# US 10,479,641 B2 · Adjustment and repositioning of coiled tubing tensioning device while deployed > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,479,641 B2 - Document ID: US10479641B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/780,566 - Filed: 2016-02-24 - Published: 2018-12-13 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-02-24 - Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Applicants: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Inventors: George Stewart Cooper; Alan Charles John Turner; Richard Ian Gillings - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10479641B2 ## CPC - B65H 57/28: Reciprocating or oscillating guides (traversing devices for winding, coiling, or depositing filamentary material B65H54/28) - B63B 35/03: Pipe-laying vessels (laying pipes under water F16L1/12) - B65H 57/12: Tubes - B65H 59/10: by devices acting on running material and not associated with supply or take-up devices (by controlling speed of driving mechanism of material-forwarding devices B65H59/38) - B63B 35/04: Cable-laying vessels - B65H 2701/33: Hollow or hose-like material - B65H: HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES - B63B: SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING (arrangements of vessel ventilation, heating, cooling, or air-conditioning B63J2/00; floating substructures as supports of dredgers or soil-shifting machines E02F9/06) ## Abstract Systems, methods, and apparatuses for adjusting and repositioning a coiled tubing tensioning device while deployed. The system comprises a tubing guide for receiving a coiled tubing, a tensioning device for maintaining the coiled tubing in tension, and a tower frame having a moveable platform supporting the weight of the tensioning device. The moveable platform is adjustable vertically to raise and lower the tensioning device with respect to the tower frame, and the tower frame permits the tensioning device to move horizontally with respect to a fixed ground point. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An adjustable coiled tubing deployment system, comprising: a tubing guide for receiving a coiled tubing; a tensioning device for maintaining the coiled tubing in tension, where the coiled tubing is directed into the tensioning device from the tubing guide; and a tower frame having a moveable platform supporting the weight of the tensioning device, the moveable platform comprising an upper carriage section, a lower carriage section, and one or more vertical actuators coupled between the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section, the moveable platform adjustable vertically to raise and lower the tensioning device with respect to the tower frame, wherein: the tower frame comprises at least two longitudinal support rails each having a plurality of apertures spaced along a longitudinal length of each of the longitudinal support rails; and the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section each contain two or more pegs which are horizontally actuatable to engage at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures of each of the longitudinal support rails, thereby forming the moveable platform for supporting the tensioning device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the tensioning device is a coiled tubing injector for deploying the coiled tubing from the tubing guide. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising one or more longitudinal guide rails, wherein the longitudinal guide rails interface with the moveable platform to constrain a movement of one or more of the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section to be substantially along an axis of the longitudinal guide rails. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The system of claim 3, wherein one or more of the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section of the moveable platform is contained within an interior volume defined by the tower frame. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more vertical actuators coupled between the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section are provided as one or more of hydraulic actuators, pneumatic actuators, electric actuators, and mechanical actuators. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein a pivoting member is coupled with the tensioning device to permit pivotation of the tensioning device during receiving the coiled tubing into the tubing guide. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a portable base frame upon which the tower frame is supported permitting movement of the tower frame relative to a ground point. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, further comprising a coiled tubing reel from which the coiled tubing is drawn into the tubing guide. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the coiled tubing is deployed from a marine vessel. ### Claim 10 An adjustable coiled tubing deployment apparatus, comprising: a tubing guide for receiving a coiled tubing; a tensioning device for maintaining the coiled tubing in tension, where the coiled tubing is directed into the tensioning device from the tubing guide; and a tower frame having a moveable platform supporting the weight of the tensioning device, the moveable platform comprising an upper carriage section, a lower carriage section, and one or more vertical actuators, the moveable platform adjustable vertically to raise and lower the tensioning device with respect to the tower frame, wherein: the tower frame comprises at least two longitudinal support rails each having a plurality of apertures spaced along a longitudinal length of each of the longitudinal support rails; and the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section each contain two or more pegs which are horizontally actuatable to engage at least one aperture of the plurality of apertures of each of the longitudinal support rails, thereby forming the moveable platform for supporting the tensioning device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the tensioning device comprises a coiled tubing injector for deploying the coiled tubing from the tubing guide. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising one or more longitudinal guide rails, wherein the longitudinal guide rails interface with the moveable platform to constrain a movement of one or more of the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section to be substantially along an axis of the longitudinal guide rails. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein one or more of the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section of the moveable platform is contained within an interior volume defined by the tower frame. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the one or more vertical actuators are provided as one or more of hydraulic actuators, pneumatic actuators, electric actuators, and mechanical actuators. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein a pivoting member is coupled with the tensioning device to permit pivotation of the tensioning device during receiving the coiled tubing into the tubing guide. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a portable base frame upon which the tower frame is supported permitting movement of the tower frame relative to a ground point. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a coiled tubing reel from which the coiled tubing is drawn into the tubing guide. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the coiled tubing is deployed from a marine vessel. ### Claim 19 A method, comprising: deploying a coiled tubing through a tensioning device, the tensioning device supported by a moveable platform coupled to a tower frame, the moveable platform comprising an upper carriage section, a lower carriage section, and one or more vertical actuators, and the tower frame comprising at least two longitudinal support rails each having a plurality of apertures spaced along a longitudinal length of the longitudinal support rails; locking the tensioning device into a fixed position with respect to the tower frame by extending two or more horizontally actuatable pegs from the upper carriage section and the lower carriage section such that each horizontally actuatable peg engages an aperture of the plurality of apertures spaced along the longitudinal support rails; and adjusting a height of the tensioning device with respect to the tower frame by: retracting the horizontally actuatable pegs of the upper carriage section from the apertures of the longitudinal support rails; actuating the one or more vertical actuators to raise or lower the upper carriage section with respect to the lower carriage section and the tower frame, wherein the lower carriage section supports a weight of the tensioning device and the upper carriage section during the actuation; and extending the horizontally actuatable pegs of the upper carriage section to engage with apertures of the longitudinal support rails and lock the upper carriage section in place at a desired adjusted height. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more vertical actuators are provided as one or more of hydraulic actuators, pneumatic actuators, electric actuators, and mechanical actuators. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19 further comprising using a pivoting member to pivot the tensioning device relative to a ground point. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19 further comprising using a portable base frame upon which the tower frame is supported to permit movement of the tower frame relative to a ground point. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19 further comprising: drawing the coiled tubing into a tubing guide from a coiled tubing reel; and directing the coiled tubing from the tubing guide into the tensioning device in order to deploy the coiled tubing. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The method of claim 19 further comprising deploying the coiled tubing from a marine vessel.