Office Action 1: Notice of Allowance (2024-11-19)

CLAIMS:
AMENDMENTS TO THE CLAIMS

This listing of claims will replace all prior versions and listings of claims in the application.

1\. (Currently Amended) A system, comprising:a feedthrough cap, comprising:
a top configured to extend across an axial opening of a tree body of a well system;
a landing body configured to extend into the tree body; and
a feedthrough line configured to extend through the feedthrough cap; and
an axial positioning system configured to move a moveable landing assembly relative to the top of the feedthrough cap, the moveable landing assembly comprises the landing body.

2\. (Original) The system of claim 1, wherein the feedthrough line comprises one or more fiber optic feedthrough lines, one or more electrical feedthrough lines, or a combination thereof.

3\. (Original) The system of claim 1, wherein the feedthrough line comprises a line connector configured to couple with a connector portion on a hanger disposed in the tree body.

4\. (Original) The system of claim 1, wherein the feedthrough cap comprises a guide funnel having the top and a side wall configured to extend about the tree body.

5\. (Original) The system of claim 1, wherein the feedthrough line extends through the top, through a protective feedthrough sleeve, and through the landing body.

6\. (Original) The system of claim 1, comprising a lock configured to couple the feedthrough cap to the tree body or a component inside of the tree body.

7\. (Original) The system of claim 6, wherein the lock comprises an external landing lock configured to couple the feedthrough cap to an exterior of the tree body.

8\. (Original) The system of claim 7, wherein the external landing lock comprises a radial locking pin.

9\. (Original) The system of claim 6, wherein the lock comprises an internal landing lock configured to couple the landing body to the component inside of the tree body.

10\. (Original) The system of claim 9, wherein the internal landing lock comprises one or more radial locks coupled to the landing body.

11\. (Original) The system of claim 10, comprising an actuator having a shaft coupled to an actuating portion coupled to an energizing sleeve along a threaded interface, wherein the actuator is configured to rotate the actuating portion to drive axial movement of the energizing sleeve along the one or more radial locks, and the energizing sleeve is configured to drive the one or more radial locks in a radial direction between unlocked and locked position relative to a groove in the component.

12\. (Original) The system of claim 1, wherein the landing body is disposed in a fixed axial position relative to the top of the feedthrough cap.

13\. (Cancelled).

14\. (Currently Amended) The system of claim \[\[13\]\] 1, wherein the moveable landing assembly comprises an internal landing lock coupled to the landing body.

15\. (Currently Amended) The system of claim \[\[13\]\] 1, wherein the feedthrough cap comprises an external landing lock.

16\. (Original) The system of claim 1, wherein the landing body is configured to align with a component inside of the tree body via a key disposed in a slot.

17\. (Original) The system of claim 1, comprising a viewing window disposed in the feedthrough cap.

18\. (Original) The system of claim 1, comprising an indicator coupled to an indicator shaft extending between the landing body and the top of the feedthrough cap, wherein the indicator extends through the top of the feedthrough cap.

19\. (Original) A system, comprising:a feedthrough cap, comprising:
a top configured to extend across an axial opening of a tree body of a well system;
a landing body configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the top of the feedthrough cap, wherein the extended position is configured to extend into the tree body; and
one or more feedthrough lines configured to extend through the top of the feedthrough cap, wherein the one or more feedthrough lines comprise one or more fiber optic feedthrough lines, one or more electrical feedthrough lines, or a combination thereof.

20\. (Original) A method, comprising:positioning a top of a feedthrough cap across an axial opening of a tree body of a well system;
moving a landing body between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the top of the feedthrough cap, wherein the extended position is configured to extend into the tree body; and
extending one or more feedthrough lines through the top of the feedthrough cap, wherein the one or more feedthrough lines comprise one or more fiber optic feedthrough lines, one or more electrical feedthrough lines, or a combination thereof.

OFFICE ACTION:
Notice of Pre-AIA  or AIA  Status
The present application, filed on or after March 16, 2013, is being examined under the first inventor to file provisions of the AIA .
DETAILED ACTION
Allowable Subject Matter
Claims 1-12 and 14-20 are allowed over the prior art of record.
The following is a statement of reasons for the indication of allowable subject matter:
Prior art reference Farias et al (US 2016/0002997) is found to be the prior art which most closely resembles Applicant’s invention.
As concerns claims 1, 19 and 20, Farias discloses a feedthrough cap comprising:
a top configured to extend across an axial opening of a tree body of a well system;
a landing body configured to extend into the tree body; and
a feedthrough line configured to extend through the feedthrough cap.
Neither Farias nor any additionally cited art of record teaches or fairly suggests, alone or in combination, inter alia, wherein a landing body configured to extend and retract / move relative to the top of the feedthrough cap.
Conclusion
The prior art made of record and not relied upon is considered pertinent to applicant's disclosure.



