GB1163642A - Method and Apparatus for Connecting a Guideline to an Underwater Well. - Google Patents

Method and Apparatus for Connecting a Guideline to an Underwater Well.

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Publication number
GB1163642A
GB1163642A GB26615/67A GB2661567A GB1163642A GB 1163642 A GB1163642 A GB 1163642A GB 26615/67 A GB26615/67 A GB 26615/67A GB 2661567 A GB2661567 A GB 2661567A GB 1163642 A GB1163642 A GB 1163642A
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Prior art keywords
post
string
connector
guide
line
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GB26615/67A
Inventor
William Rogers Postlewaite
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Chevron USA Inc
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Chevron Research and Technology Co
Chevron Research Co
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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
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/10—Guide posts, e.g. releasable; Attaching guide lines to underwater guide bases
    • 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
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/0007—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00 for underwater installations
    • E21B41/0014—Underwater well locating or reentry systems

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Underground Structures, Protecting, Testing And Restoring Foundations (AREA)
  • Placing Or Removing Of Piles Or Sheet Piles, Or Accessories Thereof (AREA)

Abstract

1,163,642. Wells &c. CHEVRON RESEARCH CO. 8 June, 1967 [13 June, 1966], No. 26615/67. Heading E1F. Apparatus for connecting a guide line 61 to a guide post 33 at an underwater well comprises a pipe string 42 capable of extending from a working platform at the water's surface to the post and including a sleeve 81 adapted to releasably hold a connector for fastening the line to the post. The lower end of the string is propelled by means of a jet nozzle 47 and is guided by a sonar transducer 45 and a television camera 44. Prongs 66 at the lower end of the string are held in contact with the post by the jet, and the string is lowered so that a cone 150 guides the connector onto the post, the connector fixing to the post under downward pressure. On raising the string, spring latches 83 release the connector, a slot in the sleeve and cone permitting the apparatus to be withdrawn laterally of the guide-line and post. A bumper-sub having a jointed bypass for jetting fluid is inserted in the pipe string above the member 85.
GB26615/67A 1966-06-13 1967-06-08 Method and Apparatus for Connecting a Guideline to an Underwater Well. Expired GB1163642A (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US557236A US3368619A (en) 1966-06-13 1966-06-13 Method and apparatus for working on underwater wells

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GB1163642A true GB1163642A (en) 1969-09-10

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Legal Events

Date Code Title Description
PS Patent sealed [section 19, patents act 1949]
PLNP Patent lapsed through nonpayment of renewal fees
427A Application made for restoration (sect. 27/1949)
427C Application for amendment of specification now open to opposition (sect. 27/1949)
427B Order made restoring the patent (sect. 27/1949)
7B Patent expired after prolongation of 20 years