Abstract: A system for automatically monitoring and performing diagnostic procedures on a conduit of a hydrocarbon well operation is disclosed. System examples can use a combination of sensors, data acquisition devices, and computing devices to provide fully automated conduit monitoring and diagnostic procedures that can be based on a variety of different triggering conditions. At least one sensor can be located in fluid communication with the interior of a conduit. A pressure wave traveling through the conduit as a result of deliberate action or a natural occurrence is reflected by abnormal conditions in the conduit. The sensor can receive signals comprising the pressure wave reflections. Pressure data generated by the sensor in response to receiving the signals may be automatically collected and subsequently provided to a computing device that can analyze the pressure data and determine the existence and nature of one or more abnormal conditions of the conduit.

Abstract: A machine learning-based system for automatically identifying and locating depositions or leaks in a conduit associated with a hydrocarbon well operation. The system may train a machine learning model using a training dataset comprising a multitude of measured pressure data samples received from a conduit monitoring system that operates by introducing a pressure wave into a conduit and using a sensor to measure the magnitude of pressure waves reflected by surfaces or objects in the conduit. The pressure data samples can be filtered to remove noise and focus on a frequency range of interest prior to being used to train the machine learning model. The machine learning model may be trained, using key attributes of the pressure data samples, to generate a predictive model that can predict a deposition or leak in a conduit of interest based on new measured pressure data associated with the conduit of interest.

Abstract: A machine learning-based system for automatically locating and tracking a transient object in a conduit of interest associated with a hydrocarbon well operation. The system may train a machine learning model using pressure data received from a conduit monitoring system that operates by introducing a pressure wave into the fluid within a conduit and using a sensor to measure the magnitude of pressure waves reflected by a transient object in the conduit. The pressure data can be filtered to remove noise and focus on a frequency range of interest prior to being used to generate a training dataset for training the machine learning model. The machine learning model may be trained to generate a predictive model that can predict the location and movement of a transient object in a conduit of interest based on new pressure measurements associated with the conduit of interest.

Abstract: Drying pills for removing residual water from pipelines. An example method for drying a pipeline includes preparing a drying pill which includes a non-aqueous base fluid and a drying agent. The total volume of the drying pill is 500 bbl or less. The drying pill is introduced into the pipeline where the drying agent contacts residual water and is hydrated. The hydrated drying agent is then removed from the pipeline.

Abstract: A downhole tool for cleaning and sealing a wellbore includes a wash tool configured at a downhole end of the downhole tool to generate pulses of a first fluid at a first frequency and a first pressure for washing a target interval of a wellbore. The downhole tool further includes a plugging tool configured uphole or downhole from the wash tool to generate pulses of a second fluid at a second frequency and a second pressure for depositing a sealing plug at the target interval of the wellbore. The second fluid has a higher viscosity than the first fluid, the second frequency is lower than the first frequency, and the second pressure is higher than the first pressure.

Abstract: Systems and methods of the present disclosure relate to identifying geometric features of a conduit. A method includes controlling a flow into or out of a conduit to induce pressure waves in the conduit; measuring, with a pressure transducer, pressure responses in the conduit due to contact of the pressure waves with a geometric feature of the conduit; and identifying the geometric feature, based on the pressure responses.

Abstract: A reel assembly is provided. The reel assembly includes a housing, a drum core disposed within the housing, and a splitter flange separating the drum core into a first partition and a second partition. A first conduit is wound on the first partition of the drum core, and a second conduit is wound on the second partition of the drum core. A conduit handler system is utilized to make a connection or test a connection between the first conduit and the second conduit using actuating pistons to apply a compressive or an opposing tensile force on the connection.

Abstract: A method may include injecting a sealing material into an annulus formed between a tubular and a wellbore wall. The sealing material is configured to surround at least a portion of a control line disposed in the annulus. Further, the method includes making at least one orbital cut, via a cutting device, through the tubular, the sealing material in the annulus, and the control line surrounded by the sealing material. Additionally, the method includes filling the at least one orbital cut and at least a portion of a central bore of the tubular with additional sealing material to seal the wellbore.

Abstract: A pigging tool may include a housing positionable in a pipeline. The housing may define a bypass channel that extends along an axis that is nonparallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing. An energy generation device can be positioned in the bypass channel of the housing such that fluid is receivable by the energy generation device to generate energy for the pigging tool. Further, an energy storage device may store energy generated from the energy generation device. The energy storage device may provide the pigging tool with energy to perform one or more operations in the pipeline.

Abstract: A method may include positioning a vessel supporting a coiled tubing string over a subsea wellhead disposed on a wellbore; relaying and landing a distal end of the coiled tubing string to the subsea wellhead using a first injector, wherein relaying the distal end of the coiled tubing string may include relating a second injector into a subsea environment to establish a subsea injector, and wherein the first injector is a surface injector disposed on the vessel. The method may further include connecting a coiled tubing module to a pressure control assembly disposed on a subsea wellhead and using either the first injector or the second injector as a principal injector to extend the coiled tubing string into the wellbore, wherein the principal injector is determined based at least in part on a wellbore pressure. The method may further include performing a wellbore operation with the coiled tubing string, wherein the wellbore operation does not utilize a riser.

