EP1651840A1 - Dispositif de liaison fond-surface comportant une articulation flexible tanche entre un riser et un flotteur - Google Patents
Dispositif de liaison fond-surface comportant une articulation flexible tanche entre un riser et un flotteurInfo
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- Bottom-surface connection device comprising a flexible tight joint between a riser and a float.
- the present invention relates to the known field of bottom-surface connections of the type comprising a vertical submarine pipe, called riser, connecting the sea bottom to the surface, preferably up to a floating support installed on the surface.
- This floating support generally comprises anchoring means to remain in position despite the effects of currents, winds and swell. In general, it also includes means for storing and processing petroleum as well as means for unloading towards tanker removers.
- the well head fitted with its "Christmas tree" can be installed on the surface, on board the floating support. We can then perform, from a derrick installed on said support floating, all drilling, production and maintenance of the well throughout the life of the well.
- This is known as a dry wellhead.
- the riser is tensioned by these floats and is guided, preferably at the level of the floating support, by roller guides located in a plane, preferably unique, allowing the holding and guiding of a riser relative to the support. floating. Cable tensioning means playing the guiding role can be used.
- a device for guiding a riser provided with floats at the head comprising rollers allowing the vertical sliding of the riser, as well as its rotation around a horizontal axis and guiding its horizontal movements, so that the horizontal translational movements of the riser substantially follow those of the floating support.
- the underwater pipe then consists of a riser comprising an underwater pipe assembled to at least one float comprising a coaxial container surrounding said pipe and crossed by said pipe.
- the floats concerned are large with in particular a diameter greater than 5m, and a length of 10 to 20m and have buoyancies of up to 100 tonnes, and they are generally arranged in a chain one below the other.
- the float and the pipe are subjected to the effects of the swell, of the current, but being connected to the FPSO on the surface, are also indirectly subjected to the effects of the wind. This results in significant lateral and vertical movements (several meters) of the riser-float-barge assembly, especially in the area prone to swell. These movements generate significant differential forces between the riser and the float.
- the bends taken by the riser create extremely large bending moments in the area of change of inertia consisting in the connection between the riser and the float.
- the floats are generally circular and are installed around the riser and coaxially with the latter.
- the float rs are generally fixed on the riser so that the riser-float connection seals the said float and can confine the filling gas.
- the commonly used solution is to embed by welding, in part high as in the lower part, the riser float. Multiple reinforcements are added to ensure the resistance of the whole.
- Such devices can transfer loads corresponding to the relief of a limited length of pipe, but they are not suitable for floats intended to support, alone without the addition of additional tensioning systems integral with the floating support, a very long riser length , for example 500 to 1000 m, or even more, such as are encountered on the oil fields at sea by great depth, that is to say in particular beyond 1000 m.
- a very long riser length for example 500 to 1000 m, or even more, such as are encountered on the oil fields at sea by great depth, that is to say in particular beyond 1000 m.
- the buoyancy necessary to ensure tensioning exclusively by floats requires transferring considerable forces vertically and transversely, said vertical forces applied at the head of riser up to several hundred tonnes, in particular from 300 to 500 tonnes.
- patent WO-2001-04454 describes a series of floats surrounding a vertical riser, said floats being fitted at at least one of its ends with a flexible joint comprising laminated stops allowing, while ensuring the tightness and the transfer of charges, decoupling the inertias of the structure of said float and said riser, so that there is almost no more zone of accumulation of stress in the transition zone between said float and said riser, thereby reducing the complexity of the connection structure as well as its own weight, thereby improving considerably the efficiency of the float, ie its own buoyancy compared to its own weight.
- devices for joining between riser and float comprising laminated stops constituted of elastomer layers sandwiched between rigid reinforcements, supported by plates of which a first plate is integral with the pipe and a second plate is secured to the float, and said elastomer layers and rigid reinforcements are; - either in the form of superimposed washers, - or in tubular or cylindrical shape, adjacent coaxial.
- the bottom-surface connection is therefore continuous in the area of installation of the float and the flexible joint serves to decouple the inertia of said float from the inertia of said riser.
- the current acts on the total height of the riser, from the bottom of the sea to the level of the surface, but the swell acts only in an area close to the surface and decreases in an appreciably exponential way to become almost zero towards 80 -120m deep.
