US 4,394,883 A · Well jar

Abstract

A well jar having an elongated body with an axial passageway and threaded connections for assembly into a string of well pipe. The body has a tubular mandrel slideably mounted within a tubular barrel with the annulus therebetween exposed to well fluid. Fluid seals in the annulus provide an isolated chamber containing a latch whereby the mandrel and barrel are selectively released for delivering an impact to the wellpipe. The improvement to the jar comprises a plurality of elongated, resilient vibration snubbers integrally carried by the mandrel and aligned longitudinally in the annulus between the mandrel and the barrel. The snubbers slideably engage the barrel throughout its telescopic movement along the mandrel. The snubbers are circumferentially spaced apart about the mandrel with the intervening spaces forming flow channels in the annulus to accommodate well fluid flows when the jar is mounted in the string of well pipe being rotated in the well bore. In another embodiment, as a subcombination, an elongated, resilient vibration snubber is designed for mounting in a flat bottom groove in a cylindrical metal surface on a well jar. The snubber has a rectangular body of resilient synthetic rubber integrally bonded to a thin metal base. The base and body are provided with one or more transverse apertures to accommodate threaded fasteners. The body has a curved surface on the side opposite to its mounting on the base. Preferably, the snubber is formed of a synthetic rubber with a hardness of about 80 durometer shore-A.

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Dependent claims

A rotary well jar subject to severe lateral and longitudinal drill string forces in a fluid-filled wellbore and the well jar having an elongate body with an axial passageway for fluid flows, the body having threaded connections at its ends for assembly into a string of well pipe, the body formed of a tubular barrel with an annulus exposed to well fluid between the mandrel and barrel, fluid seals positioned at one end of the annulus forming an elongate chamber isolated from the fluid in the wellbore and latch means in the chamber to releasably latch the mandrel to the barrel until the latch means are selectively released for delivering an impact between hammer and anvil surfaces on the mandrel and barrel, the rotary well jar comprising;

(a) a plurality of individual resilient vibration snubbers longitudinally, individually mounted circumferentially around said mandrel and at an upper end of said annulus above said latch means and also aligned longitudinally in said annulus between said mandrel and said barrel;
(b) said snubbers spaced longitudinally from said fluid seal at a location to slideably engage with said barrel through out its telescoping movement along said mandrel;
(c) said snubbers disposed in circumferential spaced apart relationship about said mandrel with spaces forming flow channels therebetween in said annulus to accomodate well fluid flows when said mandrel and said barrel are rotated with the string of well pipe in the well bore;
(d) said snubbers having a curved exposed surface for engaging the inner surface of said barrel to dampen vibrational movements between said mandrel and said barrel during their telescoping movements for preventing injury to said fluid seals;
and,
(e) said snubbers having a diameter, when not confined, larger than the internal diameter of said annulus to define an interference fit on positioning of said snubbers in said annulus.

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A well jar for use in a fluid-filled well bore and having an elongated body with an axial passageway for fluid flows, the body having threaded connections at its ends for assembly into a string of well pipe rotated in the well bore, the body formed of a tubular mandrel slideably and rotatably mounted within a tubular barrel with an annulus exposed to well fluid between the mandrel and one end of the barrel, fluid seals positioned at the end of the annulus remote from the end of the barrel and forming a chamber insolated from the fluid in the well bore, a vent opening in the barrel providing a fluid communication between the annulus and well fluid surrounding the body, and latching means in the chamber to latch the mandrel to the barrel until the latching means are selectively released for deliver of impacts between hammer and anvil surfaces on the mandrel and barrel, and torque loading means in the chamber to bias the locking means with a predetermine angular force regulating release of the mandrel and barrel to enable the mandrel and barrel to move both axially and angularly relative to one another to delivery the impacts creating longitudinal and rotational vibration effects at the end of the mandrel that act deleteriously upon the fluid seals, the rotary well jar comprising;

(a) a plurality of individual resilient vibration snubbers longitudinally, individually mounted circumferentially around said mandrel above said latch means and aligned longitudinally in said annulus between said mandrel and said barrel;
(b) said snubbers spaced from said fluid seals to slideably engage said barrel throughout its telescoping movement along said mandrel;
(c) said snubbers spaced apart circumferentially to provide flow channels in said annulus;
(d) said snubbers engaging said barrel to dampen the lateral displacements and vibrational distortion between said barrel and mandrel for preventing injury to said fluid seals;
and,
(e) said snubbers having a diameter, when not confined, larger than the internal diameter of said annulus to define an interference fit on positioning of said snubbers in said annulus.

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A method of servicing a rotary well jar having an elongate body with an axial passageway from end to end for fluid flow, the body having threaded connections at its ends for assembly into a string of well pipe, the body formed of a tubular barrel with an annulus exposed to well fluid between the mandrel and barrel, fluid seals positioned at one end of the annulus forming an elongate chamber isolated from the fluid in the wellbore and latch means in the chamber to releasably latch the mandrel to the barrel until the latch means are selectively released for delivering an impact between hammer and anvil surfaces on the mandrel and barrel, and further including:

(a) a plurality of resilient vibration snubbers longitudinally individually mounted circumferentially around said mandrel and at an upper end of said annulus above said latch means and also aligned longitudinally in said annulus between said mandrel and said barrel;
(b) said snubbers spaced longitudinally from said fluid seal at a location to slideably engage with said barrel through out its telescoping movement along said mandrel;
(c) said snubbers disposed in circumferential spaced apart relationship about said mandrel with spaces forming flow channels therebetween in said annulus to accomodate well fluid flows when said mandrel and said barrel are rotated with the string of well pipe in the well bore;
(d) said snubbers having an exposed surface for engaging the inner surface of said barrel to dampen vibrational movements between said mandrel and said barrel during their telescoping movements for preventing injury to said fluid seals, the method comprising the steps of:
(1) exposing said snubbers for access thereto;
(2) removing and replacing selected ones of said snubbers with new snubbers mounted longitudinally individually about the circumference of said mandrel;
and
(3) placing said mandrel and barrel in an operative position relative to one another.

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