Abstract: A section milling system may include an anchor secured to a downhole end of a coiled tubing. The anchor is configured to expand radially outward to set the anchor at a desired downhole position and restrain rotation of the coiled tubing. The section milling system also includes a reamer positioned downhole from the anchor. The reamer having extendable cutting arms configured to extend in response to fluid flowing through the reamer. Additionally, the section milling system includes a motor configured to rotate in response to fluid flowing through the motor, and rotation of the motor is configured to drive rotation of the cutting arms of the reamer to mill wellbore casing positioned adjacent the reamer. The section milling system further includes an actuation feature configured to move the reamer to mill along a wellbore in the uphole direction.

Abstract: A system for controlling pressure applied in a well intervention operation using a physics-based model is provided. The system can include a stripper element that includes a pressure retention element for sealing a wellbore during an intervention operation that uses coiled tubing; a stripper circuit that includes a hydraulic actuator to apply a pressure to the pressure retention element; a processing device coupled to the hydraulic actuator that can receive, from the stripper circuit, a feedback signal. The processing device may receive a physical characteristic of a component and then determine, using data from the feedback signal and the physical characteristic, a minimum pressure level to contain wellhead pressure. The processing device may then output a command to cause the hydraulic actuator to change the pressure on the pressure retention element to be the minimum pressure level or within a pre-set deviation of the minimum pressure level.

Abstract: A section milling system may include an anchor secured to a downhole end of a coiled tubing. The anchor is configured to expand radially outward to set the anchor at a desired downhole position and restrain rotation of the coiled tubing. The section milling system also includes a reamer positioned downhole from the anchor. The reamer having extendable cutting arms configured to extend in response to fluid flowing through the reamer. Additionally, the section milling system includes a motor configured to rotate in response to fluid flowing through the motor, and rotation of the motor is configured to drive rotation of the cutting arms of the reamer to mill wellbore casing positioned adjacent the reamer. The section milling system further includes an actuation feature configured to move the reamer to mill along a wellbore in the uphole direction.

Abstract: A pigging tool may include a housing positionable in a pipeline. The housing may define a bypass channel that extends along an axis that is nonparallel to a longitudinal axis of the housing. An energy generation device can be positioned in the bypass channel of the housing such that fluid is receivable by the energy generation device to generate energy for the pigging tool. Further, an energy storage device may store energy generated from the energy generation device. The energy storage device may provide the pigging tool with energy to perform one or more operations in the pipeline.

Abstract: A system for controlling pressure applied in a well intervention operation using a physics-based model is provided. The system can include a stripper element that includes a pressure retention element for sealing a wellbore during an intervention operation that uses coiled tubing; a stripper circuit that includes a hydraulic actuator to apply a pressure to the pressure retention element; a processing device coupled to the hydraulic actuator that can receive, from the stripper circuit, a feedback signal. The processing device may receive a physical characteristic of a component and then determine, using data from the feedback signal and the physical characteristic, a minimum pressure level to contain wellhead pressure. The processing device may then output a command to cause the hydraulic actuator to change the pressure on the pressure retention element to be the minimum pressure level or within a pre-set deviation of the minimum pressure level.

Abstract: A downhole tool for cleaning and sealing a wellbore includes a wash tool configured at a downhole end of the downhole tool to generate pulses of a first fluid at a first frequency and a first pressure for washing a target interval of a wellbore. The downhole tool further includes a plugging tool configured uphole or downhole from the wash tool to generate pulses of a second fluid at a second frequency and a second pressure for depositing a sealing plug at the target interval of the wellbore. The second fluid has a higher viscosity than the first fluid, the second frequency is lower than the first frequency, and the second pressure is higher than the first pressure.

Abstract: A system for deploying downhole components includes a housing apparatus comprising a tool chamber configured to house a plurality of downhole tools and a conveyance configured to run the housing apparatus along the wellbore. The housing apparatus is secured to an end of the conveyance. The system for deploying downhole components also includes an actuation mechanism configured to selectively eject individual downhole tools of the plurality of downhole tools from the housing apparatus at respective locations in the wellbore.

Abstract: A reel assembly is provided. The reel assembly includes a housing, a drum core disposed within the housing, and a splitter flange separating the drum core into a first partition and a second partition. A first conduit is wound on the first partition of the drum core, and a second conduit is wound on the second partition of the drum core. A conduit handler system is utilized to make a connection or test a connection between the first conduit and the second conduit using actuating pistons to apply a compressive or an opposing tensile force on the connection.

Abstract: A pivoting guide arch is provided. The guide arch includes a guide having a curved portion to receive a coiled tube and to guide the tube as the tube traverses between a reel and a wellbore. The guide arch also includes a support structure extending from a first end of the guide that is configured to mechanically support the guide, and a swivel mount that is rotatably coupled to a wellhead to enable the guide and support structure to pivot about an axis of the wellhead.

Abstract: A method may include: introducing a treatment fluid into a subterranean formation, the treatment fluid comprising: an aqueous brine; and a hydrolysable resin precursor; allowing the hydrolysable resin precursor to hydrolyze in the subterranean formation to form at least a polymerizable resin precursor monomer; and allowing the polymerizable resin precursor monomer to polymerize to form a polymerized resin in the subterranean formation.