Concentric steaming string downhole apparatus
AssigneeChevron Research Company
InventorsGlenn W. Anderson, Stanley O. Hutchison
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Abstract
A downhole concentric tubing string is disclosed for use in distributing steam, or other hot fluids, to separated subsurface formations along a well bore. The apparatus includes elements for deflecting the steam from one string into the annulus of a cased well for injection through openings into the formation, elements for conducting the steam in another of the concentric string to a second set of openings for injection into another portion of the formation, and elements for isolating and separating the two separate injection intervals.
Claims6
A steam injection system for use with a concentric tubing string having an inner and an outer tubing for injecting steam into a well at a plurality of different vertical intervals comprising:
- (a) a steam deflector fixed to the downhole end of the outer tubing string, said steam deflector providing exit ports for steam from within said outer tubing to the exterior of said outer tubing for injection at a first of said different vertical intervals;
- (b) a cross-over means having
- (1) an input end including means connected to said inner tubing for partially supporting said cross-over from said inner tubing, and means connected to said steam deflector for partially supporting said cross-over from said outer tubing, said input end maintaining the separation between said inner and outer tubing;
- (2) and an output end connected only to said inner tubing;
- (c) connector tubing connected to said output end of said cross-over;
- (d) an upward facing packer cup coupled to said connector tubing for sealing said well above said upward facing packer cup from said well below and providing an internal passage from said connector tubing to said well below;
- (e) a downward facing packer cup coupled to said upward facing packer cup for sealing said well below said downward facing packer cup from said well above and providing an internal passage from said connector tubing for said well below;
- (f) and means below said downward facing packer cup providing an exit port for steam from within said inner tubing for injection at a second of said different vertical intervals.
A steam injector assembly for use at a subsurface location along a perforated cased well with a steam injection, tubing string consisting of separate concentric inner and outer tubing elements comprising:
- (a) deflecting means supported on said tubing string for deflecting steam from within said outer tubing element outward from said outer tubing;
- (b) means supported on said tubing string for discharging steam from within said inner tubing element outward from said inner tubing;
- (c) hollow packer means supported on said tubing string for separating said steam from said deflecting means from said discharged steam;
- (d) and a cross-over means for terminating said outer tubing and for connecting said inner tubing to said packer means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.