WO2022155390A1 - Appareil de positionnement de filin de manœuvre - Google Patents

Appareil de positionnement de filin de manœuvre Download PDF

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WO2022155390A1
WO2022155390A1 PCT/US2022/012385 US2022012385W WO2022155390A1 WO 2022155390 A1 WO2022155390 A1 WO 2022155390A1 US 2022012385 W US2022012385 W US 2022012385W WO 2022155390 A1 WO2022155390 A1 WO 2022155390A1
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William E. Coyle
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/02—Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/023—Arrangements for connecting cables or wirelines to downhole devices
    • E21B17/026—Arrangements for fixing cables or wirelines to the outside of downhole devices

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  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for positioning a control line as a string of tubular pipe is made up and run into an earthen well that has been drilled into the earth’s crust to form a borehole. More specifically, the present invention relates to an apparatus for movably securing a control line to a control line positioning arm to enable the control line positioning arm to then position a portion of the control line that is movably captured within the control line positioning apparatus to be favorably disposed along the tubular pipe string to enable the application of a clamp or other securing member to secure the control line to the tubular pipe string.
  • the tubular pipe string is then lowered into a drilled borehole along with the portion of the control line secured thereto as an additional portion of the control line is fed out and fed into the borehole through the pathway within the control line positioning apparatus.
  • the tubular pipe string is then extended by threadedly joining an additional tubular joint or an additional stand of tubular joints to the tubular string, and the control line positioning arm and the control line positioning apparatus of the present invention are then used together to position a portion of the control line within the control line positioning apparatus to enable an additional clamp or other securing member to be applied.
  • Modem oil and/or gas wells include a control line that enables the transmission of signal from the surface to a downhole device such as, for example, a downhole valve, or a signal from a downhole instrument such as, for example, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor or a flow meter, to the surface. Data transmission and signal transmission in this manner enable better operational monitoring and control of the well.
  • Control lines are generally clamped or otherwise secured to a tubular string as it is being stepwise made up from a plurality of tubular joints or stands of tubular joints and extended into a drilled borehole.
  • Control lines are generally very stiff and resistant to bending and manipulation, and hydraulic or pneumatically-operated control line positioning arms, or pusher arms, are often used on rigs to engage and position portions of the control line adjacent to the tubular string so that a clamp can be applied.
  • a control line positioning apparatus is a device that can be affixed to a control line positioning arm, or a pusher arm, to engage and movably secure a portion of a control line to a position in which a clamp or other securing member can be applied to secure the portion of the control line to a tubular string that is being stepwise made-up and extended into a borehole.
  • a control line positioning apparatus is preferably a device that can movably engage the control line without abrading, kinking or damaging the control line.
  • One embodiment of the present invention provides a computer-implemented method, comprising
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a control line positioning apparatus of the present invention with a pivoting closure assembly of the control line positioning apparatus in an open position to allow a control line (not shown) to be introduced into and positioned within a control line pathway of the control line positioning apparatus.
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 3 is a frontal view of the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus of FIG. 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus of FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a control line positioning apparatus of the present invention with a closure assembly in the closed position to surround and capture a portion of a control line within the control line positioning pathway.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a control line positioning apparatus 10 of the present invention with a pivoting closure assembly 64 of the control line positioning apparatus 10 in the open position to allow a control line (not shown) to be positioned within a control line pathway 88.
  • the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 comprises a base 12 having an upper end 14, a lower end 16 and an intermediate section 18 therebetween.
  • the base 12 includes a pivot member 22 rotatably received into a pivot member bracket 20 disposed on the base 12 proximal to the intermediate section 18.
  • the pivot member 22 can be used to pivotally couple the control line positioning apparatus 10 to a control line pusher arm (not shown) such as, for example, but not by way of limitation, a control line pusher arm of the kind disclosed in U.S. Patent nos. 7,201,233, 7,610,965, 7,779,902 and 9,771,765.
  • a control line pusher arm also called a control line positioning arm, is used to dispose the control line in a desired position for being secured or clamped to a tubular string disposed adjacent to the control line positioning arm to which the control line positioning apparatus is coupled.
  • a base 12 of the control line positioning apparatus 10 can pivot relative to a pivot member 22 and relative to a control line positioning arm (not shown) that may be coupled to the control line positioning apparatus 10 at the pivot member 22.
  • the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 can pivot relative to the pivot member 22 within a limited angular range defined by the positions of the rollers, as will be discussed in more detail below.
  • pivoting of the control line positioning apparatus 10 may occur as a result of engagement of the control line positioning apparatus 10 with a tubular string (not shown) with which a control line (not shown) is being run into a well.
  • the base 12 further includes a top line roller 40, a bottom line roller 30, and an intermediate line roller 36 therebetween.
  • the intermediate line roller 36 is coupled to the base 12 at a position that is intermediate the pivot member 22 and the top line roller 40 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.
