Pressure indication alignment using an orientation port and orientation slot
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorDavid Joe Steele
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Abstract
Provided is an inner string, an outer string, and a well system. The inner string, in one aspect, includes an inner tubular configured to extend at least partially within a seal surface of an outer tubular, the inner tubular including a sidewall having a thickness (t1). The inner string, according to one aspect, further includes an orientation port extending entirely through the sidewall to provide fluid access from an interior of the inner tubular to an exterior of the inner tubular, the orientation port configured to align with an orientation slot in the outer tubular that it is configured to engage with to provide a pressure reading indicative of a relative location of the inner tubular to the outer tubular.
Claims39
An inner string, comprising:
- an inner tubular configured to extend at least partially within a seal surface of an outer tubular, the inner tubular including a sidewall having a thickness (t1);
- and
- an orientation port extending entirely through the sidewall to provide fluid access from an interior of the inner tubular to an exterior of the inner tubular, the orientation port configured to align with an orientation slot in the outer tubular that it is configured to engage with to provide a pressure reading indicative of a relative location of the inner tubular to the outer tubular, the orientation slot being a longitudinal orientation slot having a length (l) and a width (w), wherein the length (l) of the longitudinal orientation slot is greater than the width (w).
An outer string, comprising:
- an outer tubular configured to extend at least partially around an inner tubular, the outer tubular including a seal surface;
- and
- an orientation slot located along an inside surface of the outer tubular, the orientation slot configured to align with an orientation port in the inner tubular that it is configured to engage with to provide a pressure reading indicative of a relative location of the inner tubular to the outer tubular.
A well system, comprising:
- a wellbore extending through a subterranean formation;
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- a pressure indication alignment system positioned within the wellbore, the pressure indication alignment system including:
- an outer string located in the wellbore, the outer string including:
- an outer tubular including a seal surface;
- and
- an orientation slot located along an inside surface of the outer tubular, the orientation slot being a longitudinal orientation slot having a length (l) and a width (w), wherein the length (l) of the longitudinal orientation slot is greater than the width (w);
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- an inner string located at least partially within the outer string, the inner string including:
- an inner tubular extending at least partially within the seal surface of the outer tubular, the inner tubular including a sidewall having a thickness (t1);
- and
- an orientation port extending entirely through the sidewall to provide fluid access from an interior of the inner tubular to an exterior of the inner tubular, the orientation port configured to align with the orientation slot in the outer tubular to provide a pressure reading indicative of a relative location of the inner tubular to the outer tubular.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.