WO2010005711A1 - Latch system for friction-locked tubular members - Google Patents
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
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- the present invention relates to a system for providing a secondary means of securing tubular members held together by a friction-lock system.
- the present invention relates to a mechanical latch that prevents drilling risers that are held together by friction from separating inadvertently.
- the drilling riser string extends from a floating platform, such as a drilling ship, to a subsea wellhead or subsea tree assembly on the seafloor.
- the drilling riser string is made up of a number of individual riser joints or sections that are secured together to form the drilling riser string.
- the drilling riser string forms a central tube for passing a drill pipe from the floating platform to the wellhead on the sea floor.
- the drilling riser string normally has a number of auxiliary conduits that extend around the central tube.
- the auxiliary conduits may serve several purposes, such as supplying hydraulic fluid pressure to the subsea blowout preventer and lower marine riser package.
- the central tube of a drilling riser joint has a pin member on one end and a box member on the other end.
- the pin end of one riser joint stabs into the box end of the adjoining riser joint.
- flanges extend outward from the pin and box. The operator connects the flanges together with bolts spaced around the circumference of the coupling.
- individual segments or locking segments are spaced around the circumference of the box. A screw is connected to each locking segment. Rotating the screw causes the locking segment to advance into engagement with a profile formed on the end of a pin.
- a riser spider or support on a riser deploying floor moves between a retracted position into an engaged position to support previously made-up riser joints while the new riser joint is being stabbed into engagement with the string.
- Wave movement can cause the vessel to be moving upward and downward relative to the riser when the riser is in operation.
- a technique has been developed that uses a cam ring and dogs to secure drilling riser joints together.
- Each riser joint has a box end and a pin end.
- the pin end of one drilling riser joint is disposed within the box end of an adjoining drilling riser joint.
- the box ends of each drilling riser joint have dogs that are driven into engagement with the pin ends of the adjoining drilling riser joints by moving the cam ring axially. Friction between the dogs and the cam ring maintains the cam ring positioned to drive the dogs against the pin end of the adjoining drilling riser joint. No bolts or screws are used to connect drilling riser joints using this technique.
- a technique for securing drilling riser joints in a drilling riser string is presented.
- the drilling riser joints have a tubular housing that has a box configuration on one end and a pin configuration on the other end.
- the drilling riser string is assembled by connecting the pin end of one drilling riser joint to the box end of an adjoining drilling riser joint.
- a moveable ring is used to connect adjoining drilling riser joints.
- the moveable ring is used to drive a fastener, such as a dog, of one drilling riser joint against the adjoining drilling riser joint.
- the moveable ring is driven axially from a first position, where the fastener is not engaged against the adjoining drilling riser joint, to a second position, where the fastener is engaged against the adjoining drilling riser joint.
- the technique also comprises the use of a latch to prevent the moveable ring from moving inadvertently from the second position. This prevents the drilling riser joints from disconnecting inadvertently.
- the latch has a cantilevered arm having a toothed profile.
- the moveable ring also has a toothed profile that corresponds with the toothed profile on the latch.
- the toothed profile on the latch engages the toothed profile on the moveable ring.
- the engagement of the toothed profile on the latch with the toothed profile on the moveable ring obstructs axial movement of the moveable ring.
- a tool is used to provide sufficient force to overcome the engagement of the toothed profiles on the latch and the moveable ring.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a drilling riser system, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique
- FIG. 2 is an elevation view of a portion of the drilling riser system of FIG. 1, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique
- FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the portion of the drilling riser system of FIG. 2, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique
- FIGS. 4-6 are a side elevation view, a front elevation view, and a perspective view of the secondary latch for a riser joint connection, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique
- FIG. 7 is an elevation view of the first drilling riser joint and second drilling riser joint with a cam ring used to secure the first drilling joint to the second drilling riser joint in a first axial position, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique
- FIG. 8 is an elevation view of the first drilling riser joint and second drilling riser joint with a cam ring used to secure the first drilling joint to the second drilling riser joint in a second axial position, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique
- FIG. 9 is a partial cross-sectional view of a drilling riser joint and a system for connecting drilling riser joints together, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique
- FIG. 10 is a partial cross-sectional view of a pair of drilling riser joints joined together by the system for connecting drilling riser joints together, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique.
- FIGS. 11-13 are a sequence of elevation views illustrating the use of retractable jaws to connect a first drilling riser joint to a second drilling riser joint, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique.
- FIG. 14 is a top cross-sectional view of a riser joint connection, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present technique;
- a drilling riser string 20 to enable a subsea well to be drilled from a floating platform 22.
- the drilling riser string 20 is secured to a lower marine riser package and Blowout Preventer (BOP) stack 24, which is, in turn, secured to a subsea wellhead or subsea tree 26 of the well.
- BOP marine riser package and Blowout Preventer
- the drilling riser string 20 is supported in tension by riser tensioners 28 suspended from the floating platform 22.
- the drilling riser string 20 is comprised of a series of riser joints 30 that are connected together to form several tubes that extend from the floating platform 22 to the lower marine riser package 24.
- the drilling riser string 20 enables drill pipe 32 to be deployed from the floating platform 22 to the lower marine riser package 24 and on through the wellhead 26 into the seabed through a central tube 34 formed by the riser joints 30.
- Drilling mud may be provided from the floating platform 22 through the drill pipe 32 and back to the floating platform 22 in the annulus between the drill pipe 32 and the inner walls of the central tube 34.
- Auxiliary tubes 36 formed by the riser string 20 may be used for other purposes, such as serving as choke-and-kill lines for re-circulating drilling mud below a blowout preventer (BOP) in the event that the BOP secures flow through the central tube 34.