- the upper floats are subjected to considerable forces, both lateral and vertical, because the effects of the swell are very important in areas close to the surface, while the lower floats are much less stressed.
- the unit dimensions of the floats are limited because they must be able to be handled on board the barge, then introduced into the derrick to be lowered into the drilling bay.
- the weight of the riser is such that a high number of floats is required, for example 4 or 5 floats representing an overall buoyancy of 400 to 500 tonnes and extending over a height of around 1 00 m.
- Each of these floats must be fitted with laminated stops so as to transfer a minimum of stresses to the vertical riser, which is a very critical element of the bottom-surface connection, because it must not only withstand very high voltages, but also withstand the burst pressure created by the transported fluid, as well as the implosion pressure created by sea water.
- This buoyancy distributed in a multitude of independent floats requires the implementation of numerous laminated stops at a high cost .
- the swell creates differential forces between two adjacent floats, forces which are added to the considerable forces which the riser undergoes at each discontinuity between riser and float. It is thus sought to minimize the number of floats, but, when they become large, the transition zone between the lower end of the float and the riser concentrates considerable horizontal thrust forces which require the reinforcement of said riser by a part. transition consisting of a reinforced conical forged part of great length, very difficult to manufacture and therefore very expensive, since it is generally made of a very high performance metal, such as titanium. When the float is unitary, this part then becomes enormous when the water depth is large, and the risks of failure linked to this transition part then become very high and therefore unacceptable, due to the considerable risks of pollution in the event of failure.
- the entire riser behaves like a rope stretched between the bottom of the sea and the point located at the axis of the guidance system at the level of the floating support with vibratory phenomena of the guitar-pendulum type.
- the water in motion in the slice of water creates drag effects on the structure of the riser and its floats, thereby generating significant efforts of variable direction, as well as phenomena vibrations created by vortex detachments of moving water particles.
- patent WO-2001 -53651 from the applicant which describes a device stabilizing a bottom-surface connection of the riser type tensioned by a float, said stretched riser being guided at a surface support, preferably in a unique plan.
- This said stabilization device makes it possible to avoid the appearance of vibratory phenomena of the pendulum-guitar type, thereby avoiding the accumulations of localized fatigue of the steel usually encountered in the transition zone between the lower float and the riser portion. located just below said float, said fatigue phenomena rapidly leading to cracks and then to a rupture of the installation.
- This said stabilizing device does not however make it possible to avoid the use of these reinforced transition pieces, generally forged and of conical shape made of steel or titanium, the latter being particularly effective in terms of resistance and fatigue, but particularly expensive because the material cost and the complexity of production.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide a new type of junction between a riser and a float which improves the fatigue behavior at the level of the most stressed area at the lower end of the float by reducing the probability of occurrence a phenomenon of destruction of the riser and / or the joining means at this level.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new type of junction between a riser and a float which is simple to install when installing a bottom-surface connection device.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new type of junction between a riser and a float which allows avoid the use of a reinforced transition piece in the area between the lower end of the float and the portion of the riser located just below.
- Another object of the present invention is the achievement of the buoyancy of a bottom-surface connection device from a single float.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a new type of junction between a riser and a float which makes it possible to be able to control any cracks and therefore the loss of tightness at the riser in said junction zone and / or at the level joining means themselves.
- the present invention provides a bottom-surface connection device comprising at least one submarine or riser pipe comprising at least one float and which can comprise a single float, said float being connected at its lower end to a junction device.
- junction device is interposed between a lower part of riser descending towards the bottom of the sea and an upper part of riser passing through said float and going up on the surface, and said junction device comprising at least: - a first forged part of revolution secured to the upper end of the lower part of the riser, and forming a section of internal tubular pipe substantially of the same diameter as that of said lower part to riser, and - a second forged piece of revolution solidaris e at the lower end of said upper riser part, and forming an internal tubular pipe section substantially of the same diameter as that of said upper riser part, - the two said first and second forgings being connected in a flexible and leaktight manner by at least a first revolution flange secured in a leaktight and reversible manner to said second forged part and connected to said first forged part by at least one first laminated stop of revolution, comprising a plurality of elastomer
- This identity of axis of symmetry of revolution ZZ ′ is understood when the junction device is in the rest position.
