CA2661405A1 - Methods and apparatus for automated oilfield torque wrench set-up to make-up and break-out tubular strings - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for automated oilfield torque wrench set-up to make-up and break-out tubular strings Download PDF

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CA2661405A1
CA2661405A1 CA002661405A CA2661405A CA2661405A1 CA 2661405 A1 CA2661405 A1 CA 2661405A1 CA 002661405 A CA002661405 A CA 002661405A CA 2661405 A CA2661405 A CA 2661405A CA 2661405 A1 CA2661405 A1 CA 2661405A1
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/16—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
    • E21B19/165—Control or monitoring arrangements therefor
    • E21B19/166—Arrangements of torque limiters or torque indicators
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/16—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/16—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
    • E21B19/161—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints using a wrench or a spinner adapted to engage a circular section of pipe
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B15/00—Systems controlled by a computer
    • G05B15/02—Systems controlled by a computer electric
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05D—SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES
    • G05D17/00—Control of torque; Control of mechanical power
    • G05D17/02—Control of torque; Control of mechanical power characterised by the use of electric means

Abstract

Automated make-up and break-up methods and apparatus for rotary oil well drilling are presented. The apparatus includes a drilling database storing tubular type records, a torque wrench having a spinner, and a controller. During make-up, the controller looks- up tubular type records stored in the drilling database in order to configure the torque wrench and/or the spinner to connect an additional tubular section to a tubular string or to disconnect a connection between tubulars in accordance with tubular type parameters. Sensors are employed on various drill rig components and reported sensor values are monitored. Timers are started concurrent with the initiation of various make-up and break-out steps. Exceptions are thrown when sensor values are out-of-range or when steps take too long to complete. Advantages are derived from speeding-up drill rig operations.

Claims (32)

1. A torque wrench configured to manipulate tubulars, the torque wrench comprising:
a. a plurality of tubular type records retrievably stored in a memory store, each tubular type record being configured to store tubular type specific parameters; and b. a controller configured to:

i. look-up at least one tubular type record corresponding to a pair of tubulars to retrieve tubular type specific parameters;

ii. configure the torque wrench to operate in accordance with the tubular type specific parameters retrieved; and iii. cause the torque wrench to torque a connection between the pair of tubulars.
2. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a driller's interface configured to display a selection of tubular type records, and configured to enable selection of a tubular type record of a tubular to be added to a tubular string being made-up.
3. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1, the tubular type specific parameters including at least one of: maximum torque specification, a torque cylinder make-up speed, a torque cylinder break-out speed, a spin-in time, and a spin-out time.
4. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 1, the tubular type specific parameters including at least one of: internal diameter, outside diameter, length, material hardness, thread length, thread pitch, thread hardness, and thread taper angle.
5. A torque wrench configured to manipulate tubulars, the torque wrench comprising:
a. a memory store including a plurality records, each record being configured to store a plurality of parameters;

b. a sensor associated with the torque wrench, the sensor reporting a sensor value;

c. a comparator configured to compare values;
d. a controller configured to:

i. look-up at least one record to retrieve at least one parameter; and ii. cause the comparator to compare the reported sensor value against at least one of the retrieved parameters.
6. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 5, wherein the plurality of records further comprises a plurality of tubular type records storing tubular type specific parameters; the controller further being configured to:

a. look-up at least one tubular type record corresponding to a pair of tubulars to retrieve tubular type specific parameters;

