Drilling or work-over rig comprising an operational control and/or state unit and a computer-implemented method of providing operational control and/or state
A drilling or work-over vessel ( 10 ) is disclosed comprising a number of operational equipment ( 300 ), wherein the drilling or work-over vessel comprises at least one operational control and/or state unit ( 100 ) comprising at least one processing unit ( 102 ), wherein the at least one operational control and/or state unit ( 100 ) comprises or are in connection with a memory and/or storage ( 103 ), and at least one sensor unit ( 200 ), wherein the at least one sensor unit ( 200 ) is adapted to obtain one or more measured physical values and to provide data representing the one or more measured physical values and/or derived values thereof to the at least one operational control and/or state unit ( 100 ), the memory and/or storage ( 103 ) comprises a data representation of a computational physics model of at least a part of the drilling or work-over rig, and the at least one processing unit ( 102 ) is adapted to derive data representing an estimation of one or more physical states (such as defined by limits of forces, relative motion between operational equipment and vessel, or between other two pieces of operational equipment) estimated to act on at least one operational equipment ( 300 ) in response to the data representing the one or more measured physical values and/or derived values thereof as provided by the at least one sensor unit ( 200 ).
1. A floating vessel for oil drilling or work-over of subsea wells, comprising:
at least one operational equipment configured for use in drilling or work-over operations, wherein the at least one operational equipment is operable in a first state with normal operation and in a second state with restricted operation;
a plurality of sensor units configured to obtain data associated with a general state of the vessel;
a control system configured to receive the obtained data from the sensor units;
wherein the control system, based on the obtained data received from the sensor units, is adapted to classify the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel to be within a safe operational window or to be without a safe operational window; and
wherein the control system is adapted to operate the at least one operational equipment in:
a) the first state with normal operation when the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel is within the safe operational window, and
b) the second state with restricted operation when the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel is without the safe operational window.
2. The vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel relates to the environmental weather conditions for the vessel.
3. The vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel relates to pitch and roll, acceleration, and/or positional information of the vessel.
4. The vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel relates to water current values and/or wind speeds near the vessel.
5. The floating vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the general state is derived for multiple operational equipment.
6. The floating vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the general state is presented to at least one of:
an operator of the operational equipment and
a control center monitoring the operation of the operational equipment.
7. The floating vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the general state includes a visual color code indicator.
8. The vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the control system is adapted to classify the obtained data associated with the vessel by using a computational physics model to derive data representing an estimation of a present physical state of the operational equipment in real time.
9. The floating vessel according to claim 1 , wherein the control system in the second state with restricted operation is adapted to proceed operation with a lower than normal operational speed/load.
10. A method of managing operation of oil drilling or work-over of subsea wells from a floating vessel, comprising:
performing drilling or work-over operations by using at least one operational equipment;
obtaining data associated with a general state of the vessel by means of a plurality of sensor units;
classifying the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel to be within a safe operational window or to be without a safe operational window; and
operating the at least one operational equipment for use in drilling or work-over operations in:
a) in a first state with normal operation when the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel is within the safe operational window, and
b) in a second state with restricted operation when the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel is without the safe operational window.
11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the obtaining of the data associated with the general state of the vessel comprises obtaining data representing pitch and roll of the floating vessel.
12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the obtaining of the data associated with the general state of the vessel comprises obtaining data representing acceleration of the floating vessel.
13. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the obtaining of the data associated with the general state of the vessel comprises obtaining data representing positional information of the floating vessel.
14. The method according to claim 10 , wherein a control system configured to use a computational physics model of at least part of the vessel is adapted to
derive data representing an estimation of one or more physical states for multiple operational equipment.
15. The method according to claim 10 , comprising presenting the general state to at least one of
an operator of the operational equipment, and
a control center monitoring the operation of the operational equipment.
16. The method according to claim 10 , comprising classifying the obtained data associated with the vessel by using a computational physics model to derive data representing an estimation of a present physical state of the operational equipment in real time.
17. The method according to claim 10 , comprising deriving data representing a general state of proceeding operation with a lower than normal operational speed/load.
18. A control system for a drilling or work-over vessel, the control system comprising:
an input configured to receive data associated with a general state of the vessel from a plurality of sensor units on the vessel;
a processor adapted to, based on the obtained data received from the sensor units, classify the obtained data associated with a general state of the vessel to be within a safe operational window or to be without a safe operational window;
the processor is adapted to operate at least one operational equipment configured for use in drilling or work-over operations in:
a) a first state with normal operation when the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel is within the safe operational window, and
b) a second state with restricted operation when the obtained data associated with the general state of the vessel is without the safe operational window.
19. The control system according to claim 18 , and comprising an output communicating a current state to an operator, the output is communicated with a plurality of indicators indicating whether the operational equipment is in the first state with normal operation or in the second state with restricted operation.
20. The control system according to claim 19 , wherein the current state is derived for multiple operational equipment.