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    SPE 7

    Testing Green

    anyon Wells With a

    Pressure Pulse ontrolled

    DST System

    J.C. Healy, * Mobil Oil Corp., and J.P. Maratier* and M.W. Fruge, Schlumberger

    SPE

    Members

    Copyright 1991, Society of Petroleum Engineers Inc.

    This paper was prepared for presentation at the 66th Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Petroleum Engineers held

    in Dallas, TX, October 6 9 1991.

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    STR CT

    Green Canyon development w ells are perforated

    and tes ted using the IMPULSE* t e s t ing method

    before completion or recomplet ion

    This

    method

    allows a control led underbalance s t imula t ion of

    unconsolidated format ions

    so

    t ha t an i n i t i a l

    reservoi r pressure an d reservoi r data

    can

    be

    obta ined

    A

    pressure pulse

    controlled d r i l l

    stem

    t e s t DST system i s used to carry out these

    well tes t ing operat ions

    This new DST contro l concept

    overcomes

    some

    of

    the l imi ta t ions

    o f co nv en tio nal

    DST

    t oo l s ;

    equipment

    r e li ab il it y i s i nc re as ed i n

    di f f i cu l t

    well condi t ions This new system has improved

    the eff ic iency and

    safety

    of wel l

    t e s t ing

    in

    th i s

    area

    INTROpUCTION

    Convent ional DST s t r ings requi re mechanical

    p ipe

    manipUlations

    and/or

    increasing levels

    of

    annulus

    or p ipe pressure

    to

    ac tua te

    sequentia lly

    the

    too l s in the DST s t r ing during

    the dif feren t

    t e s t phases These opera t ions can

    become

    d i f f i c u l t t ime consuming or l imi ted under

    cer tain

    condi t ions

    for the following reasons:

    Th e

    con t ro l

    of DST t oo l s through

    pipe

    manipula t ion i s d if f i c ul t to monitor

    in

    deviated

    wells

    because

    of pipe

    drag inside

    IReferences an d

    i l lus t r a t ions

    a t

    en d o f p ap er

    * Mark

    of

    schlumberger

    6

    the casing an d on offshore f loa t e r s because

    of r ig movement

    with

    th e

    heave; t h i s

    d i f f i cu l t y

    in

    con t ro l l i ng the

    s t r ing

    may

    j eopardize the

    operat ion

    with

    unwanted

    s i tua t ions such as

    an

    u n se at ed p a ck e r

    Pipe

    manipula t ions

    are dangerous when

    operat ing with di f f e r en t ia l pressure between

    the

    pipe

    an d the

    annulus;

    t h i s

    i s

    the

    case

    during

    underbalanced per fora t ing

    - Conventional

    DST

    too ls operated by

    pressure

    ca n only be a ct ua te d in the sequence planned

    during

    the

    design

    of

    the

    t e s t

    no

    devia t ion

    from t h i s prese t sequence i s allowed once

    the

    to ol s t r in g i s

    in

    th e

    hole

    Excessive

    pressure may

    j eo pa rd iz e w el l

    safety with

    for example a

    burst

    casing or a collapsed

    too l ; th e

    number

    of i nc re as in g s eq u en ti al

    pressure levels to be applied to the

    annulus

    to

    operate the d i f fe ren t too l s in the s t r ing

    i s therefore

    l imi ted

    Th e problem i s

    worse

    when

    perforat ing

    a devia ted wel l s ince a

    p r e s su r e

    ac tua t ed t ub i ng conveyed

    per fora t ing

    TCP

    f i r ing

    system

    i s

    normally

    pre fe r r ed to

    a drop bar system In a

    workover

    s i tua t ion where

    an

    inplace casing

    must

    be

    protec ted because o f q ue st io na bl e

    in tegr i ty

    the

    maximum pressure tha t

    can be

    appl ied

    to the

    annulus

    can be

    quickly

    reached

    - Fina l ly severe

    sand

    production

    during

    the

    flow period of a t e s t af f ec t s th e co rre ct

    mechanical

    opera t ion of conventional

    DST

    too ls

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    TESTING GREEN

    NYON WELLS WITH

    A

    PRESSURE PULSE

    ONTROLLED

    DST

    SYSTEM

    SPE 227

    A DST s t r ing , con t ro l l ed by low pressure

    pu l ses in

    the

    annulus ,

    e l im ina tes

    these

    convent iona l s t r ing l im i ta t ions

    in d i f f i cu l t

    condi t ions . This new t e s t ing technique, the

    I n t e l l i g en t Remote Implementa t ion System

    IRIS* , provides f l ex ib l e and

    s impl i f i ed

    control

    of

    the d if fe r en t t oo ls

    in

    the

    s t r ing and

    re l i ab le and safe opera t ion

    to opt imize

    t e s t

    data

    acquis i t ion .

