Drilling rig
11028651 · 2021-06-08
Assignee
Inventors
- Rui Luo (Sichuan, CN)
- Ting Zhang (Sichuan, CN)
- Xiaowu Ou (Sichuan, CN)
- Qionghua Yang (Sichuan, CN)
- Yuegang Xu (Sichuan, CN)
- Guixuan Li (Sichuan, CN)
- Hongke Xia (Sichuan, CN)
- Wei Zhang (Sichuan, CN)
Cpc classification
E04H12/34
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E21B7/023
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
B66C13/08
PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
E21B19/14
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
E21B15/00
FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
International classification
Abstract
A drilling rig includes a base section, a first section, a second section, a third section and a fourth section. For the base section upper region, a fixed pulley block and a guide pulley are installed. Except for the fourth section-crown block section, each section lower region is installed with a lifting lug for a movable pulley block installation for substantially vertical lifting. The crown block section is installed substantially vertical; the subsequent section is located substantially horizontal with the section front pillar upper region connecting to the previous section front pillar lower region. The previous section is substantially vertical lifted to draw the next section skidding into the base section and lifting substantially vertical with the previous section pillar lower region connected to the next section pillar upper region.
Claims
1. A drilling rig comprising: at least two lifting devices; a crown block; a traveling block; a top drive; a mast; a substructure; a racking platform, wherein the mast comprises a base section and a first section, a second section, a third section and a fourth sectional, the base section connects to the substructure, the crown block is installed on the fourth section and the traveling block connects to the crown block, the third section is installed with the racking platform, the second section connects to the third section, and the first section connects to the second section, and the first section connects to the base section, a lower region of each of the first section, the second section, the third section, and the fourth section is provided with a lifting lug, wherein each of a front pillar and a rear pillar of the fourth section, a front pillar and a rear pillar of the third section, a front pillar and a rear pillar of the second section, and a pillar of the first section are provided with a lifting lug and a pin hole; wherein each of the pin holes is configured to form a pin connection with an adjacent section, wherein a fixed pulley block and a guide pulley are connected to the base section, wherein each of the lifting lug on the first section, the lifting lug on the second section, the lifting lug on the third section, and the lifting lug on the fourth section are each connected to a movable pulley block, wherein a lifting steel rope from the lifting devices wound around the guide pulleys, the movable pulley block, and the fixed pulley block, and a head of the rope is affixed to a top of the movable pulley block.
2. The drilling rig of claim 1, wherein said substructure comprises a middle module with a hydraulic rotary table, a middle base, a right transportable module, and a left transportable module, wherein the left transportable module comprises a left bottom base and a left top base, the right transportable module comprises a right bottom base and a right top base; a substructure bottom comprises a right bottom base and a left bottom base and a pull rod; the pull rod connects to the right bottom base and the left bottom base; the base section connects to the substructure bottom, and a substructure top which comprises the right top base and the left top base, the middle module is lifted by the lifting devices along the base section.
3. The drilling rig of claim 2 comprising a guide rail and two guide rail grooves, wherein the guide rail is installed on the base section pillar outer surface, and the two guide rail grooves are respectively provided on a left door and right door on a tope of the substructure, the substructure top guide rail grooves is slidably installed on the guide rail for lifting, and at least two walking devices walking in multi-direction are installed on a bottom of a right bottom base and a left bottom base of the substructure.
4. The drilling rig of claim 3, wherein said lifting devices are hydraulic winch or hydraulic cylinder installed on the substructure bottom.
5. The drilling rig of claim 1, wherein said mast is a K-type mast with the mast bottom section larger than mast top section; and a fourth outer frame fits with the fourth section, a third outer frame fits with the third section, a second outer frame fits with the second section, a first outer frame fits with the first section, and a guide rail strip made from a wear-resistant material is installed on the third section, the second section, the front pillar and the rear pillar of the first section, and on a surface of the fourth outer frame, and an aligning plate is affixed to the front pillar and the rear pillar of the base section, and the guide rail strip slides on the aligning plate when a section is being lifted.
