EP1774133B1 - Procede de dispositif permettant de serrer des lignes de commande et des trains de tubage tubulaires - Google Patents

Procede de dispositif permettant de serrer des lignes de commande et des trains de tubage tubulaires Download PDF

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EP1774133B1
EP1774133B1 EP05705763A EP05705763A EP1774133B1 EP 1774133 B1 EP1774133 B1 EP 1774133B1 EP 05705763 A EP05705763 A EP 05705763A EP 05705763 A EP05705763 A EP 05705763A EP 1774133 B1 EP1774133 B1 EP 1774133B1
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Troy F. Hill
Timothy Bedore
Jimmy L. Hollingsworth
David M. Haugen
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/02—Couplings; joints
    • E21B17/023—Arrangements for connecting cables or wirelines to downhole devices
    • E21B17/026—Arrangements for fixing cables or wirelines to the outside of downhole devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK 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
    • E21B19/02—Rod or cable suspensions
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK 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
    • E21B19/08—Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables; Apparatus for increasing or decreasing the pressure on the drilling tool; Apparatus for counterbalancing the weight of the rods
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B17/00—Drilling rods or pipes; Flexible drill strings; Kellies; Drill collars; Sucker rods; Cables; Casings; Tubings
    • E21B17/10—Wear protectors; Centralising devices, e.g. stabilisers
    • E21B17/1035—Wear protectors; Centralising devices, e.g. stabilisers for plural rods, pipes or lines, e.g. for control lines
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK 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
    • E21B19/24—Guiding or centralising devices for drilling rods or pipes
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B41/00—Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
    • E21B41/0021—Safety devices, e.g. for preventing small objects from falling into the borehole

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  • the present invention relates to the makeup of tubular strings at the surface of a well. More particularly, the invention relates to making up strings and running the strings into the well along with a control line or signal transmission line. More particularly still, the invention relates to methods and apparatus for facilitating the clamping of a control line or signal transmission line to a tubular string prior to lowering the string, clamp, and such line into the well.
  • Strings of pipe are typically run into a wellbore at various times during the formation and completion of a well.
  • a wellbore is formed for example, by running a bit on the end of the tubular string of drill pipe. Later, larger diameter pipe is run into the wellbore and cemented therein to line the well and isolate certain parts of the wellbore from other parts. Smaller diameter tubular strings are then run through the lined wellbore either to form a new length of wellbore therebelow, to carry tools in the well, or to serve as a conduit for hydrocarbons gathered from the well during production.
  • control lines are often run into the well along an outer surface of the tubular string.
  • a tubular string may be formed at the surface of a well and, as it is inserted into the wellbore, a control line may be inserted into the wellbore adjacent the tubular string.
  • the control line is typically provided from a reel or spool somewhere near the surface of the well and extends along the string to some component disposed in the string. Because of the harsh conditions and non-uniform surfaces in the wellbore, control lines are typically fixed to a tubular string along their length to keep the line and the tubular string together and prevent the control line from being damaged or pulled away from the tubular string during its trip into the well.
  • Control lines are typically attached to the tubular strings using clamps placed at predetermined intervals along the tubular string by an operator. Because various pieces of equipment at and above well center are necessary to build a tubular string and the control line is being fed from a remotely located reel, getting the control line close enough to the tubular string to successfully clamp it prior to entering the wellbore is a challenge.
  • a separate device with an extendable member is used to urge the control line towards the tubular string as it comes off the reel.
  • Such a device is typically fixed to the derrick structure at the approximate height of intended engagement with a tubular traversing the well center, the device being fixed at a significant distance from the well center. The device is telescopically moved toward and away from well center when operative and inoperative respectively.
  • the device must necessarily span a fair distance as it telescopes from its out of the way mounting location to well center. Because of that the control line-engaging portion of the device is difficult to locate precisely at well center. The result is often a misalignment between the continuous control line and the tubular string making it necessary for an operator to manhandle the control line to a position adjacent the tubular before it can be clamped.
  • US6131664 discloses a method and an apparatus for installing control lines and pipe into a well.