- the expression “surface of revolution of ellipsoidal, parabolic or hyperbolic section” is understood here to mean a surface of revolution respectively ellipsoidal, parabolic or hyperbolic delimited by two planes of section parallel and perpendicular to said axis of revolution ZZ ′.
- the articulated connection according to the present invention allows rotations with a self-centering effect. It follows that, in total, the stresses as well as the deformations generated at the level of said laminated stops and of said forgings, are minimized and make it possible to maintain or restore in a substantially coaxial position, the upper and lower parts of said riser.
- the junction device according to the invention is capable of ensuring the junction between the riser and a single large tensioning float and this, in a reliable manner, while the devices junction described in WO / 2001 -04454, were only suitable for ensuring the junction between small floats arranged in a chain.
- a bottom-surface connection device comprises an underwater pipe or riser tensioned by at least one float consisting of a can of coaxial cylindrical envelope surrounding said pipe, located in the upper submerged part of said pipe, said pipe preferably being maintained and guided by a surface guiding device at a floating support, and comprising a said junction device for said container, characterized in that: - said first forged part present in its upper part a first external surface of revolution preferably of frustoconical shape or of ellipsoidal section, and - said second forged part of revolution secured to the lower end of said upper part to riser, preferably by a weld, has in its lower part a first lower surface, and - said first revolution flange has: m a first surface internal ace of revolution of frustoconical shape or respectively of ellipsoidal section, said first internal surface of the first flange and first external surface of the first forged part being located opposite and cooperating elastically and sealingly via 'a said first laminated stop
- said upper and lower surfaces of said first and second flanges of revolution and of said second forged part are annular planar surfaces or surfaces of revolution, and all of said first and second forged parts and said first, where appropriate, second flange and all of said flat annular or revolution surfaces have the same said axis of symmetry or revolution ZZ 'in the rest position.
- said second forged piece of revolution comprises in its lower part a second external surface of revolution of frustoconical shape or preferably of shape of ellipsoidal section, and said second external surface of revolution is located opposite and cooperates elastically and sealingly with a second internal surface of revolution of frustoconical shape or respectively of shape of ellipsoidal section, said second internal surface being located in the upper part of said second forged part, and said second internal surface being connected to said second external surface by means of a second laminated stop of revolution constituted by a plurality of layers of elastomer sandwiched between rigid reinforcements in sheets, in particular of steel of frustoconical shape or respectively of shape of ellipsoidal section adhering to said second external surface and second internal surface.
- all of said first stop and, where appropriate, second revolution stop, called first external surface of the first forged part, said first internal surface of the first flange and, where appropriate, said second surface external of revolution of the second forged part and said second internal surface of revolution of the first forged part are of frustoconical shape with the same said axis of revolution ZZ 'and whose apex angle ⁇ is from 30 to 80 °, preferably of 40 to 70 °, the vertices of the various frustoconical surfaces being situated below the said frustoconical surfaces, and the various frustoconical surfaces having either the same angle at the vertex ⁇ , or the same vertex C.
- the said truncated cones are flared in their upper part and that said truncated cones is substantially convergent at a single point C, in which case they have an angle at the top ⁇ variable from one cone to another, or their angle at the top is constant, their vertices then being distributed substantially along said axis of revolution ZZ '.
- all of said first stop and, if necessary, second revolution stop called the first external surface of the first forged part, called the first internal surface of the first flange and, where appropriate, said second external surface of revolution of the second forged part and said second internal surface of revolution of the first forged part are of section shape ellipsoidal, preferably of spherical section, all substantially centered on the same point O situated above said surfaces on said axis of revolution ZZ '. Due to its composition interposed between two riser parts on the one hand and comprising different forgings and flanges secured to each other, the joining device according to the present invention is particularly easy to put in place when installing the device. bottom-surface connection.
- the junction device according to the present invention provides a particularly effective waterproof flexible articulation, because during movements due to swell and to the currents of the float associated with the riser 1, the articulated connection between the float and the riser allows rotations while keeping the lower part of the riser under tension.
- the shape according to the invention preferably spherical of said first laminated stop has a self-centering effect and all of the tensioning force created by the float which can exceed 500 tonnes, is transferred to the riser uniformly distributed, by simple deformation.
- the connecting device takes an angle ⁇ , the deformations of the laminated stops remain substantially uniform and the stresses generated within the various elements of the laminated stop also remains substantially uniform.
