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Patent No.:

US 10648294 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 16, 2016

Subsea control pod deployment and retrieval systems and methods

Applicant:

National Oilwell Varco, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Travis James Miller, Cypress, TX (US);

Frank Benjamin Springett, Spring, TX (US);

Richard Watson Cowan, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:

NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., Houston, TX (US);

Attorney:

Conley Rose, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

James G Sayre

Assistant Examiner:

Aaron L Lembo

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/04 (2006.01); E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/035 (2006.01); E21B 33/038 (2006.01); E21B 33/064 (2006.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/04 (2013.01); E21B 19/002 (2013.01); E21B 19/008 (2013.01); E21B 33/038 (2013.01); E21B 33/0355 (2013.01); E21B 33/064 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 47/065 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for replacing a first control pod of a BOP stack includes (a) lowering a control pod exchange device subsea. In addition, the method includes (b) coupling the control pod exchange device to the BOP stack. Further, the method includes (c) transferring the first control pod from the BOP stack to the control pod exchange device after (b). Still further, the method includes (d) lifting the control pod exchange device to the surface after (c).

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