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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Borre Fossli, Oslo, NO;
Inventor:
Borre Fossli, Oslo, NO;
Assignee:
Ocean Riser Systems AS, Olso, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 17/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An arrangement and a method to control and regulate the bottom hole pressure in a well during subsea drilling at deep waters: The method involves adjustment of a liquid/gas interface level in a drilling riser up or down. The arrangement comprises a high pressure drilling riser and a surface BOP at the upper end of the drilling riser. The surface BOP havs a gas bleeding outlet. The riser also comprises a BOP, with a by-pass line. The drilling riser has an outlet at a depth below the water surface, and the outlet is connected to a pumping system with a flow return conduit running back to a drilling vessel/platform.