Welltec A/s

Welltec Oilfield Solutions Ag

Jørgen Hallundbæk

Paul Hazel

Ricardo Reves Vasques

Tomas Sune Andersen

Lars Stæhr

Jimmy Kjærsgaard-Rasmussen

Steffen Evertsen

Rasmus Sommer

Thomas Sune Andersen

Peter Gråbæk

Mathias Francke

Ulrik Weiland Robenhagen

Christian Krüger

Satish Kumar

Dean Richard Massey

Sven Karsten Jensen

Jens Barfoed

Anders Just Nørgaard

Ivan Sciera Jensen

A downhole tool, for removing a restriction in a well tubular metal structure having a wall and an inner diameter, has a tool axis and a tool body having a first part and a second part, an electrical motor arranged in the first part for rotating a rotatable shaft, and a core bit arranged in the second part and having a first end connected with the rotatable shaft and a second end having a cutting edge. The second part of the downhole tool further includes a locator for locating the rim section, the locator being rotable with the core bit until the locator locates the rim section and a threshold value is reached.

Downhole tool

The present invention relates to a downhole line separation tool for submerging into a casing in a wellbore, the downhole line separation tool having a first tool end, a second tool end and a tool axis, comprising a tool housing having a first housing part and a second housing part, an electrical motor arranged within the first housing part and powered through a wireline connected to the first tool end, an annular separation element having an element end facing away from the first tool end and being rotatably connected within the second housing part, and a rotatable shaft arranged within the second housing part and rotated by the electrical motor for rotating the annular separation element, wherein the second housing part comprises a sleeve part having a sleeve end, at least part of the annular separation element projecting from the sleeve end further away from the first tool end than the sleeve, the second housing part comprising at least one projecting part extending further away from the first tool end than the annular separation element along the tool axis. Moreover, the present invention also relates to a downhole system comprising an upper casing connected to a lower casing and arranged in the wellbore.

Downhole line separation tool

The present invention relates to an annular barrier to be expanded in an annulus between a well tubular metal structure and an inside wall of a borehole downhole for providing zone isolation between a first zone and a second zone of the borehole, comprising a tubular metal part for mounting as part of the well tubular metal structure, an expandable metal sleeve surrounding the tubular metal part, each end of the expandable metal sleeve being connected with the tubular metal part, an expandable space between the expandable metal sleeve and the tubular metal part, and an expansion opening in the tubular metal part through which fluid enters in order to expand the expandable metal sleeve, wherein the annular barrier further comprises a pressure-intensifying unit. The invention also relates to a downhole system comprising a well tubular metal structure and an annular barrier.

Annular barrier with pressure-intensifying unit

A downhole tool for determining laterals in a borehole wall or a borehole casing, comprising a tool housing extending along a longitudinal axis and having a circumference perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and a plurality of sonic transceivers. Each sonic transceiver transmitting sonic signals from the housing and receiving sonic signals reflected from the borehole wall or borehole casing in a predefined angular segment. The sonic transceivers are arranged along the circumference of the tool housing having a mutual distance and are capable of transmitting sonic signals radially away from the tool housing in an entire central angle of 360 degrees towards the borehole wall or borehole casing. During a pulse time, one sonic transceiver transmits a sonic signal in the predefined angular segment of that sonic transmitter, and one sonic transceiver, during a subsequent echo time, receives a reflected sonic signal from the borehole wall or borehole casing.

Downhole tool for determining laterals

The present invention relates to a downhole tool for removing a restriction in a well tubular metal structure having a wall and an inner diameter, the restriction partly blocking the inner diameter, creating an opening defined at least partly by a rim section of the restriction, the downhole tool having a tool axis and comprising a tool body having a first part and a second part, an electrical motor arranged in the first part for rotating a rotatable shaft, a core bit arranged in the second part and having a first end connected with the rotatable shaft and a second end having a cutting edge, wherein the second part of the downhole tool further comprises a locator for locating the rim section, a collecting means for collecting part of the restriction to be cut out by the cutting edge, the locator and the collecting means are rotating with the core bit until the locator locates the rim section and a threshold value is reached.

An annular barrier is expandable in an annulus between a well tubular structure and an inside wall of a borehole downhole for providing zone isolation between a first zone and a second zone of the borehole. The annular barrier has a tubular part for mounting as part of the well tubular structure, an expandable metal sleeve surrounding the tubular part and having an inner face facing the tubular part and an outer face facing towards the inside wall of the borehole, each end of the expandable metal sleeve being connected with a connection part which is connected with the tubular part, a space between the inner face of the expandable metal sleeve and the tubular part, and an expansion opening in the tubular part through which fluid may enter into the space in order to expand the expandable metal sleeve. The annular barrier also has a first safety metal sleeve surrounding the tubular part and abutting the expandable metal sleeve and the first safety metal sleeve having a first inner face abutting the face of the expandable metal sleeve, each end of the first safety metal sleeve being connected with the connection part which is connected with the tubular part.

