusting the circumferential size of a segmented outer surface of the adjustable expansion device; an expand ble tubular member coupled to the tubular support member defining a longitudinal passage for receiving the tubular support member, the adjustable expansion device, and the actuator; and one or more sealing members for sealing the interface between the tubular support member and the expandable tubular member,
23. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the adjustable expansion device comprises: a tubular body defining a plurality of longitudinal slots and comprising a plurality of internal arcuate expansion segments interleaved among the longitudinal slots.
24. The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the actuator comprises: a first tubular member coupled to the tubular support member defining a plurality of first radial passage and comprising a plurality of internal flanges interleaved among the first radial passages; a second tubular member received within the first tubular member defining a plurality of second radial passages interleaved among the first radial passages and comprising a plurality of external flanges interleaved among the first and second radial passages and the internal flanges; and an expansion device coupled to the second tubular member for radially expanding the adjustable expansion device.
25. A method of forming a wellbore casing within a wellbore within a subterranean formation, comprising: positioning an expandable tubular member and an adjustable expansion device within the wellbore; increasing the circumferential size of a segmented outer surface of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member; and plastically deforming and radially expanding the expandable tubular member using the adjustable expansion device.
26. The method of claim 25, wherein increasing the size of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member comprises: positioning a segmented expansion device within the expandable tubular member; positioning an expansion device within the expandable tubular member; and displacing the expansion device relative to the segmented expansion device.
27. An apparatus for forming a wellbore casing within a wellbore within a subterranean formation, comprising: means for positioning an expandable tubular member and an adjustable expansion device within the wellbore; means for increasing circumferential size of a segmented outer surface of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member; and means for plastically deforming and radially expanding the expandable tubular member using the adjustable expansion device.
28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the means for increasing the size of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member comprises: means for positioning a segmented expansion device within the expandable tubular member; means for positioning an expansion device within the expandable tubular member; and
14 means for displacing the expansion device relative to the segmented expansion device.
29. An adjustable expansion device for plastically deforming and radially expanding a tubular member, comprising: an adjustable tubular expansion device; and an actuator for adjusting the tubular adjustable tubular expansion device.
30. The adjustable expansion device of claim 29, wherein the adjustable tubular expansion device comprises: a tubular body defining a plurality of longitudinal slots and comprising a plurality of internal arcuate expansion segments interleaved among the longitudinal slots.
31. The adjustable expansion device of claim 29, wherein the actuator comprises: a first tubular member coupled to the adjustable expansion device defining a plurality of first radial passage and comprising a plurality of internal flanges interleaved among the first radial passages; a second tubular member received within the first tubular member defining a plurality of second radial passages interleaved among the first radial passages and comprising a plurality of external flanges interleaved among the first and second radial passages and the internal flanges; and an expansion device to the second tubular member for radially expanding the tubular adjustable expansion device.
32. A method of plastically deforming and radially expanding a tubular member, comprising: positioning an adjustable expansion device within the tubular member; and increasing circumferential size of a segmented outer surface of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member.
33. The method of claim 32, wherein increasing the size of the adjustable expansion device within the tubular member comprises: positioning a segmented expansion device within the tubular member; positioning an expansion device within the tubular member; and displacing the expansion device relative to the segmented expansion device.
34. An apparatus for plastically deforming and radially expanding a tubular member, comprising: means for positioning an adjustable expansion device within the tubular member; and means for increasing the circumferential size of a segmented outer surface of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member.
35. The apparatus of claim 34, wherein the means for increasing the size of the adjustable expansion device within the tubular member comprises:
15 means for positioning a segmented expansion device within the tubular member; means for positioning an expansion device within the tubular member; and means for displacing the expansion device relative to the segmented expansion device.
