141 |
FACILITY FOR ASSEMBLY OF WELL HEATERS |
US14730365 |
2015-06-04 |
US20150267486A1 |
2015-09-24 |
Maurice A BUJOLD; Doug BEATTIE |
A facility for assembly of well heaters includes a well of sufficient diameter to receive coiled tubing; a scaffold supporting a coiled tubing injector, wherein the injector is configurable for injection of coiled tubing into the well and configurable for injection of one or more resistive heating cables into coiled tubing in the well; a coiled tubing guide system supported by the injector or the scaffold; and one or more cable guides for guiding the resistive heating cables from respective cable reels into the injector, wherein the cable guides are supported by the scaffold. |
142 |
Subsea well intervention system and methods |
US14199407 |
2014-03-06 |
US09127524B2 |
2015-09-08 |
Jason Dahlem; Matthew Green |
A system for performing an intervention on a subsea wellhead, the system including a production tree having a central axis, a first end, a second end, and a first flow bore extending axially from the first end to the second end. The production tree includes a master valve disposed along the first flow bore, a swab valve disposed along the first flow bore between the master valve and the first end, and a shearing device disposed along the first flow bore between the master valve and the second end. The second end of the production tree comprises a connector configured to releasably couple to the subsea wellhead, and the shearing device is configured to shear a component extending through the first flow bore. |
143 |
Multi-barrier seal system |
US13528773 |
2012-06-20 |
US09097082B2 |
2015-08-04 |
Loc Gia Hoang |
A multi-barrier seal system, including, a first seal assembly configured to provide a first sealing barrier between an auxiliary line and a mineral extraction system, and a second seal assembly configured to provide a second sealing barrier between the auxiliary line and the mineral extraction system, wherein the second seal assembly is configured to shear through the auxiliary line. |
144 |
Method And Apparatus For Tool Retrieval |
US14408061 |
2013-07-02 |
US20150144354A1 |
2015-05-28 |
Larry Victor Cooper; Robert M. Ramsey |
The present disclosure is directed towards, in general, retrieval tools operable for conveyance within a wellbore extending below a wellsite surface, and methods of using such retrieval tools. One such retrieval tool comprises an annular member operable to receive a conveyance terminating at a downhole tool lodged within the wellbore. The annular member may subsequently receive and engage a portion of the downhole tool. The retrieval tool also comprises a flapper selectively operable to sever the conveyance if the downhole tool cannot be dislodged from the wellbore. |
145 |
CABLE HEAD WITH CABLE SHEAR MECHANISM FOR ATTACHING TO A WIRELINE TO SUPPORT OILFIELD EQUIPMENT IN A WELLBORE |
US14037020 |
2013-09-25 |
US20150083386A1 |
2015-03-26 |
Joe Noel Wells; Edward Cannoy Kash |
A cable head with cable shear mechanism for attaching to a wireline to support oilfield equipment in a wellbore formed from a housing with a cable bore. The housing comprises a tapered sleeve with a tapered sleeve cable bore, a sliding bell with a sliding bell cable bore, a drive pinch cylinder, a linear biasing mechanism positioned between the tapered sleeve and the drive pinch cylinder, a plurality of shear pins disposed partially into the housing and though the drive pinch cylinder, wherein each shear pin is adapted to withstand from 100 pounds to 2000 pounds of shear load, a pair of slidable cutting segments and a pair of slidable cutting segment guides. When cable load exceeds a preset limit, the shear pins shear allowing the slidable cutting segments to be moved up the slidable cutting segment guides to impact and shear the cable. |
146 |
Well Completion Arrangement and a Method for Preparing a Well for Abandonment |
US14366222 |
2012-12-11 |
US20140326470A1 |
2014-11-06 |
Bård Martin Tinnen |
A well completion arrangement and method is for removing at least a portion of a line running in an annulus between a tubing and a casing in a well. The arrangement comprises at least two clamping means spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the tubing and fixed thereto, the clamping means being configured for fixing the line with respect to tubing, a splitting means for releasing the line from the interval defined by at least an upper clamping means and a lower clamping means of the at least two clamping means, a line manipulator apparatus for activating said release of the line, and a line retrieval apparatus for displacing into the tubing the portion of the line from said interval, thereby removing the line from the annulus. |
147 |
DOWNHOLE TOOL |
US14354717 |
2012-10-26 |
US20140299323A1 |
2014-10-09 |
David Manson |
A downhole tool mechanism for applying a driving force, such as a cutter tool for cutting a line captured within the tool, comprises a resiliently compressible member for storing a compressive force; a retaining device for maintaining storage of the compressive force until released; a trigger mechanism for releasing the compressive force when the trigger mechanism is activated. In one form the resiliently compressible member comprises a plurality of concentrically arranged spring washers each having a radial slot therein for receiving a line along the length of the resiliently compressible member. In the cutter form, there is a cutter arranged to cut the line when the trigger mechanism is activated, and the trigger mechanism is activated when the tool receives a shock force to one or both ends. |
