EP0171144B1 - Device for handling well casings - Google Patents
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
- B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
- B66C13/00—Other constructional features or details
- B66C13/04—Auxiliary devices for controlling movements of suspended loads, or preventing cable slack
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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
- E21B19/02—Rod or cable suspensions
- E21B19/06—Elevators, i.e. rod- or tube-gripping devices
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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
- E21B19/14—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
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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
- E21B19/16—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
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- the invention relates to a method and device for connecting threaded tubular drill string members, for example casing members.
- one or more casing strings are set to protect the well bore and/or the formation. Whether the crew members are running surface, intermediate, or production casing, the handling of these heavy individual casing members presents special problems.
- US-A-3 351 372 or US-A-1 454 194 discloses a device for facilitating the handling of a load, which device comprises:
- US-A-1 842 638 discloses a device which is generally similar to that disclosed in US-A-1 454 194.
- a first member and a second member are maintained apart by a spring and by hydraulic fluid.
- the first member is attached to the lifting wire of a crane and the load is attached to the second member.
- the load is positioned above its desired resting place using the lifting wire.
- the hydraulic fluid is then drained from between the first and second members to lower the load into its resting place. It will be noted that the load cannot be moved downwardly by hand pressure since hydraulic fluid is incompressible.
- the present invention is directed to a method and device for connecting casings and other tubular drill string members to reduce the above problems.
- Preferred embodiments provide an elevator-like device which provides the rig hands greater control over the vertical movement of casing to be attached to assembled casing strings.
- a method for connecting threaded tubular drill string members for example casing members, which method comprises the steps of:
- a device for use in carrying out a method according to the invention which device comprises:
- said resilient means comprise, directly or indirectly, compressed gas.
- one of said first and second members has an end wall and a side wall having at least two elongate slots therein disposed to opposite sides of said one member, and wherein the other member is provided with a bar which extends through said slots and the ends of which provide attachment points for connecting said other member to said lifting block.
- said first member comprises an enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall extending therebetween
- said second member comprises a top wall mounted in said first member and provided with lifting straps which extend through the bottom wall of said first member, and wherein said resilient means acts between the bottom wall of said first member and the top wall of said second member.
- a device includes a stop arranged to limit the minimum distance between said first and second members.
- the resilient means may be associated with hydraulic and/or mechanical features.
- the resilient means could comprise a spring which would preferably be adjustable. Whilst this would be quite acceptable for substantially uniform loads it is not particularly favoured where the load is not constant.
- the resilient means could act between the first member and the second member via hydraulic fluid, for example a hydraulic piston and cylinder assembly could be disposed between the first and second members and associated with a control mechanism adapted-to admit or vent hydraulic fluid from the assembly to raise or lower the load with respect to the first member.
- a hydraulic accumulator or the like is provided to introduce resilience into the system.
- the compressed gas is contained in a piston and cylinder arrangement or in a bellows disposed between the first member and the second member.
- means are preferably provided to adjust the gas pressure in the piston and cylinder or bellows either by the admission of gas thereto or by the venting of gas therefrom.
- the gas pressure may be set so that the load is exactly supported by the bellows or the piston and cylinder in an expanded state. Downward pressure on the load will result in the bellows or piston and cylinder contracting and the load moving downwards. This can, of course, greatly facilitate the connection of a new casing to an assembled pipe string since the weight of the new casing is counterbalanced by the gas pressure.
- a pressure relief valve may be provided which may be set to vent either at the maximum design pressure of the equipment or, at a given pressure corresponding to the load being balanced. This would normally be the case where successive loads are substantially equal.
- means may be provided to automatically adjust the pressure in the piston and cylinder or bellows to maintain the first and second members spaced apart by a given distance when the load is first lifted. Once the load is near its final position the automatic means are rendered inoperative to enable the load to be lowered by the application of downward pressure.
- a joint elevator is connected to the second member.
- the present invention also provides a drilling rig provided with a device in accordance with the invention.
- said resilient force which maintains said first and second members apart is applied, at least in part, directly or indirectly, by gas pressure.
- the rig When casing is being "run", or connected in an assembled string and lowered into a hole that has already been drilled, the rig is typically configured to handle the very heavy weight of the assembled casing string 21 by suspending the travelling block 10 from the crown block (not shown) using multiple wraps of the drilling line 11 around the sheaves of the travelling block 10. On heavy strings, a large number of wraps, up to sixteen or more, may be required. From bails 12a and 12b on the travelling block is suspended an elevator 13, normally a slip elevator, sized to hoist and lower the entire weight of the assembled casing string, which weight may exceed 2,000,000 pounds (900 tonnes).