  • the work surface for equipment and personnel employed in assembling the pipe is elevated above the rig floor. Personnel operating below the work surface use clamps to attach control lines to the pipe being installed in the well.
  • the pipe-holding spiders that are normally mounted on the rig floor are mounted on the elevated work surface.
  • W09910674 discloses the mounting of a signal cable within a longitudinal groove in a production string being lowered down into an oil/gas well.
  • a cable mounting robot is adapted to mill out a longitudinal groove conforming to the signal line and to place the line into the groove simultaneously with the lowering of the production string down into the well.
  • the apparatus includes a guide boom pivotable around a location adjacent the string and with a guide member at an end thereof to guide the control line.
  • the apparatus further includes a clamp boom that is independently pivotable and includes a clamp housing at an end thereof for carrying and locating a clamp to clamp the control line against the tubular string.
  • the guide boom structure and the clamp boom structure each have a center line which is substantially aligned with the center line of the tubing string permitting the control line to be aligned adjacent the tubular string prior to clamping.
  • the method includes locating a guide boom at a location adjacent the tubular string, wherein the guide boom includes a guide member at an and thereof to guide the line.
  • the method further includes locating a clamp boom at a location adjacent the tubular string, wherein the clamp boom includes a removable clamp. Additionally, the method includes clamping the line to the tubular string by utilizing the clamp and relocating the booms to a location away from the tubular string while leaving the line clamped to the tubular string.
  • Figure 1 illustrates one embodiment of an assembly used to facilitate the clamping of a control line to a tubular string.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the assembly of Figure 1 in a position whereby the control line has been brought to a location adjacent the tubular string for the installation of a clamp.
  • Figure 3 is a detailed view of the clamp.
  • Figure 4 illustrates another embodiment of an assembly used to facilitate the clamping of the control line to tubular string.
  • Figure 1 illustrates one embodiment of an assembly 100 used to facilitate the clamping of a control line 300 to a tubular string 105.
  • the assembly 100 is movable between a staging position and a clamping position. As shown, the assembly 100 is located adjacent the surface of a well 110. Extending from' the well 110 is the tubular string 105 comprising a first 112 and a second 115 tubulars connected by a coupling 120. Not visible in Figure 1 is a spider which consists of slips that retain the weight of the tubular string 105 at the surface of the well 110.
  • an elevator or a spider which would typically be located above the rig floor or work surface to carry the weight of the tubular 112 as it is aligned and threadedly connected to the upper most tubular 115 to increase the length of tubular string 105.
  • the general use of spiders and elevators to assemble strings of tubulars is well known and is shown in U.S. Publication No. US-2002/0170720-A1 .
  • the assembly 100 includes a guide boom 200 or arm, which in one embodiment is a telescopic member made up of an upper 201 and a lower 202 boom.
  • Guide boom 200 is mounted on a base 210 or mounting assembly at a pivot point 205.
  • the guide boom 200 extends at an angle relative to the base 210, such as an angle greater than 30 degrees.
  • a pair of fluid cylinders 215 or motive members permits the guide boom 200 to move in an arcuate pattern around the pivot point 205.
  • Visible in Figure 1 is a spatial relationship between the base 210 and a platform table 130.
  • the base 210 is fixed relative to the table 130, thereby permitting the guide boom 200 to be fixed relative to the tubular string 105 extending from the well 110 and preferably the guide boom 200 is fixed relatively proximate the tubular string 105 or well center.
  • the vertical center line of the guide boom 200 is substantially aligned with the vertical center line of the tubular string 105, ensuring that as the guide boom 200 pivots around the pivot point 205 to approach the tubular string 105 (see Figure 2 ) and subsequently causing the path of the boom 200 and the tubular string 105 to reliably intersect. This helps ensure that the control line 300 is close enough to the string 105 for a clamp 275 to be manually closed around the string 105 as described below.
  • a guide 220 or a control line holding assembly is disposed at an upper end of guide boom 200.
  • the guide boom 220 has a pair of rollers 222 mounted therein in a manner which permits the control line 300 to extend through the rollers 222.