    THE PRESSURE PULSE ONTROL SYSTEM

    Control commands,

    or

    s ignature commands , are

    sen t

    th rough th e annulus in

    th e form of

    p redef ined

    seq uen tia l p res sure p ulse s .

    A

    s igna ture command i s

    def ined no t on ly

    by i t s

    pressure

    l eve l s but

    also

    by th e

    t iming

    of th e

    di f feren t pulses; a t yp i ca l command i s

    shown

    in

    Figure 1 . Each t oo l of th e

    DST

    s t r ing i s

    assigned

    a given

    s igna ture

    command.

    A ba t t e r y powered downhole i n t e l l i g en t

    elect ron ic con t ro l l e r analyzes the output

    data

    of a

    pressure

    t ransducer to recognize

    commands,

    confirm

    t he i r val idi ty

    and t ransfer the

    order to

    the

    hydraul ic

    and mechanical ac tua tor section

    of

    th e

    t oo l

    to

    be

    operated . The

    downhole

    mechanical energy

    used

    to

    physically

    ac tua te the

    t oo l s i s genera t ed

    by th e

    t r a n s f e r

    of

    hydrostatic pressure to

    an

    atmospheric chamber.

    EOUIPMENT

    DESCRIPTION

    Today s

    p re ss ur e p ul se ac t iva ted

    too l consis ts

    of a combined

    flow con t ro l

    va lve and a

    multicycle ci rcu la t ing

    v alv e, b oth

    independently

    operated. The appl ica t ion

    of

    t h i s too l i s cased

    hole

    DST

    s ince th e valves are

    annulus

    opera ted .

    This fu l lbore t oo l ha s a 5- in . outside diameter

    and

    2 1/4- in .

    ins ide diameter;

    i t s

    lS - f t length,

    i s

    cons iderab ly shor te r than

    th e

    leng th of

    t yp i c a l

    equ iva len t convent ional

    t o o l s .

    A

    s impl i f i ed

    diagram

    o f

    t h i s equipment i s

    presented in F ig ure 2 .

    The IRIS system i s combinable with

    any

    ex is t ing complementary DST too l (Figure 3 . I t

    i s

    designed

    to operate

    without spec ia l i zed

    surface equipment; conventional mud pumps and

    bleed-off l ines have

    been

    used successfully to

    send commands down th e annulus . A

    l ap top

    commerc ia l computer i s used a t the r ig f loor to

    i n i t i a l i z e th e

    e le ct ro n ic c o nt ro ll er

    before

    running in the hole and to re t r ieve a downhole

    his to ry f i l e a f t e r the job to use for qual i ty

    contro l .

    EOUIPMENT

    OPER TION

    To ensure t o t a l opera t ing f l ex ib i l i t y , the

    system

    accepts

    an d imp leme nt s

    th ree types of

    commands

    to

    independently

    contro l

    in

    any order

    th e flow control

    valve

    and the ci rcu la t ing valve

    The command types used by the valves of

    on

    s t r ing are se lec ted during

    job

    des ign . Th

    available commands are:

    p i rec t command: The cont ro l ler recognizes

    single

    pressure

    s ignal

    s igna ture

    and

    alway

    implements regard less o f previou s event

    or

    s ta te of

    th e

    too l .

    This mode i s used t

    opera te

    ei ther valve in the s t r ing .

    Sequent

    a

    J commands: Th e con t ro l l e

    recognizes

    not only commands but also t he i

    sequence .

    Typical ly , a

    se t

    of

    command

    enables

    / d is ab le s t he mode,

    an d another

    se

    of commands c on tr ol s th e too l once

    enabled

    This set i s used

    to ensure a short , re l iab l

    flow control

    valve operat ion.

