Flaring boom kit for collecting spills during drilling and workover flaring operations
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorAhmed Abdulaziz Al-Mousa
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Abstract
A flaring boom assembly for a flaring system of a rig is disclosed. The flaring boom assembly includes a tray device comprising an open top, a slanted bottom, and an outlet, and a telescoping mechanism mechanically coupled to the tray device and configured to adjust a relative position of the tray device with respect to a burning head of the flaring system based on a flaring intensity of the flaring system. The spills of the flaring system fall through the open top onto the slanted bottom and move along the slanted bottom toward the outlet based on a gravitational force.
Claims12
A flaring boom assembly for a flaring system of a rig, comprising:
- a tray device comprising an open top, a slanted bottom, and an outlet;
- a telescoping mechanism mechanically coupled to the tray device and configured to adjust a relative position of the tray device with respect to a burning head of the flaring system based on a flaring intensity of the flaring system;
- and
- a holding arm configured to support the telescoping mechanism,
- wherein the holding arm and the telescoping mechanism are anchored on a rig floor of the rig,
- wherein the holding arm has an adjustable length that defines a variable angle between a first longitudinal direction of the telescoping mechanism and a second longitudinal direction of the flaring system,
- wherein the holding arm is extended during flaring such that the first longitudinal direction of the telescoping mechanism and the second longitudinal direction of the flaring system are substantially parallel to each other,
- wherein the holding arm is retracted during relocation of the rig such that the first longitudinal direction of the telescoping mechanism and the second longitudinal direction of the flaring system are substantially perpendicular to each other, and
- wherein spills of the flaring system fall through the open top onto the slanted bottom and move along the slanted bottom toward the outlet based on a gravitational force.
A system, comprising:
- a rig;
- a flaring system of the rig;
- a flaring boom assembly, comprising:
- a tray device comprising an open top, a slanted bottom, and an outlet;
- and
- a telescoping mechanism mechanically coupled to the tray device and configured to adjust a relative position of the tray device with respect to a burning head of the flaring system based on a flaring intensity of the flaring system;
- and
- a holding arm configured to support the telescoping mechanism,
- wherein the holding arm and the telescoping mechanism are anchored on a rig floor of the rig,
- wherein the holding arm has an adjustable length that defines a variable angle between a first longitudinal direction of the telescoping mechanism and a second longitudinal direction of the flaring system,
- wherein the holding arm is extended during flaring such that the first longitudinal direction of the telescoping mechanism and the second longitudinal direction of the flaring system are substantially parallel to each other,
- wherein the holding arm is retracted during relocation of the rig such that the first longitudinal direction of the telescoping mechanism and the second longitudinal direction of the flaring system are substantially perpendicular to each other, and
- wherein spills of the flaring system fall through the open top onto the slanted bottom and move along the slanted bottom toward the outlet based on a gravitational force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.