EP1350918A3 - A method of completing a subsea well - Google Patents

A method of completing a subsea well Download PDF

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EP1350918A3
EP1350918A3 EP03014704A EP03014704A EP1350918A3 EP 1350918 A3 EP1350918 A3 EP 1350918A3 EP 03014704 A EP03014704 A EP 03014704A EP 03014704 A EP03014704 A EP 03014704A EP 1350918 A3 EP1350918 A3 EP 1350918A3
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bop
stack
slimbore
riser
xmas tree
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Christopher E. Cunningham
Christopher D. Bartlett
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FMC Technologies Inc
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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
    • 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
    • E21B33/04—Casing heads; Suspending casings or tubings in well heads
    • E21B33/047—Casing heads; Suspending casings or tubings in well heads for plural tubing strings

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Abstract

The method of the invention includes slimbore marine riser (124) and slimbore blow out preventer (BOP) stack (120) operations for landing the reduced diameter tubing hanger (TH12) in a tubing spool (TS10) using a landing string (LS). Conventional sized BOP stacks and marine risers may also be used for the various operations. The slimbore BOP stack and completion landing string is set aside of the tubing spool, and an xmas tree (150) is connected to the top of the tubing spool. The xmas tree may be deployed to the tubing spool independently of the riser(s) connected to and/or deployed inside of the BOP stack. A BOP adapter (152) is provided to connect the top of the conventional sized xmas tree to the bottom of the slimbore or conventional sized BOP stack and marine riser. The landing string, with tubing hanger running tool at its bottom end, is used along with other equipment to provide a high pressure conduit to the surface for production fluids, and to serve as a mandrel around which BOP rams (128) and/or annular BOPS may be closed to create a fluid path for the borehole annulus which is accessed and controlled by the BOP choke and kill conduits. After the BOP stack is removed by disconnecting the BOP deep water applications, where the xmas tree can be installed without first having to retrieve and subsequently re-run the BOP stack. Another important object of the invention is to provide a method which allows future intervention using a BOP stack/marine riser or a more conventional workover/intervention riser.
EP03014704A 1997-10-07 1998-10-07 A method of completing a subsea well Expired - Lifetime EP1350918B1 (en)

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US6129397P 1997-10-07 1997-10-07
US61293P 1997-10-07
EP98952151A EP1021637B1 (en) 1997-10-07 1998-10-07 Slimbore subsea completion system and method

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EP98952151A Division EP1021637B1 (en) 1997-10-07 1998-10-07 Slimbore subsea completion system and method

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EP1350918A3 true EP1350918A3 (en) 2004-02-04
EP1350918B1 EP1350918B1 (en) 2005-12-14

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EP03014705A Expired - Lifetime EP1350919B1 (en) 1997-10-07 1998-10-07 A blow out preventer adapter for subsea well completion
EP03014704A Expired - Lifetime EP1350918B1 (en) 1997-10-07 1998-10-07 A method of completing a subsea well

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US4007782A (en) * 1974-03-18 1977-02-15 Finn Tveten & Co. A/S Parking device for blowout preventer
EP0478094A2 (en) * 1986-07-31 1992-04-01 Halliburton Company Method and system for attaching and removing equipment from a wellhead

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US4007782A (en) * 1974-03-18 1977-02-15 Finn Tveten & Co. A/S Parking device for blowout preventer
EP0478094A2 (en) * 1986-07-31 1992-04-01 Halliburton Company Method and system for attaching and removing equipment from a wellhead

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EP1350919B1 (en) 2005-12-14

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