  • control line 300 is supplied from a reel (not shown) which is located proximate the guide boom 200 but far enough from the center of the well 710 to avoid interfering with the spider, elevator or draw works associated with the tubular string 105.
  • the control line 300 can provide power or signals or both in any number of ways to a component or other device disposed in the well 110.
  • Reels used to supply control lines are well known in the art and are typically pre-tensioned, whereby the control line will move off the reel as it is urged away from the reel while permitting the reel to keep some tension on the line and avoiding unnecessary slack.
  • a clamp boom 250 or arm which in one embodiment is a telescopic member made up of an upper 251 and a lower 252 boom.
  • the clamp boom 250 is mounted substantially parallel to the guide boom 200.
  • the clamp boom 250 includes a pivot point 255 adjacent the pivot point 205 of guide boom 200.
  • the clamp boom 250 is moved by one or more fluid cylinders.
  • a pair of fluid cylinders 260 moves the clamp boom 250 around the pivot point 255 away from the guide boom 200.
  • Another fluid cylinder 265 causes the clamp boom 250 to lengthen or shorten in a telescopic fashion.
  • the clamp boom 250 is arranged similarly to the guide boom 200, the clamp boom 250 also shares a center line with the tubular string 105.
  • a fluid cylinder may be hydraulic or- pneumatic.
  • the booms 200, 250 may be moved by another form of a motive member such as a linear actuator, an electric or fluid operated motor or any other suitable means known in the art.
  • a clamp holding assembly comprising a clamp housing 270 and a removable clamp 275 is disposed at an end of the clamp boom 250.
  • the removable clamp 275 includes a first clamp member 280 and a second clamp member 281 which are designed to reach substantially around and embrace a tubular member, damping, or securing a control line together with the tubular member. More specifically, the clamp 275 is designed to straddle the coupling. 120 between two tubulars 112,115 In the tubular string 105.
  • the clamp 275 is designed whereby one clamp member 281 will close around the lower end of tubular 112 and another clamp member 280 will close around an upper end of tubular 115, thereby straddling coupling 120.
  • a frame portion between the clamp members 280, 281 covers the coupling 120.
  • the result is a clamping arrangement securing the control line 300 to the tubular string 105 and providing protection to the control line 300 in the area of coupling 120.
  • a more detailed view of the clamp 275 is shown in Figure 3 .
  • the clamp 275 is temporarily held in the clamp housing 270 and then is releasable therefrom.
  • Figure 2 illustrates the assembly 100 in a position adjacent the tubular string 105 with the clamp 275 ready to engage the tubular string 105. Comparing the position of the assembly 100 in Figure 2 with its position in Figure 1 , the guide boom 200 and the clamp boom 250 have both been moved in an arcuate motion around pivot point 205 by the action of fluid cylinders 215. Additionally, the cylinders 260 have urged the clamp boom 250 to pivot around the pivot point 255. The fluid cylinder 265 remains substantially in the same position as in Figure 1 , but as is apparent in Figure 2 , could be adjusted to ensure that coupling 120 is successfully straddled by the clamp 275 and that clamp members 280, 281 can be secured around tubulars 112 and 115, respectively.
  • the guide 220 is in close contact with or touching tubular 112 to ensure that the control line 300 is running parallel and adjacent the tubular string 105 as the clamp boom 250 sets up the clamp 275 for installation.
  • the quantity of control line 300 necessary to assume the position of Figure 2 is removed from the pretensioned reel as previously described.
  • the clamp boom 250 is typically positioned close to the tubular string 105 by manipulating fluid cylinders 260 until the clamp members 280, 281 of the clamp 275 can be manually closed by an operator around tubulars 112 and 115. Thereafter the clamp 275 is removed from the housing 270 either manually or by automated means and the assembly 100 can be retracted back to the position of Figure 1 . It should be noted that any number of clamps can be installed on the tubular string 105 using the assembly 100 and the clamps do not necessarily have to straddle a coupling.
