Welltec A/S

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.

The present invention relates to a downhole tool string for displacing at least a tool section in a well in a radial direction in a wall of a well tubular metal structure extending along an axial direction in relation to the radial direction, comprising a tool body having an outer face and a tool centre axis along the axial direction, a centre plane extending along and enclosing the centre axis, dividing the tool body into a first body half and a second body half, an operational machining tool for performing a machining operation in the well tubular metal structure, such as drilling a hole in the wall, and extendable from the outer face of the first body half in a first radial direction in relation to the tool centre axis, and a first displacement element extendable from the outer face of the second body half of the tool body for displacing the tool body towards the wall for arranging the operational machining tool close to the wall, the first displacement element being extendable between a retracted position and a projected position, wherein the downhole tool string further comprises a first distancing element extendable from the outer face of the first body half, the first distancing element having a retracted position and a projected position, and in the projection position of the first distancing element a distance is provided between the outer face and the wall of the well tubular metal structure. Moreover the present invention also relates to a downhole system.

The present invention relates to a wireline expansion tool for setting of a completion tubular component such as a straddle, a liner, a patch or a liner hanger, the wireline expansion tool having an axial extension and comprising an electric motor connectable with and powered through a wireline, an axial force generator driven directly or indirectly by the electric motor for providing a movement along the axial extension, a radial expansion tool section connected with the axial force generator, and a completion tubular component, arranged at least partly around at least part of the radial expansion tool section for expanding at least part of the completion tubular component, wherein the radial expansion tool section comprises a first element movable along the axial extension by the axial force generator and a support structure connected with the first element, the support structure supporting the completion tubular component during expansion, and the first element being connected with the support structure for moving the support structure at least partly radially outwards for simultaneous expanding the completion tubular component. The invention also relates to a downhole tool string comprising the wireline expansion tool and a driving unit, such as a downhole tractor, for propelling the wireline expansion tool forward in the well.

The present invention relates to a downhole wireline tool for performing a machining operation, such as milling, in a well having a top, the downhole wireline tool having a longitudinal axis, a first end configured to be connected to a wireline and a second end forming a front of the tool facing away from the wireline along the longitudinal axis, the downhole wireline tool comprising a tool housing, a holding section having projectable parts configured to prevent a part of the downhole wireline tool from moving in a direction towards the top, a machining tool arranged in the front of the tool, and a rotation unit for rotating the machining tool, wherein the downhole wireline tool further comprises an oscillation device having a rotational stationary part being connected with the rotation unit and a rotational part being connected to the machining tool, the oscillation device being configured to provide an oscillating movement of the machining tool by oscillating the rotational part in relation to the rotational stationary part.

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.

The present invention relates to a downhole driving unit for propelling a tool forward in a well and/or for providing weight on a bit while performing an operation, comprising a tool body, an electric motor operating at a rotational speed and powered by a wireline, a plurality of projectable arm assemblies connected in a first arm end with the tool body, a plurality of wheels for contacting a wall of the well, each wheel comprising a hydraulic motor for rotation of the wheel, each arm assembly being at a second arm end connected with one of the plurality of wheels, and a first hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor for generation of a first fluid pressure for projection of the plurality of projectable arm assemblies, wherein the downhole driving unit further comprises a hydraulic section comprising a first controllable valve controlling the first fluid pressure. The invention also relates to a downhole system.

The present invention relates to a method for controlling a tool string having a downhole self-propelling wireline tool having wheels rotated by means of hydraulics and connected to projectable arm assemblies projected by hydraulics, comprising running a downhole self-propelling wireline tool into a wellbore, the downhole self-propelling wireline tool being connected to a second end of a wireline, and a first end of the wireline being connected to a power supply, the downhole self-propelling wireline tool having a tool body and a plurality of wheels rotated by means of hydraulics, and each wheel being connected to a projectable arm assembly projectable from the tool body by means of hydraulic fluid from a first hydraulic pump, the downhole self-propelling wireline tool having an electric motor rotating at an operational rotational speed for driving the first pump; supplying electric power to the downhole self-propelling wireline tool to operate the downhole self-propelling wireline tool at a first speed to urge the downhole self-propelling wireline tool through the wellbore at a first force; determining a motor output torque of the electric motor; determining a maximum allowable motor rotational speed based on the motor output torque; and comparing the operational rotational speed with the maximum allowable motor rotational speed, wherein the method further comprises adjusting the operational rotational speed of the electric motor based on the comparison in order to adjust the first speed to a second speed if the operational rotational speed is higher than the maximum allowable motor rotational speed. The invention also relates to a hydraulically driven downhole self-propelling wireline tool configured to perform the method.

The present invention relates to a downhole self-propelling wireline tool string for being connected to and powered by a wireline for propelling a tool forward in a well and/or for providing weight on a bit while performing an operation, comprising a first downhole self-propelling wireline tool, comprising a first tool body, a first electric motor operating at a rotational speed, a first electric control unit for controlling the rotational speed of the electric motor, one first drive section, comprising a plurality of projectable arm assemblies movably connected at a first arm end with the tool body and projectable from the tool body by means of a first fluid having a first fluid pressure, and a plurality of wheels for contacting a wall of the well, each wheel comprising a hydraulic motor for rotation of the wheel to provide a self-propelling movement, and each wheel being connected with a second arm end of one of the arm assemblies, a first hydraulic pump driven by the electric motor for generation of a second fluid pressure for driving the hydraulic motor(s) rotating the wheel(s), and wherein the downhole self-propelling wireline tool string further comprises a second downhole self-propelling wireline tool, comprising a second tool body, a second electric motor operating at a rotational speed, a second electric control unit for controlling the rotational speed of the electric motor, one second drive section comprising a plurality of projectable arm assemblies movably connected at a first arm end with the tool body and projectable from the tool body by means of a first fluid having a third fluid pressure, and a plurality of wheels for contacting the wall of the well, each wheel comprising a hydraulic motor for rotation of the wheel, and each wheel being connected with a second arm end of one of the arm assemblies, at least one second hydraulic pump driven by the second electric motor for generation of a fourth fluid pressure for driving the hydraulic motor(s) rotating the wheel(s), and wherein each electric motor comprises a power-limiting unit in order to distribute a first part of the current from the wireline to power the first electric motor and a second part of the current to power the second electric motor.

A downhole packer assembly includes a body part, an expandable tubular packer element surrounding the body part, and a first end and a second end of the expandable tubular packer element are fixedly connected with the body part, providing an expandable space fillable with liquid during expansion, and a metal sleeve surrounding the expandable tubular packer element. A restriction unit has an axially movable part movable between a first axial position in which the axially movable part at least partly overlaps the expandable tubular packer element and a second axial position in which the axially movable part has been axially displaced in relation to the body part away from the expandable tubular packer element.

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.