148 |
Shearable Control Line Connectors and Methods of Use |
US13937354 |
2013-07-09 |
US20140144615A1 |
2014-05-29 |
William Mark Richards |
Disclosed are shearable control line connectors. One control line connector includes an upper coupling element, a lower coupling element communicably coupled to the upper coupling element, and a connector cap securing the upper coupling element to the lower coupling element and being configured to shear upon being subjected to an axial force, thereby effectively separating the upper coupling element from the lower coupling element. |
149 |
Method and apparatus to position and protect control lines being coupled to a pipe string on a rig |
US12907846 |
2010-10-19 |
US08678088B2 |
2014-03-25 |
Dougal Hugo Brown |
Apparatuses and methods to cut a control line and/or to run a control line on a rig may include a movable cutting apparatus to cut a control line, a load transfer member to engage a control line, a load measuring device to measure a load imparted to a load transfer member, and a drive member to engage and drive a control line. The apparatuses and methods may be used with a control line positioning apparatus, a pipe engaging apparatus, and/or may be used by themselves. |
150 |
Devices and Methods for Severing a Tube-Wire |
US13538410 |
2012-06-29 |
US20140000895A1 |
2014-01-02 |
John Gordon Misselbrook |
A shear pig assembly and method of use for severing a linear conductor within a surrounding tubular. A shear pig assembly includes a main body and a nose that radially surround the linear conductor within the tubular. The main body and nose are axially moveable with respect to each other to cause a shear plug to move radially within a shearing chamber, thereby severing the linear conductor. |
151 |
VALVE |
US13633290 |
2012-10-02 |
US20130081823A1 |
2013-04-04 |
Carl Richard Wood |
A valve has a moveable member movable between open and closed configurations and a cutting device arranged to shear against an anvil member when moving between the open and closed configurations and a sealing member providing a seat for seating of the moveable member when the moveable member is in the closed configuration. The anvil member and the sealing member are moveable relative to one another when the moveable member is moving from the open to the closed configuration. During opening and closing the sealing member is displaced away from the cutting device as the cutting device engages the anvil member. The sealing member is pushed away from the moveable member and the anvil to a maximum separation from the movable member at the point on the stroke when the cutting surface of the moveable member is moving past the anvil member. |
152 |
Cutting device and a method for emergency cutting of a line in a well |
US12522883 |
2008-01-09 |
US08376040B2 |
2013-02-19 |
Petter Birkeland; Oyvind Koldal |
A cutting device and a method for emergency cutting of a line in a well are disclosed. The cutting device includes a tapering guide including a narrow end portion and a wide end portion for feed-through of the line, the narrow end portion being placed, when in its position of use, at a lower position than that of the wide end portion; at least one sliding block arranged axially movable within the tapering guide; at least one cutting knife connected to the sliding block and directed inwards in the tapering guide; at least one releasable holding mechanism for standby holding of the at least one sliding block at the wide end portion of the guide, and for releasing the at least one sliding block in connection with emergency cutting of the line. Upon release, the at least one sliding block will move downward in the direction of the narrow end portion of the guide where it will force its at least one cutting knife with increasing force against the line until it is cut off. |
153 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELEASING A COILED TUBING INTERNAL CONDUIT FROM A BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY |
US13651687 |
2012-10-15 |
US20130037269A1 |
2013-02-14 |
Manfred Sach |
A method and apparatus for releasing a coiled tubing internal line from a bottom hole assembly. The internal line may not have strength sufficient to permit the application of a tension force at the surface to disconnect the internal line from the bottom hole assembly. The bottom hole assembly may include a ball seat adapted to retain a ball permitting the application of a pressure differential above and below the ball seat. An anchor assembly connected to the internal line may be adapted to disconnect from the bottom hole assembly upon the application of predetermined pressure differential. A predetermined pressure differential may be used to shear a portion of the internal line releasing an upper portion of the internal line from the bottom hole assembly. |
154 |
Downhole well access line cutting tool |
US12357150 |
2009-01-21 |
US08082980B2 |
2011-12-27 |
Peter Gillan |
A cutting tool for cutting a wireline, slickline, coiled tubing, or other well access line stuck downhole in a well. The tool includes a host of features including a propulsion mechanism to aid in delivering the tool to a predetermined cut location of the line. In this manner, the risk of unintended uphole cutting of the line may be minimized. |
155 |
Recessed cutting edge for wire cutting gate valves |
