EP0063911A2 - Conduite pour le transfert d'un fluide vers ou à partir d'une station sousmarine - Google Patents

Conduite pour le transfert d'un fluide vers ou à partir d'une station sousmarine Download PDF

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EP0063911A2
EP0063911A2 EP82302009A EP82302009A EP0063911A2 EP 0063911 A2 EP0063911 A2 EP 0063911A2 EP 82302009 A EP82302009 A EP 82302009A EP 82302009 A EP82302009 A EP 82302009A EP 0063911 A2 EP0063911 A2 EP 0063911A2
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Stanley Jared Derby
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Taylor Woodrow Construction Ltd
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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
    • E21B17/015—Non-vertical risers, e.g. articulated or catenary-type
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B22/00—Buoys
    • B63B22/02—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel
    • B63B22/021—Buoys specially adapted for mooring a vessel and for transferring fluids, e.g. liquids

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  • This invention relates to a flow line system for use in the transfer of fluid to or from under water sites.
  • a flow line system for use in the transfer of fluid to or from an under water site, the system comprising a first, flow line arrangement to be installed so as to extend from the water bed to near, but below, the surface, this arrangement being carried by a buoyant support column that is for articulated connection to the water bed and that consists of rigid sections that are connected in series at articulated connections so that the first flow line arrangement is rigidly supported by - each section but can articulate at the base of the column and at the connections between the rigid sections; and a second, flexible, flow line arrangement releasably connectable to the first arrangement, where the first arrangement terminates near the surface, so as to extend the first arrangement.
  • Such a system can be installed between a wall head, manifold or other convenient location at the water bed and production facilities at the surface with the advantage that the connection between the first and second flow line arrangements is near the surface and hence readily accessible.
  • the articulated connections at the water bed and between the rigid sections, with the otherwise rigidly supported first flow line arrangement able to articulate with the support column at these connections enables the system as a whole to cope with extensive movement of floating facilities at the surface so that the system is suitable for use at considerable depths (extent of surface movement increases with water depth).
  • the suitability for use at considerable depth is enhanced by the provision of articulation of the column and the first flow line arrangement as this gives to the column and the flow line arrangement it supports good ability to absorb lateral loads and impacts.
  • the column can be made slim which facilitates its handling during installation and removal.
  • Figure 1 a flow line system between a sea bed well head and production facilities provided on a semi-submersible production platform.
  • Figure 2 shows on a larger scale the detail ringed at II in Figure 1.
  • the semi-submersible production platform 1 is shown in position over the sea bed well head 2 with workover guidelines 3 extending between the platform and the well head.
  • a sea bed anchorage structure 4 to which is anchored, by an articulated connection 5, a series of buoyed rigid column sections 6.
  • the column sections 6 are connected to one another in series at articulated connections 5A, and each section incorporates a buoy 13 at its upper end.
  • the articulated connections can be of any suitable construction as known in the art giving freedom of movement about two mutually perpendicular axes.
  • the column made-up by the sections 6 rigidly supports between the connections 5A a first flow line arrangement 7. One part of this first flow line arrangement 7 is connected to flow lines 8 from the well head 2.
  • connection 5A there is an articulated connection 12 in the flow line arrangement 7 and this arrangement can also articulate at the base of the column.
  • the flow line arrangement 7 is rigidly supported by the buoyed column sections 6 but can articulate at the base of the column and at the connections between the column sections.
  • the articulated connections in the flow line arrangement 7 are effected by flexible flow line portions 12A interconnecting the otherwise rigid runs of the flow line.
  • the column terminates near, but below, the surface of the sea, and at this termination the first articulated flow line arrangement 7 is releasably connected to a second, flexible, flow line arrangement 10.
  • This second flow line arrangement 10 extends to the production platform 1, to which it is releasably connected, and serves for supply to, and export from, the production facilities.
  • the semi-submersible platform 1 can be held on station by a conventional mooring system or by an automatic jack mooring system, the inclusion of the flexible flow line arrangement allowing movement of the platform to take place within a predetermined range.
  • the automatic jack mooring system can utilise the top of the column as a reference point for locating the platform.
  • a flexible flow line arrangement is required to accommodate motion of the floating platform, but to have the flexible flow line arrangement extending, for example, all the way to the water bed could result in a flexible flow line arrangement of such considerable length and consequent weight as to introduce problems in, for example, recovery thereof after disconnection from the well head.
  • an articulated but otherwise rigidly supported flow line arrangement terminating below surface level adverse effects of wave action, lateral loads and impacts on this arrangement and its support (the column) are avoided or readily absorbed.
  • connection 5 at the base of the column is releasable, along with flow line connections to the flow lines 8 and 9, but in the system shown all the connections 5A and 12 are releasable as well.
  • the flexible flow line arrangement 10 is provided with buoyancy 11 to cushion the movement of the flexible flow line, especially when it is disconnected in an emergency.
  • the flexible flow line arrangement 10 also avoids a need for providing tensioning equipment on the floating platform, as is necessary in constructions where a tensioned riser flow line arrangement is provided between a well head and a floating production platform. Also loading on the production platform is reduced as compared with a tensioned flow line arrangement.
  • the illustrated form also has the advantage that the flow line arrangements are disposed to one end of the floating platform, leaving the central moonpool of the platform free for working over the well head. Workover relative to the flow line arrangements is via a separate derrick mounted over the flow line arrangements.
  • the flexible flow line arrangement 10 need not necessarily be connected to floating facilities, and the facilities to which it is connected could be other than production facilities.
  • the buoyancy for the column sections 6 can be built-in along the length of each section, rather than provided by the buoys 13.