  • the tubular string 105 is made at the surface of the well with subsequent pieces of tubular being connected together utilizing a coupling. Once a "joint" or connection between two tubulars is made, the string 105 is ready to be lowered into the wellbore to a point where a subsequent joint can be assembled. At that point, the guide boom 200 and the clamp boom 250 of the present invention are moved in an arcuate motion bringing the control line 300 into close contact and alignment with the tubular string 105.
  • the cylinders 260 operating the clamp boom 250 are manipulated to ensure that the clamp 275 is close enough to the tubular string 105 to permit its closure by an operator and / or to ensure that the clamp members 280, 281 of the clamp 275 straddle the coupling 120 between the tubulars.
  • the assembly 100 After the assembly 100 is positioned to associate the clamp 275 with tubular string 105, an operator closes the clamp members 280, 281 around the tubulars 112, 115 and thereby clamps the control line 300 to the tubulars 112, 115 in such a way that it is held fast and also protected, especially in the area of the coupling 120. Thereafter, the assembly 100 including the guide boom 200 and the clamp boom 250 is retracted along the same path to assume a retracted position like the one shown in Figure 1 . The tubular string 105 can now be lowered into the wellbore along with the control line 300 and another clamp can be loaded into the clamp housing 270.
  • the guide boom and the clamp boom fluid cylinders are equipped with position sensors which are connected to a safety interlock system such that the spider can not be opened unless the guide boom 200 and the clamp boom 250 are in the retracted position.
  • a safety interlock system may sense the proximity of the guide boom and clamp boom to the well center for example by either by monitoring the angular displacement of the booms with respect to the pivot points or by a proximity sensor mounted in the control line holding assembly or the clamp holding assembly to measure actual proximity of the booms to the tubular string.
  • the sensor is in communication with the spider and / or elevator (or other tubular handling device) control system so that one of the spider or elevator must be engaged with the tubular (i.e. it is locked out from release) in order for the guide or clamp boom to approach the tubular arid such a lock out remains until both guide and clamp booms are withdrawn.
  • Such an interlock system may also include the rig draw works controls. It is desirable that the tubular string not be raised or lowered while the control line or clamp booms are adjacent the string.
  • the aforementioned boom position sensing mechanisms can be arranged to send signals (e.g. fluidic, electric, optic, sonic, or electromagnetic) to the draw works control system thereby locking the draw works (for example by locking the draw works brake mechanism In an activated position) when either the control line or clamp booms are in an operative position.
  • Figure 4 illustrates another embodiment of an assembly 400 used to facilitate the clamping of the control line 300 to the tubular string 115.
  • the components in the assembly 400 that are similar to the components in the assembly 100 will be labeled with the same number indicator.
  • the assembly 400 includes a guide boom 500.
  • the guide boom 500 operates in a similar manner as the guide boom 200 of assembly 100.
  • the guide boom 500 has a first boom 505 and a second boom 510 that are connected at an upper end thereof by a member 515, The member 515 supports the guide 220 at an end of the guide boom 500.
  • the guide boom 500 is mounted on the base 210 at pivot points 520. Similar to assembly 100, the pair of fluid cylinders 215 permits the guide boom 500 to move in an arcuate pattern around pivot points 520.
  • each boom 505, 510 may include an upper and a lower boom which are telescopically related to each other to allow the guide boom 500 to be extended and retracted in a telescopic manner.
  • a clamp boom 550 which in one embodiment is a telescopic member made from an upper and a lower boom.
  • the clamp boom 550 extends at an angle relative to the base 210 and is movable at least 100 degrees.
  • the clamp boom 550 is mounted between the booms 505, 510 of the guide boom 500.
  • the clamp boom 550 having a pivot point (not shown) adjacent the pivot points 520 of guide boom 500.
  • the clamp boom 550 is manipulated by a plurality of fluid cylinders. For instance, a pair of fluid cylinders (not shown) causes the clamp boom 550 to move around the pivot point.
  • Another fluid cylinder 265 causes the clamp boom 550 to lengthen or shorten in a telescopic fashion.
  • the clamp boom 550 is positioned adjacent the tubular string 105 so that the clamp boom 550 shares a center line with the tubular string 105.
