| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 181 | Conductor Removal System | US15788077 | 2017-10-19 | US20180106394A1 | 2018-04-19 | Dave McKechnie; Steffan Kruse Lindsø |
| In general, a conductor removal system 1 comprises a conductor sectioning tower which can be used to automate lifting and landing of various conductor sections. In most embodiments, the conductor sectioning tower can selectively and controllably go between an initially compact position to a raised, substantially vertical position with respect to the conductor removal system's transport frame. Conductors are cut creating a severed conductor section which can be positioned onto a conductor landing cart for further removal processing. | ||||||
| 182 | Portable all-electric subsea drive module | US15465810 | 2017-03-22 | US09926770B1 | 2018-03-27 | Jan S. Illakowicz |
| A subsea tool assembly includes a subsea tool and a subsea drive module connected to and configured to provide drive power to the subsea tool. The subsea drive module includes a housing configured for operation in a subsea environment, an electrical motor deployed in the housing, and an electrical power supply deployed in the housing. The electrical motor is configured to rotate a magnetic coupling which is sized and shaped to magnetically engage a corresponding magnetic coupling in the subsea tool. The electrical power supply is electrically connected to and configured to provide electrical power to the motor. Rotation of the magnetic coupling rotates the corresponding magnetic coupling in the subsea tool thereby providing drive power to the subsea tool. | ||||||
| 183 | ATTACHMENT MECHANISMS FOR STABILZATION OF SUBSEA VEHICLES | US15623565 | 2017-06-15 | US20180079086A1 | 2018-03-22 | Sahejad Patel; Fadl Abdellatif; Hassane Trigui; Ali Outa; Abdullah Arab |
| Systems and methods for securing a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) to a subsea structure during cleaning, maintenance, or inspection of the structure surface are provided. In one or more embodiments, an attachment mechanism includes a pair of grasping hooks that are raised and lowered when driven by a motorized drive. In one or more embodiments, an attachment mechanism includes a rigid holder having a mechanical stop and connected to a swing arm, the swing arm configured to rotate inward, but not outward beyond the mechanical stop. In one or more embodiments, an attachment mechanism includes a plurality of linked segments in series, each connected at a plurality of pivot points. A pair of wires passes through the plurality of linked segments and connects to a pair of pulleys that extend or retract the wires, thereby rotating the plurality of linked segments. | ||||||
| 184 | Tool arrangement connected to a christmas tree and methods for installing and removing of a christmas tree | US15120185 | 2015-03-25 | US09874076B2 | 2018-01-23 | Kim W. Christensen; David Brown |
| The invention provides a multipurpose tool arrangement for riserless invention of a subsea well. The multipurpose tool (40) which is adapted to be connected at the lower end to a Christmas tree (50) which has a tubing hanger (52) and an annulus bore (60′) being defined through said tubing hanger (52). Said tool (40) comprises a tubular element (48) and a Christmas tree connector (41), said multipurpose tool (40) is adapted to receive a second tool (64), which is operated by a cable (49), said second tool (64) in turn being adapted to install a plug (70) in said tubing hanger annulus bore (60′), through said multipurpose tool (40), said arrangement also comprising a pressure control head (47) through which said cable (49) extend. The invention also provides a method for removal or installing of a Christmas tree. | ||||||
| 185 | ROBOTIC MANIPULATORS FOR SUBSEA, TOPSIDE, AND ONSHORE OPERATIONS | US15190172 | 2016-06-22 | US20170370173A1 | 2017-12-28 | Brent David Gable; Andrea Paulina Rubio; Diana Kathryn Grauer |
| An apparatus including a robotic manipulator coupled to an oilfield device to facilitate support operations. The robotic manipulator can include a tool for interacting with components of the oilfield device, and the robotic manipulator can provide three translational degrees of freedom of the tool with respect to the oilfield device. Additional systems, devices, and methods are also disclosed. | ||||||
| 186 | Compact Distributed Subsea Distribution of Hydraulic Power and Chemical Injection | US15474926 | 2017-03-30 | US20170284172A1 | 2017-10-05 | Earl Schultz; Benjamin Primm; Matthew Smith |
