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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Enhanced Drilling, Inc., The Woodlands, TX (US);
Inventors:
Roger Sverre Stave, Straume, NO;
John Cohen, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Enhanced Drilling, Inc., The Woodlands, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/01 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/128 (2006.01); E21B 33/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/012 (2013.01); E21B 17/01 (2013.01); E21B 21/001 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 7/128 (2013.01); E21B 33/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drilling riser system includes a plurality of interchangeable dockable modules having sealable hydraulic connections configured to connect to a module docking structure disposed in at least one specific segment of a drilling riser and to seal the hydraulic connections. Each of the interchangeable dockable modules includes at least one of an hydraulic termination or connection to an hydraulic device for each of a fluid conduit in fluid communication with the and at least one auxiliary line associated with the riser.