Liner tie-back sleeve

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1994-01-26

1995-07-25

Britts, Ramon S.

Wells

Submerged well

Connection or disconnection of submerged members remotely...

1661175, 1662411, E21B 33047, E21B 2303

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active

054353920

ABSTRACT:
A scoophead/diverter assembly functions to orient and anchor multiple tubing strings at the Y-juncture in an oil or gas well with multiple lateral wellbores. An important advantage of this arrangement is to provide communication to multiple reservoirs or tap different locations within the same reservoir and enable re-entry to these wellbores for remediation and stimulation. The large bore of the scoophead enables a secondary wellbore's production tubing (liner) to pass through until the top of the liner is in the scoophead. In accordance with an important feature of this invention, a novel liner tie-back sleeve is used to thread onto the top of a lateral liner, and locate, latch and provide a seal receptacle to isolate the secondary wellbore's production fluids. The liner tie-back sleeve also includes a running profile for a suitable running tool. The liner tie-back sleeve comprises two cylindrical parts that, when assembled, provide a running tool profile for running the liner in the wellbore. The sleeve has a locating shoulder on the outer surface to indicate when the sleeve is located in the scoophead, and a locking groove for locking dogs from the scoophead to snap into to provide resistance when pulling tension against the sleeve. Once the sleeve is in place and the running tool removed, an internal latch thread and seal bore is exposed for a parallel seal assembly (or other tool or production tubing) to plug into for isolating the secondary lateral wellbore. Providing the seal point between the parallel seal assembly and sleeve eliminates the need to effect a seal in the scoophead on the large bore side.

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