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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2004
Bartley J. Patton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Shampine Rod, Houston, TX (US);
Nikki Hobbs, Houston, TX (US);
Terry Mccafferty, Brookshire, TX (US);
Robin Mallalieu, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Bartley J. Patton, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Shampine Rod, Houston, TX (US);
Nikki Hobbs, Houston, TX (US);
Terry McCafferty, Brookshire, TX (US);
Robin Mallalieu, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corp., SugarLand, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for reducing the effects of heave movements of a wellhead in an offshore drilling device is provided that includes a frame; a coiled tubing stack supported by the frame; and a heave compensation system for controlling an amount of load transferred from the coiled tubing stack to the wellhead to reduce relative movements between the coiled tubing stack and the wellhead.