# US 2014/0196884 A1 · Method and system for rapid deployment of a capping stack > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196884 A1 - Document ID: US20140196884A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/742,188 - Filed: 2013-01-15 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-15 - Assignees: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Applicants: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc. - Inventors: Sean A. Roach; Doug N. Derr - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196884A1 ## CPC - F16B 2/06: external, i.e. with contracting action (F16B2/14 - F16B2/18 take precedence) - E21B 33/03: Well heads; Setting-up thereof - E21B 43/0122: {Collecting oil or the like from a submerged leakage (cleaning or keeping clear the surface of open water from oil or the like E02B15/04)} - E21B 33/038: Connectors used on well heads, e.g. for connecting blow-out preventer and riser - Y10T 24/44009: Gripping member adapted for tool actuation or release - Y10T 24/44034: Dissociable gripping members - Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A capping stack having a first capping stack component and a second capping stack component, and a method for transporting the same are disclosed. The capping stack components are mounted onto standard skids and loaded onto an aircraft. Upon arrival at a location, the skids are mated, and the capping stack components are aligned and coupled. A clamp assembly may be used to create pressure integrity between two capping stack components. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of transporting a capping stack having a first capping stack component and a second capping stack component to a desired location comprising: mounting the first capping stack component onto a first standard skid and mounting a second capping stack component onto a second standard skid; loading the first standard skid and the second standard skid onto an aircraft; mating the first standard skid and the second standard skid to a corresponding structural member of the aircraft; removing the first standard skid and second standard skid from the aircraft after the aircraft arrives at a landing location; aligning the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component; coupling the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component; performing a pressure integrity test on a connection between the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component; and deploying the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component to the desired location. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein coupling the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component comprises operating a hydraulic mechanism to pull the first standard skid and the second standard skid together. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein aligning the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component comprises operating a wedge mechanism. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein coupling the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component further comprises: operating a clamp assembly; wherein the clamp assembly installs a bottom clamp half and a top clamp half between two capping stack components while the capping stack components are in a horizontal position. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the clamp assembly creates pressure integrity between two capping stack components. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: lifting the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component about a horizontal-to-vertical pivot system, wherein the horizontal-to-vertical pivot system comprises a hinge. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein testing a connection between the first capping stack component and the second capping stack component for pressure integrity occurs when the capping stack is in a vertical position. ### Claim 8 A capping stack, comprising: a first capping stack component and a second capping stack component; a first standard skid and a second standard skid, wherein the first capping stack component is mountable onto the first standard skid and the second capping stack component is mountable onto the second standard skid for transportation; and a hydraulic mechanism coupled to the first and second standard skids, wherein the hydraulic mechanism is operable to pull the first and second standard skids together. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The capping stack of claim 8, wherein the first standard skid and the second standard skid are transportable by an aircraft. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The capping stack of claim 8, further comprising: a horizontal-to-vertical pivot system coupled to the first capping stack component, wherein the horizontal-to-vertical pivot system comprises a hinge and a pressure test stump. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The capping stack of claim 8, further comprising a clamp assembly, wherein the clamp assembly comprises: a bottom clamp half; a top clamp half; a hub connection; and a fastener, wherein the fastener couples the bottom clamp half and top clamp half at the hub connection, and wherein the clamp assembly couples the first capping stack component to the second capping stack component. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The capping stack of claim 11, wherein the clamp assembly is installed while a capping stack component is in a horizontal position. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The capping stack of claim 11, further comprising a clamp installation mechanism coupled to the bottom clamp half. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The capping stack of claim 13, wherein the clamp installation mechanism further comprises a hydraulic mechanism, wherein the hydraulic mechanism is operable to raise and lower the bottom clamp half. ### Claim 15 A clamp assembly comprising: a bottom clamp half; a top clamp half; a hub connection; and a fastener; wherein the fastener couples the bottom clamp half and top clamp half at the hub connection, and wherein the clamp assembly couples two capping stack components. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The clamp assembly of claim 15, wherein the clamp assembly is installed while a capping stack component is in a horizontal position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The clamp assembly of claim 15, wherein the bottom clamp half is installed at the hub connection using a clamp installation mechanism. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The clamp assembly of claim 17, wherein the clamp installation mechanism further comprises a hydraulic mechanism, wherein the hydraulic mechanism is operable to raise and lower the bottom clamp half.