EP1444415A1 - Systeme de preparation de puits unique - Google Patents
Systeme de preparation de puits uniqueInfo
- Publication number
- EP1444415A1 EP1444415A1 EP02801382A EP02801382A EP1444415A1 EP 1444415 A1 EP1444415 A1 EP 1444415A1 EP 02801382 A EP02801382 A EP 02801382A EP 02801382 A EP02801382 A EP 02801382A EP 1444415 A1 EP1444415 A1 EP 1444415A1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- module
- base structure
- christmas tree
- fluid
- wellhead
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
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Classifications
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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
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
- E21B43/017—Production satellite stations, i.e. underwater installations comprising a plurality of satellite well heads connected to a central station
- E21B43/0175—Hydraulic schemes for production manifolds
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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
- E21B33/038—Connectors used on well heads, e.g. for connecting blow-out preventer and riser
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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
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/34—Arrangements for separating materials produced by the well
- E21B43/36—Underwater separating arrangements
Definitions
- the present invention relates to the economically viable extraction of hydrocarbon reserves from a single sub-sea well.
- the object of the invention is to overcome at least some of the above- mentioned problems and provide a means by which a single sub-sea well field can be economically developed.
- a base structure through which the well is drilled and completed by means of a wellhead;
- a retrievable Christmas tree module including a Christmas tree and connecting means for connecting the Christmas tree module to the wellhead so as to receive well fluid therefrom;
- fluid processing means for processing fluid received from the well via the wellhead and Christmas tree and which is connected closely above the base structure.
- the Christmas tree module is primarily supported by means of its connection to the wellhead.
- the base structure and/or the Christmas tree module may include supplementary support means for the Christmas tree module which is independent of the wellhead connecting means.
- the system may include at least one additional retrievable module. At least one said module may include at least part of the fluid processing means. The fluid processing means may accordingly form part of the Christmas tree module and/or one or more of the additional retrievable modules.
- the system includes at least one fluid connector, the or each fluid connector comprising first and second engageable portions, the first portion forming part of one said retrievable module and the second portion forming part of the base structure.
- the engageable portions may each include plural passageways for separate fluid flows and may form part of the connecting means for connecting the Christmas tree to the wellhead.
- the retrievable Christmas tree module may include a power and/or control pod. At least one said retrievable module may include a power and/or control pod in which case such a pod may not form part of the Christmas tree module.
- the system includes at least one electrical connector, the or each electrical connector comprising first and second interengageable portions, the first interengageable portion forming part of said retrievable module and the second interengageable portion forming part of the base structure.
- the first interengageable portion is connected to the power and/or control pod in the appropriate module.
- the base structure may comprise a drilling template for drilling a well.
- the base structure may include means for guiding the at least one retrievable module onto the base structure.
- the base structure may have means for supporting the at least one retrievable module.
- the system may include a plurality of additional retrievable modules, each of which is connectable to the retrievable module containing the Christmas tree via connection means, whereby the module connection means is configured to enable at least one additional retrievable module to be isolated and removed from the base structure without affecting the connection between the Christmas tree module and any of the remaining modules of the system.
- Each module may include a module based part of the module connection means and the base structure includes a complementary base structure based part of the module connecting means.
- the connection means preferably includes fluid connectors as described above for each module.
- the base structure may include fluid delivery means, such as pipes, for conveying fluid flowing from the Christmas tree module to the base structure in separate and/or parallel flows to the plural additional modules. 5
- fluid delivery means such as pipes
- the base structure based second engageable portion of the fluid connectors may be connected to a flow line connection for conveying fluid from the base structure to one or more external flow lines.
- the connection means preferably also includes electrical connectors as described above.
- the base structure may include electrical connection means for conveying electrical power and/or control signals from one or more additional modules to the wellhead tree module.
- the base structure second interengageable portions of the electrical connectors may be connected to an 15 integrated service umbilical for receipt by the system of electrical power and/or control signals, injection chemicals for addition to fluids acted on by the system etc.
