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The use of
for
SUBSEA DEVELOPMENTS
• Preparation and Planning for the use of High Pressure Jackup Drilling Risers
• Typically require some form of “mudline conversion system”, to allow the use of
subsea xmas trees
• Are more typically drilled with a view to completion via a fixed platform
• Using a subsea BOP, and a Low Pressure Drilling Riser (with 18 ¾” full bore
access)
• Utilise traditional 18 3/4” subsea wellhead systems, and xmas trees (typically
provided by the likes of Vetco, Cameron, FMC, Dril-Quip, etc)
Riser
Sea Level
BOP
Hydraulic Wellhead
Connector
Subsea Wellhead
Seabed
• Provide a means of drilling, working over, and abandoning traditional subsea wells
from a Jackup Drilling Unit (JDU)
• Allows full bore 18 ¾” drift access to subsea wellheads and xmas trees, for running
casing hangers etc.
BOP
Tension Ring
Riser
Sea Level
Hydraulic Wellhead
Connector
&
XmasTree
Subsea Wellhead
Seabed
• Tubulars are joined by the use of premium quality connectors – rig crews are
familiar with their handling and make-up
• Higher strength upper and lower riser transition (or stress) joints are normally
required, typically of grade X80
• A special joint is normally required towards the upper end, to allow an upward
force to be applied by the Jackup’s tensioner system – to keep the riser system
stable
• Guide arms can be provided to interface with the guide posts on the subsea
equipment
• The HPJDR is laterally unsupported other than at the seabed and the jackup
• Tension normally has to be applied to the riser, from the rig’s systems, in order
to ensure that:
• the system is stable
• the system can support the weight of the rig’s surface BOP
• deflections of the riser are reduced to manageable values, during drilling
operations
• stresses in the riser system are maintained within acceptable limits
• the subsea hydraulic wellhead connector, and the subsea conductor is not
overloaded
• deflections of the surface BOP are reduced to manageable proportions
• Full running, retrieval and operating procedures are produced specific to each
operation
13 High Pressure Jackup Drilling Riser
Systems – December 2006
Planning and Preparation for use of HPJDR (cont’d)
Tension Ring
Riser
Sea Level
Hydraulic Wellhead
Connector
Subsea Wellhead
Seabed
• They can be employed (and have actually been used in the field) for drilling,
workover and abandonment operations
• They allow 18 ¾” diameter, full bore access to subsea wellhead systems from a
jackup
• Can also be used for pre-drilling in the case of Platform Tieback applications, or
where either a platform tieback, riser tieback or subsea completion may be
employed