    These two

    commands

    assume tha t the

    annulus i

    f i l led

    with

    an incompressible

    f luid:

    N it rogen command: This spec i a l comman

    sequence

    c loses

    the

    c i rcu la t ing

    valve whe

    nitrogen

    i s present

    in

    the tubing /

    pipe. I

    overcomes th e command p re s su re

    pu l s

    t ransmission

    s t ab i l i t y

    problem

    crea ted

    by

    th

    compress ib i l i ty of th e gas . The ni t roge

    close

    command

    i s

    ac t iva ted only

    a f t e r

    ni t rogen

    open

    command i s executed .

    Th

    nitrogen open command i s s imila r to a di rec

    command

    bu t

    with di f feren t

    t iming

    pat tern .

    Figure 4

    shows

    a sketch of these

    th re

    commands which

    are

    available any t im e d ur in g

    job. The downhole

    sof tware iden t i f i e s the typ

    of

    command received

    thanks to

    the pressur

    l evels and

    t iming

    pat terns

    of

    the pulses . Th

    pressure levels

    and

    t iming pat terns of

    th

    d i f f e r en t

    commands

    are def ined

    in

    th e too

    software

    and cannot

    be

    modif ied

    by th e DS

    operator

    a t

    th e

    wel l s i t e .

    A

    fourth

    command

    typ

    exis ts :

    Surface prese t command: This command i

    executed

    au tomat ical ly

    when predetermine

    downhole c on di ti on s a re

    met. F or example , th

    c irC U la tin g v alv e

    wi l l c lose when th

    required hydros ta t ic underbalance i s reache

    wh il e running

    in the hole .

    This

    array of

    commands allows the operat ion

    o

    any pulse contro l led t oo l tha t

    may be

    require

    during

    a DST even i f unplanned a t

    the

    time o

    the t e s t design.

    OPER TION L EFFICIENCY

    The

    too l

    i s

    functionally

    t e s t ed and programme

    with th e proper

    job

    setup a t the r ig s i t e in

    s ho rt p er io d

    of

    time r ight

    before

    running

    in th

    hole .

    There i s

    no

    need

    for

    th e

    high

    pressur

    nitrogen charging or

    mechanical

    cyc li ng r equ ir e

    with convent ional too l s . Fie ld redress and

    rese

    Mark

    of

    Schlumberger.

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    J . HEALY

    J .

    MARATIER

    M FRUGE

    3

    ca n

    also be done

    promptly

    case a second

    ru n

    the

    hole

    immediately required.

    This

    new t e s t

    system ha s

    improved

    r e l i a b i l i t y

    compared t o

    conventional DST

    t o o l s

    wells

    f lowing

    d e b r i s sand,

    gun debris or mud

    s o l i d s .

    I t mud-immuned by design; c r i t i c a l moving

    p a r t s

    a re p ro t ec te d from wellbore f l u i d s .

    F i n a l l y

    dur ing

    th e

    w ~ l l t e s t operat ion,

    th e

    t oo l c o nt ro ll er recordJ annulus pressure

    d a t a

    v er su s tim e a i s r e ~ e e l e c t r o n i c

    memory;

    it

    a l s o c r e a t e s

    an d

    redords a

    command

    s t a t u s

    h i s t o r y

    f i l e i n d i c a t i n g commands r ec e iv ed ve rs u s

    commands executed. Back a t s urf ac e, th es e

    f i l e s

    are downloaded on a p o r t a b l e

    computer and used

    as

    a

    post jo b evaluat ion check Figure 7 .

    In

    some

    cases p r e s s u r e l e v e l s

    r e q u i r e d

    by

    convent ional DST

    t o o l s cannot be allowed the

    annulus. The

    weak

    point can be the casing, th e

    l i n e r a t th e packer l e v e l t h e

    top

    of the l i n e r

    or

    a

    t o o l

    the

    DST

    s t r i n g

    Figure

    6 .

