Patent classifications
E21B21/085
Underbalanced Drilling Vibrating Screen Integrated With Automatic Drainage And Vacuum Chucks
Disclosed is an underbalanced drilling vibrating screen integrated with automatic drainage and vacuum chucks, and belongs to the technical field of solid-phase control of petroleum drilling. The underbalanced drilling vibrating screen comprises a base, a screening device and a negative pressure generating device, wherein the screening device and the negative pressure generating device are arranged on the base; the screening device comprises a shell, an exciting motor arranged on the shell, a plurality of screens arranged in the shell, and at least one drainage component; and the drainage component communicates with at least one screen through the vacuum chuck, the negative pressure generating device communicates with the vacuum chuck, and the drainage component is integrally formed with the vacuum chuck.
FLUID RETRIEVAL USING ANNULAR CLEANING SYSTEM
A method of drawing a fluid into a wellbore from a formation, comprising separating the wellbore into a first section and a second section via an annulus closure device, the annulus closure device having a passage therethrough; and circulating a circulation fluid, via a pump at a surface location, in the first section to reduce a pressure in the second section, wherein reducing the pressure in the second section draws the fluid from the formation into the second section.
ROTATING CONTROL DEVICE FOR LAND RIGS
A seal and bearing includes a seal and bearing housing, a rotatable mandrel disposed within an inner aperture of the seal and bearing housing, an upper seal carrier attached to a top side of the seal and bearing housing having a dynamic sealing element that contacts the rotatable mandrel, a plurality of tapered-thrust bearings to facilitate rotation of the rotatable mandrel including top tapered-thrust bearings indirectly mounted at a positive offset angle from a perpendicular line to a longitudinal axis of the rotating control device and bottom tapered-thrust bearings indirectly mounted at a negative offset angle from the perpendicular line to the longitudinal axis of the rotating control device, a preload spacer disposed between the top and bottom tapered-thrust bearings, and a lower seal carrier attached to a bottom side of the seal and bearing housing having a plurality of removable seal carrier trays.
Hydrate solid-state fluidization mining method and system under underbalanced reverse circulation condition
A hydrate solid-state fluidization mining method and system under an underbalanced reverse circulation condition are used for solid-state fluidization mining on a non-rock-forming weak-cementation natural gas hydrate layer in the ocean. Equipment includes a ground equipment system and an underwater equipment system. The construction procedure includes an earlier-stage construction process, pilot hole drilling construction process, reverse circulation jet fragmentation process, underbalanced reverse circulation fragment recovery process and silt backfilling process. Natural gas hydrates in the seafloor are mined through an underbalanced reverse circulation method. Problems such as shaft safety, production control and environmental risks faced by conventional natural gas hydrate mining methods such as depressurization, heat injection, agent injection and replacement are effectively solved. By using the method, the weak-cementation non-rock-forming natural gas hydrates in the seafloor can be mined in environment-friendly, efficient, safe and economical modes, more energy resources can be provided, and energy shortage dilemmas are solved.
Iron roughnecks for non-stop circulation system
An iron roughneck for constant circulation of drilling mud during operation of a drill string, the iron roughneck comprising: a frame; a wrench unit supported by the frame, wherein the wrench unit is capable of gripping a drill string; a spinner unit supported by the frame, wherein the spinner unit is capable of engaging and spinning a drill pipe; and a circulation coupler supported by the frame, wherein the circulation coupler forms a chamber around the drill string.
Remotely operated isolation valve
A shifting tool for use in a wellbore includes a tubular housing having a bore formed therethrough; a tubular mandrel disposed in the housing and longitudinally movable relative thereto; and an engagement member moveable relative to the housing between an extended position, a released position, and a retracted position, wherein: the engagement member is movable from the retracted position to the extended position in response to movement of the mandrel relative to the housing, and the engagement member is further movable from the extended position to the released position in response to movement of the mandrel relative to the housing.
Signal operated isolation valve
A method of drilling a wellbore includes drilling the wellbore through a formation by injecting drilling fluid through a drill string and rotating a drill bit. The drill string includes a shifting tool, a receiver in communication with the shifting tool, and the drill bit. The method further includes retrieving the drill string from the wellbore through a casing string until the shifting tool reaches an actuator. The casing string includes an isolation valve in an open position and the actuator. The method further includes sending a wireless instruction signal to the receiver. The shifting tool engages the actuator in response to the receiver receiving the instruction signal. The method further includes operating the actuator using the engaged shifting tool, thereby closing the isolation valve and isolating the formation from an upper portion of the wellbore.
Experimental device for simulating invasion of shallow fluid into wellbore
The present invention provides an experimental device for simulating invasion of shallow fluid into a wellbore, comprising: a casing pipe; a drilling-in device including a drill string extending into the casing pipe, and a drill bit located within the casing pipe and connected to the drill string; a driving device for driving rotation of the drill string, the driving device being disposed outside the casing pipe and connected to the drill string; a drilling fluid injection device for injecting drilling fluid into the drill string, the drilling fluid injection device being disposed outside the casing pipe and connected to the drill string; a shallow fluid injection device for injecting shallow fluids into the casing pipe, the shallow fluid injection device being disposed outside the casing pipe and communicating with the casing pipe; a pressure detection device for detecting a pressure within the casing pipe, the pressure detection device being connected to the casing pipe.
System and Methods for Controlled Mud Cap Drilling
A subsea drilling method for controlling the bottom hole annular pressure and downward injection rate during mud cap drilling operations from a mobile offshore drilling unit with a low pressure marine riser and subsea blowout preventer. The method called controlled mud cap drilling uses the hydrostatic head of a heavy annular mud (fluid) managed or observed in order to balance the highest pore pressure in the well and to control the injection rate, by using a subsea mud lift pump and a control system to regulate the process.
Pipe ram annular adjustable restriction for managed pressure drilling with changeable rams
An apparatus includes a housing and at least two pipe ram systems engageable with the housing. Each of the at least two pipe ram systems comprises an actuator, a bonnet and a sealing pipe ram element. The at least two pipe ram systems are disposed on opposed sides of the housing. A carousel is disposed proximate at least one of the at least two pipe ram systems. The carousel has mounted thereon a plurality of pipe ram systems. The carousel is rotatable to orient a selected one of the plurality of pipe ram systems toward a receiving bore in the housing.