REAL-TIME TRACKING AND MITIGATING OF BENDING FATIGUE IN COILED TUBING
    1.
    发明申请
    REAL-TIME TRACKING AND MITIGATING OF BENDING FATIGUE IN COILED TUBING 有权
    卷绕管中弯曲疲劳的实时跟踪和减轻

    公开(公告)号:US20160369614A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-22

    申请号:US14896709

    申请日:2015-02-13

    摘要: A coiled tubing deployment system includes an offshore rig having a reel positioned thereon and coiled tubing wound on the reel. A guide arch receives the coiled tubing from the reel and a monitoring support guide fixed to the offshore rig receives and directs the coiled tubing into water. The monitoring support guide has a frame and at least two hydraulic rams. A depth counter measures the coiled tubing deployed from the reel and generates length measurement signals, and sensors coupled to the at least two hydraulic rams measure real-time lateral movement of the coiled tubing with respect to the monitoring support guide as the coiled tubing is deployed into the water and thereby generate sensor signals. A data acquisition system receives and processes the length measurement and sensor signals to provide an output signal indicative of real-time bending fatigue of the coiled tubing at select locations along the coiled tubing.

    摘要翻译: 连续油管展开系统包括一个海上钻机,其上设有一个定位在其上的卷轴和缠绕在卷筒上的连续油管。 引导拱架从卷轴接收连续油管,并且固定到海上钻机的监测支撑引导件将连续油管导入水中。 监测支持指南具有框架和至少两个液压柱塞。 深度计数器测量从卷轴展开的连续油管并产生长度测量信号,并且耦合到所述至少两个液压柱塞的传感器测量连续油管相对于监视支撑引导件的实时横向移动,因为连续油管被部署 进入水中,从而产生传感器信号。 数据采集​​系统接收并处理长度测量和传感器信号,以提供指示连续油管在连续油管的选定位置处的实时弯曲疲劳的输出信号。

    REAL-TIME TRACKING OF BENDING FATIGUE IN COILED TUBING
    2.
    发明申请
    REAL-TIME TRACKING OF BENDING FATIGUE IN COILED TUBING 有权
    卷绕管弯曲疲劳的实时跟踪

    公开(公告)号:US20160362973A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-15

    申请号:US14895439

    申请日:2015-02-13

    摘要: A coiled tubing deployment system includes an offshore rig having a reel positioned thereon and coiled tubing wound on the reel. A guide arch is positioned on the offshore rig to receive the coiled tubing from the reel, and a tubing guide receives the coiled tubing from the guide arch and directs the coiled tubing into water. A depth counter measures a length of the coiled tubing deployed from the reel and generate one or more length measurement signals, and a set of bend sensors is positioned on the tubing guide to measure real-time strain assumed by the coiled tubing as deployed into the water and thereby generate one or more bend sensor signals. A data acquisition system receives the length measurement signals and the bend sensor signals and provides an output signal indicative of real-time bending fatigue of the coiled tubing at select locations along the coiled tubing.

    摘要翻译: 连续油管展开系统包括一个海上钻机,其上设有一个定位在其上的卷轴和缠绕在卷筒上的连续油管。 引导拱定位在海上钻机上以从卷轴接收连续油管,并且管引导件从引导拱接收连续油管并将连续油管引导到水中。 深度计数器测量从卷轴展开的连续油管的长度并产生一个或多个长度测量信号,并且一组弯曲传感器定位在油管导向器上,以测量由螺旋管所采取的实时应变, 从而产生一个或多个弯曲传感器信号。 数据采集​​系统接收长度测量信号和弯曲传感器信号,并提供一个输出信号,指示连续油管在连续油管的选定位置处的实时弯曲疲劳。

    Fatigue Monitoring Of Coiled Tubing In Downline Deployments

    公开(公告)号:US20200080416A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16489763

    申请日:2017-05-26

    摘要: Methods for real-time coiled tubing fatigue monitoring can establish a remaining operational life of a coiled tubing strand. Standard or low-cycle plastic fatigue in bending is measured each time the coiled tubing strand is deployed through a guide arch. Also, smaller, but higher frequency loads, e.g., high cycle loads imparted to the coiled tubing strand due to interaction with an oceanic environment, are also measured. A plurality of weight detectors may be coupled to a support frame below the guide for monitoring the high-cycle loads. The remaining operational life of the coiled tubing strand may be calculated based on both the plastic strains using a low-cycle fatigue analysis and the elastic strains using a high-cycle fatigue analysis. An operator may retire a coiled tubing strand prior to failure based on the calculated remaining operational life.

    In situ length expansion of a bend stiffener

    公开(公告)号:US10253583B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-09

    申请号:US15325393

    申请日:2015-12-21

    摘要: A bend stiffener is operable to be installed on site in a collapsed state and expanded upon installation to provide increased coverage of a tubing string to be reinforced by the bend stiffener. The bend stiffener is expandable upon the tripping of tubing through the bend stiffener. The bend stiffener includes a flexible sleeve having an outer flange at an upper end and sized to receive the tubing. The bend stiffener also includes an intermediary sleeve and an external sleeve. The intermediary sleeve has a cylindrical body and an internal flange for engaging and supporting the outer flange of the flexible sleeve. Similarly, the external sleeve has an internal flange for supporting an external flange of the intermediary sleeve. When installed, the flexible sleeve slides from the intermediary sleeve and the intermediary sleeve slides from the external sleeve so that each sleeve encloses and reinforces a segment of tubing.

    Real-time tracking of bending fatigue in coiled tubing

    公开(公告)号:US09670768B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-06

    申请号:US14895439

    申请日:2015-02-13

    摘要: A coiled tubing deployment system includes an offshore rig having a reel positioned thereon and coiled tubing wound on the reel. A guide arch is positioned on the offshore rig to receive the coiled tubing from the reel, and a tubing guide receives the coiled tubing from the guide arch and directs the coiled tubing into water. A depth counter measures a length of the coiled tubing deployed from the reel and generate one or more length measurement signals, and a set of bend sensors is positioned on the tubing guide to measure real-time strain assumed by the coiled tubing as deployed into the water and thereby generate one or more bend sensor signals. A data acquisition system receives the length measurement signals and the bend sensor signals and provides an output signal indicative of real-time bending fatigue of the coiled tubing at select locations along the coiled tubing.

    IN SITU LENGTH EXPANSION OF A BEND STIFFENER

    公开(公告)号:US20180216426A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-08-02

    申请号:US15325393

    申请日:2015-12-21

    摘要: A bend stiffener is operable to be installed on site in a collapsed state and expanded upon installation to provide increased coverage of a tubing string to be reinforced by the bend stiffener. The bend stiffener is expandable upon the tripping of tubing through the bend stiffener. The bend stiffener includes a flexible sleeve having an outer flange at an upper end and sized to receive the tubing. The bend stiffener also includes an intermediary sleeve and an external sleeve. The intermediary sleeve has a cylindrical body and an internal flange for engaging and supporting the outer flange of the flexible sleeve. Similarly, the external sleeve has an internal flange for supporting an external flange of the intermediary sleeve. When installed, the flexible sleeve slides from the intermediary sleeve and the intermediary sleeve slides from the external sleeve so that each sleeve encloses and reinforces a segment of tubing.