NL2024370B1 - Upside down stand building with manipulations - Google Patents

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NL2024370B1
NL2024370B1 NL2024370A NL2024370A NL2024370B1 NL 2024370 B1 NL2024370 B1 NL 2024370B1 NL 2024370 A NL2024370 A NL 2024370A NL 2024370 A NL2024370 A NL 2024370A NL 2024370 B1 NL2024370 B1 NL 2024370B1
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Bernardus Wijning Diederick
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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
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/08—Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables; Apparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling tool; Apparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods
    • 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
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole
    • E21B19/15—Racking of rods in horizontal position; Handling between horizontal and vertical position
    • E21B19/155—Handling between horizontal and vertical position
    • 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
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/20—Combined feeding from rack and connecting, e.g. automatically

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The invention proposes upside down stand building, i.e. stand building wherein tubulars are added at the bottom end of a tubular, instead of at the top end of a tubular, and to use a tubular stand support tower, provided with three motion arm assemblies, for the upside down stand 10 building, such that the stand building is done above deck. Vlfith the proposed way of stand building, there is no space required below the deck for supporting stands, or parts of a stand. Furthermore, the above deck stand building allows for the finished stand to be moved from the stand building line into an above deck tubular storage rack, without the stand having to be lifted or lowered. Thus, the stands can be moved simply and quickly between the stand building line 15 and the tubular storage rack. Therefore the invention allows for a more efficient way of stand building.

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P34343NLO0O/MHR Title: Upside down stand building with manipulators The invention relates to upside down stand building with manipulators, more in particular the invention relates to a drilling rig for upside down stand building with manipulators and to a method for upside down stand building with manipulators. The invention furthermore relates to use of a drilling rig for upside down stand building with manipulators Typically, when stand building, a first tubular is supported in a mouse hole, i.e. an opening in the deck, and a second tubular is attached to the top end of the first tubular to create a tubular stand comprising the first tubular and the second tubular. It is submitted that tubular stand support towers provided with motion arm assemblies for manipulating tubulars in the firing line are known, see for example WO15133865. Tubulars and accessories can be passed along the firing line towards a bore hole. It is furthermore known to build stands comprising multiple tubulars. These stands are built by supporting a first tubular below a deck, e.g. supporting the top end of the first tubular in slips mounted in the deck of the vessel at the firing line, or in an additional opening in the deck, also known as a mouse hole. Subsequently, a second tubular is with its bottom end attached to the top end of the tubular supported in the deck of the vessel. Once the stand is completed, the stand is lifted into an above deck position, from which it is transferred into a tubular storage rack. The tubular storage rack may be provided adjacent the tubulars stand support tower.
It is submitted that it is known to provide a motion arm assembly with a tubular connection device, see for example WO2018/199754, however, this typically is the lower motion arm assembly, such that the tubular connection device is located in a traditional positon just above the deck.
It is an object of the invention to provide an alternative way for stand building, more in particular to provide a more efficient way of stand building. The object of the invention is achieved by providing a drilling rig according to claim 1. The object of the invention is furthermore achieved by providing a method according to claim 3.
The invention proposes upside down stand building, i.e. stand building wherein tubulars are added at the bottom end of a tubular, instead of at the top end of a tubular, and to use a tubular stand support tower, provided with three motion arm assemblies, for the upside down stand building, such that the stand building is done above deck.
A drilling rig according to the invention comprises: - a deck - a tubular stand support tower, e.g. a drilling tower or multipurpose tower, extending upwards from the deck, the tubular stand support tower defining a firing line; - a tubular handler, for moving individual tubulars into and out of a stand building line, e.g. the firing line, which stand build line is parallel to the firing line; - a tubular stand handling system, adapted to support tubulars in the stand building line, and to combine single tubulars into a tubular stand, and preferably to move a tubular stand between the stand building line and a storage rack, the tubular stand handling system comprising: - a vertical rails, mounted to the tubular stand support tower along at least part of the firing line; - a lower motion arm assembly, a middle motion arm assembly, and an upper motion arm assembly, mounted on said vertical rails, wherein each motion arm assembly comprises: - a mobile base, which mobile base is supported by the vertical rails, and is vertically mobile along said vertical rails by a vertical drive including a motor, which vertical drive is positioned on said mobile base; - a motion arm, preferably a telescopic motion arm, which motion arm is connected to said mobile base, the motion arm preferably being pivotably connected to the mobile base for pivoting about a vertical axis; - atubular connection device, which tubular connection device is configured to engage and spin a tubular, and
- a first tubular gripper, and a second tubular gripper, each for rotatable engaging a tubular; wherein the lower motion arm assembly supports the first tubular gripper, wherein one of the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly supports the tubular connection device, wherein the other of the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly supports the second tubular gripper, and wherein the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly are thus configured to support and spin a first tubular in a raised position, to thus connect a bottom end of the first tubular to an upper end of a second tubular supported in the stand building line by the lower motion arm assembly and/or by the tubular handler.
