181 |
Low inertia direct drive drawworks |
US14656866 |
2015-03-13 |
US09379584B2 |
2016-06-28 |
Gary Pace; Kevin R. Williams; James Garaghty; Brian Ellis |
A low inertia permanent magnet motor includes a stator and rotor. The rotor includes a generally tubular and hollow rotor body coupled to the shaft of the motor by one or more spokes and/or webs. The permanent magnets of the rotor are coupled to the rotor body. In some embodiments, the low inertia permanent magnet motor may be used to power a drawworks. In some embodiments, the drawworks may be controlled by an active heave compensation controller. |
182 |
Brake, shear and cable management system and method |
US13958982 |
2013-08-05 |
US09376294B2 |
2016-06-28 |
Frank Fetters, III; Mark Dunbar |
A brake, shear and cable management system and method, which is attachable adjacent to a reeling-type drum to effectively brake and cut cable, such as drilling line, boring line, electrical line, fiber optic line or the like. The brake, shear and cable management system includes a cable management assembly, a cable brake assembly and a cable cutting assembly used in conjunction to manage, retain and sever a spent portion of cable upon the drum. |
183 |
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED CONNECTION OF A FLUID CONDUIT |
US15013156 |
2016-02-02 |
US20160145953A1 |
2016-05-26 |
JAMES G. MARTENS; JOHN E. HEBERT; RON D. ROBICHAUX; JUAN CARLOS E. MONDELLI; JAMES CHAMPAGNE; JOSEPH BOUDREAUX; SCOTTIE J. SCOTT; JEREMY LeCOMPTE |
A connection assembly for automated lifting and positioning of a chiksan or other fluid conduit in proximity to a fluid inlet of a device such as, for example, a cement head. Once a chiksan or other flow line is positioned in a desired location, a secure connection is made between the outlet of the chiksan or other fluid conduit and the fluid inlet of a cement head including, without limitation, when the cement head is positioned at an elevated location above a rig floor. |
184 |
Apparatus and Method for Pulling and Laying Poly Pipe |
US14253532 |
2014-04-15 |
US20150292282A1 |
2015-10-15 |
Peter E. Dyck |
An apparatus for pulling irrigation poly provides a transportable poly reel rig with a reel spool pivotally mounted to the reel rig. A manual primary brake is in hydraulic braking communication with the reel spool to manually control free spooling. A secondary brake, hydraulically integrated in a planetary gear drive connected to the spool, is activated automatically when hydraulic pressure falls below a safe level. A top alignment reel positioned under the reel spool, and a bottom alignment reel positioned under the top alignment reel, facilitate alignment of the reel spool with a well bore. A wire roller operating in concert with the reel spool facilitates attachment to and take-up of wire attached to the poly. Two or more hydraulic stabilizers stabilize the rig, as does a boom assembly mounted to the reel rig. Methods of using the apparatus utilize a smaller crew of operators than with prior apparatus. |
185 |
Low Inertia Direct Drive Drawworks |
US14656866 |
2015-03-13 |
US20150263575A1 |
2015-09-17 |
Gary PACE; Kevin R. Williams; James GARAGHTY; Brian ELLIS |
A low inertia permanent magnet motor includes a stator and rotor. The rotor includes a generally tubular and hollow rotor body coupled to the shaft of the motor by one or more spokes and/or webs. The permanent magnets of the rotor are coupled to the rotor body. In some embodiments, the low inertia permanent magnet motor may be used to power a drawworks. In some embodiments, the drawworks may be controlled by an active heave compensation controller. |
186 |
Subsea winch |
US13319778 |
2010-05-13 |
US09045947B2 |
2015-06-02 |
Jeffrey Charles Edwards; Michael Graham Morgan |
A subsea winch is described. The subsea winch comprises a housing adapted to be attached to a well intervention system, the housing having an inlet and an outlet and at least one powered sheave arranged between the inlet and the outlet, the or each powered sheave having a surface adapted to form a frictional engagement with a cable passing between the inlet and the outlet via the at least one sheave. In use, a pull force pulling the cable in a downhole direction applied to the cable by a tool string being lowered into the well intervention system is increased by the winch such that the downhole pull force on the cable at the housing inlet is greater than the downhole pull force at the housing outlet. |
187 |
Modular coiled tubing unit |
US13962767 |
2013-08-08 |
US08820399B2 |
2014-09-02 |
M. Brett Witte; Do Seo Park |