b. configure the torque wrench to operate in accordance with the tubular type specific parameters retrieved; and c. cause the torque wrench to torque a connection between the pair of tubulars.
7. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 6, the tubular type specific parameters including at least one of: maximum torque specification, a torque cylinder make-up speed, a torque cylinder break-out speed, a spin-in time, and a spin-out time.
8. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 6, the tubular type specific parameters including at least one of: internal diameter, outside diameter, length, material hardness, thread length, thread pitch, thread hardness, and thread taper angle.
9. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a driller's interface configured to display the reported sensor value or the result of the comparison performed by the comparator.
10. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 9, further comprising an interface configured to provide remote access to the driller's interface for remotely monitoring reported sensor value or the comparison result in real time.
11. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 5, the tubular type parameters further comprising one of a specification, a range, and a threshold.
12. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 11, the comparator being further configured to compare the reported sensor value against a sensor value range.
13. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 12, further comprising a driller's interface configured to display an indication specifying whether the reported sensor value is within the sensor value range.
14. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sensor further comprises one of: a switch, a counter, a timer, a temperature probe, a strain gage, a load cell, a tension cell, a pressure load cell, a transducer, a deflection transducer, a linear transducer, and a pressure transducer.
15. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 5, the controller being further configured to raise an exception triggered by the comparison performed by the comparator.
16. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 15, the controller being further configured to address the exception.
17. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 16, the controller being further configured to perform at least one of: repeat a process step once, repeat the process step for a predetermined number of times while incrementing a counter each time; skip the process step, restart, shutdown a subsystem, and prompt for human intervention.
18. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 15, further comprising a transceiver configured to alert an off-site entity when the exception is raised.
19. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a virtual interface configured to provide remote access to the memory store for monitoring drilling operations.
20. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 19, further comprising a communications infrastructure including one of: satellite communications, wireless communications, and Internet connectivity.
21. The torque wrench as claimed in claim 5, wherein the memory store further comprises a log configured to store the sensor value or the comparison result, the controller further being configured to store in the log the sensor value or the result of the comparison.
22. A method of torquinga connection between a pair of tubulars of a tubular string using an oilfield torque wrench having a pair of tongs, the method comprising:

a. retrieving, from a memory store associated with the torque wrench, tubular type specific parameters specified in at least one tubular type record;

b. configuring the torque wrench to operate in accordance with the tubular type specific parameters retrieved;

c. engaging the pair of tubulars in respective tongs of the torque wrench; and d. torquingthe connection in accordance with the tubular type specific parameters retrieved.
23. The method as claimed in claim 22, wherein making-up the tubular string the method further comprising a prior step of selecting a tubular type of a tubular to be added to the tubular string.
24. The method as claimed in claim 23, further comprising prior steps of:
a. presenting a driller with a selection of tubular types; and b. prompting the driller to select the tubular type of the additional tubular.
25. The method as claimed in claim 22, further comprising:

a. setting a timer to a time value corresponding to a process step, the time value being specified in the retrieved tubular type parameters;

b. starting the timer substantially concurrently with the initiation of the process step; and c. determining whether the process step completes within a time period corresponding to the time value set.
26. The method as claimed in claim 25, wherein if process step fails to complete within the time period, the method further comprises:

a. counting the failure to complete; and b. reinitiating the process step and resetting timer.
27. The method as claimed in claim 25, wherein reinitiating the process step and timer further comprises automatically reinitiating the process step, and resetting and restarting the timer.
28. The method as claimed in claim 22, further comprising:

a. monitoring at least one sensor associated with the torque wrench to obtain a sensor value.
29. The method as claimed in claim 28, further comprising logging the sensor value.
30. The method as claimed in claim 28, further comprising displaying the sensor value on a driller's interface.
31. The method as claimed in claim 28, further comprising comparing the sensor value against at least one of the tubular specific parameters.
32. The method as claimed in claim 31, further comprising at least one of:

a. logging an indication that the reported sensor value is within a sensor value range;

b. logging an indication that the reported sensor value is outside the sensor value range;

c. displaying a sensor value out-of-sensor-value-range-indication on the driller's interface;

d. alerting an off-site entity of the sensor value out-of-sensor-value-range indication;

e. raising an alarm;

f. repeating a process step once;

g. repeating the process step for a predetermined number of times and increasing a counter each time;

h. repeating the process step with the torque wrench configured to operate in accordance with a modified parameter;

i. skipping the process step;
j. restarting;

k. prompting for human-intervention; and l. shutting-down.
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