  • the clamp boom 550 includes the clamp assembly comprising the clamp housing 270 and the removable clamp 270 disposed at an end thereof.
  • the guide boom 500 and the clamp boom 550 of the assembly 400 are moved in an arcuate motion bringing the control line 300 into close contact and alignment with the tubular string 105. Thereafter, the cylinders 260 operating the clamp boom 550 are manipulated to ensure that the clamp 275 is close enough to the tubular string 105 to permit its closure by an operator.
  • the operator closes the clamp 275 around the tubular string 105 and thereby clamps the control line 300 to the tubular string 105 in such a way that it is held fast and also protected, especially if the clamp 275 straddles a coupling in the tubular string 105.
  • the clamp boom 550 may be moved away from the control line 300 through a space defined by the booms 505, 510 of the guide boom 500 to a position that is a safe distance away from the tubular string 105 so that another clamp 275 can be loaded into the clamp housing 270.
  • assembly 100 or assembly 400 may be done manually through a control panel 410 (shown on Figure 4 ), a remote control console or by any other means know in the art.
  • a remote control console is shown in U.S. Publication No. US-2004/0035587-A1 .
  • a remote console may be provided with a user interface such as a joystick which may be spring biased to a central (neutral) position.
  • a valve assembly (not shown) controls the flow of fluid to the appropriate fluid cylinder. As soon as the joystick is released, the appropriate boom stops in the position which it has obtained.
  • the assembly 100, 400 typically includes sensing devices for sensing the position of the boom.
  • a linear transducer is incorporated in the various fluid cylinders that manipulate the booms.
  • the linear transducers provide a signal indicative of the extension of the fluid cylinders which is transmitted to the operator's console.
  • the booms (remotely controllable heads) are moved in an arcuate motion bringing the control line into close contact and alignment with the tubular string. Thereafter, the cylinders operating the clamp boom are further manipulated to ensure that the clamp is close enough to the tubular string to permit the closure of the clamp.
  • the operator presses a button marked "memorize" on the console.
  • the clamp is then closed around the tubular string to secure the control line to the tubular string. Thereafter, the clamp boom and/or the guide boom are retracted along the same path to assume a retracted position.
  • the tubular string can now be lowered into the wellbore along with the control line and another clamp can be loaded into the clamp housing.
  • the operator can simply press a button on the console marked "recall” and the clamp boom and/or guide boom immediately moves to their memorized position. This is accomplished by a control system (not shown) which manipulates the fluid cylinders until the signals from their respective linear transducers equal the signals memorized. The operator then checks the alignment of the clamp in relation to the tubular string. If they are correctly aligned, the clamp is closed around the tubular string. If they are not correctly aligned, the operator can make the necessary correction by moving the joystick on his console. When the booms are correctly aligned the operator can, if he chooses, update the memorized position. However, this step may be omitted if the operator believes that the deviation is due to the tubular not being straight.
  • control mechanism and user interface may vary without departing from relevant aspects of the inventions herein. Control may equally be facilitated by use of linear or rotary electric motors.
  • the user interface may be a computer and may in fact include a computer program having an automation algorithm. Such a program may automatically set the initial boom location parameters using boom position sensor data as previously discussed herein.
  • the algorithm may further calculate boom operational and staging position requirements based on sensor data from the other tubular handling equipment and thereby such a computer could control the safety interlocking functions of the tubular handling equipment and the properly synchronized operation of such equipment including the control line and clamp booms.
  • the aforementioned safety interlock and position memory features can be integrated such that the booms may automatically recall their previously set position unless a signal from the tubular handling equipment (e.g. spider/elevator, draw works) indicates that a reference piece of handling equipment is not properly engaged with the tubular.
  • a signal from the tubular handling equipment e.g. spider/elevator, draw works
  • the positioning of the clamp boom to a predetermined location for loading a clamp Into the clamp housing could be highly automated with minimal visual verification.
  • the position of the booms is memorized electronically, however, the position of the booms could also be memorized mechanically or optically.

