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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2015
Filed:
May. 31, 2011
Ronald Van Petegem, Montgomery, TX (US);
Kevin Quick, Plantersville, TX (US);
Egill Abrahamsen, Stavanger, NO;
Brian Michael Carline, Richmond, TX (US);
Karsten Heidecke, Houston, TX (US);
Doyle Frederick Boutwell, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Ronald Van Petegem, Montgomery, TX (US);
Kevin Quick, Plantersville, TX (US);
Egill Abrahamsen, Stavanger, NO;
Brian Michael Carline, Richmond, TX (US);
Karsten Heidecke, Houston, TX (US);
Doyle Frederick Boutwell, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
WEATHERFORD/LAMB, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for installing deepwater completions and performing well intervention from a vessel that can perform other duties while not running completions or performing interventions. The system for installing deepwater completions and performing well intervention may comprise a surface pipe handling and deployment package including a horizontally operated rig that may also be operated in a slanted mode. Deepwater completions may be deployed from the vessel via a buoyant horizontal riser (BHR), which may be supported by a submerged buoyant tensioning system (BTS). In this manner, the cost of performing completion or intervention operations may be significantly reduced compared to such operations run from a drilling rig.