CITED REFERENCE SUMMARIES: Ref US8066076B2: Claims:
A production tree including: a tree body including: a production bore and a lateral production port extending from the bore into a wing block in a first flowpath, the wing block having an upwardly facing vertical bore; and a tree guide; and a utility skid landable on and supportable by the tree, the skid including: a frame including a body; a processing apparatus supportable by the frame; a conduit that is received by the upwardly facing vertical bore and allows fluid communication in a second flowpath between the production bore, the processing apparatus, and the wing block, the second flowpath being external of and not forming a portion of the frame body; and an aligning member that is engageable with the tree guide to align the utility skid with respect to the tree.
a tree body including: a production bore and a lateral production port extending from the bore into a wing block in a first flowpath, the wing block having an upwardly facing vertical bore; and a tree guide; and
a production bore and a lateral production port extending from the bore into a wing block in a first flowpath, the wing block having an upwardly facing vertical bore; and
a tree guide; and
a utility skid landable on and supportable by the tree, the skid including: a frame including a body; a processing apparatus supportable by the frame; a conduit that is received by the upwardly facing vertical bore and allows fluid communication in a second flowpath between the production bore, the processing apparatus, and the wing block, the second flowpath being external of and not forming a portion of the frame body; and
a frame including a body;
a processing apparatus supportable by the frame;
a conduit that is received by the upwardly facing vertical bore and allows fluid communication in a second flowpath between the production bore, the processing apparatus, and the wing block, the second flowpath being external of and not forming a portion of the frame body; and
an aligning member that is engageable with the tree guide to align the utility skid with respect to the tree.
The production tree of claim 1 , further including a choke body attached to the tree wing block and forming the upwardly facing vertical bore, the conduit allowing fluid communication between the choke body upwardly facing vertical bore and the processing apparatus.
The production tree of claim 1 , where the conduit allows fluid to be diverted from the first flowpath to the second flowpath.
A subsea tree, comprising: a tree body having a bore, a lateral production port extending from the bore, and a mounting apparatus; a utility skid tree support system having a wing block and a utility skid; the wing block being mounted to the tree body below the mounting apparatus and having a horizontal bore aligned with the lateral production port, and an upwardly facing vertical bore extending from the horizontal bore; and the utility skid having a stab to be received by the upwardly facing vertical bore and an aligning member for engaging the mounting apparatus to locate and align the stab with respect to the upwardly facing vertical bore.
a tree body having a bore, a lateral production port extending from the bore, and a mounting apparatus;
a utility skid tree support system having a wing block and a utility skid;
the wing block being mounted to the tree body below the mounting apparatus and having a horizontal bore aligned with the lateral production port, and an upwardly facing vertical bore extending from the horizontal bore; and
the utility skid having a stab to be received by the upwardly facing vertical bore and an aligning member for engaging the mounting apparatus to locate and align the stab with respect to the upwardly facing vertical bore.
A subsea tree according to claim 4 , wherein the wing block has a production wing valve and the upwardly facing vertical bore is located horizontally closer to the opposite end face than to the tree body.
A production tree, comprising: a tree body having a bore, a lateral production port extending from the bore, an upper end and a tree guide; a utility skid tree support system having a wing block; a utility skid with a skid guide and a production fluid conduit; the wing block being mounted to the tree body below the upper end and having a horizontal production bore aligned with the lateral production port, and a vertical bore extending upwardly from the horizontal production bore; and the skid guide being engageable with the tree guide to locate and align the production fluid conduit of the utility skid with respect to the vertical bore of the wing block.
a tree body having a bore, a lateral production port extending from the bore, an upper end and a tree guide;
a utility skid tree support system having a wing block;
a utility skid with a skid guide and a production fluid conduit;
the wing block being mounted to the tree body below the upper end and having a horizontal production bore aligned with the lateral production port, and a vertical bore extending upwardly from the horizontal production bore; and
the skid guide being engageable with the tree guide to locate and align the production fluid conduit of the utility skid with respect to the vertical bore of the wing block.
A production tree according to claim 6 , wherein the production fluid conduit extends vertically downward from the utility skid and engages the vertical bore in the wing block.
A production tree according to claim 6 , wherein the wing block has a production wing valve and the vertical bore is located horizontally closer to an end face of the wing block than to the tree body.
The production tree of claim 6 wherein the utility skid includes a processing apparatus.
The subsea tree of claim 4 further including a plug received within the vertical bore to direct injection fluids down the bore.
Ref US20220412821A1: Claims:
A system comprising: a fiber optic cable comprising: a transmission fiber; a return fiber; and a passive optical device optically connected to the transmission fiber and the return fiber; a first wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) optically connected to the transmission fiber; a second WDM optically connected to the return fiber; a transmitter and a first Raman pump optically connected to the first WDM; and a receiver and a second Raman pump optically connected to the second WDM.
a fiber optic cable comprising: a transmission fiber; a return fiber; and
a transmission fiber;
a return fiber; and
a passive optical device optically connected to the transmission fiber and the return fiber;
a first wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) optically connected to the transmission fiber;
a second WDM optically connected to the return fiber;
