Oil field system for through tubing rotary drilling
View Patent ↗An oil field system comprising a main body having a bore therethrough, the main body having a connection at one end of the bore for, in use, connecting the main body to an existing wellhead, tree or other oil field equipment, a transverse cavity through the bore, the cavity having at least one opening to the outside of the main body, a plurality of flow control devices for insertion, at different times, into the cavity in order to selectively control fluid flow through the bore, wherein the plurality of flow control devices includes a gate valve and drilling BOP rams.
1. An oil field system comprising:
a main body having a bore therethrough, the main body comprising a connection at one end of the bore for, in use, connecting the main body to an existing wellhead, tree, or other oil field equipment;
a transverse cavity extending along an axis through the bore and comprising openings to the outside of the main body on opposite sides and along the axis;
a plurality of flow control devices for insertion, at different times, into the cavity to selectively control fluid flow through the bore;
wherein the plurality of flow control devices includes a gate valve comprising a single part slidable to close fluid flow through the main body bore and drilling BOP rams designed to seal during drilling operations;
wherein the cavity is shaped so as to be sealable either by the gate valve or the drilling BOP rams to control fluid flow through the main body bore; and
wherein the main body comprises recessed portions in a wall of the bore for receiving valve seats for engagement, in use, with the gate valve.
2. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity is sized and shaped to receive the valve and rams at different times.
3. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity is non-circular.
4. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the cavity is round, obround, or substantially elliptical.
5. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the valve seats are removable prior to insertion of one of the drilling BOP rams.
6. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the main body is operable as a Lower Riser Package when the gate valve is in the cavity.
7. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the main body is operable as a BOP stack when the drilling rams are in the cavity.
8. A system according to claim 1 , wherein the drilling ram is one of a shear/seal ram or a pipe sealing ram.
9. A method for converting a Lower Riser Package into a BOP stack, the Lower Riser Package comprising:
a main body having a bore therethrough, the main body comprising a connection at one end of the bore for, in use, connecting the main body to an existing wellhead, tree or other oil field equipment;
a transverse cavity extending along an axis through the bore and comprising openings to the outside of the main body on opposite sides and along the cavity axis;
a gate valve comprising a single part slidably disposed in the cavity in order to selectively control flow through the bore; and
the main body further comprising recessed portions in a wall of the bore for receiving valve seats for engagement, in use, with the gate valve;
the method comprising:
removing the gate valve from the cavity and the valve seats from the recessed portions in the wall of the bore; and
inserting into the cavity a drilling BOP ram so as to be able to seal against the cavity.
10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
wherein the Lower Riser Package further comprises a second transverse cavity through the bore having at least one opening to the outside of the main body and a lightweight BOP ram disposed in the second cavity;
removing the lightweight BOP ram from the second cavity; and
inserting into the second cavity a second drilling BOP ram.