IP Library Granted Patent US 12,196,048
Granted Patent B2
US 12,196,048 · App. 17/934,133 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Reel deployment for centralized pad system

Inventors: James Cook (Houston, TX); Corey Massey (Houston, TX); Julian Keihany (Houston, TX); Thiago Machado (Houston, TX); Rajeev Pillai (Houston, TX)
Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
E21B19/22E21B43/128
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Patent No.
US 12,196,048
App. No.
17/934,133
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pipe deployment system includes a vehicle, a deployment tool having a body with a spool engagement slot and a hydraulic motor mounted to the body, a spool having a pin extending along a rotational axis of the spool from an end of the spool, and an engagement spline rotationally engaging the hydraulic motor with the pin. The deployment tool is removably connected to the vehicle.

Claims (22)

1. A well system, comprising:

a pump pad comprising:

a plurality of hydraulic pumps fluidly connected to a pump manifold;

a first well pad comprising a first well, wherein the first well pad is remote from the pump pad;

a first line of flexible pipe fluidly connecting the pump manifold and the first well, wherein the flexible pipe comprises concentric layers of plastic and steel; and

a control system, comprising:

a central operation system located on one of the pump pad or the first well pad, the central operation system comprising a primary computer system with a primary user interface; and

a remote operation system located on the other of the pump pad or the first well pad, the remote operation system comprising a remote computer system in communication with the primary computer system and electronic controllers in the other of the pump pad or the first well pad.

2. The well system of claim 1 , wherein the first well pad further comprises:

a well manifold fluidly connected between the first line of flexible pipe and the first well; and

an additional well fluidly connected to the well manifold.

3. The well system of claim 1 , wherein the flexible pipe is connected to the first well via an isolation manifold, the isolation manifold comprising at least one isolation valve, wherein when the at least one isolation valve is in an open configuration, a flow path fluidly connecting the flexible pipe to the first well is open, and when the at least one isolation valve is in a closed configuration, the flow path is closed.

4. The well system of claim 1 , wherein the pump pad further comprises a pad selection manifold fluidly connected between the first line of flexible pipe and the pump manifold.

5. The well system of claim 4 , further comprising:

a second well pad, comprising:

a second well manifold;

a second well fluidly connected to the second well manifold; and

a second remote operation system comprising a second remote computer system in communication with the primary computer system and electronic controllers in the second well pad,

wherein the second well pad is remote from the pump pad and the first well pad, and

a second line of flexible pipe extending between and fluidly connecting the pad selection manifold and the second well manifold.

6. The well system of claim 1 , wherein the first line of flexible pipe comprises at least two segments of flexible pipe.

7. The well system of claim 6 , wherein the at least two segments of flexible pipe have different lengths.

Assignments (5)
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT RECORDED AT R/F 064193/0810 Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: DNB BANK ASA, NEW YORK BRANCH
To: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; SCHILLING ROBOTICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 068525/0717 →
RELEASE OF PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT RECORDED AT R/F 064193/0870 Recorded Aug 9, 2024
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; SCHILLING ROBOTICS, LLC
Reel/Frame 068527/0127 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2023
From: COOK, JAMES; MASSEY, COREY; KEIHANY, JULIAN; MACHADO, THIAGO; PILLAI, RAJEEV
To: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 065457/0533 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2023
From: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; SCHILLING ROBOTICS, LLC
To: DNB BANK ASA, NEW YORK BRANCH, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 064193/0810 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2023
From: FMC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; SCHILLING ROBOTICS, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 064193/0870 →