    In such

    c a s e s where t h e

    d i f f e r e n c e between

    t h e

    h y d r o s t a t i c

    p r e s s u r e

    and th e maximum al lowed

    pressure

    small , a

    p re ss ur e p ul se

    c o n t r o l l e d

    s t r i n g required.

    o b j e c t i v e s

    following:

    e f f e c t s

    o f

    In case of emergency, both

    c i r c u l a t i n g

    and

    flow c o n t r o l valves can

    be s h i f t e d

    in

    a

    p r e s e l e c t e d f a i l s a f e p o s i t i o n by applying

    a

    s e l e c t e d pressure

    t o th e

    annulus.

    o p e r a t i o n s .

    Low

    p re ss ur e p uls es minimum

    250

    psi

    t o

    c o n t r o l

    the t o o l s

    a r e

    always

    within

    the

    maximum al lowable

    pressure

    t h a t may

    be

    applied

    t o a c a s i n g . This p a r t i c u l a r l y important

    whenever

    t h e s e

    o pe r a t io ns a re contemplated

    dur ing

    a workover

    or

    recompletion where

    casing

    i n t e g r i t y

    must

    be

    pro tec ted .

    These

    pUlse c o nt ro ll ed t o o ls can be

    operated

    a t

    any depth,

    going

    in or coming out

    of the

    hole.

    This

    f e a t u r e

    allows

    b e t t e r

    well

    control

    while t r i p p i n g

    in or

    out case the

    mud

    weight

    has

    t o

    be adjusted

    t o control

    a

    zone l e f t with

    open

    p e r f o r a t i o n s .

    A d d i t i o n a l

    s af e ty f e at u re s t o preven t

    an

    unsafe s i t u a t i o n a r e :

    In a

    s i m i l a r

    fash ion th e

    l o g i c

    o f

    t h e

    downhole

    c o n t r o l l e r

    prevents

    the c i r c u l a t i n g

    valve from opening i f

    th e

    flow

    control

    valve

    i s enabled

    e i t h e r

    open or closed.

    The

    flow

    c o n t r o l

    valve can be preprogrammed

    t o c lo s e a u to m at ic a l ly in t h e event

    t h e

    annulus

    i s overpressured.

    Also, th e

    t o o l

    designed

    t o

    close in th e

    event

    th e annulus

    pressure

    i s

    bled or l o s t .

    In

    b oth c as es

    th e

    flow

    c o n t r o l valve

    can be reopened

    once

    th e

    problem i s

    solved.

    FIELD

    EXPERIENCE

    Both

    the

    operat ional

    an d s a f e t y

    features

    of

    t h i s

    p r e s s u r e p u l s e

    c o n t r o l l e d

    system

    a l l o w

    p e r f o r a t i n g and

    t e s t i n g

    in

    wells

    with condi t ions

    to o

    r e s t r i c t i v e fo r conventional

    DST

    equipment.

    The

    l o g i c o f t h e downhole

    c o n t r o l l e r

    prevents

    th e

    flow control

    valve from

    opening

    i f the c i r c u l a t i n g

    valve

    i s open.

    Mobil

    p e r f o r a t i n g

    and t e s t

    normally include one or more of

    t h e

    Clean-up

    and

    s t i m u l a t i o n

    underbalanced p e r f o r a t i n g .

    niti l

    r e s e r v o i r p r e s s u r e

    p e r m e a b i l i t y - t h i c k n e s s p r o d u c t i v i t y

    index

    and

    sk in .

    H y d r o s t a t i c

    p r e s s u r e of

    t h e complet ion

    f l u i d .

    Occasionally

    an

    extended

    DST 12-hr

    i s

    required

    t o

    t e s t

    f o r d ep le ti o n or t o measure drainage

    r a d i u s sand product ion p o t e n t i a l

    an d

    g a t h e r

    well

    productivity

    parameters. The above da ta are

    used f o r adjusting

    t h e

    completion f l u i d weight,

    determining reserves

    t o j u s t i f y development or

    complet ion

    c o s t s an d e va lu at in g g ra ve l pack

    e f f i c i e n c y .

    o ol s pe ci f i c at i o n s

    p e r f o r a t i n g an d DST

    B u i l t - i n

    o p e r a t i o n a l

    improve th e s a f e t y

    of

    S FETY FE TURES

    n automatic underbalance closure

    feature

    also

    s im p li fi es t he

    operat ion; it al lows e i t h e r

    th e

    t e s t valve

    or

    the c i r c u l a t i n g

    valve

    t o

    be run

    th e

    hole

    th e

    open

    p o s i t i o n

    and

    t o

    be closed

    when t h e

    r e q u i r e d

    underbalance

    h y d r o s t a t i c

    p r e s s u r e r e a c h e d . T h i s

    o p e r a t i o n

    automatical ly takes place whi le r un ni ng th e

    hole without

    any r i g floor

    i n t e r v e n t i o n .

