A method of controlling operation of equipment that spools cable on and off a rotatable drum, in one or more embodiments, includes obtaining video data of a position of the cable on the rotatable drum. The method can also include feeding data into a trained artificial neural network and processing the data fed into the trained artificial neural network to determine at least one of a calculated position of the cable on the rotatable drum, a calculated fleet angle, or both. The method can also include actuating the rotatable drum to one of spool cable on and off the rotatable drum.

The invention solves the problem of the difficulty of acquiring subsea variables by using a widely available surface variable, namely the pressure upstream of the choke valve. As surface variables have an unfavorable dynamic for use in conventional anti-slug controllers, which are based on the linear PID algorithm, the proposed controller uses a hybrid fuzzy-PID architecture, which compensates for the unfavorable dynamic of the controlled variable by means of heuristic interventions in the control action generated by the PID part of the controller. The heuristic action of the proposed controller allows it to be more robust than a conventional controller, even with a relatively slow control action, which makes it possible to apply the proposed algorithm in systems whose choke valve activation is slow. Thus, the two largest impediments for installation of conventional controllers, lack of subsea measurement and choke valve slowness, do not pose a problem for application of the proposed algorithm. This allows the proposed anti-slug controller to be used in offshore production systems without the need for physical intervention in the subsea or surface facilities.

A flow control valve (FCV) tool for a wellbore lined with a tubing string including a plurality of ports is presented. The FCV tool includes a body with a lower housing and an upper housing, the upper housing adapted to enable establishing a fluid path between the annulus of the wellbore and the plurality of ports. The lower housing and the upper housing form a pocket therebetween. The FCV valve also includes a unidirectional flow control valve designed to be received in the pocket and adapted to switch between a closed position and an open position and between the open position and the closed position based on a pressure differential between the annulus pressure and the internal pressure of the tubing string. The FCV tool enables multiple completion operations during the closed or open position of the valve.

A method of managing a fluid flow within a conduit includes determining a presence of a flow blockage within the conduit, the conduit being equipped with an expandable device, controlling an electric actuator to flow a current to the expandable device to expand the expandable device radially, compacting the flow blockage radially along a length of the expandable device to create a channel adjacent the flow blockage, controlling the electric actuator to terminate a flow of the current to the expandable device to collapse the expandable device radially, and exposing the channel to open the conduit to fluid flow.

A pumping system is configured to be deployed in a well that has a vertical portion and a lateral portion. The pumping system includes a pump positioned in the vertical portion, a velocity tube assembly that extends from the vertical portion into the lateral portion and a multiphase diverter connected between the pump and the velocity tube assembly. The multiphase diverter includes a housing and a plurality of ejection ports that extend through the housing at a downward angle.

A method of managing a fluid flow within a conduit includes determining a presence of a flow blockage within the conduit, the conduit being equipped with an expandable device, controlling an electric actuator to flow a current to the expandable device to expand the expandable device radially, compacting the flow blockage radially along a length of the expandable device to create a channel adjacent the flow blockage, controlling the electric actuator to terminate a flow of the current to the expandable device to collapse the expandable device radially, and exposing the channel to open the conduit to fluid flow.

A method of controlling operation of equipment that spools an elongated member on and off a rotatable drum, in one or more embodiments, includes obtaining video data of a position of the elongated member on the rotatable drum. The method can also include feeding data into a trained artificial neural network and processing the data fed into the trained artificial neural network to determine at least one of a calculated position of the elongated member on the rotatable drum, a calculated fleet angle, or both. The method can also include actuating the rotatable drum to one of spool elongated member on and off the rotatable drum.

A pipeline system includes a pipeline, and a liner arranged within the pipeline, and a pipeline fluid is conveyed within the interior of the pipeline and a portion of the pipeline fluid permeates the liner as permeated fluid and enters an annulus defined between the liner and the pipeline. A venting system includes an active reinjection system that includes a reinjection line that receives the permeated fluid from the annulus, a suction line extending from the reinjection line to receive a portion of the permeated fluid, and a fluid pump that receives the portion of the permeated fluid and discharges the permeated fluid into the interior of the pipeline.

A pumping system is configured to be deployed in a well that has a vertical portion and a lateral portion. The pumping system includes a pump positioned in the vertical portion, a velocity tube assembly that extends from the vertical portion into the lateral portion and a multiphase diverter connected between the pump and the velocity tube assembly. The multiphase diverter includes a housing and a plurality of ejection ports that extend through the housing at a downward angle.

A riser stub for acoustic resonance decomposition of hydrate in deepwater drilling, comprising a through tubular stub body, a plurality of acoustic transducers being fixedly disposed on an outer wall surface of the tubular stub body; an outer side of the tubular stub body being covered with a water insulation layer, the plurality of acoustic transducers being sealed between the tubular stub body and the water insulation layer, the water insulation layer being further provided with a power-on interface that can be connected to a power supply, the plurality of acoustic transducers being connected to the power-on interface. A riser stub for acoustic resonance decomposition of hydrate in deepwater drilling, through continuous power-on, sound waves close to a simple harmonic vibration frequency of the hydrate are generated inside the pipeline to cause the hydrate in the riser to resonate, thereby being able to effectively avoid formation of hydrate inside the pipeline; after the hydrate is formed inside the pipeline, the acoustic transducers of the riser stub are energized, by means of the acoustic waves, the hydrate blocking the pipeline is caused to resonate to break its equilibrium state and to be decomposed so as to realize de-blocking.