With the proposed way of stand building, there is no space required below the deck for supporting stands, or parts of a stand. Furthermore, the above deck stand building allows for the finished stand to be moved from the stand building line into an above deck tubular storage rack, without the stand having to be lifted or lowered. Thus, the stands can be moved simply and quickly between the stand building line and the tubular storage rack. Therefore the invention allows for a more efficient way of stand building. In an embodiment, the drilling rig comprises a tubulars stand storage rack, e.g. a carousel, adapted for storage of tubular stands, e.g. sets of combined drilling tubulars, in vertical orientation therein, and wherein the tubular stand handling system, is adapted to move a tubular stand between apposition in the stand building line and a storage position in the storage rack. The invention furthermore proposes a method for stand building, the method comprising A method for stand building according to the invention uses a drilling rig, wherein the drilling rig comprises: - a deck - a tubular stand support tower, e.g. a drilling tower or multipurpose tower, extending upwards from the deck, the tubular stand support tower defining a firing line;
- a tubular handler, for moving individual tubulars into and out of a stand building line, e.g. the firing line, which stand build line is parallel to the firing line;
-atubular stand handling system, adapted to support tubulars in the stand building line, and to combine single tubulars into a tubular stand, and preferably to move a tubular stand between the stand building line and a storage rack, the tubular stand handling system comprising:
- a vertical rails, mounted to the tubular stand support tower along at least part of the firing line;
- a lower motion arm assembly, a middle motion arm assembly, and an upper motion arm assembly, mounted on said vertical rails, wherein each motion arm assembly comprises:
- a mobile base, which mobile base is supported by the vertical rails, and is vertically mobile along said vertical rails by a vertical drive including a motor, which vertical drive is positioned on said mobile base;
- a motion arm, preferably a telescopic motion arm, which motion arm is connected to said mobile base, the motion arm preferably being pivotably connected to the mobile base for pivoting about a vertical axis; wherein the lower motion arm assembly supports a tubular gripper for engaging a tubular,
wherein one of the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly supports a tubular connection device, which tubular connection device is configured to engage and spin a tubular, and wherein the other of the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly supports a tubular gripper for rotatable engaging the tubular engaged by the tubular connection device, and wherein the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly are thus configured to support and spin a tubular in a raised position, to thus connect a bottom end of the tubular to an upper end of a tubular supported in the stand building line by the lower motion arm assembly and/or by the tubular handler, and wherein the method comprises the steps:
a) positioning a first tubular in a base position above the deck and in the stand building line, using the tubular handler, 5 b) engaging the first tubular using at least the upper motion arm assembly and preferably also using the middle motion arm assembly; c) lifting the first tubular into a first raised position in the stand building line, using at least the upper motion arm assembly and preferably using also the middle motion arm assembly;
d) positioning a second tubular in the base position above the deck and in the stand building line below the first tubular in the first raised position, using the tubular handler, e) optionally; engaging, preferably at least partially supporting, the second tubular with the lower motion arm assembly; f) supporting and spinning the first tubular in the raised position, and, while spinning the first tubular, lowering the first tubular, and thus connect a bottom end of the first tubular to an upper end of the second tubular supported in the stand building line by the lower motion arm assembly and/or by the tubular handler.
The invention proposes to build stand upside down, i.e. by attaching a second tubular to a bottom end of the first tubular, above deck.
This is enabled by providing the tubular stand support tower with three motion arm assemblies, by providing the middle motion arm assembly or the upper motion arm assembly with a tubular connection device, and by providing the other motion arm assemblies with a tubular gripper.
The stand building line is parallel to the firing line, and lines within the reach of the motion arm assembly arms.
The stand build line may coincide with the firing line.
Preferably, the stand build line and the tubular handler are aligned, i.e. the tubular handler is configured to move individual tubulars into and out of the stand build line.
In such an embodiment, the tubular handler may be used in the stand building process, for example by supporting a first tubular in the base position while a second tubular is attached to the top end of the second tubular.
In an alternative embodiment, tubular handler presents tubulars within reach of the motion arm assemblies, parallel to, but not aligned with the stand build line.
In such an embodiment, one or more of the motion arm assemblies may engage a tubular presented by the tubular handler, and move it into the base position in the stand build line.
It is submitted that by building stands outside the firing line, i.e. by working with a stand build line that is parallel to but not coincides with the firing line, allows for performing alternative work in the firing line. Also, when the firing line is blocked, for example by an insert to be lowered along the firing line by drawworks, stand building may still take place.
In an embodiment the method according to the invention, following step f), further comprises: g) lifting the first tubular into a second raised position, and thus at the same time lifting the second tubular connected to the first tubular into the first raised position, using at least the upper motion arm assembly and preferably using also the middle motion arm assembly; h) positioning a third tubular in the base position above the deck and in the stand building line below the second tubular in the first raised position, using the tubular handler; - optionally; engaging, preferably at least partially supporting, the third tubular with the lower motion arm assembly; i} - support and spin the first tubular and the second tubular connected to the first tubular in the first raised position and the second raised position respectively, and, while spinning the first and second tubular, lower the first and second tubular, and thus connect a bottom end of the second tubular to an upper end of the third tubular supported in the stand building line by the lower motion arm assembly and/or by the tubular handler.
In an embodiment, the method further comprises: - supporting a tubular stand comprising the first and the second tubular or a tubular stand comprising the first and the second and the third tubular, with the upper motion arm assembly and preferably with the lower motion arm assembly, and using the upper motion arm assembly and preferably the lower motion arm assembly to move the tubular stand, from the stand building line into a tubular stand storage rack.
In an embodiment of a method according to the invention, the tubulars are casing tubulars and wherein the tubular stand connecting device is a toque drive, which torque drive is supported by the upper motion arm assembly.
In an alternative embodiment of a method according to the invention, the tubulars are drilling tubulars and wherein the tubular stand connecting device is a roughneck, which roughneck is supported by the middle motion arm assembly.
The invention furthermore provides a vessel provided with a drilling rig according to the invention.
The invention furthermore provides a use of a drilling tower according to the invention, or of a vessel according to the invention comprising such a drilling tower, for upside down stand building, i.e. stand building wherein a tubular is added to a lower end of another tubular to build a stand.
A motion arm assembly, more in particular a tubular gripper supported by the motion arm assembly, may engage a tubular in two ways. When gripping members of the tubular gripper fully engage the tubular, the motion arm prevents movement of the tubular in the direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the tubular. Depending on the configuration of the tubular gripper, this may still allow for the tubular to pivot about its longitudinal axis. For example, the tubular gripper may comprise gripping members in the form of rollers for engaging the tubular, which rollers are rotatable supported to enable the tubular to be rotated while fully engaged by the tubular. In an embodiment, the rollers may be driven rollers, to enable the tubular gripper to pivot the tubular about its longitudinal axis.
As an alternative, the motion arm assembly, more in particular a tubular gripper supported by the motion arm assembly, may engage semi fully engage the tubular. When the tubular gripper semi-fully engages the tubular, the motion arm assembly engages the tubular by enclosing it with gripping members, thus limiting movement of the first tubular in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first tubular, preferably in all directions perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tubular. In an embodiment, the gripping members, when semi fully engaging the tubular may form a U-shape, thus in particular limiting movement in a direction perpendicular to the legs of the U-shape. In another embodiment, the gripping members, when semi fully engaging the tubular may form a O-shape, thus limiting movement in in all directions perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the tubular.
In a tubular takeover position, two motion arm assemblies are positioned adjacent to each other. Preferably, the takeover motion arm assembly, i.e. the motion arm assembly that is to take over engaging the tubular from the other motion arm assembly, engages the tubular prior to the tubular being released by the release motion arm assembly, i.e. the motion arm assembly that is to release the tubular. Thus, the tubular at one moment engaged by both motion arm assemblies.
