Systems and methods for downhole deployment of containers
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsRobert Utter, Rod Shampine, Dmitriy Potapenko, Yu Wang, Iain Cooper
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Abstract
A downhole tool system may include one or more containers to hold waste product and a tractor to convey the one or more containers to a storage location within a wellbore. The downhole tool system may also include an anchor to seal against the wellbore and secure the containers at the storage location. Additionally, the downhole tool system may include a disconnect tool to separate the tractor from the containers such that the tractor may be removed from the wellbore while leaving the containers at the storage location.
Claims20
A downhole tool system comprising:
- a container configured to contain waste product;
- a tractor configured to convey the container to a storage location within a wellbore;
- an anchor configured to seal against the wellbore and secure the container at the storage location;
- and
- a disconnect tool configured to separate the tractor from the container such that the tractor may be removed from the wellbore while leaving the container at the storage location.
A method comprising:
- conveying, via a cable, a downhole tool system into wellbore, wherein the downhole tool system comprises a container configured to contain radioactive waste;
- disconnecting the cable from the downhole tool system;
- removing the cable from the wellbore;
- and
- plugging the wellbore.
A downhole container configured to store waste product within a wellbore and comprising:
- a housing configured to receive a capsule of the waste product;
- a cap configured to secure the capsule within the housing;
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- a sensor system configured to:
- monitor a state of the waste product;
- and
- transmit the state of the waste product to a surface of the wellbore.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.