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  1. Appareil de positionnement de ligne de commande comprenant :
    un ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) mobile entre une position d'attente et une position de serrage ;
    un ensemble de montage (210) pour relier l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) à une structure de forage, la structure de forage ayant un plancher de forage (130) et l'ensemble de montage (210) situé de manière sensiblement adjacente au plancher de forage (130) ;
    un élément moteur (215) pour déplacer l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) entre la position d'attente et la position de serrage ; et
    un bras (200, 500) pour relier l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) à l'ensemble de montage (210), où le bras (200, 500) s'étend selon un angle par rapport au plancher de forage (130) lorsque l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) est dans la position de serrage.
  2. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'angle relatif est supérieur à 30 degrés.
  3. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'ensemble de montage (210) est relié au plancher de forage (130).
  4. Appareil selon la revendication 1, comprenant en outre un ensemble de support de serrage (250, 550) mobile entre une deuxième position d'attente et une deuxième position de serrage.
  5. Appareil selon la revendication 4, comprenant en outre un deuxième élément moteur (260) pour déplacer l'ensemble de support de serrage (250, 550) entre la deuxième position d'attente et la deuxième position de serrage.
  6. Appareil selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le deuxième élément moteur est un vérin actionné par un fluide (260).
  7. Appareil selon la revendication 4, dans lequel l'ensemble de support de serrage (250, 550) est mobile indépendamment de l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220).
  8. Appareil selon la revendication 4, comprenant en outre un deuxième bras (510) pour relier l'ensemble de support de serrage à l'ensemble de montage.
  9. Appareil selon la revendication 8, dans lequel le deuxième bras (510) s'étend selon un angle par rapport au plancher de forage.
  10. Appareil selon la revendication 9, dans lequel le deuxième bras (510) est mobile selon un arc décrivant au moins 100 degrés.
  11. Appareil selon la revendication 4, comprenant en outre une attache (275) pour fixer la ligne de commande à une rame tubulaire.
  12. Appareil selon la revendication 8, dans lequel le deuxième bras (510) est extensible indépendamment du premier bras.
  13. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel la structure de forage (130) comprend un centre de puits et l'appareil est agencé et configuré de sorte que l'ensemble de montage (210) soit plus près du centre de puits que l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) lorsque l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) est dans la position d'attente.
  14. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel un déplacement de l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande décrit un arc qui coupe sensiblement une ligne centrale d'une rame tubulaire (105).
  15. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) est construit et agencé afin de positionner la ligne de commande (300) sensiblement parallèlement à une rame tubulaire (105).
  16. Appareil selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'élément moteur (215) est un vérin hydraulique.
  17. Procédé de fonctionnement d'un appareil de positionnement de ligne de commande consistant à :
    déplacer un ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) d'une position d'attente à une position de serrage, où l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) est monté de manière opérationnelle à proximité d'un plancher (130) d'un forage avec un ensemble de montage (210) ;
    maintenir une ligne de commande (300) adjacente à une rame tubulaire (105) avec l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) ;
    fixer la ligne de commande (220) à la rame tubulaire (105) ; et
    déplacer l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) en s'éloignant de la rame tubulaire (105).
  18. Procédé selon la revendication 17, dans lequel l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) et l'ensemble de montage (210) sont reliés par un bras (200, 500) qui s'étend selon un angle par rapport au plancher de forage.
  19. Procédé selon la revendication 17, comprenant en outre un ensemble de support de serrage (250, 550).
  20. Procédé selon la revendication 19, comprenant en outre l'étape consistant à déplacer l'ensemble de support de serrage (250, 550) selon un arc décrivant au moins 100 degrés.
  21. Procédé selon la revendication 19, dans lequel l'ensemble de support de serrage (550) est fixé au plancher de forage (130) par un deuxième bras (510).
  22. Procédé selon la revendication 21, consistant en outre à étendre le deuxième bras (510) par rapport au premier bras (505).
  23. Procédé selon la revendication 17, dans lequel l'ensemble de support de serrage comprend une attache (275).
  24. Procédé selon la revendication 23, consistant en outre à positionner l'attache (275) au-dessus d'un manchon (120) dans la rame tubulaire (105).
