Abstract: A transportable well capping system, kit, and methods are provided. The transportable well capping system can include a plurality of modular subsystems capable of fitting within a bed of a standard full-sized pickup truck. The modular subsystems can include a sealing mechanism subassembly including a plurality of different sized seals for securing to a range of diameters of well casings, a gas flow meter subassembly, a hydrogen sulfide scrubber subassembly, a compressor and storage subassembly capable of storing the scrubbed methane in a storage tank, and a methane destruction subassembly capable of igniting the scrubbed methane gas and converting it to carbon dioxide. The subassemblies are sized to be capable of fitting within the bed of a standard full-sized pickup truck and can be driven to a location of an abandoned well and fluidically interconnected in a manner to cap the abandoned well.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 5, 2022
Date of Patent:
April 18, 2023
Assignee:
CAPWELL SEAVICES LLC
Inventors:
Andrew Jiesheng Lane, Tomas Luis Pinilla, Lucien Christopher Peach, Justin Edward Hegar, Jacoby Niko Simpkins, Walter Enrique Hubsch Palacios
Abstract: A method for conducting a subsea well intervention at a subsea well, and a related system. In particular embodiments, an assembly is provided comprising a wireline drum pressure container unit, a lubricator package having a lock chamber tube enclosing a tool string and having at least one valve in a vertical bore, and a connector used to connect the assembly to a well control package on a well head of the well. In such an embodiment, the method can include displacing well fluid in a cavity between the valve of the lubricator package and a valve of the well control package, using a clean fluid, while the valve of the lubricator package is closed. The assembly can then be disconnected from said well control package at the connector and retrieved to the surface, whereby contamination of seawater due to disconnection can be reduced or minimized.
Type:
Application
Filed:
June 19, 2015
Publication date:
July 26, 2018
Applicant:
CapWell AS
Inventors:
Morten Talgø, John Helvik, Tore Aarsland
Abstract: A petroleum well intervention winch system includes a high pressure confining housing for a drum for a rope to a tool string. The pressure confining housing has a connector with an aperture for the rope to a top of a tool string gate chamber on vertical bore BOP valves on a wellhead on the petroleum well. The rope runs through the aperture via a capstan to the drum. The capstan is driven by a first motor through a first high pressure proof magnetic coupling across a wall of the housing. The drum is driven by a second motor through a second high pressure proof magnetic coupling across the wall of the housing. The capstan is subject to a load tension from the rope and is provided with a hold tension on the rope from the drum. The second motor exerts a constant hold tension on the rope via the drum.
Abstract: A petroleum well intervention winch system includes a high pressure confining housing for a drum for a rope to a tool string. The pressure confining housing has a connector with an aperture for the rope to a top of a tool string gate chamber on vertical bore BOP valves on a wellhead on the petroleum well. The rope runs through the aperture via a capstan to the drum. The capstan is driven by a first motor through a first high pressure proof magnetic coupling across a wall of the housing. The drum is driven by a second motor through a second high pressure proof magnetic coupling across the wall of the housing. The capstan is subject to a load tension from the rope and is provided with a hold tension on the rope from the drum. The second motor exerts a constant hold tension on the rope via the drum.