Autocentric self-aligning tubing hanger deployment tool
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorAhmad Atef Hashmi
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Abstract
A well system includes a platform providing a deck, a rotary table mounted to the deck and defining a central opening through which tubulars are extendable from the platform and into a wellbore, and a tubular deployment tool mounted to the rotary table and operable to center the tubulars within the central opening. The tubular deployment tool includes a guide support mounted to the rotary table, one or more actuatable arms pivotably coupled to the guide support, and one or more guides rotatably mounted to each actuatable arm to apply a radial load against the tubulars extended through the central opening.
Claims20
A well system, comprising:
- a platform providing a deck;
- a rotary table mounted to the deck and defining a central opening through which tubulars are extendable from the platform and into a wellbore;
- a tubular deployment tool mounted to the rotary table and operable to center the tubulars within the central opening, the tubular deployment tool comprising:
- a guide support mounted to the rotary table;
- one or more actuatable arms pivotably coupled to the guide support;
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- one or more guides rotatably mounted to each actuatable arm to apply a radial load against the tubulars extended through the central opening;
- and
- an actuation system to pivot the one or more actuatable arms toward and away from the tubulars.
A well system, comprising:
- a platform providing a deck;
- a rotary table mounted to the deck and defining a central opening through which tubulars are extendable from the platform and into a wellbore;
- a tubular deployment tool mounted to the rotary table and operable to center the tubulars within the central opening, the tubular deployment tool comprising:
- a guide support mounted to the rotary table;
- one or more actuatable arms pivotably coupled to the guide support;
- and
- one or more guides rotatably mounted to each actuatable arm to apply a radial load against the tubulars extended through the central opening;
- and
- one or more proximity sensors operable to sense a presence of the tubulars and send a signal that causes actuation of the tubular deployment tool,
- wherein the one or more proximity sensors causes selective actuation of one or more of the guides individually.
A tubular deployment tool, comprising:
- a guide support mountable to a rotary table forming part of a deck of an oil and gas platform;
- one or more actuatable arms pivotably coupled to the guide support;
- one more guides rotatably mounted to each actuatable arm and operable to apply a radial load against and center tubulars extended through the rotary table;
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- an actuation system to pivot the one or more actuatable arms in a first rotational direction toward the tubulars and a second rotational direction away from the tubulars.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.