EP1040249B1 - Dispositif pour deplacer un objet allonge, en particulier un tube prolongateur ou une cassette de tige de forage - Google Patents

Dispositif pour deplacer un objet allonge, en particulier un tube prolongateur ou une cassette de tige de forage Download PDF

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EP1040249B1
EP1040249B1 EP98962688A EP98962688A EP1040249B1 EP 1040249 B1 EP1040249 B1 EP 1040249B1 EP 98962688 A EP98962688 A EP 98962688A EP 98962688 A EP98962688 A EP 98962688A EP 1040249 B1 EP1040249 B1 EP 1040249B1
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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
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole
    • 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
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole
    • E21B19/15—Racking of rods in horizontal position; Handling between horizontal and vertical position
    • E21B19/155—Handling between horizontal and vertical position
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING 
    • B63B35/00—Vessels or similar floating structures specially adapted for specific purposes and not otherwise provided for
    • B63B35/44—Floating buildings, stores, drilling platforms, or workshops, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices
    • B63B35/4413—Floating drilling platforms, e.g. carrying water-oil separating devices

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  • the present invention relates to a device for moving an elongated object, in particular a riser part or a drill pipe cassette, between a storage space and a drilling tower or drilling mast of a drilling vessel or drilling platform, said device comprising: a main frame which is mounted so that it is movable at right angles to the longitudinal direction thereof on the deck of said drilling vessel or said drilling platform, a top carriage which is fixed on the main frame and is movable in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a guide frame which is fixed on the top carriage and can pivot about a horizontal axis relative to the top carriage.
  • a borehole can be made in the earth's surface by means of a drilling platform or a drilling vessel, using a drilling string.
  • the first part of a borehole can be drilled from a drilling platform or drilling vessel using a "bare" drilling string.
  • Said drilling string is constructed of drilling string elements which lie stored on the drilling platform or drilling vessel.
  • a pipe encasing the drilling string must be mounted between the earth's surface and the drilling vessel or the drilling platform.
  • This encasement is also known as the riser.
  • drilling fluid can be taken from the borehole on the outside of the drilling string and on the inside of the riser up to the drilling platform or the drilling vessel.
  • the riser is constructed from riser parts extending from the drilling vessel or the drilling platform. Said parts are stored on the drilling platform or on the drilling vessel, and are supplied to a mast or tower placed on the vessel or the platform and constructed at the bottom of said mast or tower and supplied in the direction of the earth's surface.
  • drilling string elements are supplied to the drilling tower or drilling mast. From the drilling string elements drilling string parts consisting of three elements are constructed first of all, and said drilling string parts are added to the already constructed drilling string at the tower. That means that during the construction of the drilling string individual drilling string elements arc supplied to the mast or tower, are combined on the spot, and only then are supplied to the drilling string. The same applies in the reverse order for dismantling the drilling string.
  • the abovementioned British Patent Application GB 2264736 discloses a device of the type mentioned in the preamble for supplying pipes to a drilling tower, said pipes being supplied substantially vertically to the drilling mast from a horizontal storage position.
  • the known device makes use of a telescopic arm which can pick up the pipes in the horizontal position and can manoeuvre them in the direction of the drilling tower.
  • a telescopic swivelling arm will mean that relatively great forces are exerted upon the support of said telescopic arm.
  • the drilling string parts consisting of three drilling string elements, can be supplied to or removed from the tower in groups. Such supplying and removal would then have to be effected, for example, by means of cassettes in which various drilling string parts are accommodated. If such a cassette can be supplied in its entirety to the drilling tower, enormous time savings can be achieved.
  • riser parts On a drilling platform or vessel. Said riser parts are long (approx. 20 metres) and heavy, and are generally stored in a horizontal position on the deck of the drilling vessel.
  • the horizontal storage of the riser parts has a number of disadvantages. First, the large and heavy riser parts lie on the top deck of the drilling vessel, and are thus lying relatively high up with respect to sea level. That means that the riser parts make the centre of gravity of the entire vessel lie at a relatively high level. Secondly, the horizontally stored riser parts require a relatively large amount of storage space.
  • the advantage of such a device is in the first place that during the construction or dismantling of a drilling string the drilling elements do not have to be manoeuvred individually, but that by means of the device according to the present invention the pre-assembled drilling string parts can be manoeuvred in groups, for example accommodated in drilling string cassettes, on the drilling vessel or the drilling platform. That means that pre-assembled drilling string parts can be supplied to the drilling tower or removed from the drilling tower in a relatively limited number of hoisting actions.
  • riser parts and drilling string elements can be supplied from a vertical storage position to a drilling tower or drilling mast by means of the device according to the present invention, another major advantage of such a device is that it is possible to store riser parts in the feet, which are generally hollow in any case. A great space saving is therefore achieved in this way. Furthermore, the centre of gravity of the drilling vessel is lowered by placing the riser parts in the feet, and the drilling vessel consequently becomes more stable.
