Patent classifications
E21B33/03
Tool trap system
A tool trap system that includes a housing. The housing defines a bore. A shaft couples to the housing. A flapper couples to the shaft. The flapper rotates with the shaft between an open position and a closed position to control movement of a wireline tool through the bore. An actuation system couples to the shaft. The actuation system rotates the shaft. The actuation system includes a lever that couples to and rotates the shaft. A cylinder contacts the lever. The cylinder moves axially along a longitudinal axis of the cylinder to rotate the lever.
Blowout preventer closing circuit
The disclosure provides a blowout preventer system including: a hydraulic circuit, a blowout preventer including a ram having an open port and a close port, a hydraulic fluid tank, a hydraulic fluid pump, and a control valve. The hydraulic circuit includes: a first accumulator, a first valve, and a second valve. The control valve is coupled to the open port, the close port, and the hydraulic fluid tank. The first accumulator is coupled to the control valve by way of the first valve and to the close port by way of the second valve. The first valve allows hydraulic fluid to flow from the control valve to the first accumulator but prevents hydraulic fluid from flowing back to the control valve. When the control valve is in the open position, the second valve is closed, and when the control valve is in the close position, the second valve is open.
Well surface safety valve assembly with a ball valve and back pressure valve
A valve assembly is installed within a wellhead such as a conventional tubing hanger or casing hanger used to suspend pipe or other tubular goods in a well. A seal bushing assembly is installed in a tubing head assembly or other wellhead component. A hanger valve assembly is stung into the seal bushing assembly and includes a valve that can be selectively opened or closed. In the open position, the valve does not restrict a central flow path diameter through the hanger and wellhead. In the closed position, the valve contains pressure and/or fluid flow and fully seals against wellbore pressure acting on the valve. A wellhead adapter covers the hanger valve assembly and provides an attachment point for a conventional Christmas tree or other wellhead equipment.
Well surface safety valve assembly with a ball valve and back pressure valve
A valve assembly is installed within a wellhead such as a conventional tubing hanger or casing hanger used to suspend pipe or other tubular goods in a well. A seal bushing assembly is installed in a tubing head assembly or other wellhead component. A hanger valve assembly is stung into the seal bushing assembly and includes a valve that can be selectively opened or closed. In the open position, the valve does not restrict a central flow path diameter through the hanger and wellhead. In the closed position, the valve contains pressure and/or fluid flow and fully seals against wellbore pressure acting on the valve. A wellhead adapter covers the hanger valve assembly and provides an attachment point for a conventional Christmas tree or other wellhead equipment.
TUBING HANGER ALIGNMENT DEVICE WITH PLUG-BASED ALIGNMENT MECHANISM
Systems and methods for landing a tubing hanger in a wellhead and then orienting a tree (or spool, or flowline connection body) relative to the tubing hanger while landing the tree on the wellhead are provided. This alignment is accomplished without the use of either a tubing spool or a BOP stack with an orientation pin. The tubing hanger alignment devices may be used to orientate the tree as the tree is landed so that the couplings and stabs between the tree and the tubing hanger line up with each other just at the moment of landing.
Subsea well intervention method
A subsea well intervention method implemented on a well (200) from a floating vessel (100), said floating vessel not comprising a derrick, the method comprising a step of connecting a power line (207) directly between a remotely operated vehicle (206) and the blowout preventer module (202) for powering the blowout preventer module, the remotely operated vehicle (206) being connected to a control unit (107) located on the floating vessel via a remotely operated vehicle umbilical (106).
Modular head for well tubulars
A head for a well tubular. The well tubular head includes features that may be applied to a casing head or a tubing head. The well tubular head includes a bowl tubular reversibly connected with a casing connector. The bowl tubular is adapted for connecting with an uphole component of an equipment stack or other system. The bowl tubular includes a hanger profile for receiving a casing hanger or tubing hanger. The casing connector is adapted for connecting with the casing. The bowl tubular and the casing connector may be replaced independently of each other. Removable connection points for flow lines may be included on the well tubular head to facilitate changing flow lines or flow line connection points. The bowl tubular may include a drive system for rotating tubing.
METHOD OF REDUCING LIGHT POLLUTION EFFECT, CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE
The invention relates to reducing light pollution of optical instruments. A method of reducing effect of light pollution on an optical receiving device, including implementing a plurality of light sources as pulsed light sources, each pulsed light source switched on periodically with time duration t.sub.em, time period T and time shift d, based on a position of each light source relative to the optical receiving device; suppressing light flux from the pulsed light sources in the optical receiving device using a shutter, wherein at least some of the light sources are movable and the time shift d changes depending on a current position of each pulsed light source during its movement; in an area defined around the optical receiving device within a particular distance therefrom, switching on the pulsed light sources located within the area based on the time shift d being constant and defined for the area.
Instrumented tube for measuring flow from a wellbore blowout
A support arm can be positioned in an inner area of a tubular body. The support arm can extend from the inner surface of the tubular body to retain a sensor in flow from a wellbore blowout passing through the tubular body.
Instrumented tube for measuring flow from a wellbore blowout
A support arm can be positioned in an inner area of a tubular body. The support arm can extend from the inner surface of the tubular body to retain a sensor in flow from a wellbore blowout passing through the tubular body.