# US 4,399,865 A · Concentric steaming string downhole apparatus

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- Number: US 4,399,865 A
- Document ID: US4399865A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/284,748
- Filed: 1981-07-20
- Granted: 1983-08-23
- Earliest claimed: 1981-07-20
- Assignees: Chevron Research Company
- Inventors: Glenn W. Anderson; Stanley O. Hutchison
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4399865A

## CPC

- E21B 36/00: Heating, cooling or insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
- E21B 43/14: Obtaining from a multiple-zone well
- E21B 43/162: {Injecting fluid from longitudinally spaced locations in injection well}
- E21B 43/24: using heat, e.g. steam injection
- E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2

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.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The steam injector assembly of claim 2 wherein said cross-over means includes a releasable threaded coupling between said inner tubing and said cross-over means.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The steam injector assembly of claim 3 wherein said releasable threaded coupling at said cross-over means includes a threaded element effecting a sealing contact between said inner tubing and said cross-over means.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The steam injector assembly of claim 2 wherein said packer means includes separate packer elements facing in opposite directions are cooperating with casing within said cased well, the upper packer element facing upward to seal steam deflected by said deflecting means from below said upper packer, and the lower packers element facing downward to seal steam from said inner tubing from above said lower packer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The steam injector assembly of claim 2 wherein said inner tubing and said outer tubing of said concentric tubing are independent of each other above said cross-over means.