  • the riser parts are hoisted vertically and subsequently tilted and then moved horizontally - and thus safely - over the deck.
  • the riser parts can be hoisted out of the moving device according to the present invention by conventional means at the tower or mast.
  • the device according to the present invention is further improved by the fact that the guide frame is composed of several parts, in such a way that the guide frame can be made longer by extending it, or can be made shorter by retracting it.
  • the advantage of this measure is that during manoeuvring of a drill pipe cassette said cassette can be moved out of a horizontal position into a vertical position by means of a telescopic guide frame.
  • the device according to the present invention is further improved by the fact that the main frame is provided with a hoist guide, said hoist guide being fixed on the main frame so that it is movable in a substantially vertical direction relative to said main frame, which is positioned in a substantially horizontal direction.
  • a cassette in which drilling string parts are accommodated can be manoeuvred, on the one hand, by means of the hoisting carriage movably fixed on the guide frame and, on the other hand, by means of the hoist guide in a horizontal position in the vertical direction.
  • US Patent 4,552,498 discloses a hoisting device in the case of which riser parts can be moved in the vertical direction by means of two substantially vertically placed elements.
  • the device from this US patent comprises substantially a main frame which has fitted on either side thereof a vertically movable manoeuvring arm.
  • this known device is totally unsuitable for picking up and supplying vertically placed riser parts or drill pipes.
  • the device according to the present invention it is thus possible to pick up and manoeuvre both vertically placed riser parts and pipes and horizontally placed pipes and cassettes. This combination is not possible with the device which is known from US Patent 4,552,498.
  • the present invention also relates to a drilling vessel on which the device according to the present invention is mounted.
  • FIG 1 shows a drilling vessel 1 on which the device 2 according to the present invention has been placed.
  • the drilling vessel 1 comprises two floating bodies 3 on which four feet 4 have been placed. Said feet are generally of a hollow design. The feet are connected to each other at the top end by the top deck 5.
  • a drilling tower or drilling mast 6 and also a crane 7 have been placed on the top deck.
  • a drilling string is constructed from the drilling tower or drilling mast 6 and moved in the direction of the earth's surface. In order to be able to continue the drilling, there comes a certain point when a riser has to be constructed from the seabed to the drilling vessel 1.
  • the riser 10 forms an encasement for the drilling string, so that an annular space is created between the riser and the drilling string. Drilling fluid, inter alia, can be guided upwards from the borehole in the direction of the drilling vessel through said annular space.
  • Such a riser is constructed of riser parts 10. These riser parts 10 are generally stored on the deck 5 of the drilling vessel 1. The disadvantage of this in the first place is that a large part of the deck is occupied by riser parts 10, and also that the centre of gravity of the entire drilling vessel 1 ultimately lies at a relatively high level, owing to the storage of the relatively heavy riser parts 10.
  • the drilling vessel 1 and the device 2 according to the present invention it is possible to store the riser parts 10 vertically in one or more of the feet 4 of the drilling vessel 1.
  • FIG. 2 shows the case where riser parts 10 are removed from horizontal storage by means of the device 2.
  • the top end of the riser part 10 is clamped or gripped by means of a hoisting carriage 21.
  • the hoisting carriage 21 is mounted movably on a guide frame 22, which is placed in a vertical position above the horizontally stored riser parts 10. By means of the hoisting carriage 21, the riser part 10 can be moved upwards along the guide frame 22, this being shown in Figure 3.
  • the riser part 10 When the riser part 10 has been moved into the vertical position along the guide frame 22, the riser part 10 can be moved together with the guide frame 22 by means of cylinders 24 into a horizontal position. This is shown in Figure 4. When the riser part 10 has been moved into the horizontal position, the riser part can be moved by means of the main frame 25 over the vessel or platform 1 in the direction of the drilling tower or mast.
  • Figures 6 and 7 then show the case where a vertically stored riser part is being moved in the direction of the drilling mast 6 by means of the device 2 according to the present invention. After the position shown in Figure 7, the riser part is moved vertically upwards, as already shown in Figure 5.
  • FIGs 8, 9 and 10 show the case where a drill pipe cassette 80 is being moved upwards from a horizontal storage position ( Figure 8) by means of the device 2 according to the present invention.
  • the drill pipe cassette 80 is being moved upwards at one side (left side in the figure) by means of the hoisting carriage 21 and at the other side (right side in the drawing) by means of the hoisting guide 85.
  • Said hoisting guide 85 is connected to the main frame 25 in such a way that it is movable in a substantially vertical direction relative to the main frame 25.
  • the cassette 80 is positioned in front of the drilling mast 6 by means of the device 2 according to the present invention, and is moved into a vertical position by means of the telescopic guide frame 22. Finally, the cassette is placed vertically next to the drilling mast 6 ( Figure 10) by means of the device 2.
  • a drilling string means 81 are placed near the drilling mast 6 for manoeuvring vertically oriented drilling string elements.
  • the drilling string elements are taken below the hoisting means 50 by said means 81, and during the dismantling of a drilling string 88 the drilling string elements are removed by means of said means 81.