- Fluid processing means in one or more of the modules may comprise one or more separators, such a gravity separators, hydrocyclones etc.
- the 20 flows through which may be controlled by means of flow control valves, preferably electrically actuated which may be adjusted under control of a power and/or control pod.
- a power and/or control pod in one module may be connected to control components in another module.
- the invention also provides a method of exploiting the output from a 25 single well, comprising:
- the method may also include employing any of the features referred to above.
- Figure 1 shows a first system according to the present invention
- Figure 2 shows a second system according to the present invention
- Figure 3 shows a third system according to the present invention
- Figure 4 shows a fourth system according to the present invention
- Figure 5 shows a fifth system according to the present invention.
- like numerals are used to designate like parts and the description of a particular part applies to correspondingly numbered parts in different Figures unless otherwise stated.
- a first system according to the invention is shown in Figure 1.
- a well string 2 emerges from the seabed 4 and terminates in a wellhead 6 installed through a base structure 8 connected to the seabed 4.
- a retrievable module 10 containing a Christmas tree 12 connected to a wellhead connector 14 is mounted on the base structure 8 by means of the wellhead connector 14 being coupled to the wellhead 6 and possibly by other engagement means not shown.
- the retrievable module 10 also includes fluid processing means 15 including a minimum of two separators 16 which substantially duplicate each other thus affording component redundancy.
- the module could alternatively include only one set of processing means components.
- an electrical connector 18 is provided having first and second complementary interengageable portions 20 and 22 constituting parts of the module 10 and the base structure 8 respectively.
- An integrated service umbilical 24, for connection to a remote facility is connected to the second interengageable portion and a power and control pod 26 is connected to the first interengageable portion.
- a fluid connector 28 including first and second complementary interengageable portions 30 and 32 constituting parts of the module 10 and the base structure 8 respectively.
- the second portion 32 being connected by one or more outlet pipes 34 to a flow line connection 36 which is in turn connected to one or more flow lines 38.
- Isolation valves 40 are incorporated in piping runs leading to the fluid connector 28 which can be closed when its first and second engageable portions are to be separated.
- Fluid output from the Christmas tree 12 to each separator 16 via separator input pipe 44 is controlled by two failsafe valves 42 and a choke valve 46.
- a gas output pipe 48 from each separator 16 routes gas through a pressure control valve 52.
- the gas output pipes 48 communicate with a gas passageway 56 of the first portion 30 of the fluid connector 28.
- a liquid output pipe 54 from each separator 16 routes liquid therefrom to a pump 50 and flow control valve 53 to a liquid passageway 58 in the first portion 30 of the fluid connector 28.
- Electrical signals from various sensors are routed to the pod 26 which provides electrical signals for controlling the valves, the pumps, etc to control the operation of fluid processing means 15 and in particular the level of the gas/liquid interfaces in the separators 16. Signal/power lines between the components and the pod 26 have been omitted for the sake of clarity.
- Figure 2 shows a second system according to the invention in which only one separator 16 is provided in the Christmas tree module 60 rather than two. Liquid 62, gas 64, the liquid/gas interface 66 and interface level sensor 68 are shown in the separator 16 in Figure 2. These features have been omitted from Figure 1.
- Figure 3 shows a third system according to the invention which differs from that shown in Figure 2 in that the fluid connector 28 and wellhead connector 14 of Figure 2 are replaced by a combined fluid connector and wellhead connector 70 including a first part 72 and a second part 74 comprising parts of the Christmas tree module 76 and the base structure 78 respectively.
- a combined connector 70 could be employed in the system shown in Figure 1.
- FIG. 4 shows a fourth system according to the invention in which fluid processing means 80 is provided in each of two additional retrievable modules
- Christmas tree module 84 routes fluid from the Christmas tree 12 to a fluid connector 86 comprising first and second portions 88 and 90 forming parts of the Christmas tree module 84 and the base structure 92 respectively.
