US 11,719,064 B2
Completing wells
Thor Andre Løvoll, Stavanger (NO); Sigbjørn Madsen, Bru (NO); and Bjørn Krossnes Schmidt, Stavanger (NO)
Assigned to New Subsea Technology AS, Stavanger (NO)
Appl. No. 17/258,624
Filed by New Subsea Technology AS, Stavanger (NO)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/NO2019/050148
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 7, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/013706, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 20180983 (NO), filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0270104 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. E21B 33/035 (2006.01); E21B 33/043 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 33/0355 (2013.01) [E21B 33/043 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of completing a well, the well having an outer housing which comprises a vertical main bore and a wing bore, an axis extending through the main bore, the method comprising the steps of:
running an upper completion into a wellbore of the well;
locating a tubing hanger of the upper completion in the main bore of the outer housing in an operational position for fluid communication with the wing bore, the tubing hanger including at least one services line that is connected to downhole equipment and/or instrumentation in the wellbore;
connecting at least one further services line to the services line of the tubing hanger, after the tubing hanger has obtained said operational position; and
installing a cap on an end of the main bore;
whereby the connected services lines are arranged to communicate at least one service between the tubing hanger and an exterior of the capped well through either or both of: the end of the main bore; and the cap;
wherein the step of installing the cap further comprises:
landing the cap on a landing surface;
rotating the cap about the axis to obtain an aligned position relative to the tubing hanger and/or outer housing; and
lowering the cap from the aligned position, thereby connecting the service lines; and
wherein lowering the cap comprises axially translating the cap from the aligned position into a position in which the services lines are connected, wherein a guide arrangement comprising a recess, groove, or slot and a locating member which is arranged to be received and travel therein operates to restrict rotation and permit axial translation of the cap relative to the tubing hanger and outer housing in at least part of a trajectory determined by the guide arrangement.