Problems in diagnostics and forecasting for the resource of wire ropes in drilling rigs

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-109
Author(s):  
V. V. Piven ◽  
E. Yu. Moskvina ◽  
V. V. Pivdiablyk
Keyword(s):  
Operating Time ◽  
Flaw Detection ◽  
Complex Stress ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Wire Rope ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Scientific Technical ◽  
Accuracy Increase ◽  
Drilling Rigs

Continuous monitoring of the rig's technical condition is necessary for efficient use of the rig's wire rope resource. A classification of steel ropes used in the industry has been compiled. The characteristics of the pulley-block rope pulley to power drilling rigs are given. The analysis of recommendations for the selection and operation of rope hoists is carried out. The reasons for the occurrence of complex stress-strain states of the rope during its operation are considered. The analysis of methods for calculating the load-bearing capacity of wire rope and determining the fatigue strength is given. Comparative data on the actual standard operating time of wire rope are given. The scientific problem of predicting the residual resource of wire rope is analytically investigated. For operational control of defects in steel ropes, the prospects of using magnetic flaw detection methods are considered. The article draws our attention to the need to implement the following scientific, technical, and technological solutions, such as improving the design of pulley-block system of drilling rigs; accuracy increase of diagnosis of technical condition and forecasting of resource strings; maintenance of wire rope; this will contribute to a more complete use of wire rope in drilling rig.

Technologies for Monitoring the Dynamics of Damage Development in Drilling Rigs Using High-Order Moments of the Noise

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 213-223
Author(s):  
T. A. Aliev ◽  
N. F. Musaeva ◽  
B. I. Gazizade
Keyword(s):  
Latent Period ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
High Order ◽  
Damage Development ◽  
Vibration Signals ◽  
Damage Initiation ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Noise Characteristics ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Drilling Rigs

The paper deals with the development of algorithms for calculating the high-order moments of the noise of noisy signals and their use in the analysis of the technical condition of industrial facilities. It is shown that for monitoring and controlling the onset of an emergency at oil production facilities, random vibration signals are used, which, in addition to the noise caused by external factors at the time of the initiation of the malfunction, also contain additional noise. The characteristics of this noise contain certain information about the technical condition of the drilling rig. Earlier, algorithms were developed for calculating the variance, standard deviation, and density distribution function of the noise that cannot be separated from the noisy signal. In this paper, it is shown that high-order moments of the noise can be used as a diagnostic indicator for determining the presence and degree of damage development in drilling rigs during the latent period of damage initiation. Possible options for calculating the high-order moments of the noise are analyzed. Recursive algorithms are developed for expressing high-order moments of a normally distributed noise through its variance. The possibility of calculating the high-order moments of the noise through the distribution density functions is also shown. A matrix consisting of estimates of the high-order moments of the noise calculated at different instants of time is built. It is shown that at the first stage, it is possible to determine the presence and degree of the damage based on the values of the matrix elements. At the second stage, the intensity of damage development is determined by comparing the values of the noise characteristics at different instants of time. Calculations are performed for all signals coming from the sensors. Training is carried out and, the correspondence is established between the values of the high-order moments and degrees and intensity of damage development. The possibility of using the proposed algorithms and technologies in the system of noise control of the beginning and development dynamics of accidents at drilling rigs is shown. It is noted that even if the estimates of the high-order moments of the sum noisy vibration signals change within a wide range during drilling, their high-order noise moments do not exceed a predetermined value in the absence of a malfunction. In the event of a malfunction, the estimates of the highorder moments of the noise exceed the predetermined threshold level and, as the defect develops, their values also change. If adverse processes are stabilized, the variation of these estimates stops as well. Moreover, depending on the degree and intensity of stabilization of the technical condition of the drilling rig, the change in the estimates of the moments, starting from the highest to the lowest or vice versa, stops one by one. This specific feature of estimates of high-order noise moments of vibration signals allows us to identify the beginning and to control the development dynamics of the latent period of an emergency state of the drilling process. 

scholarly journals The Use of Acoustic Emission Elastic Waves for Diagnosing High Pressure Mud Pumps Used on Drilling Rigs