- said angle ⁇ resulting from the deformation of the laminated stop is between 0 and 5 °. It is understood that, when it is said in the present application that the axes of revolution of the different parts, flanges and surfaces are the same, it is understood that the axes of revolution of said first and second forged parts coincide and therefore those of the flanges and surfaces also of revolution, when the structure is at rest, that is to say in the absence of bending authorized by said flexible articulation device according to the invention.
- Said second laminated stopper completes the self-centering and load-taking effect of said first laminated stopper while also completing the primary sealing role, so that in an advantageous embodiment, said first and second forgings and said first flange delimits a first internal chamber which, preferably, cooperates with pressure control means inside said chamber. More precisely, said first chamber is delimited by the upper part of said first forged part and by the free parts of said lower surfaces of revolution of said second forged part, called first internal surface of revolution of said first flange, and said second surface of revolution external of said second forged part.
- This said internal chamber equipped with pressure control means makes it possible to control the degradations and / or losses of tightness at the level of one of said laminated abutments, or even cracks in one of the constituent parts of the junction device by tight articulation and / or riser.
- the pressure of said chamber changing, the operators are then warned of an imminent danger and can intervene by the general constitution of said joining device comprising several parts and flanges secured in a reversible manner.
- said upper surface part of the first flange and said lower surface of the second forged part and, where appropriate, said lower surface of the second revolution flange are annular planar surfaces.
- said external envelope of the float is secured to a second internal pipe of larger diameter than said riser, preferably said second internal pipe being a reinforced pipe of greater thickness than said riser, and in that it includes a so-called second revolution flange to which the lower end of said outer shell of the float and the lower end of said second internal pipe are preferably joined by welds, said second flange surrounding said second forged part so that a second internal chamber is delimited by an internal surface of revolution of said second flange, having the same said axis of revolution ZZ ', by said upper surface of revolution of said second forged part, by the cylindrical external surface of said upper riser part and internal cylindrical surface of said second internal pipe, and by a closure flange at the upper end of said second internal pipe and upper riser part, said second chamber preferably cooperating with pressure control means inside said second chamber.
- said second internal pipe extends above said float, preferably in the form of a reinforced pipe of greater thickness than said riser which it surrounds, and preferably, a holding and guiding device ensures the guiding said second internal pipe at said floating support.
- said reinforced internal pipe extending above said riser cooperates with the holding and guiding device to relieve said upper part from riser partly submerged and in particular to avoid buckling phenomena thereof due to pressure. and at the temperature of the fluid circulating inside if necessary.
- the upper end of the float can be secured to the upper part of the riser or to said second internal pipe by means of a rigid junction.
- said float is a single float and extends over a length of 40 to 100 m to provide buoyancy making it possible to tension the entire bottom-surface connection, preferably said float being produced by sections assembled together, consisting of cylindrical boxes, preferably individually hermetic, and mechanically secured to one another in the longitudinal direction ZZ '.
- the buoyancy of said underwater pipe is ensured by said float without the addition of a complementary tensioning system secured to the floating support.
- the introduction of the waterproof flexible articulation junction device according to the present invention at the bottom of the float does not substantially modify the behavior of the connection device with regard to the pendulum-guitar type vibration phenomena described in WO / 2001 -53651, so that the appearance of such phenomena is advantageously eliminated if the device according to the invention comprises means for stabilization in the lower part of the float having the effect of increasing the mass of water entrained during its movement, or lowering the center of gravity of the upper part of the pipe to the level of the float. More particularly, the device according to the invention comprises a stabilization means comprising a helical ramp surrounding said float in its lower part close to its lower end, and / or an additional peripheral mass located around the lower part of the float.
- FIG. 1 is a side view of a bottom-surface connection device according to the invention
- Figures 2 and 3 are sectional views at the bottom of the float, detailing the various components of a flexible hinge joint device according to the invention
- Figures 4 and 5 are cross-sectional views of two other embodiments of a junction device with flexible and sealed articulation according to the present invention
- FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a device according to the invention according to FIG.
- FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a device according to the invention according to Figure 2, further comprising a second riser safety inside which a production line is installed
- Figure 8 is a side view similar to Figure 1, the bottom-surface connection device being equipped with a mass complementary to the lower part of the float to proximity of the waterproof flexible articulation junction device
- Figure 9 is a side view similar to Figure 1, the bottom-surface connection device being equipped with anti-vortex fins installed in the lower part of the nearby boxed float of the waterproof flexible articulation junction device according to the invention
- FIG. 10 represents a variant of connection of the first laminated stop with the first flange
- Figure 1 1 shows an alternative embodiment with frustoconical surfaces.
- a bottom-surface connection device comprising a riser 1 equipped with a boxed float 2 produced in sections 2- ⁇ -2 7 able to be handled on board a barge or support floating 10 with a view to being assembled therein in particular within the wellbore 12 and thus constituting a single float.
- the sections are formed by individually hermetic cylindrical boxes 2- ⁇ -2, mechanically secured to each other in the longitudinal direction ZZ '.
- Said float 2 extends over a length of 40 to 100 m to provide buoyancy making it possible to tension the entire bottom-surface connection.
- the float 2 therefore generally consists of a container of essentially cylindrical envelope 20 coaxial surrounding the upper part 1 b of the riser 1, located in the submerged upper part of the pipe 1.
- the riser emerges on the surface inside a drilling bay 2 of a floating support or barge 10 supporting treatment equipment 1 1.
- the lower part 1 a of the riser 1 which extends below the float 2 is of substantially constant diameter up to the bottom of the sea.
- the upper part 1 b of riser above the float 2 is surrounded by a reinforced pipe 3 secured to said float 2.
- a guidance system comprising a known roller device 4 secured to a structure 6 ensuring its connection with said barge 10.
- This guidance device 4 allows the reinforced pipe 3 and therefore said riser to slide along its longitudinal axis and guides its lateral displacements in a horizontal plane perpendicular to said longitudinal axis ZZ 'of the riser 1.
- a junction device 8 has been shown diagrammatically, creating a sealed flexible joint between the lower end float 2 and said riser 1. The upper end of the float 2 is secured to said reinforced pipe 3 by means of a rigid junction 81.
- FIGS. 2 and 3 a preferred embodiment of a junction device 8 with articulation has been shown. waterproof and flexible according to the invention.
- the junction device 8 is interposed between a lower part 1 a riser descending towards the bottom of the sea and an upper part 1 b riser crossing the float 2 and rising to the surface.
- shape of spherical section centered in O means a shape inscribed in an envelope of spherical section constituted by the surface of revolution delimited by two planes of horizontal horizontal section and located in the same hemisphere of a sphere of center O, said center O being placed above said planes of parallel horizontal section.
- first forged part of revolution 22 whose lower end is joined by welding 22a to the upper end of the lower part 1 has riser, this first forged part of revolution 22 forming an internal tubular pipe section 22 3 substantially of the same diameter as that of said lower part 1 a of riser to which it is secured by complete peripheral welding 22a; said first forged part 22 has in its upper part a flare forming a convex external surface of revolution 22 ⁇ of spherical section shape centered at a point O situated substantially on the longitudinal axis ZZ 'of said riser and a second concave internal surface of revolution 22 2 of spherical section shape of larger diameter than the internal diameter of the riser 1 and of smaller diameter than said outer surface convex of revolution 22-,, substantially centered on the same point O, - a second forged piece of revolution 24 whose upper end is welded 24a over its entire periphery to the lower end of said upper part 1b of riser, said second forged piece of revolution 24 forming an
- first flange of revolution 23 which has a first concave internal surface 23 ⁇ of revolution of spherical section substantially centered at the same point O as said other surfaces of spherical section 22 ⁇ 22 2 and 24 3 , and said first revolution flange 23 co m also takes an annular flat upper surface 23 2 ;
- a second revolution flange 21 comprising an annular planar lower surface 21 2 , as well as an annular planar upper external surface 21 - ⁇ and an inner surface of revolution 21 3 .
- Said second revolution flange 21 provides the connection between the lower end of the cylindrical external envelope 20 of the float 2 and an internal pipe 3 of the same float which contains within it coaxially said upper part 1 b of riser 1.
- Said internal pipe 3 is a reinforced pipe of larger diameter and greater thickness than the riser 1 is in fact a reinforced pipe of greater thickness than the riser 1 and is extended at its upper end to protect the riser 1 at level of the holding and guiding device 4 in the wellbore 12.
