OFFSHORE DRILLING RIG AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20190271195A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-09-05

    申请号:US16414852

    申请日:2019-05-17

    Abstract: An offshore drilling rig includes a drill deck, at least one primary well center and a diverter system arranged below the primary well center, a drilling support structure extending upwardly from the drill deck and above the primary well center and the other work center and a first and a second hoisting system supported by the drilling support structure and being adapted for raising or lowering a first and a second load carrier, respectively, and where the offshore drilling rig includes a positioning system adapted for selectively positioning at least the first load carrier in at least a first or a second horizontal position different from the first horizontal position, where the first load carrier in the first horizontal position is positioned above the primary well center, and in the second horizontal position is positioned above the other work center.

    OFFSHORE DRILLING AND A CONFIGURABLE SUPPORT STRUCTURE FOR THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20180347135A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-06

    申请号:US15771688

    申请日:2016-10-06

    Abstract: Without limitation, embodiments of the present invention relates to an offshore wellhead platform (100), the offshore wellhead platform (100) comprising a configurable support structure (200) for supporting upper parts of a plurality of conductors (210) through which one or more well processing tasks can be performed, wherein the configurable support structure (200) further provides a first position (150) and a second position (160) for the conductors (210), and the offshore wellhead platform (100) allows movement of an upper part of a conductor (210) between its first (150) and second position (160). In this way, efficiency when processing a plurality of wells is provided since repositioning of the well center is not needed or needed significantly less. Effectively, the wells are brought to the well center so-to-speak instead of the well center needing to be moved to each well.

    OFFSHORE DRILLING RIG COMPRISING AN ANTI-RECOIL SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180313173A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-01

    申请号:US15772056

    申请日:2016-10-28

    Abstract: Disclosed herein are embodiments of an offshore drilling rig comprising: a drill floor (107) defining a well center (123); a hoisting system configured to advance a tubular string (128) downwards through the well center (123) and to the seafloor (124) and to apply a lifting force to a tubular string (128) extending through the well center (123) and to the seafloor (124), the lifting force being large enough to support at least a major part of an apparent weight of the tubular string (128); and an anti-recoil system (218) configured to cause, in case of a sudden reduction of a load suspended from the drilling rig, the hoisting system to raise the tubular string (128) while preventing damage to the hoisting system.

    BLOWOUT PREVENTER CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A BLOWOUT PREVENTER

    公开(公告)号:US20180202252A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-19

    申请号:US15742671

    申请日:2016-07-06

    Abstract: the present invention relates to a blowout preventer system comprising, a lower blowout preventer (BOP) stack comprising a number of hydraulic components, and a lower marine riser package (LMRP) comprising a first control pod and a second control pod adapted to provide, during use, redundant control of hydraulic components of the lower blowout preventer stack where the first and the second control pods are adapted to being connected, during use, to a surface control system and to be controlled, during use, by the surface control system, wherein the blowout preventer system further comprises at least one additional control pod connected to at least one additional surface control system and to be controlled, during use, by the additional surface control system. In this way, an improved blowout preventer system is provided.

    ARCTIC DRILLING PROCESS
    25.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180155987A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-06-07

    申请号:US15578065

    申请日:2016-05-30

    Abstract: A process for drilling a well into the seafloor at an offshore drilling location, in particular in arctic regions, the process comprising: drilling a top hole part of the well during a winter season where the water at the drilling location is at least partly covered by ice; and initiating drilling a lower part of the well extending into a hydrocarbon-bearing formation during a subsequent off-winter season where the water is less ice infested than during the winter season.

    CONDUCTOR PIPE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN OFF-SHORE PLATFORM
    27.
    发明申请
    CONDUCTOR PIPE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR AN OFF-SHORE PLATFORM 有权
    导线管支持系统,用于远离平台

    公开(公告)号:US20150252634A1

    公开(公告)日:2015-09-10

    申请号:US14638606

    申请日:2015-03-04

    Abstract: A conductor pipe support system for a bottom-supported offshore drilling rig, the conductor pipe support system including a guide member configured for supporting a conductor pipe against horizontal movement when the conductor pipe extends from a blow-out preventer downward towards the seabed; a support member configured for vertically supporting at least a part of the load of the conductor pipe; and an access platform for allowing personnel to access at least a bottom portion of the blow-out preventer system; wherein the support member is connectable to the conductor pipe below the access platform.

    Abstract translation: 一种用于底部支撑的海上钻机的导管支撑系统,所述导体管支撑系统包括引导构件,所述引导构件构造成当所述导体管从所述防喷器向下朝向所述海床延伸时支撑导体管以防止水平移动; 支撑构件,其构造成用于垂直地支撑所述导体管的所述负载的至少一部分; 以及用于允许人员至少访问防喷器系统的底部的进入平台; 其中所述支撑构件可连接到所述接入平台下方的导体管。

    Method and system for mitigating cable wear in a hoisting system

    公开(公告)号:US11639639B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-02

    申请号:US16972569

    申请日:2019-06-06

    Abstract: A method for mitigating the effects of cable wear in an active heave compensated hoisting system of an offshore vessel in a locked to bottom mode of operation is disclosed. The method comprises supporting an upper end of a string which is connected to a subsea well from a travelling block of the hoisting system, wherein the travelling block is suspended from a crown block via a cable. The method further comprises operating an active heave compensation system to control a drawworks of the hoisting system to pay in and out the cable to compensate for motion of the offshore vessel and maintain a target overpull in the string. The method further comprises adjusting a ballast system of the offshore vessel to vary the draft of the vessel, and controlling the drawworks in accordance with the variation in the draft of the vessel to cause a length of cable to slip through the hoisting system and maintain the target overpull in the string.

    Offshore drilling rig assembly and method

    公开(公告)号:US11598161B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-07

    申请号:US16962978

    申请日:2019-01-17

    Abstract: Well centre assembly for an offshore drilling rig and associated method. There is described a well centre assembly 10 for an offshore drilling rig. The well centre assembly 10 comprises a diverter assembly 16 and a movement control system 18. The movement control system 18 is operable between the diverter assembly 16 and a supporting structure 12 of the rig. In use, the movement control system 18 controls or permits relative movement between the diverter assembly 16 and the supporting structure 12. A connector such as a riser 34 connected to the diverter assembly 16 during deployment, while deployed or during retrieval of the riser 34 may experience external forces such as from tidal, wind and/or wave movement at a water surface 50, which may cause the positioning and/or orientation of the riser 34 to vary. The movement control system 18 may control the movement of the diverter assembly 16 so as to compensate for movement of the riser 34.

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