  • the top line roller 40, the intermediate line roller 36 and the bottom line roller 30 of the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 each have a “V”-shaped profile that centers an elongate control line (not shown) disposed within the control line pathway 88 illustrated by the dashed lines in FIG. 1.
  • the top line roller 40, the intermediate line roller 36 and the bottom line roller 30 of the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 are each rotatably coupled to the base 12 in a manner to engage a control line (not shown) that is disposed within the control line pathway 88.
  • the top line roller 40 of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 is rotatably received on a top line axle 38
  • the intermediate line roller 36 is rotatably received on an intermediate line axle 35
  • the bottom line roller 30 is rotatably received on a bottom line axle 28.
  • the top line axle 38 of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 is supported by a top axle support 39 that is affixed to the base 12
  • the intermediate line axle 35 is supported by an intermediate line axle support 34 that is affixed to the base 12
  • the bottom line axle 28 is supported by a lower line axle support 32.
  • the base 12 of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 further includes an extendable lower base portion 25 of the base 12 and an adjustable lower line axle support 32 disposed intermediate the bottom line axle 28 that rotatably supports the bottom line roller 30 and the extendable lower base portion 25.
  • the extendable lower base portion 25 of the base 12 includes a pair of base members 24 that are secured to the base 12, and a pair of extendable members 37 telescopically movable within the pair of base members 24 and securable at a desired position using pins 45 that are sized for insertion into alignable holes in each of the pair of base members 24 and in each of the corresponding extendable members 37.
  • the embodiment of the closure assembly 64 of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 also includes a latch 41 that releasably secures the closure assembly 64 in a closed position (shown in FIGs. 2-5).
  • the embodiment of the control line positioning head 10 of FIG. 1 includes a closure assembly 64 having a latch bolt 46 that can be slidably inserted into a latch aperture 44 on the base 12 to secure the closure assembly 64 in the closed position shown in FIGs. 2-5 can be retracted from the latch aperture 44 to allow the capture assembly 64 to pivot to the open position shown in FIG. 1.
  • the latch bolt 46 is secured to the closure assembly 64 by keeper 42.
  • Other types of latches can be used in place of the type with the latch bolt 46 shown in FIG. 1.
  • closure assembly 64 can be secured in the closed position shown in FIGs. 2-5 using, for example, but not by way of limitation, hook-and-eye latches, toggle-type latches, pull-down / toggle-type latches, clamp-type latches, cam / twist latches using rotating levers to engage strike plates, magnetic latches or other types of latches, or some combination of latches.
  • the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 further includes a closure assembly 64 having a left lateral roller 78 and right lateral roller 70 that together laterally straddle the control line pathway 88 when the closure assembly 64 is pivoted to and secured in the closed position shown in FIGs. 2-5.
  • the left lateral roller 78 and right lateral roller 70 are rotatably coupled, in a spaced-apart relationship, to the closure assembly 64 and rotatable about a left lateral axle 68 that rotatably secures left lateral roller 78 and right lateral axle 72 that rotatably secures right lateral roller 70.
  • Right lateral axle 72 is not shown in FIG. 1, and can be seen in FIGs. 3 and 5.
  • left lateral roller 78 and right lateral roller 70 engage and laterally stabilize the control line (not shown) that occupies the control line pathway 88 and prevent unwanted scarring or abrasion to the control line.
  • Left lateral axle 68 is supported on the closure assembly 64 by left lateral axle support 67 and right lateral axle 72 is supported on the closure assembly 64 by right lateral axle support 71.
  • the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 further includes a closure assembly 64 having an upper pipe roller 66 supported on an upper pipe roller axle 76 and a lower pipe roller 61 (not shown in FIG. 1 — see FIG. 2-5) supported on a lower pipe roller axle 62.
  • the upper pipe roller 78 and the lower pipe roller 61 (not shown in FIG. 1), when the closure assembly 64 is in the closed position to capture a control line (not shown) within the control line pathway 88 as shown in FIGs. 2-5, are disposed intermediate the control line pathway 88 and the tubular string (not shown) against which the upper pipe roller 78 and lower pipe roller 61 may be engaged during use of the control line positioning apparatus 10.
  • a barrier 50 is disposed on the closure assembly 64 intermediate the upper pipe roller 66 and the lower pipe roller 61.
  • FIG. 2 is a side elevation view of the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 1 after pivoting of the closure assembly 64 to the closed position, and movement of the latch bolt 46 to engage the latch aperture 44 to secure the closure assembly 64 in the closed position to surround the control line pathway 88 as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the control line pusher arm, the tubular string and the control line are omitted so that the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus 10 can be more clearly seen.
  • FIG. 2 shows the closure assembly 64 secured in position by the latch bolt 46 engaging the latch aperture 44 on the base 12, the latch bolt 46 secured to the closure assembly 64 by the keeper 42.
  • FIG. 1 shows the closure assembly 64 secured in position by the latch bolt 46 engaging the latch aperture 44 on the base 12, the latch bolt 46 secured to the closure assembly 64 by the keeper 42.
