Additive Manufacture of Wellbore Tubulars
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorsPeter J. Boul, Carl J. Thaemlitz
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Abstract
Provided are systems and method for casing a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well. The casing including disposing a casing print head in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, and conducting a downhole casing operation including operating the casing print head to eject casing material to form a casing tubular in the wellbore, and operating the casing print head to eject casing liner material into an annular region located between the casing tubular and a wall of the wellbore to form a casing liner in the annular region, the casing tubular and the casing liner forming a casing of the wellbore.
Claims22
A method of casing a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, the method comprising:
- disposing a casing print head in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well;
- and
- conducting a downhole casing operation comprising:
- operating the casing print head to eject casing material to form a casing tubular in the wellbore;
- and
- operating the casing print head to eject casing liner material into an annular region located between the casing tubular and a wall of the wellbore to form a casing liner in the annular region, the casing tubular and the casing liner forming a casing of the wellbore.
A wellbore casing system comprising:
- a casing print head configured to be disposed in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, the casing print head configured to:
- eject casing material to form a casing tubular in the wellbore;
- and
- eject casing liner material into an annular region located between the casing tubular and a wall of the wellbore to form a casing liner in the annular region, the casing tubular and the casing liner forming a casing of the wellbore.
A method of lining a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well, the method comprising:
- disposing a liner print head in a wellbore of a hydrocarbon well;
- and
- conducting a downhole lining operation comprising:
- operating the lining print head to eject tubular material to form a tubular in the wellbore;
- and
- operating the lining print head to eject liner material into an annular region located between the tubular and a wall of the wellbore to form, in the annular region, a casing liner in the wellbore, the tubular and the casing liner forming a lined tubular in the wellbore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.