6. The drilling rig of claim 5, wherein said lifted section is supported by supporting block assembly comprising a supporting block, a handle, and a cushion block, wherein the cushion block is connected to a base section cross beam, the supporting block is hinged with the front pillar and the rear pillar of the base section, the handle is connected to the supporting block and is pulled to drive the supporting block to rotate around hinge until a supporting block bottom touches the cushion block.
7. The drilling rig of claim 6, further comprising a clamping block assembly, wherein the base section is installed with the clamping block assembly above the supporting block to clamp the first section lower beam after the first section is lifted.
8. The drilling rig of claim 7, further comprising a pair of movable door bolts installed on the two front pillars of the base section to hold and align the lifted section.
9. The drilling rig of claim 8, further comprising two winches installed on the base section.
10. The drilling rig of claim 9, further comprising a mounting rack wherein the mounting rack comprises a rack body, a guide rail, a supporting leg, and a platform guide rail, when any one among the third section, the second section, the first section is being lifted, a pulley is installed in the pin hole of the rear pillar of such a section, and the pulley is driven to slide on the guide rail and the platform guide rail of the mounting rack during the substantially vertical lifting of the adjacent upper section.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
(35) As shown in
(36) Minimum size of an inner frame of the base section 2-1 is no less than a maximum size of corresponding outer frame fitted with a section for a section smoothly lifting through the base section 2-1 and for a pulley block installation for lifting. A fourth section 2-5 is contracted with bottom section larger than top section which connects to a crown block. In order to guarantee the fourth section 2-5 lifting through the base section 2-1, a fourth outer frame 2-5-6 as shown in
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(39) A base section 2-1 connects to a substructure and a first section which carries workload during drilling and works as a guiding during lifting. As shown in
(40) A base section bottom section 2-1-2 is of a structure (may comprise pull rod) of two substantially parallel rectangular frames which comprises a front pillar 2-1-14, a rear pillars 2-1-15, a top cross beam (not marked) and a bottom cross beam (not marked). A pin hole 2-1-12 is in a lower region of a front pillar 2-1-14 and a rear pillar 2-1-15. A base section 2-1 connects to a mast connecting lug base 6-1-2-1 (as shown in
(41) A base section top section 2-1-1 is made of connecting two substantially symmetrical L-shaped frames (a back bar and the like are not shown).
(42) In addition, a supporting block assembly 2-1-5, sometimes the supporting block assembly number is four, is provided on a base section top section of being substantially horizontal and lateral symmetrical for supporting lifting. As shown in
(43) In addition, a clamping block assembly 2-1-4, sometimes the clamping block assembly number is four, is set on a base section top section above a top side of the supporting block assembly 2-1-5 of being substantially horizontal and lateral symmetrical. A bottom cross beam of a first section drops to the supporting block assembly after lifted. And the clamping block assembly clamps a top surface of the bottom cross beam of the first section to prevent the section from moving. As shown in
(44) In addition, four front aligning plates 2-1-3 are fixed on two front pillars of the base section, and four back aligning plates 2-1-13 are fixed on two rear pillars of the base section. After a section lifted, guide rail strips of the section skid on the surface of the front aligning plates and the back aligning plates, and meanwhile, the front aligning plates 2-1-3 and the back aligning plates 2-1-13 are for aligning the mast and preventing the mast from getting overturn.
(45) In addition, four movable door bolts 2-1-6 are additionally set on two front pillars of the base section. The number of base section bottom sections is two and the number of base section top sections is two. Each door bolt can be extending and retracting. The door bolt 2-1-6 extends for constraint and aligning the section together with the front aligning plate 2-1-3 after the lifted section from oblique to substantially vertical.
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(47) A mast mounting rack 14 supports installation as shown in
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(49) First, drawing a borehole centre line on site, setting a left transportable module 6-1 and a right transportable module 6-2 in place, and connecting the left transportable module 6-1 to the right transportable module 6-2 by a pull rod 6-4, lifting a middle module 6-3 between a left top base 6-1-1 and a right top base 6-2-1, and connecting the middle module 6-3 to the left top base 6-1-1 and the right top base 6-2-1, and connecting the left top base 6-1-1 and the right top base 6-2-1 to a top connecting lug plate 6-6 by pin 6-5, and setting a mast mounting rack 14.