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1138
Author(s):  
Artur Bejger ◽  
Tomasz Piasecki
Keyword(s):  
High Pressure ◽  
Signal Processing ◽  
Acoustic Emission ◽  
Wavelet Packet ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Invasive Method ◽  
Pump Valve ◽  
Drilling Rigs ◽  
Frequency Band Energy

Although mud pumps are vital components of a drilling rig, their failures are frequent. The identification of technical condition of these high-pressure piston pumps is difficult. There are no reliable criteria for the assessment of mud pump condition. In this paper, faults of the pump valve module are identified by means of acoustic emission (AE) signals. The characteristics of these signals are extracted by wavelet packet signal processing. This method has been verified by experiments conducted on a NOV (National Oilwell Varco) -made triplex 14-P-220 mud pump (mounted in the drillship). The results show that the wavelet packet signal processing method can effectively extract the frequency band energy eigenvalues of the signals. Besides, some operational problems associated with high pressure piston mud pumps are presented. A non-invasive method for diagnosing the technical condition of such pumps is being developed at the Maritime University of Szczecin.

Numerical Simulations of Ocean Drilling System Behavior With a Surface or a Subsea BOP in Waves and Current

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celso K. Morooka ◽  
Raphael I. Tsukada ◽  
Dustin M. Brandt
Keyword(s):  
System Behavior ◽  
Traditional System ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
Ocean Drilling ◽  
Sea Bottom ◽  
Drilling System ◽  
Drilling Rigs ◽  
High Level ◽  
Drilling Bit

Subsea equipment such as the drilling riser and the subsea Blow-Out Preventer (BOP) are mandatory in traditional systems used in deep sea drilling for ocean floor research and petroleum wellbore construction. The drilling riser is the vertical steel pipe that transfers and guides the drill column and attached drilling bit into a wellbore at the sea bottom. The BOP is used to protect the wellbore against uncontrolled well pressures during the offshore drilling operation. Presently, there is a high level of drilling activity worldwide and in particular in deeper and ultra-deeper waters. This shift in depth necessitates not only faster drilling systems but drilling rigs upgraded with a capacity to drill in the deep water. In this scenario, two general drilling systems are today considered as alternatives: the traditional system with the subsea BOP and the alternate system with the surface BOP. In the present paper, the two systems are initially described in detail, and a numerical simulation in time domain to estimate the system behavior is presented. Simulations of a floating drilling rig coupled with the subsea and surface BOP in waves and current are carried out for a comparison between the two methods. Results are shown for riser and BOP displacements. Critical riser issues for the systems are discussed, comparing results from both drilling system calculations. Conclusions are addressed showing advantages and disadvantages of each drilling system, and indicating how to correct the problems detected on each system.

scholarly journals Organization of the Process of Productive Operation of Equipment as One of the Necessary Conditions of Rational Production Organization

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 3589-3593
Keyword(s):  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Unit Cost ◽  
Operating Time ◽  
Production Capacity ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Equipment Maintenance ◽  
Organization Of Production ◽  
Production Organization

The service and equipment repairing process is the necessary condition for the growth of production capacity of enterprises, and thereafter it predetermines the approach for organization of production and upbuilding of production streams. In the article different options of reduction of working hours loss are considered, due to equipment downtime elimination because of repair and equipment maintenance on the reason of the increased operation. Also, in the article reserves of growth of labour productivity and reductions of unit cost are identified. It is proved, that current equipment monitoring allows to eliminate different defects in rationing of operating time of the equipment, it also allows to reach the permanent production’s rhythms, to increase the monitoring level, to provide the timeliness delivery of materials and components. As the example, in the research was used factual material of planned measurement of technical condition of the equipment on a separate production of GAS Group, methods of monitoring of technical condition and productive equipment maintenance and standard criteria of the equipment’s condition were developed.

A new type of drilling rig powered by the Meissner effect

2020 ◽  
pp. 31-34
Author(s):  
O. M. Koryagina ◽  
E. S. Erastova ◽  
T. V. Skvortsova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Meissner Effect ◽  
Propulsion System ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
New Type ◽  
Drilling Rigs

The article considers the use of the quantum levitation property of a superconductor for the modernization of a new type of drilling rig system. The diagrams of the propulsion system of the rig, on the basis of which conclusions are made about the profitability and economic efficiency of the drilling rig, are provided. The use of the quantum levitation effect can be rationally used in drilling rigs, increasing the efficiency by 9%.