In an embodiment, of a takeover step in a method according to the invention, the takeover motion arm assembly and the release motion arm assembly fully engage the tubular. In such an embodiment the takeover motion arm assembly fully engages the tubular while the release motion arm assembly is fully engaging the tubular. Thus, the tubular is fully engaged by moth motion arm assemblies. In an alternative, the release motion assembly semi fully engages the tubular, or switches to semi fully engagement prior to the takeover motion arm assembly fully engaging the tubular. Also, the takeover motion arm assembly may first semi fully engage the tubular, after which the release motion arm assembly switches from full engagement to semi full engagement, after which the takeover motion arm assembly switches to full engagement of the tubular. In an embodiment, the pipe handler comprises one or more motion arm assemblies, which motion arm assemblies are configured to move tubulars between a tubular storage rack and the stand build line, e.g. the firing line.
In an embodiment of a tubular stand support tower according to the claimed invention, the lower motion arm assembly, the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly are mounted on the same side of the tower, and on the same vertical rails. Fig. 1 shows a first exemplary embodiment of a tubular stand handling system according to the invention in a first working condition; Fig. 2 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a second working condition; Fig. 3 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a third working condition; Fig. 4 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a fourth working condition; Fig. 5 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a fifth working condition; Fig. 8 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a sixth working condition; Fig. 7 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a seventh working condition; Fig. 8 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a eighth working condition; Fig. 9 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a ninth working condition; Fig. 10 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a tenth working condition; Fig. 11 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a eleventh working condition; Fig. 12 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a twelfth working condition; Fig. 13 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a thirteenth working condition; Fig. 14 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a fourteenth working condition; Fig. 15 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a fifteenth working condition; Fig. 16 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a sixteenth working condition;
Fig. 17 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 1 in a seventeenth working condition; Fig. 18 shows a perspective view of a tubular stand support tower, Fig. 19 side view of a tubular gripper; Fig. 20 perspective view of the tubular gripper of fig. 19; Fig. 21 shows a second exemplary embodiment of a tubular stand handling system according to the invention in a first working condition; Fig. 22 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a second working condition; Fig. 23 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a third working condition; Fig. 24 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a fourth working condition; Fig. 25 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a fifth working condition; Fig. 26 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a sixth working condition; Fig. 27 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a seventh working condition; Fig. 28 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a eighth working condition; Fig. 29 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a ninth working condition; Fig. 30 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a tenth working condition; Fig. 31 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a eleventh working condition; Fig. 32 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a twelfth working condition; and Fig. 33 shows the tubular stand handling system of fig. 21 in a thirteenth working condition. Figs. 1-11 show subsequent steps of an exemplary embodiment of a method for upside down stand building according to the invention.
According to the invention, in the method use is made of a drilling rig 1. The drilling rig 1 comprises a deck 2, a tubular stand support tower 3, a tubular handler 4, and a tubular stand handling system 5.
It is submitted that in the figures the tubular stand support tower and the vertical rails are only partially depicted. An exemplary embodiment of a tubular stand support tower is shown in fig.
18.
In the exemplary embodiment shown in Figs. 1-11, the tubular stand support tower 3 is multipurpose tower. The tubular stand support tower 3 extending upwards from the deck 2.
The tubular stand support tower furthermore defines a firing line 6. In the embodiment shown, the firing line 6 coincides with the stand building line. in an alternative embodiment, the stand building line does not coincide with the firing line, but is parallel to the firing line. just like the firing line, the stand building line is located within the reach of the motion arm assemblies.
In the exemplary embodiment shown, the tubular handler 4 is set up on the deck 2,next to the tubular stand support tower 3. The tubular handler 4 is configured for moving individual tubulars into and out of the firing line 6.
The tubular stand handling system 5 is adapted to support tubulars in the firing line 6, and to combine single tubulars into a tubular stand. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the tubular stand handling system is furthermore configured to move a tubular stand between the firing line and a storage rack, which is shown in Fig. 9 and Fig. 10.
The tubular stand handling system 5 comprises a vertical rails 8, a lower motion arm assembly 9, a middle motion arm assembly 10, and an upper motion arm assembly 11. The tubular stand handling system 5 furthermore comprises a tubular connection device 14 and a first tubular gripper 15 and a second tubular gripper 16.
The vertical rails 8 are mounted to the tubular stand support tower 3 along part of the firing line 6.
The lower motion arm assembly 9, the middle motion arm assembly 10, and the upper motion arm assembly 11, are mounted on the vertical rails 8.
Each motion arm assembly 9,10,11 comprises a mobile base 12 and a motion arm 13.
Each mobile base 12 is supported by the vertical rails 8, and is vertically mobile along said vertical rails by a vertical drive 17 including a motor. The vertical drive 17 is positioned on the mobile base 12.
Each motion arm 13 is connected to the mobile base 12. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the motion arm 13 is pivotably connected to the mobile base 12 for pivoting about a vertical axis. Furthermore, in the exemplary embodiment shown, the motion arm 13 is a telescopic motion arm.
According to the invention one of the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly supports the tubular connection device, and the other of the middle motion arm assembly and the upper motion arm assembly supports the second tubular gripper.
In the exemplary embodiment shown in figs 1-11, the upper motion arm 11 supports the tubular connection device 14. The tubular connection device 14 is configured to engage and spin a tubular.
The lower motion arm assembly 9 supports the first tubular gripper 15, and the middle motion arm assembly 10 supports the second tubular gripper 16. The tubular grippers 15,16 are each configured for rotatable engaging a tubular.
According to the invention are the middle motion arm assembly 10 and the upper motion arm assembly 11, supporting the second tubular gripper 16 and the tubular connection device 14 respectively, are thus configured to support and spin a first tubular in a raised position, to thus connect a bottom end of the first tubular to an upper end of a second tubular supported in the firing line 6 by the lower motion arm assembly 9 and/or by the tubular handler.
In the exemplary embodiment shown, the tubulars are casing tubulars, and the tubular connection device 14 is a toque drive that is supported by the upper motion arm assembly
11. The torque drive 14 is configured for being inserted into a top end of a tubular casing to thus be coupled with the casing tubular and enable rotating of the casing tubular.
