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US 10,597,954 B2Granted
Sequencing for pipe handling
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsJan Alvaer, Christian Doennestad Nilssen, Joe Rodney Berry
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Abstract
A method sequence for handling tubulars into or out of a wellbore, the method comprising: moving a tubular string into or out of a wellbore via a top drive; moving tubular stands to and from a setback position and a stand handoff position via a transfer bridge racker and a setback guide arm; moving tubular stands to and from the stand handoff position and a well center position via a tubular delivery arm and a lower stabilizing arm; building stands and breaking down stands offline via a mousehole and operating a roughneck on joints between the tubular stands and the tubular string.
Claims18
A method for performing operations via a drill rig, the method comprising:
- conducting a drilling operation at a well center;
- conducting a standing operation simultaneously with the drilling operation, wherein the standing operation comprises:
- moving a first tubular single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position via a catwalk;
- moving the first tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a mousehole stickup position via a tubular delivery arm and a lower stabilizing arm;
- holding the first tubular single in the mousehole stickup position via at least one stand constraint;
- moving a second tubular single between the feeding table position and the drill floor pickup position via the catwalk;
- moving the second tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a mousehole make/brake position via the tubular delivery arm and the lower stabilizing arm;
- operating a roughneck on a joint between the first and second tubular singles;
- moving a tubular stand comprising the first and second tubular singles between a mousehole position and a stand handoff position;
- and
- moving the tubular stand between a stand handoff position and a setback position via a transfer bridge racker and a setback guide arm;
- wherein the standing operation comprises a stand building operation,
- wherein moving the first and second tubular singles between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position comprises moving the first and second tubular singles from the feeding table position to the drill floor pickup position,
- wherein moving the first tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a mousehole stickup position comprises moving the first tubular single from the drill floor pickup position to the mousehole stickup position,
- wherein moving the second tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a mousehole make/brake position,
- wherein operating a roughneck on a joint between the first and second tubular singles comprises making up the joint,
- wherein moving a tubular stand between a mousehole position and a stand handoff position comprises moving the tubular stand from the mousehole position to the standoff position;
- and
- wherein moving the tubular stand between a stand handoff position and a setback position comprises moving the tubular from the stand handoff position to the setback position.
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A method for performing operations via a drill rig, the method comprising:
- moving a tubular string relative to the wellbore via a top drive;
- moving a tubular single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position via a catwalk;
- moving the tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a well center position via a top drive and a lower stabilizing arm;
- and
- operating a roughneck on a joint between the tubular single and the tubular string in the wellbore;
- wherein the moving a tubular single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position comprises moving the tubular from the feeding table position to the drill floor pickup position,
- wherein the moving the tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a well center position comprises moving the tubular single from the drill floor pickup position to the well center position;
- and
- wherein the operating a roughneck on a joint between the tubular single and a tubular string in a wellbore comprises making up the joint.
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A method for performing operations via a drill rig, the method comprising:
- moving a casing string relative to the wellbore via a top drive;
- moving a casing single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position via a catwalk;
- moving the tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a well center position;
- operating a casing running tool between the casing single and the top drive;
- and
- operating the top drive on a joint between the casing single and the casing string in the wellbore;
- wherein the moving a casing string relative to the wellbore via a top drive comprises running the casing string into the wellbore;
- wherein the moving a casing single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position comprises moving the casing single from the feeding table position to the drill floor position;
- wherein the moving the tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a well center position via a pickup elevator of a top drive and a lower stabilizing arm;
- wherein operating a casing running tool between the casing single and the top drive comprises making up the casing running tool to the casing single;
- and
- wherein operating the top drive via the casing running tool on a joint between the casing single and the casing string in the wellbore comprises making up the joint via the top drive.
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A method for performing operations via a drill rig, the method comprising:
- conducting a drilling operation at a well center;
- conducting a standing operation simultaneously with the drilling operation, wherein the standing operation comprises:
- moving a first tubular single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position via a catwalk;
- moving the first tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a mousehole stickup position via a tubular delivery arm and a lower stabilizing arm;
- holding the first tubular single in the mousehole stickup position via at least one stand constraint;
- moving a second tubular single between the feeding table position and the drill floor pickup position via the catwalk;
- moving the second tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a mousehole make/brake position via the tubular delivery arm and the lower stabilizing arm;
- operating a roughneck on a joint between the first and second tubular singles;
- moving a tubular stand comprising the first and second tubular singles between a mousehole position and a stand handoff position;
- and
- moving the tubular stand between a stand handoff position and a setback position via a transfer bridge racker and a setback guide arm;
- wherein the standing operation comprises a stand laydown operation,
- wherein moving the first and second tubular singles between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position comprises moving the first and second tubular singles from the drill floor pickup position to the feeding table position,
- wherein moving the first tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a mousehole stickup position comprises moving the first tubular single from the mousehole stickup position to the drill floor pickup position,
- wherein moving the second tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a mousehole make/brake position comprises moving the second tubular single from the mousehole make/brake position to the drill floor pickup position,
- wherein operating a roughneck on a joint between the first and second tubular singles comprises breaking out the joint,
- wherein moving a tubular stand between a mousehole position and a stand handoff position comprises moving the tubular stand from the standoff position to the mousehole position;
- and
- wherein moving the tubular stand between a stand handoff position and a setback position comprises moving the tubular from the setback position to the stand handoff position.
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A method for performing operations via a drill rig, the method comprising:
- moving a tubular string relative to the wellbore via a top drive;
- moving a tubular single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position via a catwalk;
- moving the tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a well center position via a top drive and a lower stabilizing arm;
- and
- operating a roughneck on a joint between the tubular single and the tubular string in the wellbore;
- wherein the moving a tubular single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position comprises moving the tubular from the drill floor pickup position to the feeding table position,
- wherein the moving the tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a well center position comprises moving the tubular single from the well center position to the drill floor pickup position;
- and
- wherein the operating a roughneck on a joint between the tubular single and a tubular string in a wellbore comprises breaking out the joint.
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A method for performing operations via a drill rig, the method comprising:
- moving a casing string relative to the wellbore via a top drive;
- moving a casing single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position via a catwalk;
- moving the tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a well center position;
- operating a casing running tool between the casing single and the top drive;
- and
- operating the top drive on a joint between the casing single and the casing string in the wellbore;
- wherein the moving a casing string relative to the wellbore via a top drive comprises pulling the casing string out of the wellbore;
- wherein the moving a casing single between a feeding table position and a drill floor pickup position comprises moving the casing single from the drill floor position to the feeding table position;
- wherein the moving the tubular single between the drill floor pickup position and a well center position comprises moving the casing single from the well center position to the drill floor pickup position;
- wherein operating a casing running tool between the casing single and the top drive comprises breaking out the casing running to from the casing single;
- and
- wherein operating the top drive via the casing running tool on a joint between the casing single and the casing string in the wellbore comprises breaking out the joint via the top drive.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.