36. An apparatus for forming a wellbore casing within a wellbore within a subterranean formation, comprising: a tubular support member; an adjustable expansion device coupled to the tubular support member, comprising: a body defining a plurality of longitudinal slots and comprising a plurality of internal expansion segments interleaved among the longitudinal slots; an actuator coupled to the tubular support member for adjusting the size of the adjustable expansion device, comprising: a first tubular member coupled to the tubular support member defining a plurality of first radial passage and comprising a plurality of internal flanges interleaved among the first radial passages; a second tubular member received within the first tubular member defining a plurality of second radial passages interleaved among the first radial passages and comprising a plurality of external flanges interleaved among the first and second radial passages and the internal flanges; and an expansion device coupled to the second tubular member for radially expanding the adjustable expansion device; a shoe releasably coupled to the adjustable expansion device; an expandable tubular member coupled to the shoe defining a longitudinal passage for receiving the tubular support member, the adjustable expansion device, and the actuator; and one or more sealing members for sealing the interface between the tubular support member and the expandable tubular member.
37. A method of forming a wellbore casing within a wellbore within a subterranean formation, comprising: positioning an expandable tubular member and an adjustable expansion device within the wellbore; increasing the size of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member, comprising: positioning a segmented expansion device within the expandable tubular member; positioning an expansion device within the expandable tubular member; and displacing the expansion device relative to the segmented expansion device; and plastically deforming and radially expanding the expandable tubular member using the adjustable expansion device.
38. An apparatus for forming a wellbore casing within a wellbore within a subterranean formation, comprising: means for positioning an expandable tubular member and an adjustable expansion device within the wellbore;
16 means for increasing the size of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member, comprising: means for positioning a segmented expansion device within the expandable tubular member; means for positioning an expansion device within the expandable tubular member; and means for displacing the expansion device relative to the segmented expansion device; and means for plastically deforming and radially expanding the expandable tubular member using the adjustable expansion device.
39. An adjustable expansion device for plastically deforming and radially expanding a tubular member, comprising: an adjustable tubular expansion device, comprising: a tubular body defining a plurality of longitudinal slots and comprising a plurality of internal expansion segments interleaved among the longitudinal slots; and an actuator for adjusting the adjustable tubular expansion device, comprising: a first tubular member coupled to the adjustable tubular expansion device defining a plurality of first radial passage and comprising a plurality of internal flanges interleaved among the first radial passages; a second tubular member received within the first tubular member defining a plurality of second radial passages interleaved among the first radial passages and comprising a plurality of external flanges interleaved among the first and second radial passages and the internal flanges; and an expansion device coupled to the second tubular member for radially expanding the adjustable tubular expansion device.
40. A method of plastically deforming and radially expanding a tubular member, comprising: positioning an adjustable tubular expansion device within the tubular member; and increasing the size of the adjustable tubular expansion device within the expandable tubular member, comprising: positioning a tubular segmented expansion device within the tubular member; positioning an expansion device within the tubular member; and displacing the expansion device relative to the segmented expansion device.
41. An apparatus for plastically deforming and radially expanding a tubular member, comprising: means for positioning an adjustable expansion device within the tubular member; and means for increasing the size of the adjustable expansion device within the expandable tubular member, comprising: means for positioning a segmented expansion device within the tubular member; means for positioning an expansion device within the tubular member; and means for displacing the expansion device relative to the segmented expansion device.
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42. A method of radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member, comprising: positioning an adjustable expansion device within the tubular member; adjusting a size of the adjustable expansion device within the tubular member; and displacing the adjustable expansion device relative to the tubular member by pulling the adjustable expansion device through the tubular member using fluid pressure.
43. A system for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member, comprising: means for positioning an adjustable expansion device within the tubular member; means for adjusting a size of the adjustable expansion device within the tubular member; and means for displacing the adjustable expansion device relative to the tubular member by pulling the adjustable expansion device through the tubular member using fluid pressure.
44. A method of radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member, comprising: positioning an expansion device within the tubular member; and displacing the expansion device relative to the tubular member by pulling the expansion device through the tubular member using fluid pressure.
45. A system for radially expanding and plastically deforming a tubular member, comprising: means for positioning an expansion device within the tubular member; and means for displacing the expansion device relative to the tubular member by pulling the expansion device through the tubular member using fluid pressure.
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