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EP82302009A 1981-04-29 1982-04-20 Conduite pour le transfert d'un fluide vers ou à partir d'une station sousmarine Withdrawn EP0063911A3 (fr)

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EP0250069A2 (fr) * 1986-06-20 1987-12-23 Conoco Inc. Installation flottante de forage et de production en eau profonde comportant des colonnes montantes souples de production
GB2254063A (en) * 1991-03-25 1992-09-30 British Petroleum Co Plc Method for transporting fluids.
US5427046A (en) * 1994-01-18 1995-06-27 Single Buoy Moorings Inc. Subsea conduit structure
WO1998030438A1 (fr) * 1997-01-07 1998-07-16 Lmg Marin As Dispositif pour navire de forage et d'exploitation
WO2003031765A1 (fr) * 2001-10-10 2003-04-17 Rockwater Limited Tube goulotte et procede d'installation de celui-ci
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FR2386758A1 (fr) * 1977-04-08 1978-11-03 Petroles Cie Francaise Colonne montante articulee de support flottant
FR2396154A1 (fr) * 1977-07-01 1979-01-26 Emh Perfectionnements apportes a une colonne articulee, pour l'exploitation du fond marin, comportant des tuyauteries raccordables entre la colonne et son embase
GB2024766A (en) * 1978-07-10 1980-01-16 Mobil Oil Corp Marine production riser system and method of installing sae

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US4089333A (en) * 1972-10-28 1978-05-16 Nippi, Incorporated Method of treating a wound or burn
FR2386758A1 (fr) * 1977-04-08 1978-11-03 Petroles Cie Francaise Colonne montante articulee de support flottant
FR2396154A1 (fr) * 1977-07-01 1979-01-26 Emh Perfectionnements apportes a une colonne articulee, pour l'exploitation du fond marin, comportant des tuyauteries raccordables entre la colonne et son embase
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EP0250069A2 (fr) * 1986-06-20 1987-12-23 Conoco Inc. Installation flottante de forage et de production en eau profonde comportant des colonnes montantes souples de production
EP0250069A3 (en) * 1986-06-20 1989-03-29 Conoco Inc. A deepwater floating drilling and production facility incorporating flexible production risers
GB2254063A (en) * 1991-03-25 1992-09-30 British Petroleum Co Plc Method for transporting fluids.
FR2674608A1 (fr) * 1991-03-25 1992-10-02 British Petroleum Co Plc Procede de transport de fluides.
US5427046A (en) * 1994-01-18 1995-06-27 Single Buoy Moorings Inc. Subsea conduit structure
WO1998030438A1 (fr) * 1997-01-07 1998-07-16 Lmg Marin As Dispositif pour navire de forage et d'exploitation
GB2335170A (en) * 1997-01-07 1999-09-15 Lmg Marin As Arrangement of drilling and production ship
GB2335170B (en) * 1997-01-07 2001-05-09 Lmg Marin As Arrangement of drilling and production ship
WO2003031765A1 (fr) * 2001-10-10 2003-04-17 Rockwater Limited Tube goulotte et procede d'installation de celui-ci
GB2400622A (en) * 2001-10-10 2004-10-20 Rockwater Ltd A riser and method of installing same
GB2400622B (en) * 2001-10-10 2005-11-09 Rockwater Ltd A riser and method of installing same
FR2929638A1 (fr) * 2008-04-08 2009-10-09 Technip France Sa Dispositif d'extraction d'un materiau situe au fond d'une etendue d'eau, installation d'extraction, et procede associe
WO2009136064A1 (fr) * 2008-04-08 2009-11-12 Technip France Dispositif d'extraction d'un matériau situé au fond d'une étendue d'eau, installation d'extraction, et procédé associé

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