Adapters for drilled, uncompleted wells
AssigneeBestway Oilfield, Inc.
InventorMark D. Albert
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Abstract
In one instance, a method of completing a well includes providing a drilling-uncompleted adapter having a first side on an upper portion and a second side on a lower portion and attaching the second side of the drilling-uncompleted adapter onto a casing head of a well. The method further includes attaching at least one fracturing valve to the first side of the drilling-uncompleted adapter and fracturing the well. The method also includes removing the drilling-uncompleted adapter after fracturing and attaching tubing head to the casing head for production. The tubing head does not endure the fracturing.
Claims6
A method of completing a well comprising:
- providing a drilling-uncompleted adapter having a first side on an upper portion and a second side on a lower portion;
- wherein the drilling-uncompleted adapter comprises:
- a body having an inner annulus extending from the first side to the second side,
- the body having a first flange proximate the first side and a second flange proximate the second side,
- wherein the first flange is smaller than the second flange,
- wherein the second flange is sized and configured to mate with a casing head,
- a shelf portion formed between the first flange and the second flange,
- a first plurality of studs extending from the first flange,
- a second plurality of studs extending from the second flange, and
- the body formed with at least one injection port on an outer periphery and formed with a conduit extending from the injection port to the inner annulus;
- coupling the second side of the drilling-uncompleted adapter with the casing head of a well using the second plurality of studs;
- coupling at least one fracturing valve to the first side of the drilling-uncompleted adapter using the first plurality of studs;
- fracturing the well;
- and
- after fracturing the well and while keeping the drilling-uncompleted adapter in place, attaching a tubing head to the first side of the drilling-uncompleted adapter for production.
A method of completing a well comprising:
- providing a drilling-uncompleted adapter having a first side on an upper portion and a second side on a lower portion;
- wherein the drilling-uncompleted adapter comprises:
- a body having an inner annulus extending from the first side to the second side,
- the body having a first flange proximate the first side and a second flange proximate the second side,
- wherein the first flange is smaller than the second flange,
- wherein the second flange is sized and configured to mate with a casing head,
- a shelf portion formed between the first flange and the second flange, and
- the body formed with at least one injection port on an outer periphery and formed with a conduit extending from the injection port to the inner annulus;
- coupling the second side of the drilling-uncompleted adapter onto the casing head of a well;
- coupling at least one fracturing valve to the first side of the drilling-uncompleted adapter;
- fracturing the well;
- and
- after fracturing the well and while keeping the drilling-uncompleted adapter in place, attaching a tubing head to the first side of the drilling-uncompleted adapter for production.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.