# US 12,006,791 B2 · Methods and systems for a subsurface safety valve opening sleeve tool

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- Number: US 12,006,791 B2
- Document ID: US12006791B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/810,231
- Filed: 2022-06-30
- Published: 2024-01-04
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2022-06-30
- Assignees: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicants: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Inventors: Hussain Ali Alssamen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12006791B2

## CPC

- E21B 34/14: operated by movement of tools, e.g. sleeve valves operated by pistons or wire line tools {(E21B34/066 takes precedence)}
- E21B 33/06: Blow-out preventers {, i.e. apparatus closing around a drill pipe, e.g. annular blow-out preventers (rotating blow-out preventers E21B33/085)}
- E21B 2200/05: Flapper valves
- E21B 2200/06: Sleeve valves
- E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

## Abstract

A method for a well intervention operation may be conducted on a wellbore having a subsurface safety valve in a tubular string therein with a wireline extending into the wellbore from a wellhead. The method may include deploying an opening sleeve tool into the wellbore; landing a top portion of the opening sleeve tool on the subsurface safety valve; forcing a gate valve of the subsurface safety valve with a tubular portion of the opening sleeve tool from a closed position to an open position; and conducting the well intervention operation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system, comprising:
a wellhead on a surface of a wellbore, wherein a blowout preventer is disposed on top of the wellhead;
a tubing string disposed within the wellbore;
a cable extending downward into the wellbore from the blowout preventer and the wellhead, wherein the cable is connected to a bottomhole assembly within the wellbore;
a subsurface safety valve disposed in the tubing string; and
an opening sleeve tool attached to the cable, the opening sleeve tool comprising:
a top portion configured to land on an upper most end of the subsurface safety valve; and
a tubular portion defining a bore extending downward a length from the top portion,
wherein an end of the tubular portion distal to the top portion is configured to force a gate valve of the subsurface safety valve to move from a closed position to an open position; and
wherein an inner diameter of the tubular portion is greater than an outer diameter of the bottomhole assembly.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein a bottom surface of the top portion comprises a lip or groove to engage a fish neck of the subsurface safety valve.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the end of the tubular portion comprises an opening to access the wellbore.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The system of claim 3, wherein the end comprises an engagement surface to contact the gate valve.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the top portion further comprises a fish neck configured to engage the bottomhole assembly.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the tubular portion further comprises a groove to receive the cable.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The system of claim 6, wherein set screws lock the cable in the groove.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein the opening sleeve tool is configured to be lowered into the wellbore when the subsurface safety valve fails and the gate valve closes.