| A subsea fluid distributor comprises a support framework configured to be removably mounted to and hydraulically connected to a subsea structure intermediate the subsea structure and an incoming flying lead terminator of an incoming flying lead; a plate attached to an upper section of the support framework; a fixed bucket attached to the support framework; a valve attached to the support framework; a lower framework attached to a lower portion of the support framework; a first hydraulic tube attached to the lower framework and in fluid communication with the valve; a flying lead junction plate support framework attached to the lower portion of the support framework; a second hydraulic tube disposed at least partially within flying lead junction plate support framework and in fluid communication with various subsea equipment; a first remotely operated vehicle (ROV) torque bucket (62) attached to an upper portion of the flying lead junction plate support framework; a second ROV torque bucket (22) attached to the upper of the support framework; and a predetermined set of signal connectors attached to the upper of the support framework and operatively connected to the valve to aid in controlling the operation of the valve. | ||||||
| 187 | Insertion and setting structure | US14783432 | 2013-04-09 | US09752415B2 | 2017-09-05 | Tobias Moller; Matthias Wieneke |
| A running tool configured to insert and set a retrievable subsea unit (RSU) into a subsea tree includes a frame having a lock configured to lock and unlock the running tool with respect to the subsea tree, a drive configured to lower or lift the RSU with respect to an accommodation space of the subsea tree, and a module lock configured to releasably lock the RSU to the drive. | ||||||
| 188 | Offshore well system with a subsea pressure control system movable with a remotely operated vehicle | US14871718 | 2015-09-30 | US09574426B2 | 2017-02-21 | David E. Cain; Shian J. Chou; Vijay A. Cheruvu; William F. Puccio |
| An offshore well drilling system for drilling a subsea well is presented that includes a floating platform, a surface BOP stack, a riser, and a driveable environmental safe guard system. The safe guard system includes an upper wellhead connector, a lower wellhead connector, a blowout preventer with shearing blind rams, and a subsea pressure control system. The subsea pressure control system can be electric, hydraulic, acoustic, or ROV actuated. More importantly, the environmental safeguard system is moveable, and can be driven around using as ROV. The present invention provides swift disconnect and recovery for emergency situations. The subsea environmental safe guard system is also much lighter in weight than traditional subsea stacks. | ||||||
| 189 | Wellhead Shear/Blind Ram Assembly | US15078198 | 2016-03-23 | US20170022776A1 | 2017-01-26 | David B. Redden; Frank McCormack; Larry E. Huskins |
| A shear/blind ram assembly for a subsea wellhead that is positioned between a blowout preventer system and the wellhead configured to selectively discontinue the flow of oil from the wellhead to the blowout preventer system. The shear/blind ram assembly includes a horizontally aligned main body with a vertical bore that is aligned and registered over the well bore on the wellhead. The main body includes a perpendicularly aligned lower neck and a perpendicularly aligned upper neck. Located inside each neck is a hydraulic ram unit which when activated discontinues the flow of a fluid through the main body's fluid. The main body also includes a lower connection flange surface formed on the lower neck configured to selectively connect to a wellhead connector and an upper connector flange formed on the upper neck and configured to selectively attached to a blowout prevention assembly. | ||||||
| 190 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PULLING A CROWN PLUG | US15076926 | 2016-03-22 | US20170022774A1 | 2017-01-26 | John Keith Caulfield; Patrick Brown |
| Provided is a method and apparatus for pulling a crown plug from a subsea horizontal Christmas tree, the method comprising: (a) providing a subsea lubricator having a longitudinal through bore and a jack attached to the subsea lubricator, the jack having a landing area, and the landing area having an opening which is fluidly connected to the lubricator's through bore; (b) providing a jacking string which includes a landing sub and a crown plug connector, the sub having a landing surface; (c) without the jacking string in step “b”, lowering the subsea lubricator of step “a”, to the horizontal Christmas tree and attaching the lubricator to the Christmas tree; (d) lowering the jacking string to the lubricator, and, while the landing surface of the landing sub is spaced above and not supported by the landing area of the jack, connecting the plug connector to the crown plug while the landing sub is above and not touching the landing area of the jack; (e) jacking up the jack such that the landing area of the jack contacts the landing surface of the landing sub, and pushes up on the jacking sub and jacking string causing tensile forces to be placed on the crown plug and releasing the crown plug from the profile of the Christmas tree; (f) while the lubricator remains attached to the Christmas tree, raising the jacking string and crown plug through and out of the lubricator and to the surface of the water to remove the tree; and (g) detaching the crown plug from the crown plug connector. | ||||||