(50) Connecting a base section top sections 2-1-1 to a base section bottom section 2-1-2 by bolt and lifting the base section top sections 2-1-1 and the base section bottom sections 2-1-2 on a mast mounting rack 14, with a door (an opening arranged between the two front pillars 2-1-14) downwards, aligning a pin hole 2-1-12 in a bottom side of a front pillar with mast connecting lug base 6-1-2-1 on a front side of a left bottom base and a right bottom base, and driving a pin 16 into the pin hole, installing a fixed pulley block 10 on a fixed pulley block mounting base 2-1-10 of the base section, installing a movable pulley block 12 on a movable pulley block mounting base 2-1-11 of the base section, installing a guide pulley 9 on a guide pulley mounting base 2-1-9, and stringing a lifting steel wire rope with one end of the rope head being fixed with a lifting hydraulic winch 13 and the other end of the rope head being fixed with a top of the movable pulley block 12, lifting a top of the base section by a crane, so that the base section rotates around a pin hole in the mast connecting lug base 6-1-2-1 to a substantially vertical mode, aligning a pin hole in a bottom side of a rear pillar with the mast connecting lug base 6-1-2-1 on a back of the left bottom base and the right bottom base, and driving pin 15 into the pin hole, so that the substructure and the base section are installed.
(51) During the base section installation, the lifting steel wire rope is free, which is more convenient for winding operation as the base section 2-1 substantially horizontal set on the mast mounting rack 14.
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(53) Detecting and guaranteeing that a clamping block assembly 2-1-4 is free, a supporting block assembly 2-1-5 is free and a movable door bolt 2-1-6 is retracted.
(54) Substantially vertical lifting the fourth section 2-5 to a front side of a door of the base section by a crane, slowly pushing the fourth section into the base section, and making the movable door bolt 2-1-6 extending out to locate the fourth outer frame 2-5-6 of the fourth section, winding a drilling steel wire rope 17, specifically, the rope 17 from a dead line fixture 16 and winding a dead line pulley 1-2 on a crown block 1 and a traveling block pulley 3-1 and then winding the traveling block pulley 3-1 and a crown block main pulley 1-1 and finally winding a fast line pulley 1-3 of the crown block and with the rope head connecting a direct driving winch 7, wherein the steel wire rope 7 length between a dead line fixture 16 and the dead line pulley 1-2 as well as between a fast line pulley 1-3 and a direct driving winch 7 is about 40 m for lifting the sections except for the base section, Dismounting a movable pulley block 12 from a movable pulley block mounting base 2-1-11 of the base section, connecting the movable pulley block 12 to a lifting lug 2-5-1 of the lower region of the fourth section.
(55) Lifting the third section 2-4 with door upward and substantially horizontal setting the third section 2-4 on the mast mounting rack 14, connecting a pulley 2-8 with a rear pillar pin hole in the lower region of a rear pillar 2-4-5 by a pin 2-9, starting the lifting hydraulic winches 13, wherein the fourth section 2-5 skids on a surfaces of a front aligning plate 2-1-3 and a back aligning plate 2-1-13 along a guide rail strip 2-5-5, stopping the lifting hydraulic winches after a front pillar pin hole 2-5-2-1 in a lower region of the fourth section aligned to a base section technical hole 2-1-16, and aligning a front pillar pin hole 2-4-4-1 in an upper region of the third section 2-4 with a front pillar pin hole 2-5-2-1 in the lower region of the fourth section, and inserting a pin 2-7 into the pin hole.
