Impact panels
AssigneeSchlumberger Technology Corporation
InventorsDale Eden, Ronnie Stover
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Abstract
A technique enables improved performance of oilfield service operations. A protective shield is formed with a portable stand and at least one lightweight impact panel. The one or more lightweight impact panels enable easy movement of the safety shield from one location to another at a given well site or between different well sites, thus affording protection with a minimum of labor and set up time. The safety shield can be used to provide protection during individual operations and/or to segregate and protect independent operations from each other during multiple, simultaneous operations.
Claims12
A method for using a safety shield while performing oilfield service operations, comprising:
- providing a safety shield comprising a fabricated stand and at least one impact panel comprising a material substantially lighter than steel;
- positioning the safety shield at a first location at a wellsite without covering a well of the wellsite, the first location comprising a position between a first operation and a second operation therefore segregating a first group of workers for the first operation from a second group of workers for the second operation;
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- moving the safety shield to a second location at the wellsite without covering a well of the wellsite, the second location comprising a position between a third operation and at least one of a first operation and a second operation therefore segregating a third group of workers for the third operation from at least one of the first group of workers and the second group of workers.
A method, comprising:
- forming a plurality of impact panels comprising a material substantially lighter than steel;
- mounting the plurality of impact panels to a portable stand with at least one quick connect fastener, the panels and stand able to be hand carried;
- positioning the portable stand and the impact panels at a well site adjacent a well undergoing an operation comprising an operation selected from the operations consisting of:
- a drilling operation, a well stimulation operation, a fracturing operation, and a perforating operation;
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- orienting the impact panels to segregate a first group of workers conducting the operation from a second group of workers in the area without covering the well.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.