Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Floating oil and gas facility with a movable wellbay assembly
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Application No.: US15960724Application Date: 2018-04-24
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Publication No.: US10428599B2Publication Date: 2019-10-01
- Inventor: Roy B. Shilling, III , Charles N. White , Howard Day
- Applicant: FRONTIER DEEPWATER APPRAISAL SOLUTIONS LLC
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: FRONTIER DEEPWATER APPRAISAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee: FRONTIER DEEPWATER APPRAISAL SOLUTIONS, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: The Wendt Firm, P.C.
- Agent Jeffrey L. Wendt
- Main IPC: E21B19/00
- IPC: E21B19/00 ; E21B15/02 ; B63B35/44 ; B63B21/20

Abstract:
A mobile offshore drilling unit is converted to provide drilling, completion and workover access to multiple dry tree wells from a drilling derrick to allow production and export of oil and gas from high pressure, high temperature reservoirs in deep offshore waters. Existing practice has been for the drilling derrick on a production platform supporting dry tree wells to be moved over a fixed well slot. The present invention provides a movable wellbay that supports multiple top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers, which may be positioned directly below the derrick's rotary table and/or beneath another operating device. The use of top-tensioned subsea well tieback risers supported by the movable wellbay allows the converted facility to drill, complete, maintain, improve and produce from subsea wells through dry trees.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190257160A1 FLOATING OIL AND GAS FACILITY WITH A MOVABLE WELLBAY ASSEMBLY Public/Granted day:2019-08-22
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