- the single joint elevator 15 is typically required to hoist and lower only approximately 100 to 20,000 pounds weight (45 to 9090 kg).
- That portion of the assembled casing string 21 which has already been assembled and lowered into the hole is suspended in a spider 16 mounted on the rig floor 17.
- the slips of the spider 16 grasp the uppermost member of the assembled casing string 21 below its box 22 (or female threaded end), leaving the box 22 exposed for connection with the pin 33 (or male threaded end) of the next casing 20 to be added to the assembled casing string.
- the single joint elevator 15 is displaced to the area of the next casing 20 to be added and attached thereto just below its box 24.
- the driller draws up some of the drilling line 11 so as to hoist into the mast the single joint elevator 15 and casing 20. Hoisting continues until the casing 20 is positioned vertically above the spider 16 and the exposed box 22, as depicted in Figure 3.
- This process requires the driller to then lower the casing length 20 so that the "sfabber" can stab the pin 23 into the box 22 and rotate it to "make-up" the connection. Rotation and make-up is typically accomplished via use of power tongs 18, shown in Figure 4.
- the single joint elevator 15 is disengaged on the casing 20.
- the slips of the spider 16 are released, and the assembled casing string 21 is lowered into the well bore the length of the casing 20. At this point, the spider slips 16 are reset and the entire process is repeated until all of the casing lengths have been made-up.
- the device comprises a lower housing member 30 and an upper housing member 31.
- the upper housing member 31 has an end well 31a a and a substantially vertical and cylindrical side wall 31 b extending therebelow.
- the side wall 31 b is provided with one or more elongate slots 31 c.
- the lower housing member 30 comprises bars 30a and 30b which extend through the elongate slots 31c.
- the cable 14a is attached to bolts extending between the bars 30a and 30b adjacent the ends thereof.
- the bellows 40 may consist of commercially available air springs or air actuators.
- the bellows 40 Upon inflating the bellows 40 (as via an air supply (not shown) connected to air line 41), the upper housing member 31 is lifted upward and away from lower housing member 30 by the expansion of the bellows 40, as illustrated in Figure 3.
- the bellows 40 contracts, causing the upper housing member 31 to lower, as illustrated in Figure 4.
- This expansion and contraction permits the vertical position of the suspended casing 20 to be altered relative to the lower casing member 30 by manually pulling downward on the suspended casing 20 until the pin 23 is properly positioned. Rotation is permitted by a swivel (not shown) mounted between the primary elevator 13 and the single joint elevator 15.
- a conventional pneumatic supply provides a source of air for the bellows 40.
- Manually operable means (not shown) are provided to apply the bleed off air from within the bellows 40.
- An adjustable pressure relief valve is also provided, the venting pressure of which is determined by the characteristics of the particular bellows employed and the desired handling characteristics described below.
- a single casing 20 is hoisted into. the mast.
- the bellows 40 is pressurized until the maximum pressure permitted by the relief valve (not shown) is attained.
- the rig hand may then manually adjust the pressure downward until the preferred pressure is reached. Because of the "lift" provided by the bellows 40, that preferred pressure will be characterized by the seemingly weightless suspension of the casing 20 above the box 22 and the relative ease with which the casing 20 may be manually lowered by the rig hand under the increased control provided by the device, so that the threads of the pin 23 and box 22 may be properly aligned and connected with damage to neither. If the weight of each casing 20 is substantially the same weight as the prior casing, the rig hand may simply adjust the adjustable pressure relief valve to vent at a pressure corresponding to the bellows being nearly fully extended with the load applied.
- means may be provided to automatically adjust the pressure in the bellows 40 according to the load.
- Such means could operate, for example by admitting air to the bellows until the upper member 31 and the lower member 30 are spaced apart by a given distance. It would, of course, be necessary to render such automatic means inoperative to enable the casing to be offered up to the assembled casing string.
- the device may comprise a substantially enclosed first member having a top wall and a bottom wall attached by a side wall.
- a bellows is mounted in the first member and acts between the bottom wall of the first member and the top wall of a member which extends across the interior of the first member and is connected to lifting straps which extend downwardly from the top member through openings in the bottom wall of the first member.
