CN116224518A - Underground optical fiber fixing device and installation method thereof - Google Patents

Underground optical fiber fixing device and installation method thereof Download PDF

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CN116224518A
CN116224518A CN202310233614.3A CN202310233614A CN116224518A CN 116224518 A CN116224518 A CN 116224518A CN 202310233614 A CN202310233614 A CN 202310233614A CN 116224518 A CN116224518 A CN 116224518A
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袁浩伟
荆铁亚
张健
刘练波
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朱明宇
周娟
尹玉龙
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Abstract

According to the underground optical fiber fixing device and the installation method thereof, the optical fiber is fixed underground through the outer tube in the drilling process, the outer tube of the device is contacted with the well wall through the fixing piece and the supporting piece, the optical fiber is effectively protected from being damaged in the later carbon dioxide injection process, the device can fix the optical fiber at the central position outside the underground casing, and the optical fiber is prevented from forming a measuring error due to too close distance between the optical fiber and the underground casing or the outer well wall, so that the measuring precision of an instrument is affected. The contained angle size is adjustable between support piece and the mounting, can satisfy the operation in pit of different diameters, and the mounting adopts the detachable connection with the outer tube simultaneously, easy to assemble and later stage dismantlement.

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Underground optical fiber fixing device and installation method thereof
Technical Field
The application relates to the technical field of oil and gas field development, in particular to an underground optical fiber fixing device and an installation method thereof.
Background
The pressure and the temperature are basic oil reservoir engineering parameters in oil and gas resource development, and the real-time and high-precision measurement of the pressure and the temperature is of great significance for determining the position and the thickness of an oil layer, the depth of a water-bearing layer and the model of a water/steam layer operation pipe. At present, the optical fiber logging mode has the advantages of high measurement precision, high signal response speed, no electrification and no electromagnetic interference; the working temperature is high and can reach 300 degrees, and the like, and the system can effectively and continuously monitor the development dynamics of the oil and gas reservoir. Particularly during the sequestration of a salty carbon dioxide water layer, reservoir pressure increases gradually as carbon dioxide is injected. In order to adjust the injection mode in real time, underground temperature and pressure need to be monitored, and optical fiber equipment needs to be added in an injection well.
The traditional underground optical fiber fixing device has the problems of large drift, low precision, short service life and the like under a high-temperature environment, so that the requirement of underground permanent monitoring is difficult to meet. The current common method is that after stopping injecting carbon dioxide, an optical fiber is arranged in a shaft, which is time-consuming and labor-consuming and can not realize long-term monitoring. However, the operation of the optical fiber sensor in the well is not performed any more during the injection process, and thus, there is a need for a downhole optical fiber fixing device capable of ensuring that the optical fiber is normally monitored without being damaged during the carbon dioxide injection process.
Disclosure of Invention
In view of the above, the present application provides a downhole optical fiber permanent fixing device and a use method thereof, which fix an optical fiber downhole during a drilling process and protect the optical fiber from damage during a post carbon dioxide injection process.
In order to solve the technical problems, the application provides the following technical scheme:
in a first aspect, the present application provides a downhole optical fiber fixing device and a method of installing the same, comprising:
the outer tube is of an annular structure, and the optical fiber is arranged in the annular space of the outer tube;
the fixing piece is coaxially arranged with the outer tube and detachably connected with the outer tube, and the fixing piece comprises a plurality of fixing pieces;
the supporting piece is connected with the fixing piece and the well wall, the size of an included angle formed by the supporting piece and the fixing piece is adjustable, and the distance between the outer tube and the well wall can be adjusted.
Preferably, the outer wall of the outer tube is provided with a plurality of raised locking heads, one side of the fixing piece, which is close to the outer tube, is provided with grooves with the same size as the locking heads, and the grooves are in one-to-one correspondence with the locking heads.
Preferably, the fixing members are equally spaced.
Preferably, one end of the supporting piece is connected with the fixing piece through a rotating shaft, and the other end of the supporting piece is abutted to the well wall.
Preferably, a spring is arranged between the outer side of one end of the fixing piece, which is close to the supporting piece, and the inner side of one end of the supporting piece, which is close to the fixing piece.
Preferably, the support member has an annular structure, and an opening at an end of the support member near the well wall is larger than an opening at an end of the support member near the fixing member.
Preferably, the support member has a tubular structure, and an end of the support member adjacent to the well wall is located above an end of the support member adjacent to the fixing member.
Preferably, a plurality of the supporting members are provided on each of the fixing members.
Preferably, the spacing between each of the support members is equal.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a downhole optical fiber securing device as described above, comprising:
placing an optical fiber into an outer tube, the outer tube being disposed within a well;
the outer tube is sleeved with the fixer, the fixer is rotated, so that the tapered end of the side wall of the outer tube falls into the groove on the inner side of the fixer, the fixer is abutted with the well wall through the supporting piece, and the supporting piece can rotate.
According to the technical scheme, the downhole optical fiber fixing device and the installation method thereof are provided, the optical fiber is fixed underground through the outer tube in the drilling process, the outer tube of the device is connected with the well wall through the fixing piece and the supporting piece, the optical fiber is effectively protected from being damaged in the later carbon dioxide injection process, the device can fix the optical fiber at the central position outside the downhole casing, and the optical fiber is prevented from generating measurement errors too close to the downhole casing or the outer well wall, so that the instrument measurement accuracy is affected. The contained angle size is adjustable between support piece and the mounting, can satisfy the operation in pit of different diameters, and the mounting adopts the detachable connection with the outer tube simultaneously, easy to assemble and later stage dismantlement.
The foregoing and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following more particular description of preferred embodiments, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a downhole optical fiber fixing device according to an embodiment of the present application.
