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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Guy F. Feasey, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford Technology Holdings, LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/08 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/004 (2013.01); E21B 33/085 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 2021/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for deploying a marine riser includes: assembling a rotating control device (RCD) spool with the marine riser; lowering the RCD spool through a rotary table of a drilling rig and into a moonpool of an offshore drilling unit; connecting a hose to an upper and lower adapter of the RCD spool in the moonpool; and lowering the RCD spool and the connected hose through the moonpool.