Device for storing tubulars and devices for handling of tubulars
First Claim
1. System for storing a substantially vertical riser section and transporting the riser section between a vertical storage device and a catwalk or a derrick, comprising a vertical storage device for storing the riser section in a substantially vertical orientation, a crane constituting a single transport means for transporting the riser section between the vertical storage device and the catwalk or derrick, the crane being configured to grip the riser section and transport the riser section to the catwalk or derrick, wherein the vertical storage device comprises a shaft for storing the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation, the crane is a knuckle boom crane, which has a grapple that is adapted to be inserted inside an upper end of the substantially vertical riser section to grip the upper end of the riser section and wherein the crane is further adapted to lift the riser section, while the riser section is in said substantially vertical orientation, a substantially vertical distance at least corresponding to the length of the riser section and carry the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation from the vertical storage device to the catwalk or derrick, the crane being adapted to co-operate with a guiding means for guiding the riser section while it is being lifted out of the vertical storage device, further comprising a trolley for displacing the guiding means, the trolley running on first tracks at either side of an insertion and retrieving opening at a top end of the vertical storage device, the trolley comprising a beam extending substantially at a right angle to the first tracks and a second track on which the guide means is moveable in a direction substantially at a right angle to the first tracks, so that the guide means is movable with the trolley in a first direction parallel to said first tracks and in a second direction, perpendicular to said first direction, said movement being in a horizontal plane over top of all of the riser sections in the vertical storage device, and so that the riser sections disposed in the vertical storage device can be accessed by means of their x-y co-ordinates.
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Abstract
Device for storing tubular on a drilling and/or production installation, comprising a shaft (8, 9, 10, 11) to accommodate a plurality of tubular in a substantially vertical position and a guide (15, 22) that is moveable above the shaft (8, 9, 10, 11). The device comprises means for displacing the guide (15, 22) in a substantially horizontal plane to a position above a selected one of all the tubular in the shaft. Also described are a catwalk (12) configured to displace the tubular in an axial direction through a V-door in the derrick (5), and which is further configured to be tilted into a substantially vertical position to receive or deliver a tubular, and a knuckle boom crane (7) with a grapple (27) that is adapted to grip an upper end of a substantially vertical tubular and carry the tubular in a substantially vertical orientation.
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- 1. System for storing a substantially vertical riser section and transporting the riser section between a vertical storage device and a catwalk or a derrick, comprising a vertical storage device for storing the riser section in a substantially vertical orientation, a crane constituting a single transport means for transporting the riser section between the vertical storage device and the catwalk or derrick, the crane being configured to grip the riser section and transport the riser section to the catwalk or derrick, wherein the vertical storage device comprises a shaft for storing the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation, the crane is a knuckle boom crane, which has a grapple that is adapted to be inserted inside an upper end of the substantially vertical riser section to grip the upper end of the riser section and wherein the crane is further adapted to lift the riser section, while the riser section is in said substantially vertical orientation, a substantially vertical distance at least corresponding to the length of the riser section and carry the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation from the vertical storage device to the catwalk or derrick, the crane being adapted to co-operate with a guiding means for guiding the riser section while it is being lifted out of the vertical storage device, further comprising a trolley for displacing the guiding means, the trolley running on first tracks at either side of an insertion and retrieving opening at a top end of the vertical storage device, the trolley comprising a beam extending substantially at a right angle to the first tracks and a second track on which the guide means is moveable in a direction substantially at a right angle to the first tracks, so that the guide means is movable with the trolley in a first direction parallel to said first tracks and in a second direction, perpendicular to said first direction, said movement being in a horizontal plane over top of all of the riser sections in the vertical storage device, and so that the riser sections disposed in the vertical storage device can be accessed by means of their x-y co-ordinates.
- 4. A crane constituting a single transport means for transporting a substantially vertical riser section between a vertical storage and a catwalk or a derrick, wherein the crane is a knuckle boom crane, which has a grapple that is adapted to be inserted inside an upper end of the substantially vertical riser section to grip the upper end of the riser section and wherein the crane is further adapted to lift the riser section, while the riser section is in a substantially vertical orientation, a vertical distance at least corresponding to the length of the riser section out of the vertical storage and carry the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation from the vertical storage to the derrick or catwalk, the crane being adapted to co-operate with a guiding means for guiding the riser section while it is being lifted out of the vertical storage, further comprising a trolley for displacing the guiding means, the trolley running on first tracks at either side of an insertion and retrieving opening at a top end of the vertical storage device, the trolley comprising a beam extending substantially at a right angle to the first tracks and a second track on which the guide means is moveable in a direction substantially at a right angle to the first tracks, so that the guide means is movable with the trolley in a first direction parallel to said first tracks and in a second direction, perpendicular to said first direction, said movement being in a horizontal plane over top of all of the riser sections disposed in the vertical storage device, and so that the riser sections in the vertical storage device can be accessed by means of their x-y co-ordinates.