    This

    an

    important feature devi a ted we l ls .

    I f required, f u l l redurydancy

    can be

    provided

    with

    a

    second

    pressure poIse

    c o n t r o l l e d

    system

    operated with d i f f e r e n t

    s i g n a t u r e commands

    or

    with conventional DST t o q l s .

    Pressure

    control

    p uls es a re t y p i c a l l y of a

    few

    hundred p s i

    magnitude

    an d s e v e r a l minutes

    long. Tolerances on

    th e p re ss u re l e v e l s an d

    t i m i n g of t h e s e commands a r e

    a d j u s t e d

    t o

    accommodate

    u s u a l

    r i g

    pump output an d

    t o

    e l i m i n a t e

    p a r a s i t i c nonvalid

    commands.

    The

    c o n t r o l and o p e r a t i o n of

    t h e

    d i f f e r e n t DST

    s t r i n g

    t o o l s

    a r e

    t h er e fo r e s im p li fi ed

    compared

    t o annulus pressures

    excess of

    1000 p s i or

    d r i l l f l o o r

    p i p e manipula t ions

    r e q u i r e d by

    convent iona l DST s t r i n g s . P r e s s u r e p r o f i l e s

    .

    r e q u i r e d

    f o r a t y p i c a l job

    by b o t h

    a

    conventional and a p r e s s u r e

    pUlse

    c o n t r o l l e d

    s t r i n g are

    i l l u s t r a t e d

    on

    F ig ure 5 . As

    seen on

    t h i s

    f i g u r e

    p r e s s u r e pUlse c o n t r o l l e d

    s t r i n g s

    require considerably lower

    pressure

    l e v e l s for

    operat ion.

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    TESTING

    GREEN

    CANYON

    WELLS

    WITH A

    PRESSURE PULSE

    CONTROLLED

    DST SYSTEM

    SPE

    227

    Both

    th e convent iona l an d new DST

    t o o l

    s t r ings have

    been

    success fu l ly used

    in

    placing

    seawater underbalances

    ranging from 300

    to 1000

    ps i .

    At

    Green Canyon, sand product ion i s

    f requent

    dur ing the

    pe r f o r a t i ng

    and DST

    operation. To date,

    no

    g uns hav e rema in ed

    stuck

    in the hole. However, convent ional DST

    too ls

    are

    s us ce ptib le t o

    debr is

    and sanding

    problems;

    consequen t ly they may f a i l

    to

    opera te as

    desired. The new

    DST

    to ols o ffe r the advantage

    of

    sand immunity,

    as

    demonstrated

    in

    case

    history i l .

    The second

    case

    h i s to ry presen ted in

    t h i s

    paper i s

    a t yp ica l IMPULSE t e s t ,

    as ru n in

    the

    Green Canyon area . P re ss ur e pu ls e con tro l led

    DST

    t oo l s , a

    flow

    cont ro l

    valve

    an d a c i rcu la t ing

    valve p er fo rm ed a s spec i f i ed .

    Maximum

    1000-psi

    pressure

    was

    applied to the annulus to

    operate

    these

    too ls .

    So far , nine

    per fo ra ti ng /DST j ob s

    have been

    completed

    in t h i s area with p re ss ure p ulse

    con tro l led too ls .

    Case

    Hj s t

    y

    During recent completion

    of

    a development

    wel l , a DST

    was

    requi red

    to

    t e s t th e

    c ommerc ia lity o f

    a

    sand. The

    s i l t y

    sand

    contained

    a

    water contac t , an d

    i t s

    ae r i a l

    exten t was

    unknown.

    A

    shor t

    flow per iod

    IMPULSE t e s t followed by an extended 2 4

    hour

    f low /b uild -u p p er io d was proposed.