In an embodiment, the torque drive 14 comprises screw thread for cooperating with screw thread in the upper end of a casing tubular, such that the toque drive can be screwed into the top end of the casing tubular similar to a lower end of a casing tubular being screwed into the top end of the tubular.
Fig. 1 shows the tubular handler 4 in three positions. One in which the tubular handler 4 supports a first tubular 7 in a horizontal pick up position, one in which the tubular handler 4 supports the tubular 7 in a vertical base position in the firing line 6, and one intermediate position, in which the tubular handler 4 supports the tubular 7 in position between the pickup positon and the base position.
Step a of a method according to the invention, shown in Fig. 1, comprises positioning the first tubular 7 in the base position above the deck 2 and in the firing line 8, using the tubular handler 4.
Step b of a method according to the invention comprises engaging the first tubular 7 using at least the upper motion arm assembly 11. In the embodiment shown, this step comprises coupling the torque wrench 14 with the first tubular 7 by inserting part of the torque wrench 14 into the upper end of the first tubular 7. Fig. 2 shows the torque wrench 14 coupled with the first tubular 7.
Furthermore, in the exemplary embodiment shown, the method also comprises engaging the first tubular 7 with the middle motion arm assembly 10, more in particular with the second tubular gripper 16 supported by the middle motion arm assembly 10.
Prior to the middle motion arm assembly 10 engaging the first tubular 7, the first tubular is lifted by the upper motion arm assembly 11. In the exemplary embodiment the first tubular 7 is initially guided by the tubular handler while being lifted. This is achieved by the tubular handler 4 engaging the first tubular 7, by enclosing with gripping members and thus limiting movement of the first tubular in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first tubular, while allowing for the first tubular to be moved in the vertical direction.
Once the upper motion arm assembly 11 is moved upwards while lifting the first tubular 7, the middle motion arm assembly is moved upwards as well, to engage the first tubular 7 above the tubular handler 4. This is shown in Fig. 3. In the embodiment shown, the middle motion arm engages the first tubular 7, more in particular the second tubular gripper 16 fully engages the tubular, by rotatable engaging the first tubular. Thus, the engagement by the middle motion arm 10 prevents movement of the first tubular in the direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first tubular, while allowing the first tubular to pivot about its longitudinal axis.
In an alternative embodiment, the middle motion arm engages the first tubular 7, more in particular the second tubular gripper 16 engages the tubular, below the tubular handler, after which the tubular handler disengages the first tubular 7, to enable the middle motion arm assembly to move upwards while engaging the first tubular.
After the middle motion arm assembly 10 has engaged the first tubular 7, the middle motion arm assembly 10 moves in unison with the upper motion arm assembly 11, to move the first tubular in a first raised position.
Fig. 4 shows the middle motion arm assembly 10 and the upper motion arm assembly 11 supporting the first tubular 7 in the first raised position in the firing line.
Step d of a method according to the invention, shown in Fig. 5 and fig. 6. Step d comprises positioning a second tubular 18 in the base position above the deck 2 and in the firing line 6 below the first tubular 7 in the first raised position, using the tubular handler 4.
In the embodiment shown, the second tubular 18 is engaged by the lower motion arm assembly, more in particular by the first tubular gripper 15 supported by the lower motion arm assembly 9.
In the embodiment shown, the lower motion arm assembly 9 engages the first tubular 7, by enclosing with gripping members and thus limiting movement of the first tubular in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first tubular.
In an alternative embodiment, the lower motion arm assembly 9 is fully engages the second tubular, thus lower motion arm would prevent movement of the second tubular in the direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the second tubular, and the lower motion arm would preferably at least partially support the second tubular.
In the embodiment shown, the second tubular 18 is thus held in the base positon by the tubular handler 4, which fully engages the second tubular 18 and supports the second tubular inthe base position.
In subsequent step f, the first tubular is coupled with the second tubular, more in particular a lower end of the first tubular 15 is screwed into the upper end of the second tubular 18. Step f comprises supporting and spinning the first tubular 15 in the raised position, and, while spinning the first tubular, lowering the first tubular, and thus connecting a bottom end of the first tubular to an upper end of the second tubular supported 16 in the firing line 8.
Step fis shown in Fig. 6. In the embodiment shown, the second tubular 18 is supported in the firing line 6 by the tubular handler 4.
After the first tubular 7 and the second tubular 18 are connected, the tubular handler 4 and the middle motion arm assembly 10 disengage, which is shown in Fig. 7. Subsequently, the middle motion arm assembly moves upwards and fully engages the first tubular at a section close to the end at which the first tubular is engaged by the upper motion arm assembly.
Once the middle motion arm assembly 10 has fully engaged the first tubular 7 near the upper motion arm assembly 11, the upper motion arm 11 assembly disengages the first tubular 7, which is shown in Fig. 8. Now, the middle motion arm assembly 10 supports a tubular stand 20 comprising the first tubular 7 and the second tubular 18, while the lower motion arm assembly 9 limits movement of a lower end of the tubular stand 19. The exemplary embodiment shown comprises a step, following step f, in which the tubular stand 19 is moved into a tubular stand storage rack 20.
The step comprises supporting the tubular stand 19, comprising the first tubular 7 and the second tubular 18 connected to the first tubular 7, with the middle motion arm assembly 10 and with the lower motion arm assembly 9, and moving the tubular stand from the firing line into a tubular stand storage rack using the middle motion arm assembly 10 and the lower motion arm assembly 9.
In the particular embodiment shown, moving the tubular stand 19 into the tubular stand storage rack 20 comprises lifting the tubular stand by moving the middle motion arm assembly upwards, shown in Fig. 9, moving the tubular stand into the tubular stand storage rack, and lowering the tubular stand into a storage positon in the storage rack, shown in Fig.
10.
In the particular embodiment shown, the lower motion arm assembly moves in unison with the middle motion arm assembly while lifting the tubular stand into the storage rack.
The Figs. 1-11 show a first method according the invention, for upside down stand building a stand comprising two tubulars. A further method according to the invention comprises upside down stand building a stand comprising three tubulars. The first steps of this method are identical to the steps of the method shown in figs. 1-11, however, once the stand comprising two tubulars is build, shown in Fig. 7, the stand is not transferred to the tubular stand storage rack. Instead, the stand is lifted into a raised position, shown in Fig. 12, such that e new tubular can be attached to the stand, at the bottom end of that stand, shown in fig. 13.