- a stop may be provided to limit downward movement of the top wall and thereby prevent the bellows being crushed.
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- The invention relates to a method and device for connecting threaded tubular drill string members, for example casing members.
- In many drilling applications, and especially in deep high pressure wells, one or more casing strings are set to protect the well bore and/or the formation. Whether the crew members are running surface, intermediate, or production casing, the handling of these heavy individual casing members presents special problems.
- In particular, considerable skill is needed to lower the new casing into position on the assembled casing string and to make the necessary threaded connection between the pin on the new casing and the box on the top of the assembled casing string. Thus, if the new casing is positioned too high above the box on the assembled string, the threads do not engage. On the other hand, if the pin is lowered too far, the full eight of the new casing may rest on the first thread of the assembled string and damage may occur. This may require removal of the damaged casing(s) and costly delays. Even if no thread damage initially occurs as a result of lowering the casing pin too far, if it rests on the assembled string, the worker (the "stabber") may have difficulty in manoeuvring the casing to align it so as to make a proper threaded connection. In the event of such a misalignment, cross threading or other thread damage is likely to occur.
- US-A-3 351 372 or US-A-1 454 194 discloses a device for facilitating the handling of a load, which device comprises:
- a) a first member attachable to a lifting block;
- b) a second member to which said load can be connected; and
- c) resilient means which, in use, act between said first member and said second member and which permit said load to move downwardly with respect to said first member when downward pressure is applied to said load. The resilient means in this specification comprises a spring. This device has the disadvantage that it can only be used with casings of a given weight. Furthermore, and more notably, it also has the disadvantage that when unscrewing one piece of casing from another the upper casing frequently pops up when the threads of the upper and lower casings disengage and then comes back down again hitting and often damaging the shoulder of the lower casing.
- US-A-1 842 638 discloses a device which is generally similar to that disclosed in US-A-1 454 194.
- In FR-A-1 497 666 a first member and a second member are maintained apart by a spring and by hydraulic fluid. The first member is attached to the lifting wire of a crane and the load is attached to the second member. In use, the load is positioned above its desired resting place using the lifting wire. The hydraulic fluid is then drained from between the first and second members to lower the load into its resting place. It will be noted that the load cannot be moved downwardly by hand pressure since hydraulic fluid is incompressible.
- The present invention is directed to a method and device for connecting casings and other tubular drill string members to reduce the above problems. Preferred embodiments provide an elevator-like device which provides the rig hands greater control over the vertical movement of casing to be attached to assembled casing strings.
- According to one aspect of the invention there is provided a method for connecting threaded tubular drill string members, for example casing members, which method comprises the steps of:
- a) providing a device which comprises a first member attached to a lifting block, a second member to which a first threaded tubular drill string member can be attached, and means responsive, directly or indirectly, to compressed gas acting between said first member and said second member;
- b) attaching a first threaded tubular drill string member to said second member;
- c) raising said lifting block to lift said first threaded tubular drill string member via said device;
- d) arranging for the pressure of said compressed gas to maintain said first member and said second member apart whilst permitting downward manual force to lower said first tubular drill string member with respect to said lifting block;
- e) manoeuvring said first threaded tubular drill string member into a position above a second tubular drill string member;
- f) applying manual downward pressure to said first tubular drill string member to bring the threads of said first and second threaded tubular drill string members into contact; and
- g) rotating said first tubular drill string member with respect to said second tubular drill string member to connect said threaded tubular drill string members.
- According to another aspect of the present invention there is provided a device for use in carrying out a method according to the invention, which device comprises:
- a) a first member attachable to a lifting block;
- b) a second member to which said load can be connected; and
- c) resilient means which, in use, act between said first member and said second member and which permit said load to move downwardly with respect to said first member when downward pressure is applied to said load
- characterized in that:
- said resilient means comprise, directly or indirectly, compressed gas.
- In one embodiment of the invention, one of said first and second members has an end wall and a side wall having at least two elongate slots therein disposed to opposite sides of said one member, and wherein the other member is provided with a bar which extends through said slots and the ends of which provide attachment points for connecting said other member to said lifting block.
- In another embodiment of the invention, said first member comprises an enclosure having a top wall, a bottom wall and a side wall extending therebetween, wherein said second member comprises a top wall mounted in said first member and provided with lifting straps which extend through the bottom wall of said first member, and wherein said resilient means acts between the bottom wall of said first member and the top wall of said second member. Preferably, such a device includes a stop arranged to limit the minimum distance between said first and second members.