  • FIG. 2 further shows the lower pipe roller 61 and the upper pipe roller 66 supported in position by the lower pipe roller axle 62 and the upper pipe roller axle 76, respectively.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates how the control line pathway 88 is disposed intermediate the upper pipe roller 66 and the adjacent lower pipe roller 61, both forward of the control line pathway 88, and the top line roller 40 and the adjacent intermediate line roller 36, both rearward of the control line pathway 88.
  • FIG. 2 further illustrates how the control line pathway 88 is straddled by the left lateral roller 78 and the right lateral roller 70 (not shown in FIG. 2). [0019] It can be seen from FIG. 2 that movement of the control line positioning head 10 of FIG.
  • the upper pipe roller 66 and the lower pipe roller 61 minimize the effects of drag between the control line positioning apparatus 10 and a tubular string (not shown) that may be disposed to the right of the control line positioning apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 2 and then engaged by the upper pipe roller 66 and the lower pipe roller 61.
  • the upper pipe roller 66 and the lower pipe roller 61 together ensure that forces of engagement between the control line positioning apparatus 10 and the tubular string (not shown) engaged by the upper pipe roller 66 and/or lower pipe roller 61 are directed horizontally against the upper pipe roller axle 76 and/or the lower pipe roller axle 62, both of which are disposed above the pivot member 22 through which the control line positioning apparatus 10 may be coupled to a control line pusher arm (not shown).
  • a control line pusher arm not shown.
  • the application of force by engagement of the control line positioning apparatus 10 shown in FIG. 2 with a tubular string disposed to the right of the control line positioning apparatus 10 will cause rotation of the base 12 of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 2 which will pivot relative to the pivot member 22 in a counterclockwise direction, as viewed from in FIG. 2.
  • This pivoting movement urges the bottom line roller 30 to the right in FIG. 2 and against a portion of a control line (not shown) that is received into the control line pathway 88 and captured within the control line positioning apparatus 10 by the closure assembly 64 being in the closed and latched position, as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the bottom line roller 30 thus engages and displaces a portion of the control line (not shown) adjacent thereto and within the control line pathway 88 towards the tubular string (not shown), and a clamp (not shown) may be applied to secure the portion of the control line adjacent to and engaged by the bottom line roller 30 to the tubular string beneath the bottom line roller 30 of the control line positioning apparatus 10.
  • FIG. 3 is a frontal view of the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 2.
  • the relative vertical positions of the top line roller 40, the upper pipe roller 66, the lower pipe roller 61, the intermediate line roller 36 and the bottom line roller 30, each of which are rotatably coupled to the closure assembly 64 of the control line positioning apparatus 10, can be seen in FIG. 3.
  • FIG. 4 is a bottom view of the embodiment of the control line positioning apparatus 10 of FIG. 3 showing the relative horizontal positions of the lower pipe roller 61 and the bottom line roller 30, and of each relative to the control line pathway 88 and the base 12 of the control line positioning apparatus 10.
  • FIG. 4 also illustrates the positioning of the threaded extender 26 that can be used to adjust the separation of the bottom line axle 28 and the bottom line roller 30 supported thereon from the base 12.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of a control line positioning apparatus 10 of the present invention with a closure assembly 64 in the closed position.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the positions of the left lateral roller 78 that rotates on the left lateral axle 68 and the right lateral roller 70 that rotates on the right lateral axle 72.
  • FIG. 5 also illustrates the positions of the upper line roller 40, the bottom line roller 30 and the intermediate line roller 36 therebetween.
  • FIG. 5 further illustrates the position of the pivot member 22 for coupling the base 12 of the control line positioning apparatus 10 to a control line positioning arm (not shown) and for allowing the base 12 to pivot relative to the control line positioning arm.
  • FIG. 5 further illustrates the position of the upper pipe roller 66 and the lower pipe roller 64.

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La présente invention concerne un appareil de positionnement de filin de manœuvre pouvant être relié à un bras de positionnement de filin de manœuvre, l'appareil de positionnement de filin de manœuvre comprenant une base ayant un élément de pivot pour une connexion à un bras de positionnement de filin de manœuvre, un rouleau de filin supérieure couplé à la base au-dessus de l'élément de pivot, un rouleau de filin inférieur couplé à la base au-dessous de l'élément de pivot, un ensemble de fermeture ayant un canal intérieur, un rouleau de tuyau supérieur couplé de façon rotative à la base au-dessus de l'élément de pivot et un rouleau de filin inférieur couplé de façon rotative à la base au-dessous de l'élément de pivot. Dans un mode de réalisation, l'appareil de positionnement de filin de manœuvre comprend en outre un rouleau latéral gauche et un rouleau latéral droit qui chevauchent ensemble un trajet de filin de manœuvre pour protéger davantage un filin de manœuvre introduit dans le trajet de filin de manœuvre et capturé à l'intérieur de celui-ci.
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