WO1999011902A1 - Method and apparatus for aligning tubulars - Google Patents
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- WO1999011902A1 WO1999011902A1 PCT/GB1998/002582 GB9802582W WO9911902A1 WO 1999011902 A1 WO1999011902 A1 WO 1999011902A1 GB 9802582 W GB9802582 W GB 9802582W WO 9911902 A1 WO9911902 A1 WO 9911902A1
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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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- 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
- E21B19/165—Control or monitoring arrangements therefor
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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
- E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
- E21B19/24—Guiding or centralising devices for drilling rods or pipes
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/49764—Method of mechanical manufacture with testing or indicating
- Y10T29/49778—Method of mechanical manufacture with testing or indicating with aligning, guiding, or instruction
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T29/53039—Means to assemble or disassemble with control means energized in response to activator stimulated by condition sensor
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- This invention relates to a method and apparatus for aligning tubulars.
- a method and apparatus for aligning tubulars During the construction, repair and maintenance of oil and gas wells it is necessary to connect a plurality of tubulars. Conventionally this is achieved via screwed connections.
- One known apparatus for aligning tubulars comprises a positioning head which is mounted on a telescopic arm which can be hydraulically extended and retracted and pivoted in a horizontal plane to position the tubular.
- This apparatus is actuated remotely by a skilled operator who has a control panel with a joystick. This apparatus is very satisfactory.
- time is critical in the oil and gas industry and even a few seconds saved in each connecting operation can amount to a very significant overall cost saving.
- the present invention provides a method for aligning tubulars, which method comprises the steps of: - a) securing a lower tubular in slips; b) aligning an upper tubular with said lower tubu- lar with a remotely actuable apparatus; c) memorising the position of said stabbing guide when said upper tubular is aligned with said lower tubular; d ) connecting said upper tubular and said lower tubular; e) releasing said slips; f) lowering said upper tubular and said lower tubular; g) securing said upper tubular in said slips; h) gripping a tubular to be connected to said upper tubular in said apparatus; i) causing said apparatus to move said tubular to said memorized position; j) adjusting the position of said tubular, if necessary; and k) connecting said tubular to said upper tubular.
- the ability to automatically bring a tubular to its previous optimum position can save seconds on making each connection. Furthermore, it is not unknown for a tired operator to lower a tubular inappropriately with damage resulting to both the pin of the tubular being lowered and the socket of the tubular in the slips.
- the present invention reduces the probability of this hap- pening with true tubulars where the alignment positions of each tubular will be approximately the same.
- Step (c) may be carried out before step (d) or after step (d). Furthermore, the threads of the upper tubular and the lower tubular may be partially made up before step (c) and then fully made up after step (c) , i.e. step (c) may be carried out part way through step (d).
- the memorized position can be adjusted where desired. This may be appropriate if the initial position was memorized using a tubular which was not true.
- the present invention also provides an apparatus for aligning tubulars, which apparatus comprises a remotely controllable head adapted to guide a tubular, characterised in that said apparatus is provided with sensing means responsive to the position of said head, means to memorise a position of said head, and means operative to return said head to said operative posi- tion.
- said apparatus comprises a telescopic arm which supports said head.
- said sensing means comprises a linear transducer which is associated with said tele- scopic arm.
- said linear transducer forms part of a piston-and-cylinder which is used to extend and retract said telescopic arm.
- said telescopic arm is mounted on a rotor which is pivotally mounted on a base.
- said rotor is pivotable by expansion and retraction of a piston-and-cylinder assembly mounted on said base.
- said sensing means comprises a linear transducer which is a associated with said pis- ton-and-cylinder assembly.
- said linear transducer forms part of said piston-and-cylinder assembly.
- said telescopic arm is movable between an operative position in which it is generally horizontal and an inoperative position in which it extends upwardly, preferably vertically.
- said apparatus further comprises a remote control console having a "memory” button which, when actuated, will memorise the position of said head and a “recall” button which, when actuated, will return said head to its memorized position.
- Fig. 1 is a side elevation, with part cut-away, of one embodiment of an apparatus in accordance with the present invention.
- Fig. 2 is a plan view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1.
- the apparatus 101 comprises a base 103 which can be conveniently be bolted to a derrick where required.
- a rotor 104 is rotatably mounted on said base 103 and can be pivoted with respect to the base 103 by extension and retraction of the piston 105 of a piston- and-cylinder assembly 106 which is mounted fast on the base 103.
- Two ears 107 extend upwardly from the rotor 104 and support a pivot pin 108 on which is mounted a telescopic arm 109.
- the telescopic arm 109 comprises a first box section 110 and a second box section 111 which is slid- ably mounted in the first box section 110.
