US 2025/0052133 A1Published application

Automated System and Process for Vertically Assembling and Disassembling A Wireline Bottom Hole Assembly

OwnerJerred SMITHinventor

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Abstract

An automated system and process for vertically assembling and disassembling a wireline bottom hole assembly (BHA) comprises one or more robots, and a structure comprising a receiver assembly. The receiver assembly comprises a conduit adapted to permit respective bottom hole assembly sections to be moved between an interior and an exterior of the structure. The robots are structured to retrieve bottom hole assembly components from bins and assemble bottom hole assembly sections that make up a bottom hole assembly. The robots move each section to the receiver assembly to connect the section to a partial assemblage comprising a wireline and respective subassemblies. After use of the BHA, the robots disassemble sections of the BHA and move the components to used component bins and/or to a dispensing shoot leading to a waste container. The system has modules adapted to provide information regarding the status of components and the BHA.

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Dependent claims

An automated system for vertically assembling and disassembling a wireline bottom hole assembly, the system comprising:

one or more robots;
a structure comprising an interior, an exterior, and a roof comprising a receiver assembly, the structure containing the one or more robots and an assembly location;
the receiver assembly comprising a conduit adapted to permit respective bottom hole assembly sections to be moved from the interior of the structure to the exterior of the structure;
the respective bottom hole assembly sections comprising, at least, first and second bottom hole assembly sections, each of the bottom hole assembly sections comprising respective bottom hole assembly components;
the one or more robots structured and arranged to assist in:
retrieving the respective bottom hole assembly components from respective bins;
moving the respective bottom hole assembly components to the assembly location;
using the respective bottom hole assembly components to form the respective bottom hole assembly sections;
moving the respective bottom hole assembly section to a position beneath the receiver assembly;
positioning an upper portion of the first bottom hole assembly section such that an upper end of the first bottom hole assembly may be connected to a lower portion of a partial assemblage, the partial assemblage comprising a wireline and respective subassemblies connected to the wireline;
connecting the upper end of the first bottom hole assembly to the lower portion of the partial assemblage;
connecting an upper portion of a second bottom hole assembly section to a lower portion of the first bottom hole assembly section after the first bottom hole assembly section is connected to the partial assemblage;
forming and connecting subsequent bottom hole assembly sections to the partial assemblage so as to form the wireline bottom hole assembly.

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A process for vertically assembling a wireline bottom hole assembly comprising the steps of:

providing a structure containing wireline components and one or more robots, the structure comprising a receiver assembly;
using the one or more robots, retrieving a first wireline component and moving the first wireline component to a wall driver;
using the one or more robots, retrieving a second wireline component and moving the second wireline component to the wall driver;
using the one or more robots and the wall driver, connecting the first wireline component to the second wireline component;
using the one or more robots and the wall driver, forming a first assembly section comprising the first and second wireline components;
using the one or more robots and the wall driver, connecting an upper end of the first bottom hole assembly to a lower portion of a partial assemblage, the partial assemblage comprising a wireline and respective subassemblies connected to the wireline;
using the one or more robots and the wall driver, forming a second bottom hole assembly section;
using the one or more robots and the wall driver, connecting an upper portion of the second bottom hole assembly section to a lower portion of the first bottom hole assembly section;
using the one or more robots and the wall driver, forming and connecting subsequent bottom hole assembly sections to the partial assemblage to form the wireline bottom hole assembly.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.