Conventional gravel pack system with wet mate connection below the sand control packer

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a gravel pack assembly positioned in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation. The apparatus comprising a lower completion assembly positioned at a depth in the wellbore deeper than the gravel pack assembly, wherein the lower completion assembly is configured with a wet mate housing to communicatively couple a first line positioned in the wellbore and a second line positioned on an upper completion assembly.

1 . An apparatus comprising:
 a gravel pack assembly positioned in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation;   a lower completion assembly positioned at a depth in the wellbore deeper than the gravel pack assembly, wherein the lower completion assembly is configured with a wet mate housing to communicatively couple a first line positioned in the wellbore and a second line positioned on an upper completion assembly.   
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first line and the second line include one or more fiber optic cables, one or more electric lines, one or more hydraulic lines, one or more energy transfer lines, or any combination thereof. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first line is positioned in a sand face of a gravel pack of the wellbore. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the wet mate housing is configured with a male wet mate, and wherein the upper completion assembly is configured with a female wet mate to be connected to the male wet mate. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the wet mate housing is configured with a female wet mate, and wherein the upper completion assembly is configured with a male wet mate to be connected to the female wet mate. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , the lower completion assembly further comprising:
 an orienting helix configured to align the upper completion assembly with the wet mate housing.   
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein a helix straight slot of the orienting helix is azimuthally aligned with the wet mate housing, and wherein an orienting key mandrel of the upper completion assembly interacts with the helix straight slot to align a wet mate stinger on the upper completion assembly with the wet mate housing. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , the lower completion assembly further comprising:
 an indicator coupling configured to activate a swivel sub on the upper completion assembly, wherein at least a portion of the upper completion assembly below the swivel sub is activated for rotational movement about a central axis.   
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , the lower completion assembly further comprising:
 a dampening module configured to reduce a downward movement of travel of the upper completion assembly prior to connecting wet mates in the wet mate housing.   
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the dampening module is activated after the upper completion assembly is aligned with the wet mate housing, via an orienting helix. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a wet mate stinger on the upper completion assembly is configured with one or more bias components, and wherein the one or more bias components maintain a constant force on a first wet mate in the wet mate stinger when the first wet mate is connected with a second wet mate in the wet mate housing. 
     
     
         12 . A system comprising:
 a gravel pack assembly positioned in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation;   a lower completion assembly positioned at a depth in the wellbore deeper than the gravel pack assembly, wherein the lower completion assembly is configured with a wet mate housing, and wherein a first line is coupled with the wet mate housing; and   an upper completion assembly configured with a second line, wherein the first line and the second line are to be communicatively coupled via the wet mate housing.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , the lower completion assembly further comprising:
 an orienting helix configured to align the upper completion assembly with the wet mate housing.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 13 , wherein a helix straight slot of the orienting helix is azimuthally aligned with the wet mate housing, and wherein an orienting key mandrel of the upper completion assembly interacts with the helix straight slot to align the upper completion assembly with the wet mate housing. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 12 , the lower completion assembly further comprising:
 an indicator coupling configured to activate a swivel sub on the upper completion assembly, wherein at least a portion of the upper completion assembly below the swivel sub is activated for rotational movement about a central axis.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 12 , the lower completion assembly further comprising:
 a dampening module configured to reduce a downward movement of the upper completion assembly prior to connecting wet mates in the wet mate housing.   
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 16 , wherein the dampening module is activated after the upper completion assembly is aligned with the wet mate housing, via an orienting helix. 
     
     
         18 . A method comprising:
 positioning a gravel pack assembly and a lower completion assembly in a wellbore formed in a subsurface formation, wherein the lower completion assembly is at a depth deeper than the gravel pack assembly, and wherein the lower completion assembly is configured with a wet mate housing;   positioning an upper completion assembly in the gravel pack assembly and lower completion assembly; and   communicatively coupling a first line positioned in the wellbore and a second line coupled to the upper completion assembly, via the wet mate housing.   
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18  further comprising:
 activating a swivel sub on the upper completion assembly; 
 orienting the upper completion assembly via an orienting helix on the lower completion assembly; 
 applying a weight to the upper completion assembly to engage a dampening module on the lower completion assembly; and 
 connecting a first wet mate on the wet mate housing with a second wet mate on a wet mate stinger of the upper completion assembly, wherein the first wet mate is coupled with the first line and the second wet mate is coupled with the second line. 
 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  further comprising:
 confirming connection of the first wet mate and the second wet mate in the wet mate housing; and 
 anchoring the upper completion assembly in position in the wellbore, via a latch receptacle.