  25. Procédé selon la revendication 17, consistant en outre à détecter une condition de fonctionnement d'au moins un autre dispositif de manipulation tubulaire du forage et commander l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) en réponse à la condition de fonctionnement détectée.
  26. Procédé selon la revendication 25, dans lequel la commande est réalisée par la rétroaction automatique de la condition de fonctionnement détectée dans un système de commande.
  27. Procédé selon la revendication 17, consistant en outre à détecter une condition de fonctionnement de l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) et à commander au moins un autre dispositif de manipulation tubulaire du forage en réponse à la condition de fonctionnement détectée.
  28. Procédé selon la revendication 27, dans lequel la commande est réalisée par rétroaction automatique de la condition de fonctionnement détectée dans un système de commande.
  29. Procédé pour acheminer un tuyau de puits (105) dans un puits (110) avec des lignes de commande (300) attachées au tuyau (105), consistant à :
    fixer un tuyau (105) avec un collier à coins situé au-dessus d'un plancher de forage (130) ;
    faire fonctionner un appareil d'alignement de ligne de commande (100) en utilisant le procédé selon l'une quelconque des revendications 17 à 28 pour aligner la ligne de commande (300) avec le tuyau (105) à un emplacement en dessous du collier à coins et au-dessus du plancher de forage (130) ;
    fixer la ligne de commande (300) au tuyau (105) en dessous du collier à coins ; et
    abaisser le tuyau (105) et fixer la ligne de commande (300) dans le puits (110).
  30. Procédé selon la revendication 29, dans lequel l'appareil d'alignement de commande (100) comprend en outre un bras (200) pour relier l'élément de mise en prise de bras de commande à l'élément de montage (210).
  31. Procédé selon la revendication 30, dans lequel le bras (200, 500) est placé selon un angle d'au moins 45 degrés par rapport au plancher de forage (130).
  32. Procédé selon la revendication 31, dans lequel l'appareil d'alignement de commande comprend en outre un ensemble de support de serrage (250, 550) pour fixer la ligne de commande (300) au tuyau de puits (105).
  33. Procédé selon la revendication 32, consistant en outre à faire tourner le support d'étrier (250, 550) selon un arc décrivant au moins 100 degrés.
  34. Procédé d'alignement d'une ligne de commande avec un tubulaire, consistant à :
    positionner une ligne de commande selon le procédé de l'une quelconque des revendications 17 à 28 pour aligner la ligne de commande (300) avec le tuyau (105) à un emplacement en dessous du collier à coins et au-dessus du plancher de forage (130) ;
    déterminer une position de l'ensemble de support de ligne (220), où la position de l'ensemble de support de ligne (220) aligne une première partie de la ligne de commande (300) avec une rame tubulaire (105) ;
    mémoriser la position de l'ensemble de support de ligne ; et
    positionner une deuxième partie de la ligne de commande (300) en utilisant la position mémorisée.
  35. Procédé selon la revendication 34, dans lequel l'ensemble de support de ligne commandable à distance (220) est attaché à un plancher de forage par un bras (200, 500) qui s'étend selon un angle relativement au plancher de forage (130).
  36. Procédé selon la revendication 35, dans lequel l'angle relatif est d'au moins 45 degrés.
  37. Procédé selon la revendication 34, consistant en outre à fixer la ligne de commande (300) à la rame tubulaire (105).
  38. Appareil pour positionner une ligne de commande (300) de manière adjacente à une rame tubulaire (105), l'appareil comprenant l'appareil selon la revendication 8, dans lequel
    le premier bras (200, 500) est pivotable autour d'un emplacement adjacent à la rame tubulaire (105), le bras (200, 500) comprenant l'ensemble de support de ligne de commande (220) à une extrémité de celui-ci pour guider la ligne de commande (300) ; et
    le deuxième bras (250, 550) est pivotable indépendamment depuis sensiblement le même emplacement que le premier bras (200, 500), le deuxième bras (250, 550) ayant l'ensemble de support d'étrier (275) à une extrémité de celui-ci pour serrer la ligne (300) contre la rame tubulaire (105).
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