US3095048A - Submarine automatic oil well drilling machine - Google Patents
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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
- E21B7/00—Special methods or apparatus for drilling
- E21B7/12—Underwater drilling
- E21B7/124—Underwater drilling with underwater tool drive prime mover, e.g. portable drilling rigs for use on underwater floors
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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
- E21B19/20—Combined feeding from rack and connecting, e.g. automatically
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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
- E21B43/00—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells
- E21B43/01—Methods or apparatus for obtaining oil, gas, water, soluble or meltable materials or a slurry of minerals from wells specially adapted for obtaining from underwater installations
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June 25, 1963 J. v. O'NEILL ETAL 3,095,048
SUBMARINE AUTOMATIC OIL WELL DRILLING MACHINE Filed Feb. 2, 1959 25 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 25, 1963 J. v. O'NEILL ETAL SUBMARINE AUTOMATIC OIL WELL DRILLING MACHINE 23 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Feb. 2, 1959 INVENTOR. JOSEPH v OWE/LL June 1963 J. v. O'NEILL ETAL 3,095,048
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1. IN APPARATUS FOR DRILLING EARTH UNDERLYING A BODY OF WATER, AN ELONGATED, WATER-TIGHT HULL, AN ELONGATED TANK UNDERLYING SAID HULL AND CRADLING THE SAME IN SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIP, MEANS RELEASABLY LOCKING TOGETHER SAID HULL AND SAID ELONGATED TANK, SAID TANK HAVING AT LEAST ONE OIL STORAGE CHAMBER THEREIN ADAPTED TO RECEIVE OIL FROM A SUBMARINE OIL WELL, SAID TANK ALSO HAVING AT LEAST ONE BALLAST CHAMBER ADAPTED TO RECEIVE WATER TO ELEVATE AND SUBMERGE SAID HULL AND SAID TANK, SAID TANK INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SPACED CYLINDERS RECESSED WITHIN THE LOWER WALL OF SAID ELONGATED TANK, SAID CYLINDERS HAVING PISTONS THEREIN EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY THEREFROM, LEVELING PADS ON THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID PISTONS AND ENGAGEABLE WITH EARTH UNDERLYING A BODY OF WATER, MEANS TO ADJUST SAID PISTONS AND THEREBY LEVEL SAID HULL AND SAID TANK, MEANS FOR PROPELLING SAID HULL IN A FORE AND AFT MANNER AND MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID HULL IN A TRANSVERSE MANNER, ALIGNED OPENINGS IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID HULL AND IN THE TOP AND BOTTOM OF SAID TANK, MEANS SEALING SAID OPENINGS AGAINST THE ENTRY OF SURROUNDING WATER, DRILLING EQUIPMENT HOUSED IN SAID HULL AND ADAPTED TO EXTEND A DRILL STRING IN DRILLING RELATION THROUGH THE OPENINGS IN THE BOTTOM OF SAID HULL AND IN SAID TANK TO PIERCE AN EARTH FORMATION UPON WHICH SAID TANK AND HULL ARE POSITIONED.
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US3299950A (en) * | 1963-06-20 | 1967-01-24 | Shell Oil Co | Pipe line connector |
US3305107A (en) * | 1963-12-24 | 1967-02-21 | Newport News S & D Co | Conduit stowage means |
US3375671A (en) * | 1965-02-11 | 1968-04-02 | Clayton T. Lloyd | Facility for maintaining life under sea |
US3391734A (en) * | 1966-01-19 | 1968-07-09 | Mobil Oil Corp | Subsea production satellite |
US3404741A (en) * | 1962-12-28 | 1968-10-08 | Ministerul Ind Petrolui Si Chi | Automated system and drilling rig for continuously and automatically pulling and running a drill-pipe string |
US3516489A (en) * | 1968-01-05 | 1970-06-23 | Allen A Jergins | Offshore drilling and well completion apparatus |
US3613905A (en) * | 1970-04-06 | 1971-10-19 | Moore Corp Lee C | Method and apparatus for handling drill pipe |
US3633771A (en) * | 1970-08-05 | 1972-01-11 | Moore Corp Lee C | Apparatus for moving drill pipe into and out of an oil well derrick |
US3655071A (en) * | 1970-05-27 | 1972-04-11 | Byron Jackson Inc | Horizontal pipe racking and handling apparatus |
US3677345A (en) * | 1970-05-13 | 1972-07-18 | Otis Eng Corp | Pipe handling apparatus and method |
US3716155A (en) * | 1971-07-12 | 1973-02-13 | Moore L Corp | Method of handling drill pipe |
US3891037A (en) * | 1972-12-26 | 1975-06-24 | Dale E Well | Remotely operated seafloor coring and drilling method and system |
US4108255A (en) * | 1975-05-29 | 1978-08-22 | Smith Craig R | Well drilling apparatus |
US4255068A (en) * | 1978-07-04 | 1981-03-10 | Techniques Industrielles Et Minieres | Method and a device for undersea drilling |
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US6179065B1 (en) | 1998-09-02 | 2001-01-30 | The Charles Machine Works, Inc. | System and method for automatically controlling a pipe handling system for a horizontal boring machine |