In the particular embodiment shown, middle motion arm assembly 10 takes over engaging the lower end of the stand 19 from the lower motion arm assembly 9. This can be done by moving the lower motion arm assembly 9 upwards, or by moving the middle motion arm assembly 10 downwards, to position the middle motion arm assembly adjacent the lower motion arm assembly in a tubular takeover position.
In a tubular takeover position, two motion arm assemblies are positioned adjacent to each other. Preferably, the takeover motion arm assembly, i.e. the motion arm assembly that is to take over engaging the tubular from the other motion arm assembly, engages the tubular prior to the tubular being released by the release motion arm assembly, i.e. the motion arm assembly that is to release the tubular. Thus, the tubular at one moment engaged by both motion arm assemblies.
In an embodiment, of a takeover step in a method according to the invention, the takeover motion arm assembly and the release motion arm assembly fully engage the tubular. In such an embodiment the takeover motion arm assembly fully engages the tubular while the release motion arm assembly is fully engaging the tubular. Thus, the tubular is fully engaged by both motion arm assemblies. In an alternative, the release motion assembly semi fully engages the tubular, or switches to semi fully engagement prior to the takeover motion arm assembly fully engaging the tubular. Also, the takeover motion arm assembly may first semi fully engage the tubular, after which the release motion arm assembly switches from full engagement to semi full engagement, after which the takeover motion arm assembly switches to full engagement of the tubular.
InFig. 7 and Fig. 12, the middle motion arm assembly 10 is the takeover motion arm assembly, and the lower motion arm assembly 9 is the release motion arm assembly. In the working position shown in Fig. 12, the tubular stand 19 is supported by both the upper motion arm assembly 11, fully engaging the first tubular 7 with the torque drive 21, and the middle motion arm assembly, fully engaging the second tubular 18 with the second tubular gripper
16.
Thus, the tubular stand 19 is supported in a tubular stand raised position, with the first tubular 7 of the tubular stand 19 in a second raised position and the second tubular 18 of the tubular stand 19 in the first raised position.
The further method, for building a stand comprising three tubulars, comprises the steps shown Fig. 12 — Fig. 14 Fig. 12 shows the stand 19 being lifted, by lifting the first tubular 7 into a second raised position, and thus at the same time lifting the second tubular 18 connected to the first tubular into the first raised position, using the upper motion arm assembly 11 and, in the embodiment shown, using also the middle motion arm assembly 10.
Fig. 12 and Fig. 13 show the tubular handler 4 positioning a third tubular 22 in the base position above the deck 2 and in the firing line 6 below the second tubular 18 in the first raised position, using the tubular handler 4. Furthermore, in the particular embodiment shown, the third tubular 22 is engaged by the lower motion arm assembly 11, more in particular by the first tubular gripper 15 supported by the lower motion arm assembly 9 Similar to the previous steps, for building the tubular stand 19, the lower motion arm assembly 9 engages the third tubular 22 by enclosing with gripping members and thus limiting movement of the first tubular in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first tubular In the embodiment shown, the third tubular 22 is thus held in the base positon by the tubular handler 4, which fully engages the third tubular 22 and supports the third tubular in the base position. In a subsequent step, the third tubular 22 is coupled with the second tubular 18, more in particular a lower end of the second tubular 18 is screwed into the upper end of the third tubular 22. These steps of the method are similar to the steps shown in Fig. 6 and fig. 7, be it that now the stand 19 comprising the first tubular 7 and the second tubular 18 is spun about its longitudinal axis, instead of only the first tubular. Furthermore, to position and support the tubular stand 19, the middle motion arm assembly 10 engages the lower end of the second tubular 18 and not the lower end of the first tubular 7.
Fig. and fig. 14 show the second tubular 18 connected to the first tubular 7 in the first raised position and the second raised position respectively, the first tubular 7, and thus the tubular stand 19, being supported and spun by the upper motion arm assembly 11, more in particular by the torque drive 21 supported by the upper motion arm assembly 11.
While thus spinning the first tubular 7 and second tubular 18, the first and second tubular are lowered, and thus a bottom end of the second tubular 18 is connected to an upper end of the third tubular 22 supported in the firing line 6 by the tubular handler 4. Fig. 14 and Fig. 15 also show the middle motion arm assembly 19 taking over support of the tubular stand 23, from the upper motion arm assembly. Again these steps are similar to the steps of the method for building a two tubular stand, in particular the steps shown in Fig. 7 and Fig. 8.
The subsequent steps, shown in Fig. 16 and fig. 17, comprise supporting the tubular stand 23, comprising the first tubular 7, the second tubular 18 connected to the first tubular 7, and the third tubular 22 connected to second tubular 18, with the middle motion arm assembly 10 and with the lower motion arm assembly 9, and moving the tubular stand 23 from the firing line 6 into the tubular stand storage rack 20 using the middle motion arm assembly 10 and the lower motion arm assembly 9.
In the particular embodiment shown, moving the tubular stand 23 into the tubular stand storage rack 20 comprises lifting the tubular stand, shown in Fig. 15, moving the tubular stand into the tubular stand storage rack, and lowering the tubular stand into a storage positon in the storage rack, shown in Fig. 186.
Figure 18 shows a perspective view of an exemplary embodiment of a drilling rig 101. The drilling rig 101 comprises a tubular stand support tower in the form of a multipurpose tower 102, a tubular stand storage rack 103 for supporting tubular stands 104 on each side of the multipurpose tower, a tubular string slip device 5 for supporting a tubular string in the firing line and below the deck.
The tower is provided with a tubular stand handling system 8, comprising a lower motion arm assembly 114, a middle motion arm assembly 125 and an upper motion arm assembly 115, mounted on the same side of the tower and on the same rails 13. According to the invention, the middle motion arm assembly or the upper motion arm assembly supports the tubular connection device, e.g. a power tong and/or a spinner and/or a torque wrench or a combination of two or more of these.
In the exemplary embodiment shown, the upper motion arm assembly 115 supports a tubular connection device 14 in the form of a torque drive. The middle motion arm assembly and the lower motion arm assembly support a tubular gripper 119. The grippers 120 are configured for engaging a tubular section of a tubular, and are provided with rollers 122 to enable the gripper to support a tubular along a longitudinal axis of that tubular stand while allowing rotation of that tubular about that longitudinal axis.
