Archer Oiltools As

Andreas Fliss

Trond Skjeie

Bjørn Tore Torvestad

Jarle Varhaug

A method of sealing a partly or entirely annulus-cemented casing portion of a first casing in a second casing in a petroleum well, includes running a drill pipe string-conveyed perforating gun with a cement shattering device into said well; positioning said perforating gun at said cemented casing portion and activating first, shallow-perforating charges to make first, shallow perforations through said casing portion into thus making a perforated, cement-filled annulus portion and leaving said second casing intact; activating said cement shattering device to disintegrate all or part of said cement within said first perforated annulus portion; running a washing tool along said perforated casing portion, washing out said shattered cement from said perforated annulus portion. The washed-out casing portion may then be cut using a cutter tool and pulled out of hole, or cemented using a cementing tool, or a combination thereof.

Toolstring and method for inner casing perforating, shattering annulus cement, and washing the first annulus in a second casing

A drill pipe string conveyed retrievable plug system has a central through bore. The plug system includes a drill pipe string; a control section; a running tool with a connector at a lower end of a drill pipe string with the control section, and a top connector on a mechanical plug section with a bridge plug. The mechanical plug section includes a mandrel with the through bore, a ball valve arranged for closing the through bore, and a packer sleeve on the mandrel with slips and a packer element. The control section includes an electric supply, an electric control unit, and sensors connected to the electric control unit. The mechanical plug section includes a motor controlled by the electrical control unit. The motor is arranged to turn a selector ring to a selected first rotational position so as for allowing a piston sleeve to slide to an axial first stop position in order for opening to fluid channels through the mandrel from the through bore to the packer sleeve. The pressure in the through bore can be set to the pressure of the packer sleeve in a surrounding casing.

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