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  1. Dispositif pour déplacer un objet allongé, en particulier, un élément de conduite montante, ou une cassette de tiges de forage, entre un emplacement de stockage et une tour de forage, ou mât de forage, d'un navire de forage, ou d'une plate-forme de forage, ledit dispositif comprenant : un châssis principal qui est monté de façon à être mobile à des angles droits par rapport à sa direction longitudinale, sur le pont (5) dudit navire de forage (1) ou de ladite plate-forme de forage,
    un chariot supérieur (23) qui est fixé au châssis principal (25) et est mobile dans sa direction longitudinale,
    et un châssis formant guide (22) qui est fixé au chariot supérieur (23) et qui peut pivoter autour d'un axe horizontal par rapport au chariot supérieur,
       caractérisé en ce que le châssis formant guide (22) peut pivoter d'une première position sensiblement parallèle au châssis principal (25) à une seconde position sensiblement à des angles droits par rapport au châssis principal (25),
       et en ce que le dispositif comprend un chariot de levage (21), qui est pourvu d'un moyen destiné à serrer, ou saisir, une extrémité d'un élément de conduite montante (10), ou d'une cassette de tiges de forage, le chariot de levage (21) étant fixé, de façon à être mobile, au châssis formant guide (22).
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par des vérins hydrauliques (24) destinés à faire pivoter le châssis formant guide (22).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que le châssis formant guide (22) est composé de plusieurs éléments, de telle façon que l'on peut rallonger le châssis formant guide (22) en le déployant, ou le raccourcir en le rétractant.
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit châssis principal (25) est pourvu d'un guide de levage (85), ledit guide de levage (85) étant fixé au châssis principal (25) de façon à être mobile dans une direction sensiblement verticale par rapport audit châssis principal (25) qui est placé dans une direction sensiblement horizontale.
  5. Navire de forage, ou plate-forme de forage, pourvu du dispositif selon les revendications 1 à 4.
EP98962688A 1997-12-15 1998-12-15 Dispositif pour deplacer un objet allonge, en particulier un tube prolongateur ou une cassette de tige de forage Expired - Lifetime EP1040249B1 (fr)

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NL1007799A NL1007799C2 (nl) 1997-12-15 1997-12-15 Inrichting voor verplaatsing van een langwerpig voorwerp, in het bijzonder een riserdeel of een boorpijpcassette.
NL1007799 1997-12-15
PCT/NL1998/000715 WO1999031346A1 (fr) 1997-12-15 1998-12-15 Dispositif pour deplacer un objet allonge, en particulier un tube prolongateur ou une cassette de tige de forage

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