- a head 112 is mounted on the end of the second box section 111 and can be opened to allow the entry of a tubular into opening
- the head 112 comprises two arms 114, 115 each of which is provided with two centring devices 116, 117, 118, 119 which can be moved radially inwardly and outwardly according to the diameter of the tubular to be accommodated. As can be better seen in Fig. 2, each arm
- 114, 115 is pivoted on a respective pin 120, 121 and is provided with a respective pin 122, 123 which can travel within respective arcuate slots 124, 125 in a transverse member 126.
- the arms 114, 115 can be opened and closed by a small hydraulic actuator 134 disposed beneath the transverse member 126.
- the transverse member 126 is connected to a cross- member 127 which is connected to the piston 128 of a hydraulic piston-and-cylinder assembly 129, the other end of which is connected to the first box section 110 over the rotational axis of the rotor 104.
- a valve assembly 130 is mounted on the base 103 and is operable from a remote console to direct hydrau- lie fluid to and from the piston-and-cylinder assembly 106, the piston-and-cylinder assembly 129, the hydraulic actuator 134 for opening and closing the arms 114, 115, and a piston-and-cylinder assembly 131 which acts between a fitting 132 on the first box section 110 and a fitting 133 on the rotor 104.
- Extension of the piston- and-cylinder assembly 131 displaces the telescopic arm 109 into an inoperative, upwardly extending position, whilst contraction of the piston-and-cylinder assembly 131 moves the telescopic arm 109 to its operative, hori- zontal, position.
- valve assembly 130 is controlled from a remote console which is provided with a joystick which is spring biased to a central (neutral) position.
- a joystick which is spring biased to a central (neutral) position.
- the valve assembly 130 controls the flow of hydraulic fluid to the appropriate piston-and-cylinder assemblies.
- the head 112 stops in the position which it has obtained.
- the present invention differs from the aforede- scribed apparatus in that the apparatus 101 includes sensing devices for sensing the position of the head 112.
- a linear transducer for example as sold by Rota Engineering Limited of Bury, Manchester, England, is incorporated in both the piston-and-cylinder assembly 129 and the piston-and-cylinder assembly 106.
- the linear transducers provide a signal indicative of the extension of both the respective piston-and-cylinder assemblies 106, 129 which is transmitted to the operator' s console.
- the telescopic arm 109 is lowered into a horizontal position by contracting piston-and-cylinder assembly 131.
- the arms 114 and 115 are then opened and the head 112 manoeuvred so that the arms 114 and 115 lie around the tubular to be positioned.
- the arms 114 and 115 are then closed.
- the tubular is then manoeuvred into position above and in alignment with a lower tubular held in slips.
- the tubular is then lowered so that the pin enters the socket and the joint is then made up in the usual manner.
- the operator presses a button marked "memorise" on his console.
- tubulars After the slips have been released the tubulars are lowered down the borehole and the slips re-set. The next tubular is then in the proximity of the well centre, either being suspended from an elevator or ready for collection from a magazine mounted on the rig floor.
- the apparatus 101 is actuated so that the head 112 encircles and grips the new tubular.
- the operator simply presses a button on his console marked "recall”.
- the telescopic arm 109 then immediately moves to the memorized position, this being achieved by a control system (not shown) which displaces the piston-and-cylinder assembly 129 and the piston-and-cylinder assembly 106 until the signals from their respective linear transducers equal the signals memorized.
- the operator checks the alignment of the tubulars. If they are correctly aligned the upper tubular can be lowered and the tubulars secured together. If they are not correctly aligned the operator can make the necessary correction by moving the joystick on his console.
- the operator can, if he chooses, update the memorized position. However, he may omit this if he believes that the deviation is due to the tubular not being straight.
- the operator's console may have a button for memorising the collection area. This may be particularly appropriate if the tubulars are stored on a rotating magazine alongside the slips. In this case, the collection of the tubular and its positioning ready for stabbing can be very highly automated with only minimal visual verification.
- the position of the head is preferably memorized electronically it could also be memorized mechanically or optically.
- the apparatus 101 described is designed so that head 112 merely guides the tubular being stabbed with the weight of the tubular being supported by an elevator or similar device.
- head 112 merely guides the tubular being stabbed with the weight of the tubular being supported by an elevator or similar device.
- Vertical adjustment could conveniently be provided by hydraulic cylinders between the base 103 and the rig floor or the derrick on which the apparatus 101 is mounted.
- the centring devices 116, 117, 118 and 119 could be remotely adjustable to accommodate tubulars of different sizes. Such an arrangement might also include sensors to report the positions of the centring devices.
- a second aspect of the present invention contemplates recording these motions via the sensing means and reproducing these motions during a subsequent connecting operation. This procedure may be applied in conjunction with or completely separate and distinct from the method of aligning tubulars herein before described.
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