Tubular with screw thread

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12372189-B2
Application number	US-202418624531-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 2, 2024
Priority date	Jun 7, 2019
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

A riser section includes two filament-reinforced tubulars and a coupling sleeve for connecting the two filament-reinforced tubulars. The coupling sleeve includes a screw thread at opposite ends for cooperating with a screw thread provided on sections of the filament-reinforced tubulars. The riser section includes two torque locks, wherein the torque locks are each mounted on one of the filament-reinforced tubulars, and are on opposite ends of the coupling sleeve. The torque locks are provided with coupling teeth extending in an axial direction. The coupling sleeve is at opposite ends provided with coupling teeth extending in the axial direction. When the tubulars are screwed into the coupling sleeve and the torque locks have been mounted to secure the rotational movement of the tubulars relative to the coupling sleeve, the coupling teeth of each of the torque locks engages the coupling teeth of the coupling sleeve such that they block rotation of the torque lock relative to the coupling sleeve and allow for movement of the torque lock relative to the coupling sleeve in the axial direction, and thus allow for elongation of the sections of the tubulars including the screw thread. The pitch of the screw thread of the tubulars increases in a direction away from the end of the tubular, and the pitch of the screw threads of the coupling sleeve increases in a direction towards the end of the coupling sleeve.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A riser section comprising two filament-reinforced tubulars and a coupling sleeve for connecting the two filament-reinforced tubulars, wherein the coupling sleeve comprises screw thread at opposite ends for cooperating with screw thread provided on sections of the filament-reinforced tubulars,
wherein the riser section further comprises two torque locks, wherein the torque locks are each mounted on one of the filament-reinforced tubulars, and are on opposite ends of the coupling sleeve, wherein the torque locks are provided with coupling teeth, the coupling teeth of the torque locks extending in an axial direction, and wherein the coupling sleeve is at opposite ends provided with coupling teeth, the coupling teeth of the coupling sleeve extending in the axial direction as well,
wherein, when the tubulars are screwed into the coupling sleeve and the torque locks have been mounted to secure the rotational movement of the tubulars relative to the coupling sleeve, the coupling teeth of each of the torque locks engages the coupling teeth of the coupling sleeve such that they block rotation of the torque lock relative to the coupling sleeve and allow for movement of the torque lock relative to the coupling sleeve in the axial direction, and thus allow for elongation of the sections of the tubulars comprising the screw thread, and
wherein the pitch of the screw thread of the tubulars increases in a direction away from the end of the tubular, and the pitch of the screw threads of the coupling sleeve increases in a direction towards the end of the coupling sleeve.

2. The riser section according to claim 1 , wherein the tubulars are screwed into the coupling sleeve and the torque locks are mounted to secure the rotational movement of the tubulars relative to the coupling sleeve.

3. The riser section according to claim 2 , wherein:
in an unloaded condition, when there is no or only a limited axial load on the tubulars, only the tubular windings located near the end of the tubular and for the coupling sleeve the windings located away of the end of the coupling sleeve, are in engagement;
during an increase in axial load on the riser section, the sections of the tubulars comprising the screw thread, elongate, and an increasing number of windings of the tubulars come into engagement with the windings of the screw thread of the coupling sleeve; and
in a fully loaded condition, all windings of the tubulars engage the windings of the screw thread of the coupling sleeve.

4. The riser section according to claim 1 , wherein a tubular body of each of the tubulars is made by way of centrifugal or rotational casting a thermosetting material.

5. The riser section according to claim 1 , wherein the torque locks are on an inside surface provided with grip enhancing surface features for engaging grip enhancing surface features of a torque-lock mounting area of the tubulars.

6. The riser section according to claim 5 , wherein each of the tubulars is provided with the torque-lock mounting area adjacent the screw thread, wherein the torque-lock mounting area is provided with grip enhancing surface features for securing a torque lock against rotation about the longitudinal axis of the tubular, and wherein the grip enhancing surface features comprise multiple parallel rib elements and/or parallel slots, for cooperating with rib elements and/or slots provided on the inside of the torque lock, for securing the torque lock against rotation about the longitudinal axis of the tubular.

7. The riser section according to claim 1 , wherein the coupling sleeve is provided with one or two sealing rings, and the tubulars, when screwed into the couplings sleeve, abut the one sealing ring or one of the two sealing rings, with an outer end thereof.

8. A riser comprising multiple riser sections according to claim 1 .

9. A geothermal bore hole provided with a string of tubulars comprising riser sections according to claim 1 .

10. A geothermal facility comprising a geothermal bore hole according to claim 9 .

11. A filament-reinforced tubular, wherein the tubular is on opposite ends provided with screw thread on an outside of the tubular, and with a torque-lock mounting area adjacent the screw thread, wherein the torque-lock mounting area is provided with grip enhancing surface features in the form of multiple parallel rib elements and/or parallel slots, for cooperating with rib elements and/or slots provided on an inside of a torque lock, for securing the torque lock against rotation about the longitudinal axis of the tubular, and wherein the pitch of the screw thread of the tubular increases in a direction away from the end of the tubular.

12. A coupling assembly for combining two filament-reinforced tubulars to form a riser section, wherein the coupling assembly comprises a coupling sleeve and two torque locks, and
wherein the coupling sleeve comprises screw thread at opposite ends, for cooperating with the screw thread provided on the tubulars, and the pitch of the screw threads of the coupling sleeve increases in a direction towards the end of the coupling sleeve,
wherein the two torque locks are provided with coupling teeth, the coupling teeth extending in an axial direction, and wherein the coupling sleeve is at opposite ends provided with coupling teeth, the coupling teeth of the coupling sleeve extending in the axial direction as well, and wherein the coupling teeth of the torque locks engage the coupling teeth of the coupling sleeve such that they block rotation of the torque locks relative to the coupling sleeve and allow for movement of the torque locks relative to the coupling sleeve in the axial direction.

Assignees

• Itrec Bv

Inventors

• Max Nicolaas Thijs Pieter
• Van Duivendijk Pieter Dirk Melis

Classifications

• F16L15/08

  with supplementary elements (F16L15/04 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16L15/003 Primary

  with sealing rings · CPC title

• F16L9/128

  Reinforced pipes · CPC title

• E21B17/043

  with locking means · CPC title

• B29L2023/22

  Tubes or pipes, i.e. rigid (bent tubes not for use as pipe couplings B29L2023/004) · CPC title