Gooseneck conduit system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9328569-B2
Application number	US-201414490582-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 18, 2014
Priority date	Jun 24, 2011
Publication date	May 3, 2016
Grant date	May 3, 2016

Abstract

A gooseneck conduit system for use with a telescoping joint of a subsea riser. In one embodiment, a riser telescoping joint includes a tube and a gooseneck conduit assembly affixed to the tube. The gooseneck conduit assembly includes a gooseneck conduit extending radially from the tube, and a tenon projecting from a rear face of the gooseneck conduit. The width of the tenon increases with distance from the rear face. The riser telescoping joint also includes a mortise channel extending along the length of the tube. The mortise channel is interlocks with the tenon and laterally secures the gooseneck conduit assembly to the tube.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An assembly to engage with a telescoping joint, comprising:
a plate;
a gooseneck conduit removably mounted to the plate; and
a bumper disposed at a rear portion of the gooseneck conduit and configured to mate with the telescoping joint and guide the gooseneck conduit unit into position on the telescoping joint.

2. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the bumper comprises a tenon configured to mate with a mortise channel of the telescoping joint, and wherein the width of the tenon decreases with distance from the plate and increases with distance from the rear face.

3. The assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a locking mechanism comprising a primary lock, the primary lock comprising a locking member that is extendable from the rear of the gooseneck conduit unit to secure the gooseneck conduit unit to the telescoping joint.

4. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the locking mechanism comprises a secondary lock, the secondary lock comprising a pin that is extendable to lock the locking member in an extended position.

5. The assembly of claim 3 , wherein the primary lock comprises a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the locking member.

6. The assembly of claim 3 , further comprising a lock state indicator that visibly indicates whether the locking member is extended.

7. The assembly of claim 1 , wherein the gooseneck conduit comprises a fluid flow channel, and the diameter of the fluid flow channel is less than the thickness of material of the gooseneck conduit surrounding the flow channel.

8. An assembly to engage with a telescoping joint, comprising:
a plate; and
a gooseneck conduit removably mounted to the plate, the gooseneck conduit comprising a tenon configured to mate with a mortise channel of the telescoping joint to guide the gooseneck conduit into position on the telescoping joint.

9. The assembly of claim 8 , further comprising the telescoping joint with the mortise channel.

10. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the tenon is formed with the gooseneck conduit.

11. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the tenon comprises a bumper.

12. The assembly of claim 11 , wherein the bumper comprises a material that is softer than that of the gooseneck conduit.

13. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the tenon is positioned at a rear portion of the gooseneck conduit.

14. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the width of the tenon decreases with distance from the plate and increases with distance from the rear face.

15. The assembly of claim 8 , further comprising a locking mechanism comprising a primary lock, the primary lock comprising a locking member that is extendable from the rear of the gooseneck conduit unit to secure the gooseneck conduit unit to the telescoping joint.

16. The assembly of claim 15 , wherein the locking mechanism comprises a secondary lock, the secondary lock comprising a pin that is extendable to lock the locking member in an extended position.

17. The assembly of claim 15 , wherein the primary lock comprises a hydraulic cylinder coupled to the locking member.

18. The assembly of claim 15 , further comprising a lock state indicator that visibly indicates whether the locking member is extended.

19. The assembly of claim 8 , wherein the gooseneck conduit comprises a fluid flow channel, and the diameter of the fluid flow channel is less than the thickness of material of the gooseneck conduit surrounding the flow channel.

Assignees

• Cameron Int Corp

Inventors

• Gilmore David L
• Puccio William F

Classifications

• E21B19/006 Primary

  including heave compensators · CPC title

• E21B21/02

  Swivel joints in hose-lines · CPC title

• E21B17/01 Primary

  Risers · CPC title

• E21B33/06

  Blow-out preventers {, i.e. apparatus closing around a drill pipe, e.g. annular blow-out preventers (rotating blow-out preventers E21B33/085)} · CPC title

• E21B17/085

  Riser connections (connectors for wellhead E21B33/038) · CPC title