In the exemplary embodiment shown, the tower is furthermore provided with additional vertical rails 13 on the opposite side of the tower, the additional vertical rails supporting a single motion arm assembly.
In the embodiment shown, the tubular stand support tower is embodied as a multipurpose tower, configured to handle different types of tubulars, e.g. drilling tubulars and casing tubulars, and to compose insert a string of tubular stands into a well bore and remove a string of tubular stand from a well bore. The multipurpose tower is furthermore adapted to assist in drilling a wellbore, e.g. by supporting and driving a drilling string.
The multipurpose tower 102 defines a firing line 112 alongside a frontal surface. The firing line is concentric with the slip device 105 supporting the tubular string 106. The tubulars string slip device 105 is adapted to support the weight of a tubular string comprising multiple tubular stands.
The multipurpose tower 102 is on opposite sides provided with the tubulars stand storage racks 104, in the embodiment shown in the form of carousels, adapted for storage of tubular stands 103, e.g. sets of combined drilling tubulars, in vertical orientation therein.
In the exemplary embodiment shown, each motion arm assembly comprises a mobile base 117, a motion arm 118. The mobile base 117 of a motion arm assembly is supported by the vertical rails 113, and is vertically mobile along said vertical rails by a vertical drive including a motor, which vertical drive is positioned on said mobile base. The motion arm 118 is connected to the mobile base 117. In the embodiment shown, the motion arm 118 is pivotably connected to the mobile base 117 for pivoting about a vertical axis. Thus, the motion arm assemblies are configured to move a tubular stand into and out of the firing line by pivoting the motion arm about the vertical axis. In the embodiment shown, the motion arms furthermore are telescopic arms.
The motion arm assemblies are configured to move independently from each other and are adapted to support different tools. Thus, the gripper members can be replaced with different tool when needed.
Figs. 21-33 show subsequent steps of a second exemplary embodiment of a method for upside down stand building according to the invention. Components similar to the components used in the method shown in fig. 1-17 are indicated with similar reference signs It is submitted that the main difference with the method shown in Figs. 1-17 is that the middle motion arm assembly 10 supports the tubular connection device 14, which is embodied as a torque wrench. The torque wrench engages the outside of the first and the second tubular, while the torque drive is inserted in the top end of the first tubular. Furthermore, due to its position and its configuration, the torque wrench may in a preferred embodiment be configured to semi fully engage the first and or the second tubular. In such an embodiment, the torque wrench thus allows for moving a tubular in a vertical direction through the torque wrench, for example when the tubular is lifted by the upper motion arm assembly, see for example fig. 26 and fig. 27. Furthermore, due to the position of the tubular connection device, the tubular handler can position a tubular in the firing line, and with the upper end of the tubular in the tubular connection device, see for example fig. 27 and fig. 28.
Besides the differences mentioned above, the upside down stand building process shown in figs 21-33 is similar to the process shown in Figs. 1-17.
reference signs 01 drilling rig 02 deck drilling rig 03 tubular stand support tower
04 tubular handler 05 tubular stand handling system 06 firing line tubular stand support tower 07 first tubular
08 vertical rails 09 lower motion arm assembly 10 middle motion arm assembly 11 upper motion arm assembly 12 mobile base motion arm assembly
13 motion arm motion arm assembly 14 tubular connection device 15 first tubular gripper 16 second tubular gripper 17 vertical drive mobile base
18 second tubular 19 tubular stand comprising the first and second tubular 20 tubular stand storage rack 21 torque drive 22 third tubular
23 tubular stand comprising the first, second and third tubular

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CONCLUSIESCONCLUSIONS 1. Boorinstallatie, de boorinstallatie omvattende: - een dek; - een buizensamenstel-ondersteuningstoren, bijvoorbeeld een boortoren of een multi purpose toren, die zich opwaarts uitstrekt vanaf het dek, waarbij de buizensamenstel- ondersteuningstoren een vuurlijn definieert; - een buishanteerinrichting, voor het verplaatsen van individuele buizen in en uit een buizensamenstelopbouwlijn, bijvoorbeeld de vuurlijn, welke buizensamenstelopbouwlijn parallel is aan de vuurlijn, - een buizensamenstelhanteersysteem, ingericht voor het ondersteunen van buizen in een buizensamenstelopbouwlijn, en voor het combineren van enkele buizen tot een buizensamenstel, en bij voorkeur voor het verplaatsen van een buizensamenstel tussen de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn en een opslag, waarbij het buizensamenstelhanteersysteem omvat: - verticale rails, aangebracht op de buizensamenstel-ondersteuningstoren langs ten minste een deel van de vuurlijn; - een onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel, een middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel, en een bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel, aangebracht op genoemde verticale rails, waarbij elk bewegingsarmsamenstel omvat: - een mobiele basis, welke mobiele basis wordt ondersteund door de verticale rails, en verticaal mobiel is langs genoemde verticale rails door een verticale aandrijving omvattende een motor, welke verticale aandrijving is gepositioneerd op genoemde mobiele basis; - een bewegingsarm, bij voorkeur een telescopische bewegingsarm, welke bewegingsarm is verbonden met genoemde mobiele basis, waarbij de mobiele arm bij voorkeur verdraaibaar is verbonden met de mobiele basis voor het verdraaien om een verticale as;1. Drilling rig, the drilling rig comprising: - a deck; a tube assembly support tower, e.g. a derrick or a multi-purpose tower, extending upwardly from the deck, the tube assembly support tower defining a line of fire; - a tube handling device, for moving individual tubes into and out of a tube assembly build line, e.g. the firing line, which tube assembly build line is parallel to the firing line, - a tube assembly handling system, adapted for supporting tubes in a tube assembly build line, and for combining single tubes into a tubing assembly, and preferably for moving a tubing assembly between the tubing assembly build line and a storage, the tubing assembly handling system comprising: vertical rails mounted on the tubing assembly support tower along at least a portion of the firing line; - a lower movement arm assembly, a middle movement arm assembly, and an upper movement arm assembly mounted on said vertical rails, each movement arm assembly comprising: - a mobile base, which mobile base is supported by the vertical rails, and is vertically mobile along said vertical rails by a vertical drive comprising a motor, the vertical drive being positioned on said mobile base; - a movement arm, preferably a telescopic movement arm, which movement arm is connected to said mobile base, the mobile arm preferably being rotatably connected to the mobile base for pivoting about a vertical axis; - een buisverbindingsinrichting, welke buisverbindingsinrichting is ingericht om aan te grijpen op een buis en om een buis te draaien, en - een eerste buisgrijper, en een tweede buisgrijper, ieder voor het verdraaibaar aangrijpen op een buis; waarbij het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel de eerste buisgrijper ondersteunt, waarbij één van het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel en het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel de buisverbindingsinrichting ondersteunt; waarbij de andere van het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel en het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel de tweede buisgrijper ondersteunt, en waarbij het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel en het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel aldus zijn geconfigureerd om een eerste buis in een opgetilde positie te ondersteunen en te draaien, om zo een ondereinde van de eerste buis te verbinden met een boveneinde van een tweede buis ondersteund in de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn door het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel en/of door de buismanipulator.