| 191 | UNDERWATER VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTING FLUIDS SUCH AS FOR EXAMPLE NATURAL GAS, OIL OR WATER, AND PROCESS FOR USING SAID VEHICLE | US15030274 | 2014-10-20 | US20160272290A1 | 2016-09-22 | Stefano CARMINATI; Alessio NISTA |
| An underwater vehicle for transporting extraction fluids, for example natural gas, oil or water, has an overall elongated form and includes one or more containment tubes configured to contain the fluid to be transported and forming a bundle that prevalently extends longitudinally with respect to the underwater vehicle, making the vehicle structurally more robust and intrinsically safe. | ||||||
| 192 | Methods for retrieval and replacement of subsea production and processing equipment | US14423667 | 2012-08-24 | US09441461B2 | 2016-09-13 | Michael R. Williams; Thomas L. Hergarden; Howard J. Hartley; Andrei Strikovski; Eric Randall Smedstad; Harold Brian Skeels; John D. Dafler, Jr.; Jimmy D. Andrews |
| Generally, the present disclosure is directed to systems that may be used to facilitate the retrieval and/or replacement of production and/or processing equipment that may be used for subsea oil and gas operations. In one illustrative embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes, among other things, removing at least a portion of trapped production fluid (101a, 101b) from subsea equipment (100) while the subsea equipment (100) is connected to a subsea equipment installation (185) in a subsea environment (180), and storing at least the removed portion of the trapped production fluid (101a, 101b) in a subsea containment structure (120, 120a, 120b, 132) that is positioned in the subsea environment (180). Additionally, the disclosed method also includes disconnecting the subsea equipment (100) from the subsea equipment installation (185) and retrieving the subsea equipment (100) from the subsea environment (180). | ||||||
| 193 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TETHERING SUBSEA STRUCTURE MOUNTED ON A WELLHEAD | US15149825 | 2016-05-09 | US20160251817A1 | 2016-09-01 | Elizbar Buba Kebadze; John D. Henderson; James V. Maher; Mario Lugo; Brent Cox |
| A pile top assembly includes an adapter configured to couple to an upper end of a subsea anchor, a tensioning system mounted on an upper end of the adapter, and a flexible tension member having a first end coupled to the tensioning system. The tensioning system is operable to pay in and pay out the flexible tension member relative to the tensioning system. The pile top assembly further includes means coupled to the adapter for selectively engaging the upper end of the subsea anchor. | ||||||
| 194 | SUBSEA DIELECTRIC FLUID INJECTION TOOL | US14581870 | 2014-12-23 | US20160177680A1 | 2016-06-23 | Jonathan Hatcher; Seth Grablow; Alan McCleary |
| The present invention generally relates to a repair tool having a piston-style, syringe-like dielectric grease injection system within a plug body configured to inject dielectric grease into the receptacle pin of damaged subsea electrical connectors. The tool is mateable via ROV (or hand/diver/stab) and features separate mate/grease actuation mechanisms. The tool features standard mating interfaces and has a termination shell that contains dielectric grease and secondary grease injection/actuation mechanism. The dielectric grease is injected into damaged subsea receptacles, preventing or mitigating subsea electrical shorts. | ||||||
| 195 | Well capping assembly and method of capping underwater well | US14684986 | 2015-04-13 | US09316081B2 | 2016-04-19 | Shaddy Youssef Hanna |
| A well capping assembly includes a well cap structure configured to operatively couple to a wellhead structure for capping a fluid flow from a well. Also included is a capping frame operatively coupled to the well cap structure and configured to translate the well cap structure in at least one direction. Further included is a capping structure operatively coupled to the capping frame, the capping structure configured to be submerged in water and rigidly anchored to a sea floor surface. | ||||||
| 196 | Device for a valve | US13982719 | 2012-02-08 | US09297470B2 | 2016-03-29 | Lars Gunnar Hodnefjell; Helge Sverre Eide |