    Actua l

    wel l

    r e s u l t s found th e sand

    uncommercial.

    Following

    the IMPULSE t e s t , the

    sand

    watered

    out during

    the

    extended

    flow

    pe r iod .

    By

    t h i s

    method,

    unneces sa ry

    completion costs

    were

    avoided

    and

    a dif feren t

    in te rva l up-hole

    was completed.

    The DST jo b fea tured

    a

    pressure

    pulse

    con t r o l l ed

    c i r cu l a t i ng

    valve

    ru n

    in

    a

    conventional

    DST s t r i ng . This c i r cu la t ing

    valve was ru n

    in the

    hole

    in

    the open

    pos i t ion . The

    valve

    was closed with a d i rec t

    command af te r d is pl ac in g t he tubing with sea

    water .

    The wel l was produced

    for seve ra l

    hours

    with

    25 to

    45

    sand product ion.

    At

    the

    en d

    of

    th e

    shut - in ,

    the

    valve was re-opened

    with

    a

    second

    d i rect command to

    reverse out

    t he tu bin g.

    Two addi t ional commands

    were sent

    subsequently:

    on e

    to

    rec lose the

    valve

    to

    bul lhead th rough th e

    convent iona l f low

    con t ro l

    valve an d a

    second to reopen the

    c i r cu l a t i ng

    valve to p u l l o u t

    a f t e r

    the

    conventional

    flow

    cont ro l valve was plugged

    by

    sand.

    Four

    commands

    were

    sen t

    and

    executed;

    the

    range

    of

    t he p re ss ur e

    p uls es s en t

    was 490 to

    540 ps i . The

    pressure

    pulse

    cont ro l l ed t oo l

    was

    operated in sp i t e

    of

    important

    sand

    product ion.

    The pressure pulse prof i le of t h i s DST

    is

    presented in F ig ure 8 .

    Case History

    2

    The

    completion of

    t h i s development

    we

    included

    a per fora t ing / IMPULSE t e s t . T

    job,

    in a

    41-degree

    d ev ia te d w ell,

    w

    completed

    with

    a pressure

    pulse

    cont ro l l e

    flow con tro l

    valve and

    a c i rcula t ing valve

    primary

    t e s t too ls . The

    wel l

    was perforate

    during the

    same

    t r ip using

    tubing-conveye

    guns.

    During

    t h i s

    job,

    the

    ci rcu lat ing

    valve

    w

    opera ted in di rec t

    mode whi le

    the flo

    con t ro l

    valve was

    operated in

    sequent i

    mode.

    Eleven commands

    were sen t

    to

    the

    flo

    con t ro l valve ,

    an d

    tw o commands to th

    ci rcu lat ing

    valve; a l l

    commands,

    staying we

    below the sa fe wel l maximum a l lowab

    pressure,

    were

    accepted.

    The pressure

    pulse

    prof i le

    of

    t h i s jo b

    shown in

    Figure

    9.

    CONCLUSION

    The

    pressure

    pulse

    control led

    DST system

    ha

    improved the

    ef f ic iency and

    the

    safe ty of we

    t e s t ing

    operat ions

    in the Green

    Canyon

    area

    Downhole t oo l i s simplif ied and

    more

    f lex ib le

    Qual i ty cont ro l of the t e s t va l i d i t y i

    ava i lab le , and bu i l t - i n equipment f ea tu re

    ensure

    a safer

    well t e s t

    environment. Associate

    with the IMPULSE well t e s t ing

    method,

    the

    IR

    system i s pa r t i cu l a r l y usefu l

    in

    wells wi

    r es t r ic t ive condit ions

    such as

    deviated wellbo

    prof i le ,

    casing pressure

    l imi ta t ion

    or

    potent i

    sand

    product ion.

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    The authors

    thank Mobil

    and

    Schlumberger fo

    permission to publish t h i s paper.