- BOP blowout preventer
- each riser joint 30 has a box end 38 and a pin end 40 that are used to connect each riser joint 30 to another riser joint 30.
- the box end 38 of a first riser joint 42 is connected to the pin end 40 of a second riser joint 44.
- the first riser joint 42 is oriented in a box- up orientation and the second riser joint 44 is oriented in a pin-down orientation.
- the first and second riser joints 42, 44 may be oriented in the opposite orientation: pin-up/box-down.
- the pin end 40 of the second riser joint 44 is stabbed into the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42.
- a tool is used to drive a cam ring 46 of the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42 downward from a first axial position to a second axial position to connect the second riser joint 44 to the first riser joint 42.
- the downward axial movement of the cam ring 46 urges a series of dogs (not shown in this view) disposed on the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42 inward against the pin end 40 of the second riser joint 44.
- the engagement of the dogs secures the second riser joint 44 to the first riser joint 42.
- the cam ring 46 is lifted to release the dogs from engagement with the pin end 40 of the second riser joint 44.
- a latch 48 is provided to lock the cam ring 46 in the second axial position to maintain the second riser joint 44 connection to the first riser joint 42.
- the cam ring 46 is held in the second axial position by friction between the cam ring 46 and the dogs.
- the latch 48 provides an additional mechanism by which the cam ring 46 is prevented from being moved inadvertently from the second axial position to the first axial position.
- the latch 48 is mounted on the box end 38 of each riser joint 30 and engages the cam ring 46 when the cam ring 46 is driven downward to the second position. The engagement between the latch 48 and the cam ring 46 resists upward movement of the cam ring 46.
- the latch 48 maintains the second riser joint 44 connected to the first riser joint 42.
- the latch 48 is adapted to cooperate with the cam ring 46 to prevent inadvertent axial movement of the cam ring 46.
- the illustrated embodiment of the latch 48 has a toothed profile 50 that is located on one end of a cantilever arm 52.
- the toothed profile 50 is configured to engage a corresponding grooved portion of the cam ring 46 when the cam ring 46 is positioned in the second axial position. Upward movement of the cam ring 46 from the second axial position to the first axial position is opposed by the engagement between the toothed profile 50 of the latch 48 and the corresponding grooved portion of the cam ring 46.
- the cantilever arm 52 biases the latch 48 outward so that the toothed profile 50 will engage the corresponding grooved profile of the cam ring 46.
- the cantilever arm 52 also enables the toothed profile 50 to be flexed inward during intentional axial movement of the cam ring 46 so that the toothed profile 50 of the latch 48 ratchets along the corresponding grooved portion of the cam ring 46.
- the illustrated embodiment of the latch 48 has a pair of mounting holes 54 for securing the latch 48 to the box end 38 of each riser joint 30.
- other arrangements and methods for securing the latch 48 to the riser joint 30 may be used.
- the cam ring 46 is presented in the first axial position on the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42.
- the cam ring 46 has a toothed profile 56 that is adapted to engage the toothed profile 50 of the latch 48.
- the toothed profile 56 extends around the inner circumference of the cam ring 46.
- the toothed profile 50 of the latch 48 does not engage the toothed profile 56 of the cam ring 46 when the cam ring 46 is in the first axial position. Instead, the toothed profiles 50, 56 are configured so that they are engaged only when the cam ring 46 is at or near the second axial position.
- the box end 38 has a cavity 58 that is provided to receive the latch 48 as the latch 48 ratchets when the cam ring 46 is moved axially.
- the cam ring 46 is presented in the second axial position on the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42.
- dogs (not shown) of the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42 are driven into an outer profile 62 of the pin end 40 of the second riser joint 44.
- the cantilever arm 52 of the latch 48 is biased outward from the cavity 58 to engage the toothed profile 50 of the latch 48 with the toothed profile 56 of the cam ring 46.
- a tool 64 is used to connect the riser joints 30 to form the riser string 20.
- the tool 64 has a plurality of retractable braces 66 that are extended outward to support a flange 68 of the first riser joint 42.
- the braces 66 also align the first riser joint 42 for connection with the second riser joint 44.
- the braces 66 are retracted to enable the first and second riser joints 42, 44 to pass through the tool 64 during assembly and disassembly of the riser string 20.
- the tool 64 is adapted to connect the riser joints 30 in a box-up/pin-down configuration.
- the first riser joint 42 is supported in the tool 64 with the box end 38 upward in this embodiment. Consequently, the pin end 40 of the second riser joint 44 is inserted into the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42.
- the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42 has a plurality of dogs 70 that are used to connect the box end 38 of the first riser joint 42 to the pin end 40 of the second riser joint 44 are presented.
- the dogs 70 extend through windows 72 in the box end 38.
- the tool 64 has a plurality of retractable jaws 74 that are extended outward to engage the cam ring 46 and drive it axially downward or upward.
- the jaws 74 are adapted to drive the cam ring 46 downward, as represented by arrow 76, to drive the dogs 70 of the first riser joint 42 inward, as represented by arrow 78, against the outer profile 62 of the pin end 40 of the second riser joint 44.
- friction between the inner surface 80 of the cam ring 46 and the outer surface 82 of the dogs 70 maintain the cam ring 46 in the second position.
- the illustrated embodiment of the box end 38 of a riser joint 30 utilizes three latches 48 that are disposed equidistant around the central tube 34 to maintain the cam ring 46 in the second axial position.
- a greater or lesser number of latches 48 may be used.
- the cam ring 46 drives dogs 70 against the pin end 40 of the upper riser 44 through windows 72 in the box end 38 of the lower riser 42, connecting the second riser joint 44 to the first riser joint 42.
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