| A valve assembly comprises a hot stab and a complementary connection block. The hot stab and the connection block are each provided with a pressure balanced rotating sleeve. When the hot stab is disconnected from the connection block, the rotating sleeve is in a closed position and fluid is not allowed to flow through the :hot stab. The rotating sleeve of the connection block is also in a closed position such that fluid is not allowed to flow through the connection block. The hot stab may be connected and disconnected to the connection block without reducing the fluid pressure. | ||||||
| 197 | METHOD FOR LOCATING AN ELECTRICAL DEFECT IN AN UNDERWATER ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION MODULAR SYSTEM | US14780748 | 2014-03-04 | US20160061878A1 | 2016-03-03 | Terence HAZEL |
| A method of locating an electrical defect in an underwater electrical distribution modular system including a power line along which are disposed: a line head module including an isolator; a line termination module; optionally, one or more intermediate modules; a set of electrical connectors linkable under the water. The method includes, after opening the isolator of the head module following detection of an electrical defect downstream on the line: disconnection, by a remotely operated underwater vehicle, of a male connector and female connector ensuring electrical connection between two underwater modules; fitting a dielectric stopper on the male connector disconnected from the female connector by a remotely operated underwater vehicle; closing the isolator of the head module; and verification of a detection of a defect on the line downstream of the isolator of the head module. | ||||||
| 198 | IN OR RELATING TO CRAWLERS | US14841312 | 2015-08-31 | US20160059939A1 | 2016-03-03 | Ross James LAMONBY; Neil William STUTCHBURY |
| A dual-mode crawler unit for traversing a generally tubular target, the unit comprising means for effecting a hand-over-hand action along the target and also means for effecting a driven action along the target, the unit comprising two or more traversing units, the units being directly connected to each other by one or more linear actuators. | ||||||
| 199 | METHODS FOR RETRIEVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT | US14822694 | 2015-08-10 | US20150361769A1 | 2015-12-17 | Michael R. WILLIAMS; Thomas L. HERGARDEN; Howard J. HARTLEY; Andrei STRIKOVSKI; Eric Randall SMEDSTAD; Harold Brian SKEELS; John D. DAFLER, JR.; Jimmy D. ANDREWS |
| Generally, the present disclosure is directed to systems that may be used to facilitate the retrieval and/or replacement of production and/or processing equipment that may be used for subsea oil and gas operations. In one illustrative embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes, among other things, removing at least a portion of trapped production fluid (101a, 101b) from subsea equipment (100) while the subsea equipment (100) is connected to a subsea equipment installation (185) in a subsea environment (180), and storing at least the removed portion of the trapped production fluid (101a, 101b) in a subsea containment structure (120, 120a, 120b, 132) that is positioned in the subsea environment (180). Additionally, the disclosed method also includes disconnecting the subsea equipment (100) from the subsea equipment installation (185) and retrieving the subsea equipment (100) from the subsea environment (180). | ||||||
| 200 | METHODS FOR RETRIEVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF SUBSEA PRODUCTION AND PROCESSING EQUIPMENT | US14423667 | 2012-08-24 | US20150315879A1 | 2015-11-05 | Michael R. WILLIAMS; Thomas L. HERGARDEN; Howard J. HARTLEY; Andrei STRIKOVSKI; Eric Randall SMEDSTAD; Harold Brian SKEELS; John D. DAFLER, JR.; Jimmy D. ANDREWS |
| Generally, the present disclosure is directed to systems that may be used to facilitate the retrieval and/or replacement of production and/or processing equipment that may be used for subsea oil and gas operations. In one illustrative embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes, among other things, removing at least a portion of trapped production fluid (101a, 101b) from subsea equipment (100) while the subsea equipment (100) is connected to a subsea equipment installation (185) in a subsea environment (180), and storing at least the removed portion of the trapped production fluid (101a, 101b) in a subsea containment structure (120, 120a, 120b, 132) that is positioned in the subsea environment (180). Additionally, the disclosed method also includes disconnecting the subsea equipment (100) from the subsea equipment installation (185) and retrieving the subsea equipment (100) from the subsea environment (180). | ||||||
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