- each additional retrievable module 82 the gas and liquid output pipes 48 and 54 and the input pipe 44 of the separator 16 are connected to a first portion 96 of a fluid connector 94.
- a second complementary portion 98 of each fluid connector forms part of the base structure 92.
- the base structure 92 includes fluid delivery means, in the form of pipes 100, for conveying fluid: (i) from the wellhead tree 12 and fluid connector 86 to the two additional modules 82 and into their separators 16; and (ii) from the separators 16 and fluid connectors 94 to the flow line connection 36.
- Isolation valves 40 are provided for closure when the first and second portions of the fluid connectors 86 and 94 are to be separated.
- the power and control pod 26 of each additional module 82 is connected to a supplementary electrical connector 103 which is connected via transmission means 102, such as wires in the base structure 92 to a Christmas tree module electrical connector 104.
- the supplementary and Christmas tree module electrical connectors 103 and 104 are similar to the electrical connectors 18. Both of the Christmas tree module electrical connectors 104 are connected to all appropriate components (e.g. sensors, choke valves etc) in the Christmas tree module 84 and accordingly the Christmas tree module 84 can be controlled via or by either of the additional modules 82 for example if the other additional module had to be removed for any reason.
- Figure 5 shows a further system according to the invention which differs from that shown in Figure 4 only in that the fluid connector 86 and wellhead connector 14 are replaced by a combined fluid connector and wellhead connector 106 comprising first and second portions 108 and 110 constituting parts of the Christmas tree module 84 and base structure 112 respectively.
- the combined connector 106 performs the functions carried out by the fluid connector 86 and the wellhead connector 14 in the system depicted in Figure 4.
- the systems depicted in Figures 4 and 5 employ two additional modules 82, more could be included, connected in a like manner, if required.
- the modules may form part of the modular system designed by Alpha Thames Limited of Essex, United Kingdom and named AlphaPRIME.
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Abstract
Applications Claiming Priority (3)
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GBGB0124612.3A GB0124612D0 (en) | 2001-10-12 | 2001-10-12 | Single well development system |
GB0124612 | 2001-10-12 | ||
PCT/GB2002/004625 WO2003033868A1 (fr) | 2001-10-12 | 2002-10-11 | Systeme de preparation de puits unique |
Publications (2)
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EP1444415A1 true EP1444415A1 (fr) | 2004-08-11 |
EP1444415B1 EP1444415B1 (fr) | 2006-05-17 |
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EP02801382A Expired - Lifetime EP1444415B1 (fr) | 2001-10-12 | 2002-10-11 | Systeme de preparation de puits unique |
Country Status (8)
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US (1) | US20040251030A1 (fr) |
EP (1) | EP1444415B1 (fr) |
AT (1) | ATE326611T1 (fr) |
BR (1) | BR0213625A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE60211544D1 (fr) |
GB (1) | GB0124612D0 (fr) |
NO (1) | NO20041929L (fr) |
WO (1) | WO2003033868A1 (fr) |
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EP1721058B1 (fr) | 2004-02-26 | 2009-03-25 | Cameron Systems (Ireland) Limited | Systeme de connexion destine a un equipement d'interface d'ecoulement sous-marin |
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- 2002-10-11 WO PCT/GB2002/004625 patent/WO2003033868A1/fr not_active Application Discontinuation
- 2002-10-11 EP EP02801382A patent/EP1444415B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 2002-10-11 US US10/491,883 patent/US20040251030A1/en not_active Abandoned
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WO2003033868A1 (fr) | 2003-04-24 |
NO20041929L (no) | 2004-05-11 |
US20040251030A1 (en) | 2004-12-16 |
WO2003033868A8 (fr) | 2004-04-29 |
EP1444415B1 (fr) | 2006-05-17 |
GB0124612D0 (en) | 2001-12-05 |
DE60211544D1 (de) | 2006-06-22 |
BR0213625A (pt) | 2004-09-14 |
ATE326611T1 (de) | 2006-06-15 |
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