Annular barrier with safety metal sleeve

The present invention relates to an annular barrier to be expanded in an annulus between a well tubular structure and an inside wall of a borehole downhole. The annular barrier comprises a tubular part for mounting as part of the well tubular structure, an expandable sleeve surrounding the tubular part and having an inner face facing the tubular part, each end of the expandable sleeve being connected with a connection part which is connected with the tubular part, a space between the inner face of the sleeve and the tubular part, and an element arranged in connection with the sleeve, the element having a first part and a second part both of which extend around the inner face, the first part of the element being fastened to the inner face.

Annular barrier

The present invention relates to a downhole hydraulic pump for providing fluid pressure during downhole operations, comprising a pump housing, a cam shaft rotatably arranged in the pump housing and having a longitudinal spin axis, the cam shaft comprising a shaft and a cam lobe arranged on the shaft, a radially arranged piston having a housing end and a cam end, a piston housing arranged in the pump housing, an inlet valve arranged in an inlet in the piston housing, an outlet valve arranged in an outlet in the piston housing, and a piston spring arranged in the pump housing for moving the piston away from the piston housing, wherein the piston housing is rotatably connected to the pump housing enabling rotation of the piston housing around a piston housing rotation axis parallel to the longitudinal spin axis of the cam shaft.

Downhole hydraulic pump

An annular barrier system for expanding an annular barrier in an annulus between a well tubular structure and an inside wall of a borehole downhole includes an annular barrier having a tubular part for mounting as part of the well tubular structure. The annular barrier further includes an expandable sleeve surrounding the tubular part, at least one end of the expandable sleeve being fastened in a fastener of a connection part in the tubular part. The annular barrier system also has a tool for expanding the expandable sleeve by letting a pressurized fluid through a passage in the tubular part into a space between the expandable sleeve and the tubular part.

Annular barrier and annular barrier system

The present invention relates to a method of visualizing a downhole environment using a downhole visualization system. The downhole visualization system comprises a downhole tool string comprising one or more sensors, a downhole data processing means for processing the sensor signals to provide sensor data, an uphole data processing means for uphole processing and visualization, and a data communication link operable to convey the sensor data from the downhole data processing means to the uphole data processing means, the sensors being capable of generating sensor signals indicative of one or more physical parameters in the downhole environment. The downhole visualization system further comprises a downhole data buffering means capable of receiving the sensor data from the downhole data processing means and temporarily storing the sensor data in the downhole data buffering means.

Downhole visualisation method

The present invention relates to a downhole expandable tubular to be expanded in a well downhole from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter to abut against an inner face of a casing or borehole, the downhole expandable tubular having an outer face and a longitudinal extension and comprising at least one first circumferential edge and at least one second circumferential edge provided on the outer face and spaced apart in the longitudinal extension, wherein a sealing element and a split ring-shaped retaining element are arranged between the first and second circumferential edges, the split ring-shaped retaining element forming a back-up for the sealing element and wherein the split ring-shaped retaining element has more than one winding, so that when the expandable tubular is expanded from the first outer diameter to the second outer diameter, the split ring-shaped retaining element partly unwinds. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an annular barrier.

Downhole expandable tubular

The present invention relates to a downhole expandable tubular to be expanded in a well downhole from a first outer diameter to a second outer diameter to abut against an inner face of a casing or borehole, the downhole expandable tubular having an axial extension, wherein the downhole expandable tubular is made of metal and is machined from one metal tubular blank, providing the downhole expandable tubular with at least one circumferential projection. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an annular barrier, to a downhole completion comprising a downhole expandable tubular according to the present invention, to a downhole completion comprising a well tubular structure and an annular barrier according to the present invention and to a manufacturing method for the manufacture of the downhole expandable tubular according to the present invention.

The present invention relates to a downhole punch for insertion into a wall of a casing. The downhole punch comprises a body having a first end and a second end and a through-bore forming an inner face of the body and an outer face of the body, wherein the first end comprises at least one cutting edge at least forming a leading tip or a leading edge for punching an opening in the casing, and a component is arranged in the through-bore. The present invention also relates to a downhole valve for insertion into a wall of a casing. The downhole valve comprises a housing having a first end and a second end and an inner face and an outer face. Furthermore, the invention relates to a downhole tool for inserting a downhole valve into a wall of a casing, to a downhole system comprising the downhole tool as well as to a downhole method for insertion of a downhole unit into a casing downhole.

Downhole punch component

A downhole system includes an upper casing that is connected to a lower casing via an annular barrier that expands upon application of pressurized fluid. The lower casing may also include additional annular barriers to fasten the lower casing relative to the borehole.

Downhole system and method for fastening upper and lower casings via expandable metal sleeve

A downhole annular barrier with an axial extension having an outer surface facing an inner surface of an outer structure has a tubular part, an expandable part, and at least one annular sealing element. The annular sealing element is connected with the expandable part and has an axial length along the axial extension of the downhole annular barrier which is less than 50% of a length of the downhole annular barrier along the axial extension of the downhole annular barrier. The annular sealing element has a spring element.

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Græsted, Denmark

Jørgen Hallundbæk