Managing a tubular running system for a wellbore tubular

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11624248-B2
Application number	US-202117181204-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 22, 2021
Priority date	Feb 22, 2021
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

Techniques for operating a tubular running tool system include communicating, using a controller, one or more sensors coupled to a tubular running tool during a tubular running operation; identifying, with the controller, a first input from one or more sensors that is associated with a weight of one or more tubular members suspended from the tubular running tool during the tubular running operation; identifying, with the controller, a second input from the one or more sensors that is associated with a position of the tubular running tool relative to a reference location during the tubular running operation; based on at least one of the first or second inputs, determining, with the controller, an operation for the tubular running tool; and based on the determination, transmitting, with the controller, a signal to an actuator of the tubular running tool to perform the operation of the tubular running tool.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tubular running tool control system, comprising:
one or more sensors coupled to a tubular running tool of a rig system during a tubular running operation; and
a controller communicably coupled to the one or more sensors and comprising one or more memory modules that stores instructions, and one or more hardware processors communicably coupled to the one or more memory modules and configured to execute the stored instructions to perform operations comprising;
identifying a first input from one or more sensors that is associated with a weight of one or more tubular members suspended from the tubular running tool of the rig system during the tubular running operation;
identifying a second input from the one or more sensors that is associated with a position of the tubular running tool of the rig system relative to a reference location during the tubular running operation;
determining, based on at least one of the first or second inputs, an operation for the tubular running tool;
based on the determination, transmitting a signal to an actuator of the tubular running tool to perform the operation of the tubular running tool;
identifying a third input from the one or more sensors that is associated with a position of the actuator of the tubular running tool during the tubular running operation;
determining, based on the third input, a location or position of a gripping assembly;
determining a lateral load on the one or more tubular members based on the determined location or position of the gripping assembly;
comparing the determined lateral load to an expected lateral load; and
based on the determined lateral load being greater than the expected lateral load, activating an alert signal at the tubular running tool.

2. The tubular running tool control system of claim 1 , wherein the first input is greater than a preset weight value, and the operation comprises maintaining or engaging a gripping assembly of the tubular running tool with at least one of the one or more tubular members.

3. The tubular running tool control system of claim 2 , wherein the preset weight value comprises a sum of a weight of the tubular running tool and a travelling block, and the reference location is at a distance of the tubular running tool above a rotary table of the rig system.

4. The tubular running tool control system of claim 1 , wherein the first input is less than a preset weight value and the second input is below the reference location for the tubular running tool, and the operation comprises disengaging a gripping assembly of the tubular running tool with at least one of the one or more tubular members.

5. The tubular running tool control system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more hardware processors is configured to perform operations further comprising:
operating the tubular running tool to engage the tubular member at the reference location; and
preparing the tubular running tool to engage an additional tubular member to connect to the one or more tubular members.

6. The tubular running tool control system of claim 1 , wherein one or both of the first or second inputs comprises a null input, and the operation comprises:
maintaining a previous operation for the tubular running tool; and
activating a sensor alarm.

7. The tubular running tool control system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more hardware processors is configured to perform operations further comprising:
identifying a fourth input from the one or more sensors that is associated with a location of one or more human operators of the tubular running tool during the tubular running operation;
determining, based on the fourth input, a location at least one of the one or more human operators within a drop zone of the tubular running tool; and
based on the determination, activating an alert signal at the tubular running tool.

8. The tubular running tool control system of claim 7 , wherein the preset weight value comprises a sum of a weight of the tubular running tool and a travelling block, and the reference location is at a distance of the tubular running tool above a rotary table of the rig system.

9. The tubular running tool control system of claim 8 , wherein one or both of the first or second inputs comprises a null input, and the operation comprises:
maintaining a previous operation for the tubular running tool; and
activating a sensor alarm.

10. The tubular running tool control system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more sensors are wirelessly coupled to the controller.

11. The tubular running tool control system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more tubular members comprise casing or tubing.

12. A method for operating a tubular running tool system, comprising:
communicating, using a controller that comprises one or more hardware processors, with one or more sensors coupled to a tubular running tool of a rig system during a tubular running operation;
identifying, with the controller, a first input from the one or more sensors that is associated with a weight of one or more tubular members suspended from the tubular running tool of the rig system during the tubular running operation;
identifying, with the controller, a second input from the one or more sensors that is associated with a position of the tubular running tool of the rig system relative to a reference location during the tubular running operation;
based on at least one of the first or second inputs, determining, with the controller, an operation for the tubular running tool;
based on the determination, transmitting, with the controller, a signal to an actuator of the tubular running tool to perform the operation of the tubular running tool;
identifying, with the controller, a third input from the one or more sensors that is associated with a position of the actuator of the tubular running tool during the tubular running operation;
based on the third input, determining, with the controller, a location or position of a gripping assembly;
determining, with the controller, a lateral load on the one or more tubular members based on the determined location or position of the gripping assembly;
comparing, with the controller, the determined lateral load to an expected lateral load; and
based on the determined lateral load being greater than the expected lateral load, activating, with the controller, an alert signal at the tubular running tool.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first input is greater than a preset weight value, the method further comprising:
operating, with the controller, a gripping assembly of the tubular running tool to maintain or engage with at least one of the one or more tubular members.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the present weight value comprises a sum of a weight of the tubular running tool and a travelling block, and the reference location is at a distance of the tubular running tool above a rotary table of the rig system.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first input is less than a preset weight value and the second input is below the reference location for the tubular running tool, and the method further comprises:
operating, with the controller, a gripping assembly of the tubular running tool to disengage with at least one of the one or more tubular members.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the present weight value comprises a sum of a weight of the tubular running tool and a travelling block, and the reference location comprises a distance of the tubular running tool above a rotary table of the rig system.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising

Assignees

• Saudi Arabian Oil Co

Inventors

• Owoeye Oladele
• Abegunde Ayodeji

Classifications

• E21B47/00

  Survey of boreholes or wells (monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08) · CPC title

• E21B19/165 Primary

  Control or monitoring arrangements therefor · CPC title

• E21B19/10

  Slips; Spiders {; Catching devices (rotary tables with master bushing or kelly bushing E21B3/04)} · CPC title