Method and apparatus for performing cementing operations
AssigneeBlackhawk Specialty Tools, LLC
InventorsRON D. ROBICHAUX, JAMES F. GIEBELER, JUAN CARLOS E. MONDELLI
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Abstract
A remotely operated lifting top drive cement head has a high tensile strength and the ability to swivel or rotate. The cement head permits selective launching of darts, setting plugs, balls or other objects which can be held in place within the cement head without being damaged or washed away by slurry flow, but which can be launched as desired. The cement head can be remotely operated without requiring personnel to be lifted off the rig floor to actuate the tool or observe tool status.
Claims18
A cement head comprising:
- a) a body member having a central flow bore;
- b) a cage assembly mounted within said flow bore, said cage assembly defining an internal space;
- c) a droppable object releasably disposed within said internal space of said cage assembly;
- d) a port extending through said body member adjacent to said cage assembly;
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- e) a transparent window disposed over said port adapted to permit visual observation of said droppable object disposed within said cage assembly.
A method of performing cementing operations comprising:
- a) connecting a cement head to a top drive assembly, said cement head comprising:
- i) a body member having a central flow bore;
- ii) a cage assembly mounted within said flow bore, said cage assembly defining an internal space;
- iii) a droppable object releasably disposed within said internal space of said cage assembly;
- iv) a port extending through said body member adjacent to said cage assembly;
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- v) a transparent window disposed over said port adapted to permit visual observation of said droppable object disposed within said cage assembly;
- b) pumping cement slurry through said cement head into a well;
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- c) launching said droppable object into said well.
The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of remotely actuating said puller assembly to launch said droppable object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.