- a tube connecting device, which tube connecting device is adapted to engage a tube and pivot around a tube, and - a first tube gripper, and a second tube gripper, each for rotatably engaging a tube; wherein the lower movement arm assembly supports the first tube gripper, one of the middle movement arm assembly and the upper movement arm assembly supporting the tube connecting device; the other of the middle movement arm assembly and the upper movement arm assembly supporting the second tube gripper, and wherein the middle movement arm assembly and the upper movement arm assembly are configured so as to support and pivot a first tube in a raised position so as to form a lower end of the first tube connectable to an upper end of a second tube supported in the tube assembly build line by the lower movement arm assembly and/or by the tube manipulator. 2. Boorinstallatie volgens conclusie 1, waarbij een boorinstallatie een buizensamenstel opslag, e.g. een carrousel, omvat welke is ingericht voor het daarin opslaan van buizensamenstellen, e.g. sets van gecombineerde boorbuizen, in een verticale oriëntatie, en waarbij het buizensamenstelhanteersysteem is ingericht om een buizensamenstel te verplaatsen tussen een positie in de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn en een opslagpositie in de opslag.A drilling rig according to claim 1, wherein a drilling rig comprises a tubular assembly storage, eg a carousel, which is adapted to store tubular assemblies, eg sets of combined casings, in a vertical orientation, and wherein the tubular assembly handling system is adapted to handle a tubular assembly. moving between a position in the tubing assembly build line and a storage position in the storage. 3. Werkwijze voor het bouwen van een buizensamenstel, met gebruik van een boorinstallatie, waarbij de boorinstallatie omvat: - een dek; - een buizensamenstel-ondersteuningstoren, bijvoorbeeld een boortoren of een multi purpose toren, die zich opwaarts uitstrekt vanaf het dek, waarbij de buizensamenstel- ondersteuningstoren een vuurlijn definieert;A method for building a pipe assembly, using a drilling rig, the drilling rig comprising: - a deck; a tube assembly support tower, e.g. a derrick or a multi-purpose tower, extending upwardly from the deck, the tube assembly support tower defining a line of fire; - een buishanteerinrichting, voor het verplaatsen van individuele buizen in en uit een buizensamenstelopbouwlijn, bijvoorbeeld de vuurlijn, welke buizensamenstelopbouwlijn parallel is aan de vuurlijn,- a tube handling device, for moving individual tubes into and out of a tube assembly build-up line, for example the firing line, which tube assembly build-up line is parallel to the firing line, - een buizensamenstelhanteersysteem, ingericht voor het ondersteunen van buizen in een buizensamenstelopbouwlijn, en voor het combineren van enkele buizen tot een buizensamenstel, en bij voorkeur voor het verplaatsen van een buizensamenstel tussen de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn en een opslag, waarbij het buismanipulatiesysteem omvat:a tubing assembly handling system, adapted to support tubing in a tubing assembly build line, and for combining single tubing into a tubing assembly, and preferably for moving a tubing assembly between the tubing assembly build line and a storage, the tubing handling system comprising: - verticale rails, aangebracht op de buizensamenstel-ondersteuningstoren langs ten minste een deel van de vuurlijn; - een onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel, een middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel, en een bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel, aangebracht op genoemde verticale rails, waarbij elk bewegingsarmsamenstel omvat:vertical rails mounted on the tube assembly support tower along at least a portion of the firing line; - a lower movement arm assembly, a middle movement arm assembly, and an upper movement arm assembly mounted on said vertical rails, each movement arm assembly comprising: - een mobiele basis, welke mobiele basis wordt ondersteund door de verticale rails, en verticaal mobiel is langs genoemde verticale rails door een verticale aandrijving omvattende een motor, welke verticale aandrijving is gepositioneerd op genoemde mobiele basis;- a mobile base, which mobile base is supported by the vertical rails, and is vertically mobile along said vertical rails by a vertical drive comprising a motor, which vertical drive is positioned on said mobile base; - een bewegingsarm, bij voorkeur een telescopische bewegingsarm, welke bewegingsarm is verbonden met genoemde mobiele basis, waarbij de mobiele arm bij voorkeur verdraaibaar is verbonden met de mobiele basis voor het verdraaien om een verticale as;- a movement arm, preferably a telescopic movement arm, which movement arm is connected to said mobile base, the mobile arm preferably being rotatably connected to the mobile base for pivoting about a vertical axis; waarbij het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel een buisgrijper voor aangrijpen op een buis ondersteunt, waarbij één van het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel en het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel een buisverbindingsinrichting ondersteunt, welke buisverbindingsinrichting is ingericht om aan te grijpen op een buis en is ingericht om een buis te draaien, en waarbij de andere van het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel en het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel een buisgrijper ondersteunt voor het verdraaibaar aangrijpen op de buis aangegrepen door de buisverbindingsinrichting, en waarbij het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel en het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel zo zijn geconfigureerd om een eerste buis in een opgetilde positie te ondersteunen en te draaien, om zo een ondereinde van de eerste buis te verbinden met een boveneinde van een tweede buis ondersteund in de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn door het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel en/of door de buismanipulator, waarbij de werkwijze de stappen omvat: a) positioneren van een eerste buis in een basispositie boven het dek en in de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn, met gebruik van de buishanteerinrichting, b) aangrijpen op de eerste buis met gebruik van ten minste het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel en bij voorkeur ook met gebruik van het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel; c) optillen van de eerste buis in een eerste opgetilde positie in de buizensamenstellijn, met gebruik van ten minste het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel en bij voorkeur ook het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel; d) positioneren van een tweede buis in de basispositie boven het dek en in een buizensamenstelopbouwlijn onder de eerste buis in de eerste opgetilde positie, met gebruik van de