GB2506030A - Drilling apparatus and method - Google Patents

Drilling apparatus and method Download PDF

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GB2506030A
GB2506030A GB1320059.7A GB201320059A GB2506030A GB 2506030 A GB2506030 A GB 2506030A GB 201320059 A GB201320059 A GB 201320059A GB 2506030 A GB2506030 A GB 2506030A
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drilling fluid
entrained solids
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well site
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Thomas Hasler
Harald Hufthammer
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IKM CLEANDRILL AS
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
    • E21B21/001—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor specially adapted for underwater drilling
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B21/00—Methods or apparatus for flushing boreholes, e.g. by use of exhaust air from motor
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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 DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B33/05—Cementing-heads, e.g. having provision for introducing cementing plugs
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/12—Underwater drilling
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
    • E21B7/12—Underwater drilling
    • E21B7/128—Underwater drilling from floating support with independent underwater anchored guide base

Abstract

The invention provides an apparatus and method for handling drilling fluids during a subsea drilling operation. The method comprises providing a body at a subsea well site and receiving drilling fluid and entrained solids into the chamber from a wellbore at the subsea well site. Drilling fluid and entrained fluids are processed at the subsea well site to break up and/or fluidise the entrained solids by operating at least one cutting pump, which also functions to pump the processed drilling fluid and entrained solids from an outlet to a return conduit. The processed drilling fluid and entrained solids are conveyed to surface by pumping the drilling fluid and entrained solids through the return conduit.
GB1320059.7A 2011-05-16 2012-05-16 Drilling apparatus and method Withdrawn GB2506030A (en)

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NO20110722A NO339898B1 (en) 2011-05-16 2011-05-16 Method and apparatus for handling fluids during a subsea wellbore or riserless bore, as well as a method for drilling a wellbore section into a subsea well
PCT/GB2012/051103 WO2012156742A2 (en) 2011-05-16 2012-05-16 Drilling apparatus and method

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NO339898B1 (en) 2017-02-13

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