Tool for removing fluids and loose material from an earth format

Details Tool for removing fluids and loose material from an earth format Tool for removing fluids and loose material from an earth format

1978-07-07

1979-07-24

Leppink, James A.

Wells

Valves, closures or changeable restrictors

Fluid operated

137527, 166311, E21B 3700, E21B 4100

Patent

active

041619854

ABSTRACT:
The tool of this invention is designed primarily for removing unconsolidated sand and other debris from the well casing perforations and adjacent earth formation in an oil or gas recovery operation. The basic tool includes an upper valve unit and lower valve unit, which are coupled together by a surge chamber. In a typical cleaning operation the tool is lowered into the well casing on a tubing string, which includes a by-pass and a retrievable packer. When the tool is at the desired position in the casing, the packer is set and the by-pass is closed. Fluid under pressure is pumped down the casing annulus to trip a mandrel in the lower valve and open a flapper disk. Bottom hole pressure causes fluid in the formation to fill the surge chamber and the sand and debris falls to the bottom of the hole. The packer is then unset and fluid pressure down the tubing string trips a piston in the upper valve and allows a stationary mandrel to open another flapper disk. The tubing string is then lowered to wash out the sand and debris in the hole by reverse circulation. After the formation has been cleaned the packer can be released and re-set to perform a further treatment, such as gravel packing, to achieve sand control.

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patent: 3831680 (1974-08-01), Edwards et al.
patent: 3964305 (1976-06-01), Wray et al.

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