(56) After the movable door bolt 2-1-6 of the base section retracted, starting lifting a hydraulic winches 13, lifting the fourth section 2-5 and the third section 2-4, adjusting a supporting block assembly on the base section to a supporting mode after the third section 2-4 free hung, and rollback the lifting hydraulic winches 13 and descending the fourth section 2-5 on the supporting block assembly 2-1-5, dismounting the pulley 2-8 from the pin hole of rear pillars 2-4-5 of the third section, pulling the third section to a substantially vertical mode around drawing points 2-4-7 by two small winches 2-1-7 on the base section, aligning the rear pillar pin hole 2-4-5-1 in an upper region of the third section with a rear pillar pin hole 2-5-3-1 in a lower region of the fourth section, and driving the pin 2-9 into the pin hole, and making the movable door bolt 2-1-6 of the base section extending out to constraint an outer frame of the third section and the fourth section, removing a movable pulley block 12 from the lifting lug 2-5-1 on the lower region of the fourth section, driving the lifting hydraulic winches 13 for descending the movable pulley block, and installing the movable pulley block on the lifting lug 2-4-1 on the lower region of the third section.
(57) Substantially horizontal moving a racking platform by a crane, hooking a hanging pin 2-6-1 which is for the racking platform top side on hook 2-4-2 of the third section, aligning lug plate 2-6-2 on the lower region of the racking platform with pin hole of lug plate 2-4-3 of the third section, and driving a pin 2-7 thereinto.
(58) Lifting operation for the second section 2-3 is substantially the same as above mentioned.
(59) Lifting operation for the first section 2-2 is substantially the same as above mentioned, and an upper region of the first section 2-2 is set onto the supporting block assembly 2-1-5.
(60) Lifting the top drive 4 above the top side of the substructure, aligning the top drive center with the borehole center, descending the traveling block 3 to the first section 2-2 by the direct driving winch 7, and stop the direct driving winch 7, and connecting the traveling block 3 to the top drive.
(61) Starting the direct driving winch 7 to lift the traveling block 3 and the top drive 4; starting the lifting hydraulic winches 13 to continue to lift the first section and placing the lower region of the first section on the supporting block assembly 2-1-5; adjusting the clamping block assembly 2-1-4, and enabling the clamping block assembly to clamp a top surface of the bottom cross beam of the first section, so that the mast is lifted.
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(63) Dismounting a mounting rack, connecting an oblique rod 6-7 to an oblique rod lug base 6-1-1-1 as shown in
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(65) Dismounting the drilling rig sections and the substructure is substantially reversing to lifting process. This is convenient and rapid for installation, and moreover, it is easier for well site installation and reduces space. In addition, the rig needs fewer trucks and reduces transportation workload and reduces cost effectively.
(66) The rotary table is integrated with a hydraulic motor for size reduction. The traveling block and the top drive are lifted by the direct driven winch to improve efficiency and reduce downtime. A walking device which is integrated in a left and a right transportable module of the substructure relieves dismounting during walking in multi-direction and in-situ rotation.
(67) As used herein, the terms “substantially” or “generally” refer to the complete or nearly complete extent or degree of an action, characteristic, property, state, structure, item, or results. For example, an object that is “substantially” or “generally” enclosed or nearly enclosed. The exact allowable degree of deviation from absolute completeness may in some cases depend on the specific context. However, generally speaking, the nearness of completion will be so as to have generally the same overall result as if absolute and total completion were obtained. The use of “substantially” or “generally” is equal applicable when used in a negative connotation to refer to the complete or near complete lack of an action, characteristic, property, state, structure, item, or result. For example, an element, combination, embodiment, or composition that is “substantially free of” or “generally free of” an ingredient or element may still actually contain such item as long as there is generally no measurable effect thereof.
(68) In the forgoing description various embodiments of the present disclosure have been presented for the purpose of illustration and description. They are not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise form disclosed. Obvious modifications or variations are possible in light of the above teachings. The various embodiments were chosen and described to provide the best illustration of the principals of the disclosure and their practical application, and to enable one of ordinary skill in the art to utilize the various embodiments with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. All such modifications and variations are within the scope of the present disclosure as determined by the appended claims when interpreted in accordance with the breadth they are fairly, legally, and equally entitled.