Solid-core filament-wound composite mandrel
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsKyle Tse, Colby Jarrett
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Abstract
A technique for manufacturing a millable bridge plug for plugging of a wellbore during, for example, a fracturing operation. A bridge plug is constructed with an obstructed internal passage. The obstructed internal passage is formed by winding a composite material about a wrapping mandrel having at least one cylindrical part and a solid part coupled thereto. The cylindrical part is removed after a curing process leaving a mandrel with a plugged internal passageway upon which a seal member combined with a plurality of slips for engaging a surrounding wall, e.g. a surrounding wellbore wall, may be coupled.
Claims14
A mandrel for substantially preventing fluid flow in a wellbore, the mandrel comprising:
- an outer mandrel member having an inner surface that defines a channel that extends from a first end of the outer mandrel member to a second end of the outer mandrel member;
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- a plug positioned within the channel between the first end and the second end, the plug contacting the inner surface of the outer mandrel member at a plug interface,
- wherein the inner surface has an inner diameter between the first end of the outer mandrel member and the plug interface, and wherein the inner surface has an interface diameter at the plug interface, wherein the interface diameter is greater than the inner diameter.
A bridge plug for substantially preventing fluid flow in a wellbore, the bridge plug comprising:
- a mandrel comprising:
- an outer mandrel member having an inner surface that defines a channel that extends from a first end of the outer mandrel member to a second end of the outer mandrel member, and
- a plug positioned within the channel between the first end and the second end, the plug contacting the inner surface of the outer mandrel member at a plug interface,
- wherein the inner surface has an inner diameter between the first end of the outer mandrel member and the plug interface, and wherein the inner surface has an interface diameter at the plug interface, wherein the interface diameter is greater than the inner diameter;
- a seal member selectively actuatable into sealing engagement with an inner surface of the wellbore;
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- a plurality of slips actuatable into sealing engagement with the inner surface of the wellbore.
A method of forming a mandrel for substantially preventing fluid flow in a wellbore, the method comprising:
- coupling a first and a second wrapping mandrel to a plug to form a single wrapping mandrel;
- winding the single wrapping mandrel with a composite material to form an outer mandrel member, the plug contacting an inner surface of the outer mandrel member at a plug interface;
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- detaching the first and the second wrapping mandrels from the plug, wherein the plug remains in a channel formed by the outer mandrel member, wherein the inner surface has an inner diameter between a first end of the outer mandrel member and the plug interface, and wherein the inner surface has an interface diameter at the plug interface, wherein the interface diameter is greater than the inner diameter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.