Ball activated treatment and production system including injection system
AssigneeBaker Hughes, A Ge Company, LLC
InventorsMatthew C. Stone, Jonathan N. Croy
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Abstract
A ball activated treatment and production system arranged between a first packer and a second packer includes a tubular including an inlet port, and an outlet port. A first sleeve is selectively slideably arranged in the tubular. The first sleeve includes a first ball seat and is arranged to selectively open the outlet port. A second sleeve is selectively slideably arranged in the tubular. The second sleeve includes a second ball seat and is arranged to selectively open the inlet port. At least one fluid injection port is arranged in the tubular and is fluidically connectable to a fluid conduit arranged externally to the tubular.
Claims15
A ball activated treatment and production system arranged between a first packer and a second packer comprising:
- a tubular including an inlet port, and an outlet port;
- a first sleeve selectively slideably arranged in the tubular, the first sleeve including a first ball seat and being arranged to selectively open the outlet port;
- a second sleeve selectively slideably arranged in the tubular, the second sleeve including a second ball seat and being arranged to selectively open the inlet port;
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- at least one fluid injection port arranged in the tubular and fluidically connectable to a fluid conduit arranged externally to the tubular.
A resource exploration and recovery system comprising:
- surface system;
- a tubular string including a plurality of tubulars extending from the surface system;
- a first packer provided on one of the plurality of tubulars;
- a second packer arranged on one of the plurality of tubulars and another of the plurality of tubulars, the second packer being spaced from the first packer;
- a fluid conduit extending from the surface system through at least one of the first and second packers;
- a ball activated treatment and production system arranged between the first packer and the second packer, the ball activated treatment and production system comprising:
- a tubular including an inlet port, and an outlet port;
- a first sleeve selectively slideably arranged in the tubular, the first sleeve including a first ball seat and being arranged to selectively open the outlet port;
- a second sleeve selectively slideably arranged in the tubular, the second sleeve including a second ball seat and being arranged to selectively open the inlet port;
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- at least one fluid injection port arranged in the tubular and fluidically connected to the fluid conduit.
A method of treating and producing formation fluids from a formation comprising:
- introducing a first drop ball into a string of tubulars;
- pumping the first drop ball to a first ball seat;
- applying pressure to the first drop ball to shift a first sleeve exposing an outlet port;
- introducing a second drop ball into the string of tubulars;
- pumping the second drop ball to a second ball seat;
- applying pressure to the second drop ball to shift a second sleeve closing the outlet port and opening an inlet port;
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- introducing a fluid directly onto at least one of the first and second drop ball through an injection port in the string of tubulars.
The method of claim 13 further comprising:
- selectively controlling the first and second injection ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.