AP2006003682A0 - System and method of installing and maintaining an offshore exploration and production system having an adjustable buoyancy chamber - Google Patents

System and method of installing and maintaining an offshore exploration and production system having an adjustable buoyancy chamber

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AP2006003682A0
AP2006003682A0 AP2006003682A AP2006003682A AP2006003682A0 AP 2006003682 A0 AP2006003682 A0 AP 2006003682A0 AP 2006003682 A AP2006003682 A AP 2006003682A AP 2006003682 A AP2006003682 A AP 2006003682A AP 2006003682 A0 AP2006003682 A0 AP 2006003682A0
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Prior art keywords
installing
maintaining
buoyancy chamber
adjustable buoyancy
offshore exploration
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AP2006003682A
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Inventor
Keith Millheim
Eric E Maidla
Charles H King
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Anadarko Petroleum Corp
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/01—Risers
    • E21B17/012—Risers with buoyancy elements
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/02—Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/04—Couplings; joints between rod or the like and bit or between rod and rod or the like
    • E21B17/07—Telescoping joints for varying drill string lengths; Shock absorbers
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/02—Surface sealing or packing
    • E21B33/03—Well heads; Setting-up thereof
    • E21B33/035—Well heads; Setting-up thereof specially adapted for underwater installations
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B33/00—Sealing or packing boreholes or wells
    • E21B33/02—Surface sealing or packing
    • E21B33/03—Well heads; Setting-up thereof
    • E21B33/06—Blow-out preventers, i.e. apparatus closing around a drill pipe, e.g. annular blow-out preventers
    • E21B33/064—Blow-out preventers, i.e. apparatus closing around a drill pipe, e.g. annular blow-out preventers specially adapted for underwater well heads
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/0007—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00 for underwater installations

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Filling Or Discharging Of Gas Storage Vessels (AREA)
  • Revetment (AREA)
  • Geophysics And Detection Of Objects (AREA)
AP2006003682A 2006-03-23 2006-07-10 System and method of installing and maintaining an offshore exploration and production system having an adjustable buoyancy chamber AP2006003682A0 (en)

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US11/387,378 US20060162933A1 (en) 2004-09-01 2006-03-23 System and method of installing and maintaining an offshore exploration and production system having an adjustable buoyancy chamber

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US (1) US20060162933A1 (xx)
EP (1) EP1837482A1 (xx)
AP (1) AP2006003682A0 (xx)
AR (1) AR056001A1 (xx)
AU (1) AU2006202945A1 (xx)
BR (1) BRPI0603800A (xx)
CA (1) CA2544362A1 (xx)
WO (1) WO2007108823A1 (xx)

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WO2007108823A1 (en) 2007-09-27
EP1837482A1 (en) 2007-09-26
US20060162933A1 (en) 2006-07-27
BRPI0603800A (pt) 2007-01-23
CA2544362A1 (en) 2006-10-27
AU2006202945A1 (en) 2007-10-11
AR056001A1 (es) 2007-09-12

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