FIG. 2 is a schematic top view of a downhole fiber optic fixture mount according to an embodiment of the present application.
FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a downhole fiber optic fixture mount according to an embodiment of the present application.
Reference numerals: 1. an optical fiber; 2. an outer tube; 3. a holder; 4. a support; 5. a rotating shaft; 6. an inner tank; 7. a spring; 8. a fixed table; 9. a fixed table notch; 10. a lock head.
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For the purposes of making the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present application more clear, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present application will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application, and it is apparent that the described embodiments are some embodiments of the present application, but not all embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments herein without making any inventive effort, are intended to be within the scope of the present application.
In the sealing process of the salty water layer of carbon dioxide, as carbon dioxide is injected, the reservoir pressure gradually increases, underground temperature and pressure need to be monitored, and optical fiber equipment needs to be added in an injection well. The current common method is that after stopping injecting carbon dioxide, an optical fiber is arranged in a shaft, which is time-consuming and labor-consuming and can not realize long-term monitoring.
Based on the foregoing, the present application provides an embodiment of a downhole fiber optic permanent fixture, see FIG. 1, comprising: an outer tube 2, a fixing member 3 and a supporting member 4.
The optical fiber device comprises an outer tube 2, wherein the outer tube 2 is of an annular structure, and an optical fiber 1 is arranged in an annular space of the outer tube 2;
the fixing pieces 3 are coaxially arranged with the outer tube 2, and detachably connected with the outer tube 2, and the fixing pieces 3 comprise a plurality of fixing pieces;
the support piece 4, the support piece 4 is connected mounting 3 and wall of a well, the support piece 4 with the contained angle size that mounting 3 formed is adjustable, can adjust the interval of outer tube 2 and wall of a well.
In a specific embodiment, the used optical fiber 1 is placed in the outer tube 2, referring to fig. 2, the outer wall of the outer tube 2 is provided with a plurality of raised locking heads 10, the fixing piece 3 comprises a groove 6 matched with the locking heads 10, a fixing table 8 and a fixing table notch 9, the fixing table notch 9 is arranged beside the groove 6, the fixing piece 3 is sleeved into the outer tube 2 and falls down to the locking heads 10, the outer tube 2 is rotated to enable the locking heads 10 to fall into the groove 6 of the fixing piece 3, namely, the fixing piece 3 is locked, the outer tube 2 is rotated in the opposite direction to enable the locking heads 10 to move to the fixing table notch 9, namely, the fixing piece 3 is unlocked, therefore, the device has the self-locking and unlocking functions, namely, the fixing piece 3 and the outer tube 2 are rotated in a set direction for a certain angle to lock the fixing piece 3; the outer tube 2 is rotated in the opposite direction to unlock the fixing piece 3, so that the installation and the disassembly in the construction process are convenient. In this application, in order that outer tube 2 can effectively protect optic fibre, the outer tube 2 material of selection should have certain hardness, and high temperature resistant, does not influence optic fibre collection data simultaneously.
In a specific embodiment, referring to fig. 3, one end of the supporting element 4 is connected with the fixing element 3 through the rotating shaft 5, the other end of the supporting element 4 is abutted against the well wall, the outer side of one end of the fixing element 3, which is close to the supporting element 4, and the inner side of one end of the supporting element 4, which is close to the fixing element 3, are provided with springs 7, and due to the fact that the springs 7 are provided, the included angle between the supporting element 4 and the fixing element 3 can only be adjusted within a set range, and meanwhile, one end of the supporting element 4, which is close to the fixing element 3, is located below one end, which is far away from the fixing element 3, so that the supporting element 4 is fixed on the well wall along the direction in the well (namely, can smoothly enter in the direction in the well, can not move in the direction out of the well, and plays a role of fixing), and the outer tube, in which the optical fiber is located, can be ensured to be kept at the central part between the casing and the well.
In some other embodiments, the supporting members 4 may be in a circular ring structure or a tubular structure, when the supporting members 4 are in a circular ring structure, each fixing member 3 is provided with one supporting member 4, the supporting members 4 are sleeved outside the fixing member 3, and the diameter of an upper end opening of the supporting member 4 is larger than that of a lower end opening. In the case of a tubular structure, each holder 3 is provided with a plurality of holders 4 for further fixing the position of the support sleeve downhole, the holders 4 being arranged obliquely downhole.
In a specific embodiment, the spacing between every two adjacent fixing members 3 on the outer tube 2 is equal, and in this application, the spacing between the fixing members 3 is preferably 3 meters.
According to the underground optical fiber fixing device and the installation method thereof, the optical fiber is fixed underground through the outer tube in the drilling process, the outer tube of the device is connected with the well wall through the fixing piece and the supporting piece, the optical fiber is effectively protected from being damaged in the later carbon dioxide injection process, the device can fix the optical fiber at the central position outside the underground casing, and the optical fiber is prevented from generating measurement errors too close to the underground casing or the outer well wall (well hole), so that the instrument measurement accuracy is affected. The contained angle size is adjustable between support piece and the mounting, can satisfy the operation in pit of different diameters, and the mounting adopts the detachable connection with the outer tube simultaneously, easy to assemble and later stage dismantlement.
In the description of the present specification, a description referring to terms "one embodiment," "some embodiments," "examples," "specific examples," or "some examples," etc., means that a particular feature, structure, material, or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment or example is included in at least one embodiment or example of the present specification. In this specification, schematic representations of the above terms are not necessarily directed to the same embodiment or example.
Furthermore, the various embodiments or examples described in this specification and the features of the various embodiments or examples may be combined and combined by those skilled in the art without contradiction. The above description is merely an embodiment of the present specification and is not intended to limit the present specification. Various modifications and changes may be made to the embodiments herein by those skilled in the art. Any modification, equivalent replacement, improvement, or the like, which is made within the spirit and principle of the embodiments of the present specification, should be included in the scope of the claims of the embodiments of the present specification.

