CA2619215A1 - Communicating fluids with a heated-fluid generation system - Google Patents

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CA2619215A1
CA2619215A1 CA002619215A CA2619215A CA2619215A1 CA 2619215 A1 CA2619215 A1 CA 2619215A1 CA 002619215 A CA002619215 A CA 002619215A CA 2619215 A CA2619215 A CA 2619215A CA 2619215 A1 CA2619215 A1 CA 2619215A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B36/00—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/20—Flexible or articulated drilling pipes, e.g. flexible or articulated rods, pipes or cables
    • E21B17/203—Flexible or articulated drilling pipes, e.g. flexible or articulated rods, pipes or cables with plural fluid passages
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B36/00—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones
    • E21B36/02—Heating, cooling, insulating arrangements for boreholes or wells, e.g. for use in permafrost zones using burners
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
    • E21B43/16—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons
    • E21B43/24—Enhanced recovery methods for obtaining hydrocarbons using heat, e.g. steam injection
    • E21B43/2406—Steam assisted gravity drainage [SAGD]

Abstract

Some embodiments of a supply tube system (140) for use in a wellbore (160) may have multiple tubes, a number of which can be readily coupled to a downhole steam generator or other heated-fluid generator device (200) . In certain embodiments, the system (140) may include a connector (500) that simplifies the process of coupling the supply tube system (140) to the steam generator (200) and provides for fluid communication between each supply conduit (115), (615), and (715) and the associated input port of the steam generator.

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1. A method, comprising:
lowering a heated-fluid generator device into a wellbore while the heated-fluid generator device is coupled to a first tube; and coupling a second tube to the heated-fluid generator, at least one of the first tube and the second tube comprising a coiled tubing uncoiled from a spool and inserted into the wellbore.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first tube supports at least a portion of a weight of the heated-fluid generator device while lowering the heated-fluid generator device into the wellbore.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the first and second tubes is disposed inside of the other tube to define a first fluid conduit inside of a second fluid conduit.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling the first tube to the heated-fluid generator device using a connector, wherein one of the connector and the second tube comprises a stab portion and the other comprises a receptacle adapted to sealingly receive the stab portion and couple second tube with the connector after the heated-fluid generator device is lowered into the wellbore.
5. The method of claim 4, wherein the connector comprises a first port in communication with the first fluid conduit and the heated-fluid generator device and comprises a second port in communication with the second conduit and the heated-fluid generator device.
6. The method claim 1, wherein the first tube and the second tube are received within a casing and the casing, the first tube, and the second tube at least partially define at least three substantially nested conduits.
7. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving a fuel through the first conduit to the heated-fluid generator device, receiving an oxygen-containing fluid through the second conduit to the heated-fluid generator device, and receiving water through a third conduit defined by the annulus between the wellbore casing and the intermediate tube.
8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving water, an oxygen-containing fluid, and a fuel at the heated-fluid generator device and applying a heated fluid to a hydrocarbon formation disposed proximal to the wellbore.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the heated-fluid generator device comprises a steam generator.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first tube and the second tube is continuous between the heated-fluid generator and a ground surface.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein comprising lowering the heated-fluid generator device into a wellbore further comprises receiving the heated-fluid generator device at a liner hanger.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein receiving the heated-fluid generator device at the liner hanger further comprises sealingly coupling the heated-fluid generator device to a polished bore receptacle of the liner hanger.
13. A method, comprising:
lowering a heated-fluid generator device into a wellbore while the heated-fluid generator device is coupled to a first tube, the first tube being uncoiled from a spool as the heated-fluid generator device is lowered into the wellbore; and coupling a second tube to the heated-fluid generator, one of the first and second tubes nested within the other to define at least a portion of at least two fluid conduits.
14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first tube supports at least a portion of a weight of the heated-fluid generator device while it is being lowered into the wellbore.
15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first tube and the second tube define at least a portion of at least three fluid conduits.
16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first tube is substantially continuous between the heated-fluid generator device and a ground surface.
17. The method of claim 13, wherein lowering the heated-fluid generator device into a wellbore further comprises receiving the heated-fluid generator device at a liner hanger.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the heated-fluid generator device at the liner hanger further comprises sealingly coupling the heated-fluid generator device to a polished bore receptacle of the liner hanger.
19. A system for generating heated fluid in a wellbore, comprising:
a heated-fluid generator device disposed in a wellbore and adapted to output a heated fluid; and a first and second tubes residing in the wellbore and coupled to the heated-fluid generator, the first tube at least partially defining a first conduit and the second tube at least partially defining a second conduit, both the first and second conduits being in fluid communication with the heated-fluid generator device, wherein at least one of the first and second tubes comprises a coiled tubing.
20. The system of claim 19, wherein the first tube resides within the second tube so as to define a inner fluid conduit disposed within an intermediate fluid conduit.
21. The system of claim 20, further comprising a wellbore casing disposed in the wellbore, the wellbore casing surrounding at least a portion of the second tube to define a fluid conduit between the casing tube and the second tube.
22. The system of claim 19, wherein at least one of the first and second tubes is substantially continuous between the heated-fluid generator and a ground surface.
23. The system of claim 19, further comprising:
a hanger device adapted to grip a wall of the wellbore and adapted to receive and support the heated-fluid generator device in the wellbore; and a connector adapted to couple at least one of the first and second tubes to the heated-fluid generator device and adapted to substantially seal against the hanger device.
24. The system of claim 19, wherein the heated-fluid generator device comprises a steam generator.
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