Apparatus for isolating a jet forming aperture in a well bore servicing tool

• US 7,673,673 B2
• Filed: 08/03/2007
• Issued: 03/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services Incorporated (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Surjaatmadja, Jim, Howell, Matthew
• Primary Examiner(s): SUCHFIELD, GEORGE A
• Application Number:
  US11/833,802
• Publication Number:
  US 20090032255A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 166/55
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 33/13 Methods or devices for cementing, for plugging holes, crevices or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/11 Perforators; Permeators
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/114 Perforators using direct fluid action on the wall to be perforated, e.g. abrasive jets
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/26 by forming crevices or fractures

Abstract

An embodiment of a well bore servicing apparatus includes a housing having a through bore and at least one high pressure fluid aperture in the housing, the fluid aperture being in fluid communication with the through bore to provide a high pressure fluid stream to the well bore, and a removable member coupled to the housing and disposed adjacent the fluid jet forming aperture and isolating the fluid jet forming aperture from an exterior of the housing. An embodiment of a method of servicing a well bore includes applying a removable member to an exterior of a well bore servicing tool, wherein the removable member covers at least one high pressure fluid aperture disposed in the tool, lowering the tool into a well bore, exposing the tool to a well bore material, wherein the removable cover prevents the well bore material from entering the fluid aperture, removing the removable member to expose a fluid flow path adjacent an outlet of the high pressure fluid aperture, and flowing a well bore servicing fluid through the fluid aperture outlet and flow path.

Claims

1. A well bore servicing apparatus comprising:

a housing having a through bore and at least one high pressure fluid jet forming aperture in said housing, the fluid aperture being in fluid communication with the through bore to provide a high pressure fluid stream to the well bore; and

a removable member coupled to said housing and disposed adjacent said fluid jet forming aperture and isolating said fluid jet forming aperture from an exterior of said housing.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said removable member is removable to expose said aperture to said well bore.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said removable member is a degradable sleeve.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said degradable sleeve comprises a biodegradable material.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein the biodegradable material comprises polyacetic acid.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said housing further comprises a movable sleeve disposed between the through bore and the high pressure fluid apertures.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said removable member selectively isolates said high pressure fluid aperture from substantially all materials that may come into contact with said housing outer surface.

8. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said degradable sleeve comprises a metal adapted for acidization.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a nozzle in said high pressure fluid jet forming aperture.

10. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said housing is a section of casing.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a casing string coupled to said housing.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising at least one retaining ring engaging said removable member.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said removable member selectively isolates said high pressure fluid aperture from substantially all materials that may come into contact with said housing outer surface.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a plurality of high pressure fluid apertures in said housing isolated from said housing exterior by said removable member.

15. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said housing further comprises a movable sleeve disposed between the through bore and the high pressure fluid apertures.

16. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the high pressure fluid apertures operate at a pressure of from about 3,500 p.s.i. to about 15,000 p.s.i.

17. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the degradable sleeve comprises a consumable material.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the consumable material comprises a thermally degradable material.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 wherein the thermally degradable material is selected from the group consisting of a magnesium metal, a thermoplastic material, a composite material, a phenolic material, and combinations thereof.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the thermoplastic material is selected from the group consisting of a polyalphaolefin, a polyaryletherketone, a polybutene, a nylon, a polyamide, a polycarbonate, a thermoplastic polyester, a polyphenylene sulphide, a polyvinyl chloride, a styrenic copolymer, a polypropylene, a thermoplastic elastomer, an aromatic polyamide, a cellulosic, an ethylene vinyl acetate, a fluoroplastic, a polyacetal, a polyethylene, a polymethylpentene, a polyphenylene oxide, a polystyrene, and combinations thereof.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the phenolic material is selected from the group consisting of a single stage resin, a two stage resin, and combinations thereof.

22. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the composite material is selected from the group consisting of a fiberglass, a quartz, a carbon fiber combined with a matrix resin, and combinations thereof.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 wherein the matrix resin is selected from the group consisting of a polyester, a vinyl ester, an epoxy, a polyimide, a polyamide, a thermoplastic, a phenolic, and combinations thereof.

24. A well bore servicing system comprising:

a housing having a through bore and at least one high pressure fluid jet forming aperture in said housing, the fluid aperture being in fluid communication with the through bore to provide a high pressure fluid stream to the well bore;

a removable member coupled to said housing and disposed adjacent said fluid jet forming aperture and isolating said fluid jet forming aperture from an exterior of said housing; and

a cement slurry disposed between said housing outer surface and said earth formation, said removable member isolating said aperture from said cement slurry.

25. The system of claim 24 wherein said removable member is removable to expose said aperture to said cement slurry.

26. The system of claim 24 wherein said removable member is a degradable sleeve.

27. The system of claim 26 wherein the degradation of the sleeve provides a flow space between the housing and the cement, the well bore, or both.

28. The system of claim 26 wherein said degradable sleeve is degradable by a portion of said cement slurry.

29. The system of claim 26 wherein said degradable sleeve comprises a biodegradable material.

30. The system of claim 29 wherein the biodegradable material comprises polyacetic acid.

31. The system of claim 30 further comprising a nozzle in said high pressure fluid jet forming aperture.

32. The system of claim 26 wherein said degradable sleeve comprises a metal adapted for acidization.

33. The system of claim 26 wherein the degradable sleeve comprises a consumable material.

34. The system of claim 33 wherein the consumable material comprises a thermally degradable material.

35. The system of claim 34 wherein the thermally degradable material is selected from the group consisting of a magnesium metal, a thermoplastic material, a composite material, a phenolic material, and combinations thereof.

36. The system of claim 35 wherein the thermoplastic material is selected from the group consisting of a polyalphaolefin, a polyaryletherketone, a polybutene, a nylon, a polyamide, a polycarbonate, a thermoplastic polyester, a polyphenylene sulphide, a polyvinyl chloride, a styrenic copolymer, a polypropylene, a thermoplastic elastomer, an aromatic polyamide, a cellulosic, an ethylene vinyl acetate, a fluoroplastic, a polyacetal, a polyethylene, a polymethylpentene, a polyphenylene oxide, a polystyrene, and combinations thereof.

37. The system of claim 35 wherein the phenolic material is selected from the group consisting of a single stage resin, a two stage resin, and combinations thereof.

38. The system of claim 35 wherein the composite material is selected from the group consisting of a fiberglass, a quartz, a carbon fiber combined with a matrix resin, and combinations thereof.

39. The system of claim 38 wherein the matrix resin is selected from the group consisting of a polyester, a vinyl ester, an epoxy, a polyimide, a polyamide, a thermoplastic, a phenolic, and combinations thereof.

40. The system of claim 24 further comprising a nozzle in said high pressure fluid jet forming aperture.

41. The system of claim 24 wherein said housing is a section of casing.

42. The system of claim 24 further comprising a casing string coupled to said housing.

43. The system of claim 24 further comprising at least one retaining ring engaging said removable member.

44. The system of claim 24 wherein said removable member selectively isolates said high pressure fluid aperture from substantially all materials that may come into contact with said housing outer surface.

45. The system of claim 24 further comprising a plurality of high pressure fluid apertures in said housing isolated from said housing exterior by said removable member.

46. The system of claim 24 wherein said housing further comprises a movable sleeve disposed between the through bore and the high pressure fluid apertures.

47. The system of claim 24 wherein the high pressure fluid apertures operate at a pressure of from about 3,500 p.s.i. to about 15,000 p.s.i.