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US20090255728A1 (en) * | 2008-04-14 | 2009-10-15 | Tgh (Us), Inc. | Wireline System |
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US2631741A (en) * | 1950-06-29 | 1953-03-17 | Tucker Samuel Joseph | Apparatus for handling drill pipes |
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US2783970A (en) * | 1954-10-25 | 1957-03-05 | Samuel S Gillespie | Apparatus for underwater oil well drilling |
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US2848196A (en) * | 1955-10-17 | 1958-08-19 | John H Lucas | Portable drilling rig |
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US2615585A (en) * | 1947-06-27 | 1952-10-28 | James W Menhall | Well derrick, rig, and pipe racking apparatus |
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US2756021A (en) * | 1954-09-03 | 1956-07-24 | Townsend Rex | Submersible oil rig for drilling on bottom |
US2783970A (en) * | 1954-10-25 | 1957-03-05 | Samuel S Gillespie | Apparatus for underwater oil well drilling |
US2808229A (en) * | 1954-11-12 | 1957-10-01 | Shell Oil Co | Off-shore drilling |
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US3404741A (en) * | 1962-12-28 | 1968-10-08 | Ministerul Ind Petrolui Si Chi | Automated system and drilling rig for continuously and automatically pulling and running a drill-pipe string |
US3299950A (en) * | 1963-06-20 | 1967-01-24 | Shell Oil Co | Pipe line connector |
US3305107A (en) * | 1963-12-24 | 1967-02-21 | Newport News S & D Co | Conduit stowage means |
US3375671A (en) * | 1965-02-11 | 1968-04-02 | Clayton T. Lloyd | Facility for maintaining life under sea |
US3391734A (en) * | 1966-01-19 | 1968-07-09 | Mobil Oil Corp | Subsea production satellite |
US3516489A (en) * | 1968-01-05 | 1970-06-23 | Allen A Jergins | Offshore drilling and well completion apparatus |
US3613905A (en) * | 1970-04-06 | 1971-10-19 | Moore Corp Lee C | Method and apparatus for handling drill pipe |
US3677345A (en) * | 1970-05-13 | 1972-07-18 | Otis Eng Corp | Pipe handling apparatus and method |
US3655071A (en) * | 1970-05-27 | 1972-04-11 | Byron Jackson Inc | Horizontal pipe racking and handling apparatus |
US3633771A (en) * | 1970-08-05 | 1972-01-11 | Moore Corp Lee C | Apparatus for moving drill pipe into and out of an oil well derrick |
US3716155A (en) * | 1971-07-12 | 1973-02-13 | Moore L Corp | Method of handling drill pipe |
US3891037A (en) * | 1972-12-26 | 1975-06-24 | Dale E Well | Remotely operated seafloor coring and drilling method and system |
US4108255A (en) * | 1975-05-29 | 1978-08-22 | Smith Craig R | Well drilling apparatus |
US4255068A (en) * | 1978-07-04 | 1981-03-10 | Techniques Industrielles Et Minieres | Method and a device for undersea drilling |
US4502551A (en) * | 1982-04-01 | 1985-03-05 | Rule Kenneth C | Deep draft drilling platform |
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US6085852A (en) * | 1995-02-22 | 2000-07-11 | The Charles Machine Works, Inc. | Pipe handling device |
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US6179065B1 (en) | 1998-09-02 | 2001-01-30 | The Charles Machine Works, Inc. | System and method for automatically controlling a pipe handling system for a horizontal boring machine |
US6550547B1 (en) | 1998-09-02 | 2003-04-22 | The Charles Machine Works, Inc. | System and method for automatically controlling a pipe handling system for a horizontal boring machine |
US6622793B1 (en) * | 1999-06-01 | 2003-09-23 | Igor Igorevich Rylov | Method for carrying out operations on petroleum and gas fields and deep-sea platform for realizing the same |
US7018164B2 (en) * | 2000-09-06 | 2006-03-28 | The Charles Machine Works, Inc. | Auxiliary pipe loading device |
US20040022605A1 (en) * | 2000-09-06 | 2004-02-05 | Anthis Roland Darrel | Auxiliary pipe loading device |
US20060016621A1 (en) * | 2004-06-09 | 2006-01-26 | Placer Dome Technical Services Limited | Method and system for deep sea drilling |
US20080271922A1 (en) * | 2006-03-20 | 2008-11-06 | Seabed Rig As | Tool Handling Device in a Drillrig That is Situated on the Sea Bed |
US20090255728A1 (en) * | 2008-04-14 | 2009-10-15 | Tgh (Us), Inc. | Wireline System |
GB2463709A (en) * | 2008-09-23 | 2010-03-24 | Robert William Lindsay Gordon | A manned self-propelled submersible oil drilling and production vessel |
GB2463709B (en) * | 2008-09-23 | 2010-09-08 | Robert William Lindsay Gordon | Mobile marine oil pod |
RU2547030C2 (en) * | 2013-01-09 | 2015-04-10 | Открытое акционерное общество "Центральное конструкторское бюро морской техники "Рубин" | Underwater drilling facilities |
US20150197989A1 (en) * | 2014-01-16 | 2015-07-16 | Conocophillips Company | Underwater drilling rig assembly and method of operating the underwater drilling rig assembly |
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