Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Leping Yu

Akhil Bahl

Weichen Lai

Rashid Musayev

Jie Zhang

Daniel DeLeon

A contraction joint includes an upper tubular member, an upper mandrel, a lower mandrel, a nipple housing connected to the upper tubular member, a support sleeve disposed around the upper mandrel, an activation dog disposed within the support sleeve, a lock housing disposed in an annular space between the nipple housing and the mandrel, the lock housing connecting the upper mandrel to the lower mandrel, and a stroke locking mechanism disposed within the lock housing. In the locked position, the lock housing is affixed to the support sleeve with a shear mechanism, the stroke locking mechanism is supported by the support sleeve, and a stroke locking mechanism profile and an activation profile of the activation dog prevent the nipple housing from moving.

Contraction joint for fiber optics intelligent completion

A contraction joint includes a mandrel at least partially disposed within an upper tubular member, the upper tubular member being capable of moving uphole and downhole to change a length of the contraction joint. The contraction joint also includes a nipple housing connected to the upper tubular member, a piston housing connected to the nipple housing, a support piston disposed in the piston housing, the support piston being affixed to an upper mandrel sub of the mandrel via at least one piston retaining device, a lock housing disposed between the upper tubular member and the upper mandrel sub, and a stroke locking mechanism disposed within the lock housing, the stroke locking mechanism including a profile that engages the nipple housing.

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Pearland, TX, United States of America

Leping Yu