- The resilient means may be associated with hydraulic and/or mechanical features.
- Thus, for example, the resilient means could comprise a spring which would preferably be adjustable. Whilst this would be quite acceptable for substantially uniform loads it is not particularly favoured where the load is not constant.
- Alternatively, the resilient means could act between the first member and the second member via hydraulic fluid, for example a hydraulic piston and cylinder assembly could be disposed between the first and second members and associated with a control mechanism adapted-to admit or vent hydraulic fluid from the assembly to raise or lower the load with respect to the first member. In such an embodiment a hydraulic accumulator or the like is provided to introduce resilience into the system.
- In preferred, the compressed gas is contained in a piston and cylinder arrangement or in a bellows disposed between the first member and the second member.
- In order to accommodate varying loads, means are preferably provided to adjust the gas pressure in the piston and cylinder or bellows either by the admission of gas thereto or by the venting of gas therefrom. Thus, the gas pressure may be set so that the load is exactly supported by the bellows or the piston and cylinder in an expanded state. Downward pressure on the load will result in the bellows or piston and cylinder contracting and the load moving downwards. This can, of course, greatly facilitate the connection of a new casing to an assembled pipe string since the weight of the new casing is counterbalanced by the gas pressure.
- A pressure relief valve may be provided which may be set to vent either at the maximum design pressure of the equipment or, at a given pressure corresponding to the load being balanced. This would normally be the case where successive loads are substantially equal.
- If desired, means may be provided to automatically adjust the pressure in the piston and cylinder or bellows to maintain the first and second members spaced apart by a given distance when the load is first lifted. Once the load is near its final position the automatic means are rendered inoperative to enable the load to be lowered by the application of downward pressure.
- Advantageously, a joint elevator is connected to the second member.
- The present invention also provides a drilling rig provided with a device in accordance with the invention.
- There is also provided a method of handling a load, which method comprises the steps of:
- a) mounting a first member on a lifting block;
- b) connecting a load to a second member;
- c) applying a resilient force between said first and second members to maintain said first and second members apart; and
- d) applying downward pressure to said load to lower said load with respect to said first member;
- characterized in that:
- said resilient force which maintains said first and second members apart is applied, at least in part, directly or indirectly, by gas pressure.
- For a better understanding of the invention reference will now be made, by way of example, to the accompanying drawings, in which:-
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a typical rotary drilling rig configuration provided with one embodiment of a device in accordance with the present invention connected to a single joint elevator in preparation for lifting a casing into the mast;
- Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the casing being lifted into the mast;
- Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the casing suspended over the assembled casing string;
- Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the casing attached to the assembled casing string;
- Figure 5 is a perspective, partly sectioned view of the device shown in Figure 1;
- Figure 6 is a sectional view taken along line 6-6 of Figure 5; and
- Figure 7 is a partly sectional view taken along line 7-7 of Figure 6.
- Figures 1-4 generally depict a rotary drilling rig configuration in the process of connecting a
new casing 20 to an assembledcasing string 21. - When casing is being "run", or connected in an assembled string and lowered into a hole that has already been drilled, the rig is typically configured to handle the very heavy weight of the assembled
casing string 21 by suspending the travellingblock 10 from the crown block (not shown) using multiple wraps of the drilling line 11 around the sheaves of the travellingblock 10. On heavy strings, a large number of wraps, up to sixteen or more, may be required. Frombails 12a and 12b on the travelling block is suspended anelevator 13, normally a slip elevator, sized to hoist and lower the entire weight of the assembled casing string, which weight may exceed 2,000,000 pounds (900 tonnes). - Below the
primary elevator 13 is normally suspended by cables and a swivel (not illustrated), a smaller elevator often called the single joint elevator so named because it is sized to hoist and lower asingle casing 20. The singlejoint elevator 15 is typically required to hoist and lower only approximately 100 to 20,000 pounds weight (45 to 9090 kg). - That portion of the assembled
casing string 21 which has already been assembled and lowered into the hole is suspended in aspider 16 mounted on therig floor 17. The slips of thespider 16 grasp the uppermost member of the assembledcasing string 21 below its box 22 (or female threaded end), leaving thebox 22 exposed for connection with the pin 33 (or male threaded end) of thenext casing 20 to be added to the assembled casing string. - As illustrated in Figures 1 and 2, the single
