FLOATING OIL AND GAS FACILITY WITH A MOVABLE WELLBAY ASSEMBLY

    公开(公告)号:EP3510235A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-17

    申请号:EP17761423.7

    申请日:2017-08-28

    IPC分类号: E21B7/12 E21B17/01 E21B19/00

    摘要: A mobile offshore drilling unit is converted to provide drilling, completion and workover access to multiple dry tree wells from a drilling derrick to allow production and export of oil and gas from high pressure, high temperature reservoirs in deep offshore waters. Existing practice has been for the drilling derrick on a production platform supporting dry tree wells to be moved over a fixed well slot. The present invention provides a movable wellbay that supports multiple top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers, which may be positioned directly below the derrick's rotary table and/or beneath another operating device. The use of top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers supported by the movable wellbay allows the converted facility to drill, complete, maintain, improve and produce from subsea wells through dry trees.