Abstract: A system and method is described for use and return of drilling fluid/cuttings from a well, which is drilled on the ocean floor, in connection with offshore related oil production and gas production, where, from a drilling rig or drilling vessel (10), a drill stem (12) runs down into the bore hole and where a blowout preventer (BOP) is placed on said well, without mounting a riser between the rig or the vessel and said blowout preventer. A sealing and pressure-regulating device (16) is arranged on the blowout preventer (14) arranged to regulate the level of the drilling fluid, and thus the outlet pressure of the drilling fluid in said sealing and pressure-regulating device, and a pump module (18) is set up at a suitable distance adjacent said sealing and pressure-regulating device, where the pump module is arranged to pump said drilling fluid up to the ocean surface via an external return pipe.

Abstract: Systems and methods for drilling a well bore in a subsea formation from an offshore structure positioned on a water surface with a drill string that is suspended from the structure and includes a bottom hole assembly adapted to form a top hole portion of the well bore. A drilling fluid source on the offshore structure supplies drilling fluid through the drill string to the bottom hole assembly where the drilling fluid exits from the bottom hole assembly during drilling and returns up the well bore. A suction module is disposed at the sea floor and collects the drilling fluid emerging from the well bore. A pump module is disposed on a return line, which is in fluid communication with the suction module, at a position below the water surface and above the sea floor. The pump module is operable to receive drilling fluid from the suction module and pump the drilling fluid through the return pipe to the same offshore structure or a different offshore structure.

Abstract: A method of reducing drilling fluid pressure during subsea drilling, where drilling fluid is pumped down into a borehole and then flows back to a drilling rig via the lined and/or unlined sections of the borehole and a liner, wherein the drilling fluid pressure is controlled by pumping drilling fluid out of the liner at the seabed, and where the liner annulus above the drilling fluid is filled with a riser fluid having a density different from that of the drilling fluid.

Abstract: A device including a pipe string device anchored to a sea floor. The device is configured to convey a fluid from a well head to a vessel during a drilling phase of a well. The fluid is located in the pipe string and needing, for well-technical reasons, to be given a flow boost. The pipe string that is anchored on the sea floor is provided with at least one injection point for a driving fluid.

Abstract: Systems and methods for drilling a well bore in a subsea formation from an offshore structure positioned on a water surface with a drill string that is suspended from the structure and includes a bottom hole assembly adapted to form a top hole portion of the well bore. A drilling fluid source on the offshore structure supplies drilling fluid through the drill string to the bottom hole assembly where the drilling fluid exits from the bottom hole assembly during drilling and returns up the well bore. A suction module is disposed at the sea floor and collects the drilling fluid emerging from the well bore. A pump module is disposed on a return line, which is in fluid communication with the suction module, at a position below the water surface and above the sea floor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for removal and filtration of drilling fluid at top hole drilling, where a suction module (10) comprises an extended, pipe-formed body (30), open at the top and which is arranged to an ocean-bottom penetrating pipe, through which a drill stem is led for drilling of the top hole, and where the pipe-formed body (30) comprises at least one outlet passage (32) in the pipe wall for export of return drilling fluid from the bore hole to a pump module (12). The invention is characterized in that the pipe-formed body (30) comprises a filtration device with through openings, where the mentioned openings are arranged to let through, to at least one outlet passage (32), return drilling fluid containing suspended material, such as swelling clay and stones, having a size that is less that the diameter of the inlet pipe of the pump or the openings of the pump.

Abstract: A system and method is described for use and return of drilling fluid/cuttings from a well, which is drilled on the ocean floor, in connection with offshore related oil production and gas production, where, from a drilling rig or drilling vessel (10), a drill stem (12) runs down into the bore hole and where a blowout preventer (BOP) is placed on said well, without mounting a riser between the rig or the vessel and said blowout preventer. A sealing and pressure-regulating device (16) is arranged on the blowout preventer (14) arranged to regulate the level of the drilling fluid, and thus the outlet pressure of the drilling fluid in said sealing and pressure-regulating device, and a pump module (18) is set up at a suitable distance adjacent said sealing and pressure-regulating device, where the pump module is arranged to pump said drilling fluid up to the ocean surface via an external return pipe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for removal and filtration of drilling fluid at top hole drilling, where a suction module (10) comprises an extended, pipe-formed body (30), open at the top and which is arranged to an ocean-bottom penetrating pipe, through which a drill stem is led for drilling of the top hole, and where the pipe-formed body (30) comprises at least one outlet passage (32) in the pipe wall for export of return drilling fluid from the bore hole to a pump module (12). The invention is characterised in that the pipe-formed body (30) comprises a filtration device with through openings, where the mentioned openings are arranged to let through, to at least one outlet passage (32), return drilling fluid containing suspended material, such as swelling clay and stones, having a size that is less that the diameter of the inlet pipe of the pump or the openings of the pump.

Abstract: A method of reducing drilling fluid pressure during subsea drilling, where drilling fluid is pumped down into a borehole and then flows back to a drilling rig via the lined and/or unlined sections of the borehole and a liner, wherein the drilling fluid pressure is controlled by pumping drilling fluid out of the liner at the seabed, and where the liner annulus above the drilling fluid is filled with a riser fluid having a density different from that of the drilling fluid.

Abstract: A method and a device for removing a hydrate plug (38) from a pipeline (16), wherein a pig (1), which is connected to an umbilical (2) extending to surface, is displaced down into the pipeline (16) until proximity of the hydrate plug (38), after which a fluid arranged with hydrate-plug-dissolving properties is pumped through the umbilical (2).

Abstract: A method and a device for removing a hydrate plug (38) from a pipeline (16), wherein a pig (1), which is connected to an umbilical (2) extending to surface, is displaced down into the pipeline (16) until proximity of the hydrate plug (38), after which a fluid arranged with hydrate-plug-dissolving properties is pumped through the umbilical (2).

Abstract: A well pump device, especially for use in connection with the recovery of hydrocarbons, wherein the pump is carried to a predetermined position within a well pipe. The pump is provided with an external seal which is arranged to prevent fluid from flowing from the pressure side of the pump past the pump to the suction side thereof.

Abstract: A well pump device (1), especially for use in connection with the recovery of hydrocarbons, wherein the pump (1) is carried to a predetermined position within a well pipe (10). The pump (1) is provided with an external seal (8) which is arranged to prevent fluid from flowing from the pressure side of the pump (1) past the pump (1) to the suction side thereof.