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1. A downhole fiber optic securing device, comprising:
the outer tube is of an annular structure, and the optical fiber is arranged in the annular space of the outer tube;
the fixing piece is coaxially arranged with the outer tube and detachably connected with the outer tube, and the fixing piece comprises a plurality of fixing pieces;
the supporting piece is connected with the fixing piece and the well wall, the size of an included angle formed by the supporting piece and the fixing piece is adjustable, and the distance between the outer tube and the well wall can be adjusted.
2. The downhole optical fiber fixing device according to claim 1, wherein the outer wall of the outer tube is provided with a plurality of raised locking heads, one side of the fixing piece, which is close to the outer tube, is provided with grooves with the same size as the locking heads, and the grooves are in one-to-one correspondence with the locking heads.
3. A downhole optical fiber securing device according to claim 2 wherein each of said securing members are equally spaced.
4. A downhole optical fiber fixing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein one end of the supporting member is connected to the fixing member via a rotation shaft, and the other end of the supporting member abuts against the well wall.
5. The downhole optical fiber securing device according to claim 4, wherein a spring is provided between an outer side of the securing member adjacent to the support member and an inner side of the support member adjacent to the securing member.
6. The downhole optical fiber securing device according to claim 5, wherein the support member has a ring-like configuration, an end of the support member adjacent the borehole wall opening being larger than an end of the support member adjacent the securing member.
7. The downhole optical fiber securing device according to claim 5 wherein said support member is a tubular structure, an end of said support member adjacent said borehole wall being positioned above an end adjacent said securing member.
8. A downhole optical fiber securing device according to claim 7, wherein a plurality of said support members are provided on each of said securing members.
9. The downhole fiber optic securing device of claim 8, wherein the spacing between each of the support members is equal.
10. A method of installing a downhole optical fiber securing device according to claims 1 to 9, comprising:
placing an optical fiber into an outer tube, the outer tube being disposed within a well;
the outer tube is sleeved with the fixer, the fixer is rotated, so that the tapered end of the side wall of the outer tube falls into the groove on the inner side of the fixer, the fixer is abutted with the well wall through the supporting piece, and the supporting piece can rotate.
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