A coiled tubing unit includes a coiled tubing reel skid comprising a load supporting skid frame having a plurality of guide post sleeves and a reel skid landing platform comprising a plurality of guide posts that mate with the plurality of guide post sleeves, wherein mating of the guide posts with the guide post sleeves is configurable so that the coiled tubing reel skid is disposable at multiple positions on the landing platform. The coiled tubing unit is configurable for many different weight distribution requirements. |
188 |
Managing tensile forces in a cable |
US13110469 |
2011-05-18 |
US08770272B2 |
2014-07-08 |
Thurman Harrell |
A well servicing system includes a frame adapted to mount to a pipe handling system that includes a hanger adapted to guide a load coupled to a cable towards a wellhead, where the load exerts at least a portion of a tensile force on the cable; and a winch including a drum and a brake. The brake is adapted to control rotational motion of the drum to spool a portion of the cable over the drum and set the drum to substantially prevent rotational motion of the drum. The well servicing system also includes a hydraulic piston-cylinder coupled to a sheave. The piston is adapted to stroke into or out of the cylinder when the tensile force exceeds a desired load when the drum is set to substantially prevent rotational motion to spool the cable from the drum. |
189 |
Modular Coiled Tubing Unit |
US13962767 |
2013-08-08 |
US20140076533A1 |
2014-03-20 |
M. Brett WITTE; Do Seo PARK |
A coiled tubing unit includes a coiled tubing reel skid comprising a load supporting skid frame having a plurality of guide post sleeves and a reel skid landing platform comprising a plurality of guide posts that mate with the plurality of guide post sleeves, wherein mating of the guide posts with the guide post sleeves is configurable so that the coiled tubing reel skid is disposable at multiple positions on the landing platform. The coiled tubing unit is configurable for many different weight distribution requirements. |
190 |
BRAKE, SHEAR AND CABLE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD |
US13958982 |
2013-08-05 |
US20140034887A1 |
2014-02-06 |
Frank Fetters, III; Mark Dunbar |
The invention relates to a brake, shear and cable management system and method, which is attachable adjacent to a reeling-type drum to effectively brake and cut cable, such as drilling line, boring line, electrical line, fiber optic line or the like. The brake, shear and cable management system includes a cable management assembly, a cable brake assembly and a cable cutting assembly used in conjunction to manage, retain and sever a spent portion of cable upon the drum. |
191 |
DEPLOYMENT OF CABLES FOR LANDING STRINGS |
US13938910 |
2013-07-10 |
US20140014354A1 |
2014-01-16 |
Peter Nellessen |
Embodiments may generally take the form of a cable winch system installable within a riser on a landing string. In particular, one embodiment may take the form of a system having a tubular deployable within a riser and a cable winch deployable within a riser. The cable winch is configured to travel with the tubular as it is deployed within the riser. |
192 |
SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LIMITING WINCH OVERRUN |
US13484869 |
2012-05-31 |
US20120305317A1 |
2012-12-06 |
ADAM JOHN RIBOLDI; Fernando Fidel Aleite Escudero; Michael Luke Pearce |
A retrieval system for a wireline drilling system having a winch, a wireline rope connected to the winch, and a core sampler connected to the wireline rope. The retrieval system includes a radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder and a controller that, in response to receiving a wireless signal from the RFID transponder, automatically adjusts a speed at which the winch retrieves the core sampler. |
193 |
Fiber Optic Slickline and Tools |
US12628355 |
2009-12-01 |
US20100155059A1 |
2010-06-24 |
Kalim Ullah |
A fiber optic slickline. The slickline includes fiber optic communication means without full downhole power transmitting capability. Nevertheless, the slickline is configured to accommodate an axial load up to, and in excess of 2,000 lbs. Downhole tools and tool assemblies are configured with opto-electronic interfacing features so as to remain electronically compatible while also taking advantage of fiber optic communications afforded over the slickline. The slickline and tools may be employed in logging and other downhole operations in a manner that provides real time communication with substantially reduced surface equipment expense in terms of footprint and power requirements. |
194 |
Drawworks |
US12597500 |
2008-04-24 |
US20100127229A1 |
2010-05-27 |
Hege Kverneland; Åge Kyllingstad; Magne Mathias Moe; Robert Lewis Bloom |
A drawworks (10) comprising a permanent magnet motor (60) mounted inside a drum(40), said permanent magnet motor arranged to drive said drum via a gear system(50), characterised in that said gear system is located at least partially within said drum. |
195 |
Wireline entry sub |
US11995919 |
2006-07-17 |
US07721798B2 |
2010-05-25 |
Per G. Angman |
