Modular hydraulic intensification system for downhole equipment function and chemical injection services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11261697-B2
Application number	US-202016910117-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2020
Priority date	Jun 24, 2019
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

A modular hydraulic intensification system includes a housing configured to be deployed within a subsea landing string. The modular hydraulic intensification system also includes multiple hydraulic intensifiers positioned within the housing, wherein each hydraulic intensifier includes a first chamber configured to fluidly couple to a hydraulic fluid supply and a second chamber configured to fluidly couple to one or more landing string valves within a lower portion of the subsea landing string. The modular hydraulic intensification system further includes a shuttle valve fluidly coupled to the respective second chambers of the multiple hydraulic intensifiers, wherein the shuttle valve is configured to enable flow of an output fluid across the shuttle valve from the respective second chambers of the multiple hydraulic intensifiers and to block backflow of the output fluid across the shuttle valve toward the respective second chambers of the multiple of hydraulic intensifiers.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A modular hydraulic intensification system for use in a subsea landing string, the modular hydraulic intensification system comprising:
a housing configured to be deployed within the subsea landing string;
a plurality of hydraulic intensifiers positioned within the housing, wherein each hydraulic intensifier of the plurality of hydraulic intensifiers comprises a first chamber configured to fluidly couple to a hydraulic fluid supply and a second chamber configured to fluidly couple to one or more landing string valves within a lower portion of the subsea landing string; and
a shuttle valve fluidly coupled to the respective second chambers of the plurality of hydraulic intensifiers, wherein the shuttle valve is configured to enable flow of an output fluid across the shuttle valve from the respective second chambers of the plurality of hydraulic intensifiers toward the one or more landing string valves and to block backflow of the output fluid across the shuttle valve toward the respective second chambers of the plurality of hydraulic intensifiers.

2. The modular hydraulic intensification system of claim 1 , comprising a pilot operated valve in fluid communication with the shuttle valve on a downstream side of the shuttle valve.

3. The modular hydraulic intensification system of claim 1 , comprising a bleed off circuit in fluid communication with the shuttle valve on a downstream side of the shuttle valve.

4. The modular hydraulic intensification system of claim 1 , comprising a filter positioned between the plurality of hydraulic intensifiers and the hydraulic fluid supply.

5. The modular hydraulic intensification system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of hydraulic intensifiers is positioned in a parallel arrangement.

6. The modular hydraulic intensification system of claim 1 , comprising a pressure sensor positioned between the respective second chambers of the plurality of hydraulic intensifiers and the one or more landing string valves of the lower portion of the subsea landing string, and a controller configured to receive a signal indicative of a pressure at the pressure sensor and to adjust an input pressure of the hydraulic fluid supply until the pressure at the pressure sensor reaches a desired pressure.

7. The modular hydraulic intensification system of claim 1 , comprising a controller and a pilot operated control valve, wherein the controller is configured to adjust a flow of control fluid to the pilot operated control valve to adjust the pilot operated control valve from a first position to a second position to block the flow of the output fluid to the one or more landing string valves of the lower portion of the subsea landing string.

8. A landing string system, comprising:
a lower portion configured to be landed within a stack assembly of a subsea system, wherein the lower portion comprises one or more valves that are configured to seal a bore to block a flow of well fluid from a wellbore toward a surface; and
a modular hydraulic intensification system coupled to the lower portion, wherein the modular hydraulic intensification system comprises:
a first hydraulic intensifier and a second hydraulic intensifier, wherein the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier each comprise a respective low-pressure chamber that is configured to fluidly couple to a hydraulic fluid supply at the surface and a high-pressure chamber configured to fluidly couple to the one or more valves within the lower portion of the landing string system; and
a shuttle valve fluidly coupled to the respective high-pressure chambers of the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier, wherein the shuttle valve is configured to enable flow of an output fluid across the shuttle valve from the respective high-pressure chambers of the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier and to block backflow of the output fluid across the shuttle valve toward the respective high-pressure chambers of the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier.

9. The landing string system of claim 8 , comprising one or more ports configured to enable chemical injection into the lower portion of the landing string system, wherein the respective high-pressure chambers of the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier are fluidly coupled to the one or more ports.

10. The landing string system of claim 8 , wherein the modular hydraulic intensification system comprises a housing positioned between a tubular of the landing string system and the lower portion of the landing string system.

11. The landing string system of claim 8 , wherein the modular hydraulic intensification system is positioned at least partially within a marine drilling riser that extends between the stack assembly having one or more blowout preventers and a platform at the surface.

12. The landing string system of claim 8 , further comprising a pilot operated valve in fluid communication with the shuttle valve on a downstream side of the shuttle valve.

13. The landing string system of claim 8 , comprising:
a first line that extends from the shuttle valve to a first valve of the one or more valves of the lower portion of the landing string system to thereby fluidly couple the respective high-pressure chambers of the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier to the first valve of the one or more valves of the lower portion of the landing string system; and
a second line that splits off from the first line at a tee to fluidly couple the respective high-pressure chambers of the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier to a second valve of the one or more valves of the lower portion of the landing string system.

14. The landing string system of claim 13 , comprising a first pilot operated valve positioned along the first line between the tee and the first valve, and a second pilot operated valve positioned along the second line between the tee and the second valve.

15. The landing string system of claim 8 , comprising a bleed off circuit in fluid communication with the shuttle valve on a downstream side of the shuttle valve.

16. The landing string system of claim 8 , wherein the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier are positioned in a parallel arrangement.

17. The landing string system of claim 8 , comprising a pressure sensor positioned between the respective high-pressure chambers of the first hydraulic intensifier and the second hydraulic intensifier and the one or more valves of the lower portion of the landing string system, and a controller configured to receive a signal indicative of a pressure at the pressure sensor and to adjust an input pressure of the hydraulic fluid supply until the pressure at the pressure sensor reaches a desired pressure.

18. The landing string system of claim 8 , comprising a controller and a pilot operated control valve, wherein the controller is configured to adjust a flow of control fluid to the pilot operated control valve to adjust the pilot operated control valve from a first position to a second position to block the flow of the output fluid to the one or more valves of the lower portion of the landing string system.

19. A method of operating a modular hydraulic intensification system, the method comprising:
receiving, at respective low-pressure chambers of a plurality of hydraulic intensifiers, an input fluid at a first pressure;
outputting, at respective high-pressure chambers of the p

Assignees

• Onesubsea Ip Uk Ltd

Inventors

• Tusing Adam
• Manson Greg

Classifications

• F15B2211/21

  Systems with pressure sources other than pumps, e.g. with a pyrotechnical charge · CPC title

• E21B33/0355

  Control systems, e.g. hydraulic, pneumatic, electric, acoustic, for submerged well heads · CPC title

• F15B3/00

  Intensifiers or fluid-pressure converters, e.g. pressure exchangers; Conveying pressure from one fluid system to another, without contact between the fluids {(fluid-driven pumps F04B9/08)} · CPC title

• E21B33/064

  specially adapted for underwater well heads · CPC title

• F15B2211/3052

  Shuttle valves · CPC title