Abstract

Adaptors for a cutter head of a cutting device are described herein. The adaptors have a base plate at least partially defining a sensor aperture shaped to receive a sensor cable, and an attachment bracket for receiving the cutter head, the attachment bracket extending from a top face of the base plate. Method for abandoning and capping a well with a sensor cable are also described herein.

IPC Classes  ?

• E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground
• E21B 47/017 - Protecting measuring instruments

Abstract

An ultra-high pressure (UHP) cutting device for cutting an elongate body from outside the elongate body are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the UHP cutting device have a UHP tube with a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end, the UHP tube defining a lumen for receiving UHP fluid, a static mount for securing the cutting device to the elongate body, a rotatable mount rotatably connected to the static mount, a radially adjustable support member for adjusting a distance of the UHP tube to the elongate body, the radially adjustable support member being connected adjacent to the top end of the UHP tube and the rotatable mount, a drive in operational communication with the rotatable mount for rotating the rotatable mount during operation of the cutting device, and a cutter head in fluid communication with the UHP line. Related uses and methods are also disclosed herein.

IPC Classes  ?

• B23D 21/14 - Machines or devices for shearing or cutting tubes cutting inside the tube

Abstract

A welding tool for welding a blanking plate within a wellbore casing downhole thereby sealing the wellbore is described. The tool comprises a tubular body of a diameter sufficiently narrow to fit in a wellbore casing, the tubular body having a downhole end and a surface end; and a welding head assembly connected to the downhole end of the tubular body. The welding head assembly comprises a connector device for retaining a blanking plate to be welded within the wellbore casing, and a welding powder container which comprises a chamber for holding the exothermic welding powder, the chamber having at least a portion extending adjacent the blanking plate to be retained and proximate the wellbore casing to which the blanking plate is to be welded when the tool is positioned downhole in the wellbore casing; and an igniter wire opening for accommodating an igniter wire extending into the chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• E21B 33/10 - Sealing or packing boreholes or wells in the borehole
• E21B 41/00 - Equipment or details not covered by groups
• B23K 23/00 - Alumino-thermic welding

Abstract

A waterjet cutting tool for radial connection to a wellbore casing for cutting the wellbore casing or associated components thereof is disclosed herein. The waterjet cutting tool comprises a waterjet nozzle for outputting a cutting solution at high pressure, the waterjet nozzle for connection to a cutting solution source; a radial adjustment unit for radially associating the waterjet nozzle to the wellbore; and an annular adjustment assembly for mount of the waterjet nozzle thereto, for allowing annular movement of the waterjet nozzle about a vertical axis of the wellbore.

IPC Classes  ?

• E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground
• B26F 3/00 - Severing by means other than cuttingApparatus therefor
• B24C 3/06 - Abrasive blasting machines or devicesPlants characterised by the arrangement of the component assemblies with respect to each other movableAbrasive blasting machines or devicesPlants characterised by the arrangement of the component assemblies with respect to each other portable
• E21B 7/18 - Drilling by liquid or gas jets, with or without entrained pellets
• B24C 5/02 - Blast guns, e.g. for generating high velocity abrasive fluid jets for cutting materials

Goods & Services

Hydraulic pipe-cutters for use in the oil, gas and pipeline industries; power-operated abrasive cutting tools for use in the oil, gas and pipeline industries, namely, hydraulic abrasive water jet cutting tools used in downhole production equipment removal Abandonment services for oil and gas wells, pilings and pipeline risers, namely, downhole production equipment removal

Goods & Services

Hydraulic pipe-cutters for use in the oil, gas and pipeline industries; power-operated abrasive cutting tools for use in the oil, gas and pipeline industries, namely, hydraulic abrasive water jet cutting tools used in downhole production equipment removal Abandonment services for oil and gas wells, pilings and pipeline risers, namely, downhole production equipment removal

Goods & Services

(1) High pressure hydraulic pipe cutters for use in the oil, gas and pipeline industries; high pressure water pipe cutters for use in the oil, gas and pipeline industries. (1) Abandonment services for oil and gas wells, pilings and pipeline risers; provision of methods and processes to be used for the proper abandonment of oil wells, gas wells, pilings and pipeline risers.

