Abstract:
A wellhead assembly includes a tubular wellhead housing having a bore and an annular gallery slot. The annular gallery slot is defined by an enlarged inner diameter of the bore. A tubular hanger is selectively landed in the bore of the wellhead housing, defining an annular cavity between the bore and an outer diameter of the tubular hanger. The tubular hanger is supported by the wellhead housing with a hanger support located in the annular cavity. A flow-by passage is in fluid communication with the annular cavity at locations above and below the hanger support. The flow-by passage intersects with the gallery slot and intersects an outer radial surface of the tubular hanger.
Abstract:
A method for completing a well includes drilling a well through a wellhead having an annular bowl protector inserted therein. The bowl protector has an internal recess. A lower end of a casing string is lowered through the bowl protector. A centralizer having a plurality of lugs on an outer surface is installed on a retrieval joint of casing of the casing string. The retrieval joint of casing and the centralizer is lowered so the lugs engage the internal recess of the bowl protector. The retrieval joint of casing is raised to lift the centralizer and bowl protector out of the wellhead.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an undersea riser bearing designed to operate at higher temperatures over an extended timeframe while maintaining performance advantages of high capacity laminate (HCL) elastomeric composite bearings.
Abstract:
An apparatus, system and process for deployment of subsea drilling equipment through a moon pool of a drilling vessel is disclosed. The drilling equipment may include a subsea mudlift pump (MLP) that is configured to be deployed below the surface of the ocean and is adapted for conducting dual gradient drilling (DGD) operations. In the apparatus and process, the MLP may be suspended temporarily aboard the vessel by a holding mechanism. The MLP may be combined first with a lower marine riser package (LMRP) prior to suspension of the MLP and/or MLP/LMRP aboard the drilling vessel. An equipment combination, comprising at least a MLP and a LMRP, may be with a BOP, the mating occurring at a position below the surface of the ocean. In one aspect, the BOP may be separately deployed into the ocean, and then subsequently mated subsea with the LMRP and/or a MLP/LMRP combined equipment package.
Abstract:
A top drive includes a plurality of modules. The top drive includes a first fastening member and a second fastening member. The first fastening member and the second fastening member are configured to be removably coupled to connect a first module and a second module. In some embodiments, the top drive includes a third fastening member. The third fastening member is configured to be removably coupled to at least one of the first fastening member and the second fastening member, to connect the first module, the second module, and a third module. A tool for assembling or disassembling a top drive includes a fastening portion including an attachment mechanism configured to releasably couple the tool to a portion of a top drive. The tool includes a first housing including a recess disposed therein. The tool includes a first rod disposed at least partially within the recess.
Abstract:
The present disclosure provides a system and method for supporting a catenary riser coupled to an offshore platform system including a pull tube and a pull tube stress joint for girth weld stress reduction and improved fatigue performance. A pull tube sleeve is coupled around a welded connection of the pull tube. The sleeve has a larger inner diameter than an outer diameter of the pull tube to form an annular space therebetween, and a fill material is filled into the space between the sleeve and the pull tube. The fill material provides a supportive coupling between the sleeve and the pull tube. The sleeve, the pull tube, or both can have gripping surfaces formed in or on their surfaces to retain the fill material in the space. The sleeve can be formed from a plurality of portions and be welded, fastened, or otherwise coupled around the pull tube.
Abstract:
A marine connector (10) having a central core (14), a first shoulder (46) disposed around at least part of the central core, a second shoulder (60) disposed around at least part of the central core and spaced from the first shoulder and an expandable clamping member (98) disposed around at least part of the central core and between the first and second shoulders. The first and second shoulders (46, 60) are relatively movable from a first distance apart, wherein the clamping member (98) is at a first or rest width, to a second distance apart, wherein the shoulders (46, 60) act upon the clamping member (98) to expand it outwardly from the central core (14) to a second or expanded width. In use the connector may received into a complementary female receptacle (72) or into a length of pipe, to act as a pipeline recovery tool.
Abstract:
A device (20) for root-rolling a thread (T) on an object (O) includes: a body (21), an accumulator piston (24) mounted for sealed sliding movement within a body passageway (22), a coarse adjustment screw (25) threaded onto the body, a Belleville spring stack (26) compressed between the coarse adjustment screw and the accumulator piston, an actuator piston (28A or 28B) mounted for sealed sliding movement within a cylindrical opening (23) in the body, and a thread roll (32) rotatably mounted on the actuator piston. A fine adjustment screw is threaded (33) into a first opening (34) on the body, and communicates with a fluid chamber between the accumulator and actuator pistons. The positions of the coarse and fine adjustment screws may be selectively adjusted to controllably vary the fluid pressure within the chamber. The device may be mounted on a machine tool (35) and selectively moved toward the object to root-roll a thread on the object when the object and device are rotated relative to one another.
Abstract:
A device for connecting and disconnecting an active compensator actuator or additional passive compensator actuators from a passive compensated load bearing unit during operation and at static suspended condition. The device comprises a connection arrangement (7), which is operatively connected to a crown block. The connection device (7) is adapted to selectively grip a second end (18) of the heave compensator actuator (1). The device comprises further a safety arrangement (6) which are adapted to selectively grip the second end (18) of the heave compensator actuator (1) when it is not in engagement with the connection arrangement (7), the device comprises also a support arrangement (2), which is adapted to support the heave compensator actuator when it is not connected to the crown block (8).