buishanteerinrichting, e) optioneel; aangrijpen, bij voorkeur ten minste gedeeltelijk ondersteunen van, de tweede buis met het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel; ff) ondersteunen en draaien van de eerste buis in de opgetilde positie, en, tijdens het draaien van de eerste buis, neerlaten van de eerste buis, en het aldus verbinden van een ondereinde van de eerste buis met een boveneinde van de tweede buis ondersteund in de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn door het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel en/of door de buishanteerinrichting.wherein the lower movement arm assembly supports a tube gripper for engaging a tube, one of the middle movement arm assembly and the upper movement arm assembly supports a tube connecting device, the tube connecting device adapted to engage a tube and adapted to rotate a tube, and wherein the another of the middle movement arm assembly and the upper movement arm assembly supporting a tube gripper for rotatably engaging the tube engaged by the tube connecting device, and wherein the middle movement arm assembly and the upper movement arm assembly are configured to support and pivot a first tube in a raised position, so as to connect a lower end of the first tube to an upper end of a second tube supported in the tube assembly build line by the lower movement arm assembly and/or by the tube manipulator, the method comprising the steps of: a) po positioning a first tube in a base position above the deck and in the tube assembly build line using the tube handling device, b) engaging the first tube using at least the upper movement arm assembly and preferably also using the middle movement arm assembly; c) lifting the first tube into a first raised position in the tube assembly line using at least the upper movement arm assembly and preferably also the middle movement arm assembly; d) positioning a second tube in the base position above the deck and in a tube assembly build line below the first tube in the first raised position, using the tube handling device, e) optionally; engaging, preferably at least partially supporting, the second tube with the lower movement arm assembly; ff) supporting and rotating the first tube in the raised position, and, while rotating the first tube, lowering the first tube, thus connecting a lower end of the first tube to an upper end of the second tube supported in the tubing assembly build line through the lower movement arm assembly and/or through the tubing handling device. 4. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 3, waarbij de werkwijze, volgend op stap f), verder omvat: g) optillen van de eerste buis in een tweede opgetilde positie, en zo op hetzelfde moment optillen van de tweede buis verbonden met de eerste buis in de eerste opgetilde positie, met gebruik van ten minste het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel en bij voorkeur eveneens met gebruik van het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel;A method according to claim 3, wherein the method following step f) further comprises: g) lifting the first tube in a second lifted position, thus simultaneously lifting the second tube connected to the first tube in the first raised position, using at least the upper movement arm assembly and preferably also using the middle movement arm assembly; h) positioneren van een derde buis in de basispositie boven het dek en in de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn onder de tweede buis in de eerste opgetilde positie, met gebruik van de buishanteerinrichting; - optioneel: aangrijpen op, bij voorkeur ten minste gedeeltelijk ondersteunen van, de derde buis met het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel i) ondersteunen en draaien van de eerste buis en de tweede buis verbonden met de eerste buis in respectievelijk de eerste opgetilde positie en de tweede opgetilde positie, en, tijdens het draaien van de eerste en tweede buis, neerlaten van de eerste en tweede buis, en aldus verbinden van een ondereinde van de tweede buis met een boveneinde van de derde buis ondersteund in de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn door het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel en/of de buishanteerinrichting.h) positioning a third tube in the base position above the deck and in the tube assembly build line below the second tube in the first raised position, using the tube handling device; - optionally: engaging, preferably at least partially supporting, the third tube with the lower movement arm assembly i) supporting and rotating the first tube and the second tube connected to the first tube in the first raised position and the second raised position, respectively and, during rotation of the first and second tubes, lowering the first and second tubes, thus connecting a lower end of the second tube to an upper end of the third tube supported in the tube assembly build line by the lower movement arm assembly and/or the pipe handling device. 5. Werkwijze volgens conclusie 3 of conclusie 4, waarbij de werkwijze verder omvat: - ondersteunen van een buizensamenstel omvattende de eerste en de tweede buis of een buizensamenstel omvattende de eerste en de tweede en de derde buis, met het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel en bij voorkeur met het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel, en met gebruik van het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel en bij voorkeur het onderste bewegingsarmsamenstel voor het verplaatsen van het buizensamenstel, van de buizensamenstelopbouwlijn naar een buizensamenstelopslag.A method according to claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the method further comprises: - supporting a tube assembly comprising the first and the second tube or a tube assembly comprising the first and the second and the third tube, with the upper movement arm assembly and preferably with the lower movement arm assembly, and using the upper movement arm assembly, and preferably the lower movement arm assembly to move the tubing assembly, from the tubing assembly build line to a tubing assembly storage. 6. Werkwijze volgens een of meer van de conclusies 3-5, waarbij de buizen casing buizen zijn en waarbij de buizensamenstelverbindingsinrichting een torque drive is, welke torque drive wordt ondersteund door het bovenste bewegingsarmsamenstel .A method according to any one of claims 3-5, wherein the tubes are casing tubes and wherein the tube assembly connecting device is a torque drive, which torque drive is supported by the upper movement arm assembly. 7. werkwijze volgens een of meer van de conclusies 3-5, waarbij de buizen boorbuizen zijn en waarbij de buizensamenstelverbindingsinrichting een roughneck is, welke roughneck wordt ondersteund door het middelste bewegingsarmsamenstel.The method of any one of claims 3-5, wherein the tubing is casing and wherein the tubing assembly connecting device is a roughneck, the roughneck being supported by the mid-motion arm assembly. 8. Vaartuig voorzien van een boorinstallatie volgens conclusie 1 of conclusie 2.Vessel provided with a drilling rig according to claim 1 or claim 2. 9. Gebruik van een boortoren volgens conclusie 1 of conclusie 2, of van een vaartuig volgens conclusie 8, omvattende een dergelijke boorinstallatie, voor het ondersteboven opbouwen van een buizensamenstel, i.e. opbouwen van een buizensamenstel waarbij een buis wordt toegevoegd aan een ondereinde van een andere buis om een buizensamenstel te bouwen.Use of a derrick according to claim 1 or claim 2, or of a vessel according to claim 8, comprising such a drilling rig, for building a pipe assembly upside down, i.e. building a pipe assembly wherein one pipe is added to a lower end of another tube to build a tube assembly.
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