Multi-zone fracturing completion
AssigneeBaker Hughes Incorporated
InventorJohn Edward Ravensbergen
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Abstract
A ported housing that may be connected along a casing string and the method for use of the ported housing in fracturing and/or treating multiple zones in a well. A sleeve is connected to the ported housing and may be moved between an initial position that prevents fluid flow through the ports of the housing and second position that permits fluid flow through the ports. A bottom hole assembly may be connected to the sleeve by an anchor. A packer element may create a seal between the bottom hole assembly and the sleeve permitting a pressure differential across the packer element to move bottom hole assembly down the casing moving the sleeve to the second position. In the second position, the formation adjacent to the ported housing may be stimulated and/or treated.
Claims20
A wellbore completion system, the system comprising:
- a housing operatively connected between two casing tubulars of a casing string, the housing including at least one port through the housing;
- a sleeve connected to the housing, the sleeve being movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the sleeve prevents fluid communication through the port of the housing and, wherein the sleeve is moved downward from the first position to the second position;
- a bottom hole assembly having a packing element and an anchor, the anchor being adapted to selectively connect the bottom hole assembly to the sleeve and the packing element being adapted to provide a seal between the bottom hole assembly and the sleeve;
- a shearable device adapted to selectively retain the sleeve in the first position and release the sleeve from the first position upon the application of a pressure differential across the seal between the bottom hole assembly and the sleeve, wherein after the shearable device releases the sleeve the application of the pressure differential moves the bottom hole assembly downward to move the sleeve to the second position;
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- an expandable device adapted to selectively retain the sleeve in the second position.
A method for treating or stimulating a well formation, the method comprising:
- positioning a bottom hole assembly within a portion of a casing string adjacent a first sleeve connected to the casing string, wherein the first sleeve is movable between a first position that prevents fluid communication through a first port in the casing string and a second position that permits fluid communication through the first port in the casing string;
- connecting a portion of the bottom hole assembly to the first sleeve;
- creating a seal between the bottom hole assembly and the sleeve;
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- applying a pressure differential across the seal moving the bottom hole assembly down the casing string to move the first sleeve from the first position to the second position, wherein the seal is created prior to moving the first sleeve from the first position to the second position.
A wellbore completion system comprising:
- a housing operatively connected between two casing tubulars of a casing string, the housing including at least one port through the housing;
- a sleeve connected to the housing, the sleeve being movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the sleeve prevents fluid communication through the port of the housing and, wherein the sleeve is moved downward from the first position to the second position;
- a bottom hole assembly having a packing element and an anchor, the anchor being adapted to selectively connect the bottom hole assembly to the sleeve and the packing element being adapted to provide a seal between the bottom hole assembly and the sleeve, wherein the bottom hole assembly is adapted to move the sleeve downward from the first position to the second position upon application of a pressure differential across the seal between the bottom hole assembly and the sleeve;
- a second housing operatively connected between two casing tubulars of the casing string, the second housing including at least one port through the second housing;
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- a sleeve connected to the second housing movable between a first position and a second position, wherein in the first position the sleeve prevents fluid communication through the port of the second housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.