US12258927 |
2008-10-27 |
US08070131B2 |
2011-12-06 |
Joseph S. Y. Liew |
A gate valve having a body, a chamber housed in the body, a passage through the body that intersects the chamber, a gate for selectively opening and closing the valve, and a cutting edge on the gate. The cutting edge can sever any lines that may be in the valve and still seal after closing. The gate includes a recess formed to collect cuttings formed while severing the line. |
156 |
Severing of downhole tubing with associated cable |
US12055434 |
2008-03-26 |
US08020619B1 |
2011-09-20 |
Michael C. Robertson; William Boelte |
Methods for severing tubing having a cable extending along its length include lowering a first cutting torch into the tubing to a desired location, igniting the first cutting torch, and directing cutting fluids in a circumferential arc to form a first cut in the tubing and sever the cable. A second cutting torch can be lowered and positioned relative to the first cut, and ignited to direct cutting fluids radially to cut the tubing all around the circumference, enabling retrieval of the tubing. The need for precise positioning and alignment of the torches to sever both the cable and tubing is thereby eliminated. |
157 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELEASING A COILED TUBING INTERNAL CONDUIT FROM A BOTTOM HOLE ASSEMBLY |
US12844565 |
2010-07-27 |
US20110024133A1 |
2011-02-03 |
Manfred Sach |
A method and apparatus for releasing a coiled tubing internal line from a bottom hole assembly. The internal line may not have strength sufficient to permit the application of a tension force at the surface to disconnect the internal line from the bottom hole assembly. The bottom hole assembly may include a ball seat adapted to retain a ball permitting the application of a pressure differential above and below the ball seat. An anchor assembly connected to the internal line may be adapted to disconnect from the bottom hole assembly upon the application of predetermined pressure differential. A predetermined pressure differential may be used to shear a portion of the internal line releasing an upper portion of the internal line from the bottom hole assembly. |
158 |
Auxiliary Conduit Cutting Apparatus |
US12651132 |
2009-12-31 |
US20100294478A1 |
2010-11-25 |
Christopher W. Guidry; Anthony C. Zavesky; Joshua C. Joerg |
A cutting assembly for external conduits on a tubing string or main tubular conduit features at least one breakaway in the string that can be severed with a tensile force. Preferably each external conduit is run through a cutter housing that is integral with a passage having threaded end connections. While in some scenarios it is preferred that the main tubular conduit is severed below the cutting assembly thus allowing the cutting apparatus to be retrieved with the upper portions of the cut main tubular conduit and external longitudinal member(s), in other circumstances it may be desired that the main tubular conduit is severed above the cutting assembly allowing the cutting apparatus to be left “downhole” with the lower portion of the cut main tubular conduit and the BHA. The cutter knife assembly chambers or channels can be in banks that are axially spaced using bypass channels to access lower banks. The cutter knife assembly and associated channels can be mirror images so that the external conduits can be cut regardless of where the tubing string is severed and one or more conduits can be cut with a single cutter assembly. |
159 |
Auxiliary Conduit Cutting Apparatus |
US12469388 |
2009-05-20 |
US20100294477A1 |
2010-11-25 |
Anthony C. Zavesky; Steven G. Blair; Christopher W. Guidry; Steve Rosenblatt |
A cutting assembly for external conduits on a tubing string features a breakaway in the string that can be severed with a tensile force. Preferably each external conduit is run through a cutter housing. Upon severing of the string and applying a pickup force, a tension is applied to each external conduit since the severing of the string happens above all the cutter housings. Each housing cuts at least one conduit and the upper portion of the string brings with it the upper portion of the external conduit while the lower portions of each cut external conduit are retained in the cutter housings that remain downhole below the breakaway. In that manner there are no loose external conduit ends to interfere with and/or disturb subsequent fishing or other wellbore operations. |
160 |
Coiled tubing wireline cutter |
US11179882 |
2005-07-12 |
US20070012449A1 |
2007-01-18 |
Brian Cruickshank; Benjamin Bianchi; Richard Messa |
A wireline cutter comprises a primary housing with a first axial bore configured to receive a wireline positioned within a well bore, and a first blade mounted within the primary housing and operable to cut the wireline. A method of cutting a wireline in a well bore comprises running a wireline cutter into the well bore, receiving the wireline within the wireline cutter, and cutting the wireline with the wireline cutter. A one-trip cutting system for use in a well bore comprises a wireline cutter, and a coiled tubing cutter. A method for cutting a coiled tubing with a wireline disposed therein comprises running a system comprising a wireline cutter and a coiled tubing cutter into the well bore, cutting the coiled tubing with the coiled tubing cutter, and cutting the wireline with the wireline cutter, wherein both cutting steps are performed in one trip into the well bore. |