A wireline entry sub includes a body for connection with a wellbore string of tubulars. An opening on the body extends a depth from a body outer surface to at least the longitudinal center axis. A wireline passage extends though the body from the opening to a lower end. A wireline pulling device is mounted on the sub body to apply pulling force to a wireline. The wireline pulling device ma be driven by a motor mounted on the wireline cut sub or by a to drive of a drilling rig. |
196 |
Liquid cooled brake assembly |
US11263399 |
2005-10-31 |
US07591349B2 |
2009-09-22 |
Richard Carl McConkie; Brenton Charles Bluhm; Fergus Hopwood; Stephen Wayne Barr |
An adjustable fluid cooled brake is provided that integrates the driven shaft and bearings with braking components to form a packaged assembly. The brake includes a driven shaft and two bearings disposed about the driven shaft. The brake further includes a housing disposed about the shaft and friction plates coupled to the housing and driven shaft. One end cap assembly of the brake is coupled to the housing and supports one of the bearings. The end cap assembly includes a pressure plate configured to compress the friction plates. Another end cap assembly is coupled to the housing and supports the other bearing. One of end cap assemblies is spaced from the housing by a spacer that may be adjusted to enable axial movement of the end cap assembly relative to the housing and the corresponding bearing thereby permitting adjustment of the brake. |
197 |
Electric drawworks for a drilling rig |
US11268258 |
2005-11-07 |
US07527245B2 |
2009-05-05 |
Gerald Lesko |
A cable drawworks for a drilling rig has an electric motor and a primary drive transmission which connects the motor to a drum shaft that passes through the hub of a cable drum. The drum shaft is rotatably mounted on the drawworks frame whereas the cable drum is rotatably mounted on the drum shaft. The drum shaft connects to a secondary drive transmission that connects the drum shaft to the cable drum. The secondary drive transmission has a planetary gear transmission set. Each end of the cable drum has a brake drum and a brake band wrapped around thereon. A brake actuating system is used to selectively tighten the bands and includes an equalization linkage system resulting in equal braking forces being applied to each brake drum. The simplified cable drawworks system is compact enough to be mounted on the drilling rig floor and eliminates the need for liquid cooling of the braking mechanism. |
198 |
ELECTRIC WINCH MOTOR |
US11562862 |
2006-11-22 |
US20080116432A1 |
2008-05-22 |
Robert Folk; Adrian Lachance |
A winch includes an electric motor having a fixed stator, and a cylindrical rotor which rotates about the stator. A drum is affixed to the rotor and carries the cable which is wound or unwound by the winch. The winch may be a drawworks for an oil and gas rig. |
199 |
Delivery system for downhole use |
US11591357 |
2006-11-01 |
US20070107900A1 |
2007-05-17 |
Michael Dreelan |
A delivery system for downhole use comprising an elongate delivery member, such as a length of wireline cable or coiled tubing, an injector to control the insertion of the delivery member into the well, and a storage device such as a reel to store at least a portion of the delivery member prior to insertion into the well. The system has a motion compensator arranged to compensate for relative motion between the injector and the storage device. The motion compensator optionally is arranged to compensate for relative movement between the injector and the well, and the movement of the motion compensator on the storage device and the motion compensator on the injection head can be coordinated by a motion controller adapted and arranged to measure the movement of the injector and to signal the motion compensator on the storage device to move in accordance with the movement of the injector. |
200 |
Even reeving system for a top drive earth drilling machine |
US10982364 |
2004-11-05 |
US07178788B1 |
2007-02-20 |
Sammy Kent Flud; Thomas Nelson McKnight |
An earth drilling machine includes a mast, a crown block assembly mounted on the mast top for providing a drilling line having front sheaves, a fast line sheave mounted to a crown block sheave for reeving the drilling line, a drawworks drum, and a traveling frame assembly a midpoint of a width of a drawworks assembly aligned with the fast line sheave. The drawworks drum has a drum axis, the front sheaves are all aligned on a front axis, the fast line sheave and the deadline sheave are both aligned on a back axis, and the traveling sheaves are aligned on a traveling frame axis. The front axis, back axis, and traveling frame axis are parallel to the drum axis. The crown cross over sheave defines a cross over axis and the cross over axis is mounted perpendicular to the drum axis. |