joint elevator 15 is displaced to the area of thenext casing 20 to be added and attached thereto just below itsbox 24. By operating the drawworks (not shown), the driller draws up some of the drilling line 11 so as to hoist into the mast the singlejoint elevator 15 andcasing 20. Hoisting continues until thecasing 20 is positioned vertically above thespider 16 and the exposedbox 22, as depicted in Figure 3. This process requires the driller to then lower thecasing length 20 so that the "sfabber" can stab thepin 23 into thebox 22 and rotate it to "make-up" the connection. Rotation and make-up is typically accomplished via use of power tongs 18, shown in Figure 4. Then the singlejoint elevator 15 is disengaged on thecasing 20. The slips of thespider 16 are released, and the assembledcasing string 21 is lowered into the well bore the length of thecasing 20. At this point, the spider slips 16 are reset and the entire process is repeated until all of the casing lengths have been made-up. - Heretofore, making the connection between the
pin 23 and thebox 22 has required considerable skill as discussed hereinbefore. However, the degree of skill required is considerably reduced by the provision ofdevice 1 which is positioned between theprimary elevator 13 and the singlejoint elevator 15. In particular thedevice 1 is suspended bycable 14a from thebell 13a ofprimary elevator 13 and has suspended below it acable 14 to which the singlejoint elevator 15 is attached. - Referring to Figures 5 to 7, the device comprises a
lower housing member 30 and anupper housing member 31. - The
upper housing member 31 has anend well 31a a and a substantially vertical and cylindrical side wall 31 b extending therebelow. The side wall 31 b is provided with one or moreelongate slots 31 c. - The
lower housing member 30 comprisesbars elongate slots 31c. Thecable 14a is attached to bolts extending between thebars - Attached to and positioned between the
lower housing member 30 and the underside of theend wall 31 a ofupper housing member 31 is a bellows 40. The bellows 40 may consist of commercially available air springs or air actuators. Upon inflating the bellows 40 (as via an air supply (not shown) connected to air line 41), theupper housing member 31 is lifted upward and away fromlower housing member 30 by the expansion of thebellows 40, as illustrated in Figure 3. When deflated, thebellows 40 contracts, causing theupper housing member 31 to lower, as illustrated in Figure 4. This expansion and contraction permits the vertical position of the suspendedcasing 20 to be altered relative to thelower casing member 30 by manually pulling downward on the suspendedcasing 20 until thepin 23 is properly positioned. Rotation is permitted by a swivel (not shown) mounted between theprimary elevator 13 and the singlejoint elevator 15. - A conventional pneumatic supply provides a source of air for the
bellows 40. Manually operable means (not shown) are provided to apply the bleed off air from within thebellows 40. An adjustable pressure relief valve is also provided, the venting pressure of which is determined by the characteristics of the particular bellows employed and the desired handling characteristics described below. - In operation, a
single casing 20 is hoisted into. the mast. The bellows 40 is pressurized until the maximum pressure permitted by the relief valve (not shown) is attained. The rig hand may then manually adjust the pressure downward until the preferred pressure is reached. Because of the "lift" provided by thebellows 40, that preferred pressure will be characterized by the seemingly weightless suspension of thecasing 20 above thebox 22 and the relative ease with which thecasing 20 may be manually lowered by the rig hand under the increased control provided by the device, so that the threads of thepin 23 andbox 22 may be properly aligned and connected with damage to neither. If the weight of eachcasing 20 is substantially the same weight as the prior casing, the rig hand may simply adjust the adjustable pressure relief valve to vent at a pressure corresponding to the bellows being nearly fully extended with the load applied. - Various modifications to the embodiment described with reference to the drawings are envisaged, for example means may be provided to automatically adjust the pressure in the
bellows 40 according to the load. Such means could operate, for example by admitting air to the bellows until theupper member 31 and thelower member 30 are spaced apart by a given distance. It would, of course, be necessary to render such automatic means inoperative to enable the casing to be offered up to the assembled casing string. - If desired, the device may comprise a substantially enclosed first member having a top wall and a bottom wall attached by a side wall. A bellows is mounted in the first member and acts between the bottom wall of the first member and the top wall of a member which extends across the interior of the first member and is connected to lifting straps which extend downwardly from the top member through openings in the bottom wall of the first member.
- A stop may be provided to limit downward movement of the top wall and thereby prevent the bellows being crushed.
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