AN OFFSHORE DRILLING VESSEL AND METHOD
    3.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180328122A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-15

    申请号:US16041601

    申请日:2018-07-20

    申请人: ITREC B.V.

    摘要: An offshore drilling vessel includes a floating hull subjected to heave motion. The hull includes a moonpool and a drilling tower near the moonpool. A drilling tubulars storage rack is provided for storage of drilling tubulars. The vessel includes a heave motion compensation support that is adapted to support a slip device whilst performing heave compensation motion relative to the heaving motion of the vessel. A racking device is provided with a heave motion synchronization system that is adapted to bring a tubular retrieved from the storage rack in heave motion into a vertical motion that is synchronous with the heave compensation motion of the string slip device. The racking device includes vertical rails and at least two separate motion arm assemblies mounted on said vertical rails. Each separate motion arm assembly includes its own vertical drive which is electrically connected to the heave motion synchronization system.

    SUBSEA WELLBORE OPERATIONS VESSEL
    5.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180127065A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-05-10

    申请号:US15865821

    申请日:2018-01-09

    申请人: ITREC B.V.

    摘要: A method for assembly of a riser string onboard a vessel that is adapted to perform subsea wellbore related operations involving said riser string, said riser string being configured to extend between a subsea wellbore and the vessel in a wellbore related operation, wherein the vessel including a hull, a riser storage adapted to store therein, in horizontal orientation, multiple pre-assembled riser stands and/or multiple individual riser stand, a deck structure having an elongated transfer opening above said riser storage, a transfer elevator, wherein multiple pre-assembled riser stands, each being pre-assembled from multiple riser sections connected end-to-end and each having a length of at least 150 ft. (45.72 m), and/or multiple individual riser sections each having a length of at least 150 ft. (45.72 m), are stored, in said horizontal orientation, in the riser storage, wherein the method comprises a riser transfer step wherein the transfer elevator is operated so as to raise a single one of said pre-assembled riser stands and/or individual riser sections in the horizontal position thereof from the riser storage, through the transfer opening, to a position above the deck structure.

    SUBSEA WELLBORE OPERATIONS VESSEL AND METHOD

    公开(公告)号:US20180010403A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-11

    申请号:US15539583

    申请日:2015-12-18

    申请人: ITREC B.V.

    摘要: A vessel adapted to perform subsea wellbore related operations involving a riser string that is assembled from releasably interconnected riser sections and extends between a subsea wellbore and the vessel. The riser string vertical handling system of the vessel includes a controlled motion device that is adapted to displace the riser string lifting tool in at least one horizontal direction relative to the riser spider device at least whilst travelling between the elevated and lowered position thereof loaded by the riser string suspended from the riser string lifting tool, thereby allowing to establish an inclined travel path with selectively variable inclination of the riser string lifting tool relative to an imaginary vertical line through the riser string passage of the riser spider device, e.g. said inclined travel path having an inclination selected to correspond to an actual water current induced inclination of an upper portion of the riser string during the riser string assembly process.

    LIFT FRAME STORAGE AND DEPLOYMENT
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180010398A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-01-11

    申请号:US15644061

    申请日:2017-07-07

    发明人: Van Van Vu

    IPC分类号: E21B15/02 E21B19/00 B63B35/44

    摘要: Techniques and systems to store and deploy a lift frame of an offshore vessel. A device may include a member arm comprising a locking feature configured to couple the member arm to a lift frame of the offshore vessel. The device may also include a base configured to be coupled to a drill floor of the offshore vessel, wherein the base comprises a joint configured to allow for rotation of the member arm and the lift frame from a storage position having a first angle between the member arm and the drill floor and a deployment position having a second angle between the member arm and the drill floor.

    Dual activity off-shore drilling rig

    公开(公告)号:US09834998B2

    公开(公告)日:2017-12-05

    申请号:US14891808

    申请日:2014-05-20

    发明人: Jesper Holck

    摘要: An offshore drilling rig configured for lowering and/or raising a string of tubular equipment into a subsea borehole. The drilling rig includes a drill deck; a first hoisting system being adapted for raising or lowering a first load carrier along a vertical first hoisting axis, wherein the first hoisting system is supported by a first support structure extending upwardly relative to the drill deck; a second hoisting system being adapted for raising or lowering a second load carrier along a vertical second hoisting axis located apart from the first hoisting axis, wherein the second hoisting system is supported by a second support structure extending upwardly relative to the drill deck; and a joint operations well center on the drill deck. During joint operations, the first and second hoisting axes are preferably located apart from the joint operations well center.

    WELLBORE DRILLING SYSTEM
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20170321500A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-11-09

    申请号:US15658118

    申请日:2017-07-24

    申请人: ITREC B.V.

    摘要: Wellbore drilling system comprising: a drilling tower, a drill floor having a well center through which a drill string passes along a firing line, a drilling tubulars storage rack adapted to store multiple drilling tubulars in vertical orientation, a tubular racking device having at least a lower first tubular racker assembly and at least a second tubular racker assembly operable at a greater height than the first tubular racker assembly, each tubular racker assembly comprises a base, a motion arm connected to said base, and a tubular gripper member connected or connectable to the motion arm and adapted to grip a tubular, wherein—with the tubular gripping member connected to the motion arm of the racker assemblies—the tubular racking device is adapted to grip and retain a drilling tubular by the tubular racker assemblies, and wherein the tubular racking device is adapted to place a tubular in and remove a tubular from the drilling tubulars storage rack,and wherein the tubular racking device has a reach at least allowing to transfer a tubular gripped by said first and second tubular racker assemblies between the drilling tubulars storage rack and a position of the tubular aligned with the firing line above the well center so as to allow for building and disassembly of a tubulars string,wherein the system further comprises one or more well center tools, each adapted for operation above the well center of the drill floor,wherein the motion arm of the lower first tubular racker assembly is provided with a connector, and the at least one well center tool is provided with a complementary connector, andwherein—with the at least one well center tool connected to the motion arm of the lower tubular racker assembly—the well center tool is operable above the drill floor.