Chevron U.s.a. Inc.

Thomas B Heyward

Evan P Graybill

Thomas Edward O'Donnell

Andrew Bennett Boyd

Omid Oujani

Zachary P Schneider

Timothy Achee

Raymond Stawaisz

Kalyan Vajapeyajula

Trevor Munk

Andreas Stamatiou

John Rodney Hensely

John Rodney Hensley

An apparatus and method for connecting an umbilical to a marine riser is provided. The method and apparatus can be employed in instances when a riser is already in place in the water, extending from a drilling vessel to subsea equipment on the ocean floor.

Riser-mounted guide assembly for umbilical deployment

In subsea drilling operations, workover control systems may include deployment of an umbilical from a deepwater drilling vessel. Such an umbilical provides support functions for deepwater drilling operations. In the practice of the invention, a new method, system and apparatus may be employed to deploy the umbilical independently of the drilling riser, which provides commercial and operational advantages. That is, the umbilical may be deployed at a different time than the riser is deployed, and also without intimate close connection from the umbilical to the riser.

Method, system and apparatus for deployment of umbilicals in subsea well operations

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Houston, TX, United States of America

Thomas B Heyward