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.
Claims27
A method for performing a wellbore operation via a drill rig, the method comprising:
- moving a tubular string relative to the wellbore via a top drive;
- moving a tubular stand between a setback position and a stand handoff position via a transfer bridge racker and a setback guide arm;
- moving a tubular stand between the stand handoff position and a well center position via a tubular delivery arm and a lower stabilizing arm;
- operating a roughneck on a joint between the tubular stand and the tubular string.
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.
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.
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.
A method for performing operations via a drill rig, the method comprising:
- drilling a wellbore by rotating a drill string via a top drive;
- setting slips at the drill rig floor so that the drill string is at a stickup height relative to the drill rig floor;
- breaking out the connection between the top drive and the drill string;
- moving a drill string stand from a setback position to a stand handoff position;
- moving a drill string stand from a stand handoff position to a well center position;
- making up a joint between the drill string stand and the drill string;
- making up a connection between the drill string stand and the top drive;
- opening the slips at the drill rig floor;
- and
- continuing drilling a wellbore by rotating the drill string via the top drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.