Goods & Services

(1) High pressure hydraulic pipe cutters for use in the oil, gas and pipeline industries; high pressure water pipe cutters for use in the oil, gas and pipeline industries. (1) Abandonment services for oil and gas wells, pilings and pipeline risers; provision of methods and processes to be used for the proper abandonment of oil wells, gas wells, pilings and pipeline risers.

Abstract

An ultra-high pressure (UHP) cutting device for insertion into a wellbore for cutting the casing of the wellbore from within the wellbore is provided. The cutting device comprises a UHP hose connector for connection with a UHP hose in communication with a fluid source; a rotatable UHP tube with a top end in fluid communication with the UHP hose connector and a bottom end opposite the top end; a rotating means in operational communication with the UHP tube for rotating the UHP tube during operation of the cutting device; and a cutter head in fluid communication with the bottom end of the UHP tube.

IPC Classes  ?

• E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground

Abstract

Devices for setting a plug in a pipe, as well as methods of setting a plug
using such devices, are
provided. Such devices may comprise an outer sheath having a longitudinal
inner bore; a fitting
joined to an end of the outer sheath for joining with the plug so as to
prevent rotation thereof; an
inner rotatable extension member extending through the inner bore of the outer
sheath which is
longitudinally rotatable within the inner bore; and a plug setting tool joined
to an end of the inner
rotatable extension member and positioned near the fitting, the plug setting
tool being for
engagement with the plug to cause the plug to set in the pipe when the inner
rotatable extension
member is rotated.

IPC Classes  ?

• F16L 55/00 - Devices or appurtenances for use in, or in connection with, pipes or pipe systems
• F16L 55/132 - Means for stopping flow in pipes or hoses by introducing into the pipe a member expandable in situ introduced axially into the pipe or hose the closure device being a plug fixed by radially deforming the packing

Abstract

Devices for setting a plug in a pipe, as well as methods of setting a plug using such devices, are provided. Such devices may include: a plug adaptor configured for coupling with the plug; a plug setting tool configured for engagement with the plug to actuate the plug; a motor in communication with the plug setting tool, the motor configured to actuate the plug setting tool; a control cable in communication with the motor for controlling operation thereof; and a supporting member directly or indirectly supporting the plug adaptor, the supporting member configured for positioning the plug in the pipe.

IPC Classes  ?

• F16L 55/12 - Means for stopping flow in pipes or hoses by introducing into the pipe a member expandable in situ
• F16L 55/132 - Means for stopping flow in pipes or hoses by introducing into the pipe a member expandable in situ introduced axially into the pipe or hose the closure device being a plug fixed by radially deforming the packing
• F16L 55/46 - Launching or retrieval of pigs or moles

Abstract

An ultra-high pressure (UHP) cutting device for cutting an elongate body from outside the elongate body are disclosed herein. Embodiments of the UHP cutting device have a UHP tube with a top end and a bottom end opposite the top end, the UHP tube defining a lumen for receiving UHP fluid, a static mount for securing the cutting device to the elongate body, a rotatable mount rotatably connected to the static mount, a radially adjustable support member for adjusting a distance of the UHP tube to the elongate body, the radially adjustable support member being connected adjacent to the top end of the UHP tube and the rotatable mount, a drive in operational communication with the rotatable mount for rotating the rotatable mount during operation of the cutting device, and a cutter head in fluid communication with the UHP line. Related uses and methods are also disclosed herein.

IPC Classes  ?

