Well treating system with pressure readout at surface and method
First Claim
1. A well treating system where downhole variables such as pressure and temperature are made available at the surface in real time, comprising:
- a tubular body adapted to be lowered into the well on a running string;
inflatable packer means on said body for isolating a zone of the well;
valve means operatively associated with said body for allowing packer inflation, fluid circulation, fluid injection and packer deflation;
a plurality of transducers in said body for sensing said variables and providing signals representative thereof;
transmission means connected to each of said transducers and including switching means for sampling the output of each of said transducer means;
electrical conductor cable means extending through said running string from the surface to said telemetry means; and
means connected to said cable at the surface for processing said signals and providing a real time display of each of said variables.
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Abstract
A well treating tool string run on coiled tubing and having packers to isolate a zone to be treated in response to operation of a selector valve, pressure and temperature transducers in the tool string and a telemetry system which samples the measurements made by the transducers, an electrical conductor cable extending from the telemetry system up to the surface through the coiled tubing and to the inner end thereof on its storage reel, and a surface telemetry, data processing and display system that sends and receives encoded signals to and from the downhole telemetry system from which temperature and pressure values can be read out on the surface display in real time as the treating operation proceeds.
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22 Claims
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1. A well treating system where downhole variables such as pressure and temperature are made available at the surface in real time, comprising:
- a tubular body adapted to be lowered into the well on a running string;
inflatable packer means on said body for isolating a zone of the well;
valve means operatively associated with said body for allowing packer inflation, fluid circulation, fluid injection and packer deflation;
a plurality of transducers in said body for sensing said variables and providing signals representative thereof;
transmission means connected to each of said transducers and including switching means for sampling the output of each of said transducer means;
electrical conductor cable means extending through said running string from the surface to said telemetry means; and
means connected to said cable at the surface for processing said signals and providing a real time display of each of said variables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- a tubular body adapted to be lowered into the well on a running string;
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6. A method of treating a well zone with a tool string run on coiled tubing and providing a surface read out of at least one downhole measurement during said treating, comprising the steps of:
- positioning an electrical conductor throughout the length of said coiled tubing;
placing said coiled tubing on the reel of a coiled tubing unit;
bringing said conductor to the outside of the inner end of said coiled tubing where said conductor can be hooked up to a read-out device;
connecting the outer end of said coiled tubing to a tool string that can be operated downhole to isolate the zone to be treated;
electrically connecting the outer end of said conductor to transducer means for making said measurement;
lowering said tool string into the well on said coiled tubing and operating said tool string to isolate said well zone;
performing a treating operation in said well zone;
making a measurement with said transducer means in connection with said treating operation; and
obtaining a surface read out of said measurement via said conductor. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- positioning an electrical conductor throughout the length of said coiled tubing;
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12. A well treating system including a tool string having inflatable packer means and adapted to be lowered into a well on a running string, said tool string including:
- an elongated tubular housing;
a plurality of transducer means and a transmission sub mounted end-to-end in said housing;
means for transmitting measurements made by said transducer means upward to the surface through said running string;
means providing a flow passage space between the exterior of said transducer means and said transmission sub and the inner walls of said housing to enable fluids to flow past said transmission sub and transducer means;
means included in one of said transducer means to measure a property of said fluid in said flow space; and
port means in said housing adjacent another of said transducer means for communicating fluids in the well bore externally of said housing to said other transducer means to enable measurement of a property of fluids externally of said housing.
- an elongated tubular housing;
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