    SI METRIC

    CONyERS

    ION

    FACTORS

    f t

    x 3.048

    E-01

    m

    x 2.54

    E+01

    m

    ps i

    x

    6.894

    757 E=OO

    kPa

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    Pressure

    Pressure Pulse

    Controlled

    String

    Conventional

    String

    Fig 3 New string versus conventional string

    Reversing

    Valve

    Circulating

    D

    Reversing

    Valve

    Valve

    Flowcontrol

    Valve

    g

    f81

    Combined FlowControl

    Reference

    and Circulating Valves

    Tool

    Recorder

    Recorder

    Carrier

    carrier

    Jars

    Jars

    SafetyJoint

    r J I r J I

    Safety Joint

    Packer

    Packer

    Slotted Pipe

    Slotted Pipe

    Firing Head

    Firing Head

    Guns Guns

    Bullnose Bullnose

    I Minimum

    t r s s u ~

    ctuator

    irculating

    alve

    low

    ontrol

    alve

    ensor

    Fig. 1 Signature command profile

    Time

    Electronic

    Controller

    Defined time pattern

    Hydrostatic

    Oil Chamber

    r ssur

    Atmospheric

    Dump Chamber

    yd ro s t a t i c

    ressure

    500psi

    Fig. 2 The pressure pulse controlled CST system

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    Pressure

    Direct Command

    Fig.

    4

    Pressure pulse commands

    Reversing

    Out

    Conventional

    String

    I

    I

    I

    Firing Running

    Guns Test

    I

    I Pressure Pulse

    I Controlled.Strin

    g

    Opening Flow

    Control Valve

    Fig. Required annulus pressure profiles

    Annulus

    Overpressure

    Level psi)

    500

    1500

    2500

    1000

    2000

    Time

    0

    l

    o

    [5

    Time

    Time

    sequenti l Command

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    Command

    pen

    Q

    c

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    c

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    JtJ t

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    11

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    Fig. 7- Downhole job history file

    CMMD RCVD: 70-SM OPEN TV

    TL TIME RCVD: 00019 HRS 00002 MIN

    dP: 00505psl dt: 00000, 00000 sec

    CMMD RCVD: 01-CLOSECV 1

    TL TIME RCVD: 00009 HRS,00054 MIN

    dP: 00466psl

    dt:

    00018,00024 sec

    NAM 4

    12-MAR-91

    09 hr52 m

    MAR14DV

    MAR14DV

    Test Number:

    Tool Powerup Date:

    Tool Powerup Hour:

    Header Filename:

    Data Filename:

    OPERATION 00001

    TOOLID: 2 VLV TOOL, TOOL

    1

    COMMAND EXECUTED

    y

    Vb: 00009.5v -Vb: - 000

    OPERATION 00002

    TOOLID: 2 VLV TOOL, TOOL

    1

    COMMAND EXECUTED

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    Vb: 00009.7v

    Vb:

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    OPERATION 00003

    TOOLlD: 2 VLV TOOL, TOOL

    1

    COMMAND EXECUTED Y

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    OPERATION 00004

    TOOLID: 2 VLV TOOL, TOOL

    1

    COMMAND EXECUTED Y

    Vb: oo009.7v -Vb: - 000

    OPERATION 00005

    TOOLID: 2 VLV TOOL, TOOL

    1

    COMMANDEXECUTED ?

    Vb: 00009.7v -Vb: - 000

    329001

    ALPHA OIL

    PC 72

    CMMD RCVD: A3-ENABLETL 1 SM

    TL TIME RCVD: 00018 HRS, 00059 MIN

    dP: 01039psl dt: 00102,00000 sec

    CMMD RCVD: 7A-SMCLOSE TV

    TL TIME RCVD: 00019 HRS, 00013 MIN

    dP:

    ooOOOpsl

    dt: 00000,00000 sec

    CMMD RCVD: 75-LO PR DISABLE SM

    TL TIME RCVD: 00020 HRS,00008MIN

    dP:

    OOooOpsl dt:

    00000, 00000 sec

    Client:

    Well Name:

    Well Location:

    service Order :

    PipelTool

    ollapse

    Liner Top

    Failure

    asing urst

    asing

    ollapse

    -

    Fig.

    6-

    Pressures in a

    DST

    design

    Reservoir

    Pressure

    Pump , .-oJ

    Pressure

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    Close Flow Control Valve

    [

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    Reversing Valve

    losed

    =

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    CD

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    Reversing Valve Open

    Reversing Valve Close

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    Open Flow Control Valve

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    Open Flow Control Valve

    Disable Flow Control Valve

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