a transmitter and a first Raman pump optically connected to the first WDM; and
a receiver and a second Raman pump optically connected to the second WDM.
The system of claim 1 , further comprising a first signal strength monitoring module optically connected to the transmission fiber through a first signal tap coupler.
The system of claim 2 , further comprising a second signal strength monitoring module optically connected to the return fiber through a second signal tap coupler.
The system of claim 1 , further comprising a first set of reflective elements optically connected to a third WDM and a second set of reflective elements optically connected to a fourth WDM, and wherein the first set of reflective elements and the second set of reflective elements are mirrors or Fiber Bragg Gratings.
The system of claim 1 , further comprising a downhole sensing fiber optically connected to the passive optical device.
The system of claim 1 , further comprising an information handling system optically connected to a first Raman Pump, a second Raman Pump, a first signal strength monitoring module, a second signal strength monitoring module, the transmitter, and the receiver.
The system of claim 6 , wherein the information handling system controls the first Raman Pump and the Second Raman Pump with a control function, wherein the control function utilizes data from the first signal strength monitoring module, and the second signal strength monitoring module, the transmitter and the receiver as inputs.
The system of claim 1 , wherein the passive optical device comprises a circulator.
The system of claim 1 , wherein the passive optical device comprises a fused type fiber optic splitter or a Planar Waveguide Circuit (PLC) fiber optic splitter.
A system comprising: a fiber optic cable comprising: a transmission fiber; a return fiber; and a first passive optical device connected to an end of the transmission fiber and an end of the return fiber; a first wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) connected to the opposite end of the transmission fiber; a second WDM optically connected to the opposite end of the return fiber; a first Raman pump optically connected to the first WDM; a second Raman pump optically connected to the second WDM; a second passive optical device connected to the first and second WDM; and a sensing system connected to the second passive optical device.
a first passive optical device connected to an end of the transmission fiber and an end of the return fiber;
a first wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) connected to the opposite end of the transmission fiber;
a second WDM optically connected to the opposite end of the return fiber;
a first Raman pump optically connected to the first WDM;
a second Raman pump optically connected to the second WDM;
a second passive optical device connected to the first and second WDM; and
a sensing system connected to the second passive optical device.
The system of claim 10 , further comprising a first signal strength monitoring module connected to the first WDM through a first signal tap coupler.
The system of claim 11 , further comprising a second signal strength monitoring module connected to the second WDM through a second signal tap coupler.
The system of claim 10 , further comprising a first set of reflective elements connected to a third WDM and a second set of reflective elements connected to a fourth WDM, and wherein the first set of reflective elements and the second set of reflective elements are mirrors or Fiber Bragg Gratings.
The system of claim 10 , further comprising a downhole sensing fiber connected to the second passive optical device.
The system of claim 10 , further comprising a first set of dissipative elements connected to a third WDM, a second set of dissipative elements connected to a fourth WDM, and wherein the dissipative elements are a coreless termination fiber or a fiber end cap.
The system of claim 10 , wherein the first passive optical device and the second passive optical device each individually comprise a circulator.
The system of claim 10 , wherein the first passive optical device and the second passive optical device each individually comprise a fused type fiber optic splitter or a Planar Waveguide Circuit (PLC) fiber optic splitter.
A system comprising: a fiber optic cable comprising: a transmission fiber; a return fiber; and at least two wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) optically connected to the transmission fiber and the return fiber; and one or more sensing systems optically connected to one of the at least two WDM.
a fiber optic cable comprising: a transmission fiber; a return fiber; and at least two wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) optically connected to the transmission fiber and the return fiber; and one or more sensing systems optically connected to one of the at least two WDM.
at least two wavelength division multiplexer (WDM) optically connected to the transmission fiber and the return fiber; and
one or more sensing systems optically connected to one of the at least two WDM.
The system of claim 18 , wherein the one or more sensing systems utilize a Rayleigh scattering measurement, a Brillouin scatter measurement, or a Raman scattering measurement.
The system of claim 18 , further comprising one or more raman pumps connected to at least one of the at least two WDM.
Ref US20230332497A1: Claims:
A well system, comprising: a wellbore extending through first and second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zones; a feedthrough packer located in the wellbore, the feedthrough packer configured to help separate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone through a first inflow control valve into production tubing from a second inflow of hydrocarbons from the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone through a second inflow control valve into the production tubing; and a fiber optic cable installed across the feedthrough packer, the fiber optic cable configured to collect inflow data from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone or the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
a wellbore extending through first and second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zones;
a feedthrough packer located in the wellbore, the feedthrough packer configured to help separate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone through a first inflow control valve into production tubing from a second inflow of hydrocarbons from the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone through a second inflow control valve into the production tubing; and