- Said second revolution flange 21 is secured to the lower end of the outer casing 20 by a peripheral weld 21 b and to the lower end of said second internal pipe 3 by a peripheral weld 21 a.
- Said second revolution flange 21 surrounds said second forged part 24.
- the different forged parts 22 and 24 and flanges 21, 23 are assembled and cooperate in the following manner to produce a junction device with a tight and flexible articulation: - Said first internal surfaces concaves 23 ⁇ of the first flange 23 and first convex external surface 2.2 ⁇ of the first forged part 22 cooperate elastically and in a leaktight manner by means of a first laminated stop of revolution 30 in the form of a spherical section centered substantially on the same point O, comprising a plurality of layers of elastomer sandwiched between reinforcements of steel sheets whose end sheets adhere to said first concave internal surface 23 ⁇ and first convex external surface 22 ⁇ , thus ensuring a direct connection with tight articulation and flexible between said first revolution flange 23 and said p first forgery 22; - Said annular flat upper surface 23 2 of the first flange 23 is secured in a sealed and reversible manner with the flat part of the lower surface 24 ⁇ of the second forged part 24 by bolting in holes 27
- a first sealed internal chamber 40 is delimited by the upper edge 22 4 of said first forged part 22 as well as the sides of said first and second laminated stops 30 and 31 and the free parts of the lower surfaces 24 ⁇ of the second forged part 24, said first concave internal surface of revolution 23 ⁇ of the first 23 and said second convex external surface of revolution 24 3 of the second forged part 24.
- the chamber 40 is equipped with a pressure control, for example an external pressure gauge 42 connected to the chamber 40 by a conduit 41 through the flange 23 or else d '' a pressure sensor connected to the barge control cabin.
- a second sealed chamber 45 is delimited by the upper closing flange 5, the cylindrical external surface 1 ⁇ of the upper part 1 b of riser, cylindrical internal surface 3 ⁇ of the reinforced internal pipe 3 as well as the internal surfaces of revolution 21 3 of the second flange 21 and upper external surface 24 2 of the second forged part 24.
- the second chamber 45 also cooperates with a pressure gauge or external pressure sensor connected to said chamber by a conduit 48 through the flange 21.
- the articulated connection device 8 between the float and the riser allows rotations while maintaining the lower part 1 of the riser in tension.
- the spherical shape of said first and second laminated stops 30 and 31 has a self-centering effect and the entire tensioning force created by the float, which can move 500 tonnes, is transferred to the riser by simple deformation of said stops laminated in compression.
- the second laminated stop 31 mainly plays a primary sealing role, most of the vertical load transfer being provided by the first laminated stop 30.
- Said reinforced pipe 3 at the top of the float 2 can be assembled with a second internal pipe 3 to the interior of the float, which can be unreinforced, assembly being carried out in a conventional manner with stiffeners because the forces in this area are much less than in the lower part.
- the second laminated primary sealing stop 31 in FIG. 3 has been eliminated.
- the first laminated stopper 30 then plays the main sealing role and ensures the transfer of vertical and horizontal loads between the float and the riser.
- the pressure control chamber 40 of FIGS. 2 and 3 no longer exists, and it is then no longer possible to detect leaks at this level.
- FIG. 1 the pressure control chamber 40 of FIGS. 2 and 3
- FIGS. 2 and 4 there is shown the assembly with a value of inclination ⁇ between the top portion 1b and the lower portion 1a of the riser.
- the laminated stops have been described as being spherical and as collaborating with the spherical bearings of the flanges and forged and machined parts 22, 23 and 24, all the spheres and spherical bearings being then described as having a common center O.
- this point O is actually common to each of the spherical bearings previously described; on the other hand during installation on site, the laminated stops being subjected to considerable forces, which can reach and exceed 500 tonnes, will deform very significantly, for example a few centimeters, and as a result, the reference center O of certain parts will move vertically with respect to the reference center of other parts.
- the reference centers of the various spherical bearings remain substantially centered at the common point O.
- the various reference points of the spherical surfaces will shift slightly laterally, but will remain substantially centered in O.
- FIG. 6 there is shown the device according to the invention during a drilling operation called simple "casing".
- a drill string 50 at the lower end of which the drilling tool is installed is rotated.
