GB2590832A - An apparatus and method for removing an end section of a tubular member - Google Patents

An apparatus and method for removing an end section of a tubular member Download PDF

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GB2590832A
GB2590832A GB2102008.6A GB202102008A GB2590832A GB 2590832 A GB2590832 A GB 2590832A GB 202102008 A GB202102008 A GB 202102008A GB 2590832 A GB2590832 A GB 2590832A
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tubular member
cutting
end section
clamp means
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Richard Thomson Craig
Campbell-Smith Gregory
Davidson Jack
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James Fisher Offshore Ltd
First Subsea Ltd
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First Subsea Ltd
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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
    • E21B31/00—Fishing for or freeing objects in boreholes or wells
    • E21B31/12—Grappling tools, e.g. tongs or grabs
    • E21B31/16—Grappling tools, e.g. tongs or grabs combined with cutting or destroying means
    • 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
    • E21B23/00—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells
    • E21B23/01—Apparatus for displacing, setting, locking, releasing, or removing tools, packers or the like in the boreholes or wells for anchoring the tools or the like
    • 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
    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs, or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
    • E21B29/002—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe
    • 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
    • E21B29/00—Cutting or destroying pipes, packers, plugs, or wire lines, located in boreholes or wells, e.g. cutting of damaged pipes, of windows; Deforming of pipes in boreholes or wells; Reconditioning of well casings while in the ground
    • E21B29/002—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe
    • E21B29/005—Cutting, e.g. milling, a pipe with a cutter rotating along the circumference of the pipe with a radially-expansible cutter rotating inside the pipe, e.g. for cutting an annular window
    • 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
    • E21B31/00—Fishing for or freeing objects in boreholes or wells
    • E21B31/12—Grappling tools, e.g. tongs or grabs
    • E21B31/20—Grappling tools, e.g. tongs or grabs gripping internally, e.g. fishing spears

Abstract

An end section of a tubular member (12, 112) is removed by lowering a water-abrasive cutting system (18, 118) and a clamp (14, 110) into the tubular member. The clamp and the cutting system are secured to the tubular member and cutting system is operated to sever the end section of the tubular member. In a preferred embodiment, the position of the clamp (110) and the cutting system (118) within the tubular member can be controlled independently of one another, which allows the clamp to be secured to the upper end of the tubular member and allows the cutting system to be located to the desired cutting location.

Claims (23)

1 . An apparatus for removing an end section of a tubular member, comprising: clamp means configured to be releasably securable to the end section of the tubular member to be removed; tubular member cutting means located below the clamp means; and means for positioning the clamp means in a clamping position with respect to the section of the tubular member to be removed and for removing a severed clamped end section of the tubular member.
2. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the positions of the clamp means and the tubular member cutting means within the tubular member to be removed can be determined independently of each other.
3. An apparatus as claimed in claim 2, comprising first means for suspending the clamp means.
4. An apparatus as claimed in claim 3, comprising second means for suspending the tubular member cutting means.
5. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein the second means passes through the clamp means.
6. An apparatus as claimed in claim 4 or claim 5, wherein the second means comprises an umbilical.
7. An apparatus is claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the clamp means are configured to be releasably securable to the interior of the end section of the tubular member to be removed.
8. An apparatus as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the clamp means comprises a plurality of members reversibly displaceable outwardly into engagement with the interior of the section of tubular member to be removed.
9. An apparatus as claimed in claim 8, wherein the clamp means comprises a plurality of balls reversibly displaceable outwardly into engagement with the interior of the section of the tubular member to be removed.
10. An apparatus as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the tubular member cutting means are configured to cut the tubular member outwardly from the interior of the tubular member.
11. An apparatus as claimed in any of the preceding claims, wherein the tubular member cutting means comprises means for generating a high-pressure jet of liquid.
12. An apparatus as claimed in claim 1 1 , wherein the tubular member cutting means comprises a water-abrasive cutting system.
13. Apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the cutting means is suspended from the clamp means.
14. A method of removing an end section of a tubular member, comprising: clamping onto the end section of the portion of the tubular member to be removed; cutting through the wall of the tubular member at a location on the tubular member longitudinally inwardly of the clamping location; and removing the severed section of the tubular member while the section is still clamped.
15. A method as claimed in claim 14, comprising : lowering a tubular member cutting means and a clamp means into the end section of the portion of the tubular member to be removed; clamping the clamp means onto the end section of the portion of the tubular member to be removed; further lowering the tubular member cutting means into a cutting position within the tubular member; cutting through the wall of the tubular member at the cutting position; lifting the clamp means to remove the severed portion of the tubular member.
16. A method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the clamp means is clamped onto an upper end of the end section of the portion of the tubular member to be removed
17. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the tubular member cutting means engages the tubular member after being lowered to the cutting position.
18. A method as claimed in any of claims 15 to 17, wherein the tubular member cutting means is withdrawn from the cutting position prior to the clamp means being lifted to remove the severed portion of the tubular member.
19. A method as claimed in any of claims 14 to 18, comprising clamping onto the interior of the end section of the portion of the tubular member to be removed.
20. A method as claimed in any of claims 14 to 19, comprising cutting through the wall of the tubular member outwardly from the interior of the tubular member.
21 . A method as claimed in any of claims 14 to 20, comprising cutting through the wall of the tubular member by means of a high-pressure jet of liquid.
22. A method as claimed in claim 21 , comprising cutting through the wall of the tubular member with a water-abrasive cutting system.
23. A method as claimed in any of claims 14 to 22, comprising suspending the clamp means and the tubular member cutting means.
GB2102008.6A 2018-08-14 2019-08-13 An apparatus and method for removing an end section of a tubular member Withdrawn GB2590832A (en)

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PCT/GB2019/052277 WO2020035678A1 (en) 2018-08-14 2019-08-13 An apparatus and method for removing an end section of a tubular member

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