• B24C 1/04 - Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effectsUse of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods for treating only selected parts of a surface, e.g. for carving stone or glass
• B26D 3/16 - Cutting rods or tubes transversely
• E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground

Abstract

A welding tool for welding a blanking plate within a wellbore casing downhole thereby sealing the wellbore is described. The tool comprises a tubular body of a diameter sufficiently narrow to fit in a wellbore casing, the tubular body having a downhole end and a surface end; and a welding head assembly connected to the downhole end of the tubular body. The welding head assembly comprises a connector device for retaining a blanking plate to be welded within the wellbore casing, and a welding powder container which comprises a chamber for holding the exothermic welding powder, the chamber having at least a portion extending adjacent the blanking plate to be retained and proximate the wellbore casing to which the blanking plate is to be welded when the tool is positioned downhole in the wellbore casing; and an igniter wire opening for accommodating an igniter wire extending into the chamber.

IPC Classes  ?

• B23K 31/02 - Processes relevant to this subclass, specially adapted for particular articles or purposes, but not covered by any single one of main groups relating to soldering or welding
• E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground

Abstract

A waterjet cutting tool for radial connection to a wellbore casing for cutting the wellbore casing or associated components thereof is disclosed herein. The waterjet cutting tool comprises a waterjet nozzle for outputting a cutting solution at high pressure, the waterjet nozzle for connection to a cutting solution source; a radial adjustment unit for radially associating the waterjet nozzle to the wellbore; and an annular adjustment assembly for mount of the waterjet nozzle thereto, for allowing annular movement of the waterjet nozzle about a vertical axis of the wellbore.

IPC Classes  ?

• B24C 1/04 - Methods for use of abrasive blasting for producing particular effectsUse of auxiliary equipment in connection with such methods for treating only selected parts of a surface, e.g. for carving stone or glass
• B24C 3/06 - Abrasive blasting machines or devicesPlants characterised by the arrangement of the component assemblies with respect to each other movableAbrasive blasting machines or devicesPlants characterised by the arrangement of the component assemblies with respect to each other portable
• B24C 5/02 - Blast guns, e.g. for generating high velocity abrasive fluid jets for cutting materials
• B26F 1/26 - Perforating by non-mechanical means, e.g. by fluid jet
• B26F 3/00 - Severing by means other than cuttingApparatus therefor
• E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground

Abstract

A method of abandoning a section of a subterranean pipeline is disclosed. The
method
comprises forming an exterior passage from the surface to the pipeline at a
position exterior
and adjacent each end of the section of pipeline to be abandoned; forming an
interior passage
from the surface to the pipeline at each end of the section of pipeline to be
abandoned; cutting
a hole in the pipeline at a position corresponding to each of the passages;
inserting a plug into
the pipeline via each of the exterior passages; and inputting a filler
material into the section of
pipeline to be abandoned via one of the interior passages.

IPC Classes  ?

• F16L 55/10 - Means for stopping flow in pipes or hoses
• F16L 55/162 - Devices for covering leaks in pipes or hoses, e.g. hose-menders from inside the pipe
• F17D 5/00 - Protection or supervision of installations

Abstract

An ultra-high pressure (UHP) cutting device for insertion into a wellbore for cutting the casing of the wellbore from within the wellbore is provided. The cutting device comprises a UHP hose connector for connection with a UHP hose in communication with a fluid source; a rotatable UHP tube with a top end in fluid communication with the UHP hose connector and a bottom end opposite the top end; a rotating means in operational communication with the UHP tube for rotating the UHP tube during operation of the cutting device; and a cutter head in fluid communication with the bottom end of the UHP tube. The cutter head comprises a UHP elbow for changing the direction of UHP fluid flow from a direction substantially parallel with the wellbore to a direction toward the inner surface of the wellbore; an abrasive feed port for connection with an abrasive feed line for receiving abrasive to be mixed with the UHP fluid; and a focus tube for directing the mixture of UHP fluid and abrasive out of the cutter head and toward the inner surface of the wellbore to be cut.

IPC Classes  ?

• E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground

IPC Classes  ?

• E21B 29/00 - Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windowsDeforming of pipes in boreholes or wellsReconditioning of well casings while in the ground
• E21B 47/017 - Protecting measuring instruments