公开(公告)号：US09016381B2

公开(公告)日：2015-04-28

申请号：US13050164

申请日：2011-03-17

申请人： David Albert Dietz ,  Robert Arnold Judge ,  Ahmet Duman

发明人： David Albert Dietz ,  Robert Arnold Judge ,  Ahmet Duman

IPC分类号： E21B34/04 ,  B23P11/00 ,  E21B21/08 ,  E21B21/10

CPC分类号： E21B21/08 ,  E21B21/10 ,  Y10T137/0402

摘要： Apparatuses useable in drilling installations for adjusting a mud return flow in a mud loop, at a location far from a mud tank are provided. An apparatus includes (1) a sensor located close to a seabed and configured to acquire values of at least one parameter related to a return mud flow, (2) a valve located near the sensor and configured to regulate the return mud flow, and (3) a controller connected to the valve and the sensor. The controller is configured to automatically control the valve to regulate the return mud flow towards achieving a value of a control parameter close to a predetermined value, based on the values acquired by the sensor. Methods of incorporating an apparatus in a drilling installation and retrofitting existing installations are also provided.

摘要翻译： 提供了可用于钻井设备中的装置，用于在远离泥浆罐的位置处调节泥浆回路中的泥浆回流。 一种装置包括（1）位于靠近海床并被配置为获取至少一个与返回泥浆流相关的参数的值的传感器，（2）位于传感器附近并构造成调节返回泥浆流量的阀，以及（ 3）连接到阀门和传感器的控制器。 控制器被配置为基于由传感器获取的值来自动控制阀门以调节返回泥浆流量以实现接近预定值的控制参数的值。 还提供了在钻井设备中并入装置并改造现有装置的方法。