a fiber optic cable installed across the feedthrough packer, the fiber optic cable configured to collect inflow data from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone or the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
The well system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fiber optic cable is configured to collect inflow data from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone and the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
The well system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fiber optic cable is configured to collect inflow data across the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone or the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
The well system as recited in claim 3 , wherein the fiber optic cable is configured to collect inflow data across the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone and the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
The well system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the wellbore extends through a third hydrocarbon producing zone, the first hydrocarbon producing zone being an uphole hydrocarbon producing zone, the second hydrocarbon producing zone being a middle hydrocarbon producing zone, and the third hydrocarbon producing zone being a downhole hydrocarbon producing zone, and further including a second feedthrough packer located in the wellbore, the second feedthrough packer configured to help separate a third inflow of hydrocarbons from the third downhole hydrocarbon producing zone through a third inflow control valve into the production tubing from the first a second inflow of hydrocarbons into the production tubing.
The well system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the fiber optic cable is installed across the first and second feedthrough packers, the fiber optic cable configured to collect inflow data from at least one of the uphole subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone, middle subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone, or downhole subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
The well system as recited in claim 5 , wherein the fiber optic cable is installed across the first and second feedthrough packers, the fiber optic cable configured to collect inflow data from each of the uphole subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone, middle subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone, and downhole subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
The well system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the first inflow control valve or the second inflow control valve is a shrouded inflow control valve including a flow tubing having one or more flow ports and a shroud positioned radially about the flow tubing, and further wherein the fiber optic cable is located in an annulus between the flow tubing and the shroud.
The well system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the fiber optic cable is configured to collect inflow data across a length of the shroud.
The well system as recited in claim 8 , wherein the flow tubing includes a flange having a fitting positioned proximate a downhole end thereof, the fitting coupled end to end with an end connector of the fiber optic cable to fix the fiber optic cable relative to the flow tubing.
The well system as recited in claim 10 , wherein the fitting is located in the annulus between the flow tube and the shroud.
The well system as recited in claim 10 , wherein the fiber optic cable is terminated with an FMJ connector, and further wherein a downhole end of the FMJ connector includes a termination housing with the end connector.
The well system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the end connector is a threaded end connector coupled with a threaded fitting.
The well system as recited in claim 12 , wherein the end connector is a pinned end connector coupled with a socket fitting.
The well system as recited in claim 1 , further including a gauge mandrel positioned downhole of the feedthrough packer, and further wherein the fiber optic cable bypasses the gauge mandrel.
The well system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the fiber optic cable spans an entire length of the first inflow control valve and the second inflow control valve.
A method, comprising: forming a wellbore through first and second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zones; and positioning a completion string within the wellbore, the completion string including: a feedthrough packer located in the wellbore; production tubing located in the wellbore, the production tubing including a first inflow control valve configured to regulate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing, and a second inflow control valve configured to regulate a second inflow of hydrocarbons from the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing, the feedthrough packer configured to help separate the first inflow and the second inflow prior to entering the production tubing; and a fiber optic cable installed across the feedthrough packer, the fiber optic cable configured to collect inflow data from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone or the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
forming a wellbore through first and second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zones; and
positioning a completion string within the wellbore, the completion string including: a feedthrough packer located in the wellbore; production tubing located in the wellbore, the production tubing including a first inflow control valve configured to regulate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing, and a second inflow control valve configured to regulate a second inflow of hydrocarbons from the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing, the feedthrough packer configured to help separate the first inflow and the second inflow prior to entering the production tubing; and a fiber optic cable installed across the feedthrough packer, the fiber optic cable configured to collect inflow data from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone or the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone.
a feedthrough packer located in the wellbore;
production tubing located in the wellbore, the production tubing including a first inflow control valve configured to regulate a first inflow of hydrocarbons from the first subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing, and a second inflow control valve configured to regulate a second inflow of hydrocarbons from the second subterranean hydrocarbon producing zone into the production tubing, the feedthrough packer configured to help separate the first inflow and the second inflow prior to entering the 
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