- the drilling mud is injected under pressure inside the drill string at 51, then rises with the soil debris in the annular space 52 between the riser 1 and the drill string 50.
- FIG. 7 we have represented a variant, called "double casing".
- a safety pipe 55 is advantageously installed, consisting of unit lengths which are butted together by screwing.
- a production line or rod train 50 is located inside this additional casing. In this configuration, during drilling operations, the sludge loaded with soil debris then rises to the surface inside said safety pipe 55 and is therefore not in contact with the riser 1, nor with the laminated stop 31.
- This second casing constitutes a primary barrier in the event of a pressure increase due to a well eruption or any other incident, the riser 1 then constituting the external barrier resistant mainly to the external pressure due to sea water, as well as to traction exerted by tensioning buoys.
- This arrangement makes it possible to considerably increase the safety of the installation, on the other hand it has the drawback of increasing the weight of the assembly which must be compensated by an increase in the overall volume of buoyancy.
- the rod trains 50 and the additional casing 55 are continuous in the region of the flexible articulation situated in the lower part of the float. In fact, the angle rotations ⁇ at the bottom of the float, as explained in FIG.
- a junction device 8 represents: - between the lower end of the first forged part 22 and the upper end of the second forged part 24 the distance is approximately 60 cm, - the diameter internal of riser 1 is around 400mm, - the outside diameter of the flanges of said first and second flanges 21 and 23 is approximately 140 cm, - the nominal diameter of the average sphere corresponding to the first sealed stop 30 is approximately 70 to 90 cm and its thickness is 6 to 1 5cm depending on the load to be transmitted and the angle of travel ⁇ .
- the flange 23 will advantageously be produced in two portions 23 a and 23 b , as explained in FIG. 10.
- An O-ring 23 c will seal between the two parts.
- the shape of revolution of the laminated stops and of the surfaces of the various flanges has been defined as being spheres of center O, but it remains in the spirit of the invention if we consider conical shapes as shown in Figure 1 1 .
- Figure 1 1 there is shown an alternative embodiment with spherical surfaces changed to frustoconical surfaces.
- the vertices of said cones are substantially convergent at a single point C, the cones then being all different from each other, because they have an angle at the top ⁇ variable from cone to other.
- said cones all have an angle at the constant apex ⁇ and are therefore all identical the vertices of the various cones are then distributed substantially on the axis ZZ.
- Said first and second laminated stops 30 and 31 allow a bending of an angle ⁇ relative to said longitudinal axis ZZ 'of a value of 0 to 5 °, most often from 0 to 2 °.
- the joining device 8, according to the present invention can be manufactured and put in place according to the following sequence: 1 - A first layer of uncrosslinked elastomer or a first rigid reinforcement, preferably metallic, is bonded to said first internal surface 23 ⁇ of said first breeze 23, 2- The various layers of non-crosslinked elastomer and rigid reinforcement of said first laminated abutment 30 are installed and successively bonded, and 3- The said first forged piece 22 is put in place, which is bonded level of its said external surface 21 on the last layer or last rigid reinforcement of said first laminated stop 30, 4- At least one O-ring 28 is placed on a said upper surface of revolution 23 2 of said first flange 23, and 5- We put in place said second forged part 24 by resting it by its said flat lower surface 24 ⁇ on said upper surface of revolution 23 2 of
- said first flange 23 comprises two parts 23a - 23b, the first part 23a of which is a flange of revolution comprising said first internal surface 23 ⁇ and said second part 23b is a peripheral flange comprising said upper surface 23 2 , said second part 23b being secured in leaktight manner and reversible with said first part 23a by means of at least one O-ring 29 by securely fastening and reversible of said upper surface portion 23 2 of the first flange 23 with said lower surface 24 ! of said second forged part 24.
- the establishment and manufacture of the joining device 8 are carried out by gluing or adhering said first laminated stop 30 to a first part 23a of said first flange 23, said first part 23a being a plate of revolution comprising an internal surface corresponding to said first internal surface 23 ⁇ of revolution.
- the forged parts 22 and 24 and the flanges 21 and 23 have been described as being parts of revolution, but we remain in the spirit of the invention if these parts have outwardly polygonal or irregular shapes, only the surfaces 23 ⁇ -22 ! -222- 24 3 , receiving the laminated stops must either be substantially spherical with center O, or ellipsoidal, or else conical as described above.
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