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6. Use of a knuckle boom crane constituting a single transport means for transporting a substantially vertical riser section between a vertical storage and a catwalk or a derrick, including lifting the riser section, while the riser section is in a substantially vertical orientation, a substantially vertical distance at least corresponding to the length of the riser section out of the vertical storage, the knuckle boom crane having a grapple that is adapted to be inserted inside an upper end of the substantially vertical riser section to grip the upper end of the riser section and carry the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation from the vertical storage to the derrick or catwalk, the crane being adapted to co-operate with a guiding means for guiding the riser section while it is being lifted out of the vertical storage, further comprising displacing the guiding means with a trolley running on first tracks at either side of an insertion and retrieving opening at a top end of the vertical storage device, the trolley comprising a beam extending substantially at a right angle to the first tracks and a second track on which the guide means is moveable in a direction substantially at a right angle to the first tracks, so that the guide means is movable with the trolley in a first direction parallel to said first tracks and in a second direction, perpendicular to said first direction, said movement being in a horizontal plane over top of all of the riser sections disposed in the vertical storage device, and so that the riser sections in the vertical storage device can be accessed by means of their x-y co-ordinates.
- 7. A crane constituting a single transport means for transporting a substantially vertical riser section between a vertical storage and a catwalk or a derrick, wherein the crane is a knuckle boom crane, which has a grapple that is adapted to be inserted inside an upper end of the substantially vertical riser section to grip the upper end of the riser section and wherein the crane is further adapted to lift the riser section, while the riser section is in a substantially vertical orientation, a vertical distance at least corresponding to the length of the riser section out of the vertical storage and carry the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation from the vertical storage to the derrick or catwalk, the crane being adapted to co-operate with a guiding means for guiding the riser section while it is being lifted out of the vertical storage, wherein said guide means comprises a lid disposed to overlie a top end of the vertical storage device, the lid having a guide carried by a trolley that runs along an elongate opening in the lid, the lid being rotatable about a center axis thereof so as to dispose the elongate opening vertically above a riser section to be lifted by the crane, and so that the riser sections disposed in the vertical storage device can be accessed by means of their polar co-ordinates.
- 11. Use of a knuckle boom crane constituting a single transport means for transporting a substantially vertical riser section between a vertical storage and a catwalk or a derrick, including lifting the riser section, while the riser section is in a substantially vertical orientation, a substantially vertical distance at least corresponding to the length of the riser section out of the vertical storage, the knuckle boom crane having a grapple that is adapted to be inserted inside an upper end of the substantially vertical riser section to grip the upper end of the riser section and carry the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation from the vertical storage to the derrick or catwalk, the crane being adapted to co-operate with a guiding means for guiding the riser section while it is being lifted out of the vertical storage, wherein said guide means comprises a lid disposed to overlie a top end of the vertical storage device, the lid having a guide carried by a trolley that runs along an elongate opening in the lid, the lid being rotatable about a center axis thereof so as to dispose the elongate opening vertically above a riser section to be lifted by the crane.
- 15. System for storing a substantially vertical riser section and transporting the riser section between a vertical storage device and a catwalk or a derrick, comprising a vertical storage device for storing the riser section in a substantially vertical orientation, a crane constituting a single transport means for transporting the riser section between the vertical storage device and the catwalk or derrick, the crane being configured to grip the riser section and transport the riser section to the catwalk or derrick, wherein the vertical storage device comprises a shaft for storing the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation, the crane is a knuckle boom crane, which has a grapple that is adapted to be inserted inside an upper end of the substantially vertical riser section to grip the upper end of the riser section and wherein the crane is further adapted to lift the riser section, while the riser section is in said substantially vertical orientation, a substantially vertical distance at least corresponding to the length of the riser section and carry the riser section in said substantially vertical orientation from the vertical storage device to the catwalk or derrick, the crane being adapted to co-operate with a guiding means for guiding the riser section while it is being lifted out of the vertical storage device, wherein said guide means comprises a lid disposed to overlie a top end of the vertical storage device, the lid having a guide carried by a trolley that runs along an elongate opening in the lid, the lid being rotatable about a center axis thereof so as to dispose the elongate opening vertically above a riser section to be lifted by the crane, and so that the riser sections disposed in the vertical storage device can be accessed by means of their polar co-ordinates.
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