Retrofitting Offshore Drilling Rigs with Islanded DC Grids and Energy Storage

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stig Settemsdal ◽  
Saverio Ventrelli
Keyword(s):  
Energy Storage ◽  
Power Plant ◽  
Power Plants ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Dynamic Performance ◽  
Wind Farms ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Offshore Drilling ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Drilling Rigs

Abstract The paper presents a novel approach for modernizing/retrofitting offshore drilling rig power plants with islanded direct current (DC) power grids and energy storage. The concept has been successfully applied on several offshore rigs which are in operation today and is applicable to jack-ups, semi-submersibles, drill ships, as well as other types of marine support vessels for oil and gas platforms and wind farms. The approach aims to enhance the feasibility of leveraging energy storage solutions on offshore drilling rigs and marine vessels by making use of the existing power plant footprint. Unique measures have also been incorporated into the electrical system architecture to ensure that the reliability and safety of the existing alternating current (AC)-based system are not compromised. This enables operators to capitalize on the numerous benefits of energy storage (e.g., reduced emissions, enhanced dynamic performance for drilling and dynamic positioning, etc.) without having to perform a "rip and replace" of the entire power plant and electrical infrastructure.

Cyberdefence of Offshore Deepwater Drilling Rigs

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Rossi ◽  
Itai Sela ◽  
Adam Rizika ◽  
Diogenes Angelidis ◽  
Mark Duck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New Technology ◽  
Remote Access ◽  
Legacy Systems ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Deep Dive ◽  
Deepwater Drilling ◽  
Drilling Rig ◽  
Alternative Methodology ◽  
Drilling Rigs ◽  
Penetration Tests

Abstract An alternative methodology using new preventative technology to manage cybersecurity exposure on deepwater drilling rig assets is presented. For the past two years Shell's Deepwater Wells business has been evaluating typical cyber defence approaches and undertaken cybersecurity risk assessments and penetration tests. These activities have demonstrated the challenges attaining cybersecure drilling rig environments. Whilst cyberattacks increase in frequency, adaptability, and become cheaper to launch, regulatory and liability insurance requirements are also evolving. To achieve the goal of cyber-resilience, a major Operator has collaborated with a cybersecurity firm to trial technology for rapidly and reliably protecting deepwater rigs. The paper presents aspects of the numerous challenges faced and offers a different approach using new technology applied to both supplement and accelerate the attainment of a cyber-resilient environment onboard deepwater drilling rigs. It shares the deep dive lessons learnt leading to a more comprehensive understanding of how to protect drilling rigs and their safety critical control systems. Aside from addressing technical attributes using risk vs. maturity based methods, the approach also caters to business demands of short term rig contracts, managing multi-vendor legacy systems and satisfying increasing digitalisation/remote access needs with associated reductions in overall cybersecurity CAPEX spend.

Maintenance of Power Equipment System Based on the Methods of Diagnosis and Control of Technical Condition

2018 ◽  
pp. 421-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dmitry Strebkov ◽  
Alexey Nekrasov ◽  
Anton Nekrasov
Keyword(s):  
Operating Time ◽  
Electrical Equipment ◽  
Technical Condition ◽  
Spare Parts ◽  
Actual Condition ◽  
Power Equipment ◽  
Service Strategy ◽  
Electrical Systems ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
Equipment System

Maintenance of the power equipment system is based on the industry standard of averaged volumes of standard maintenance and repair of power equipment, frequency and duration of the preventive measures, the nomenclature and consumption of materials and spare parts to perform operations. One of the more efficient uses of electrical equipment is to improve its maintenance system through the development and implementation of service strategies for the actual condition. The work proved the necessary conditions for the realization of electric service strategy on defining the main diagnostic parameter. The general mathematical model is proposed to implement the service strategy. The model is based on a study of basic parameters using random monotone normal type of process and diagnostic controlled parameter with three discrete product states (working, the state of preventive actions, and failure) and continuous operating time. The results of studies of the new techniques development for improving the operation of electrical systems are presented.

scholarly journals Process Intensification of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane Detection Methods for Determining Trace Concentrations in Soils

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-74
Author(s):  
Jinghan Zhao ◽  
Stephen Vanderburgt ◽  
Rafael M. Santos ◽  
Yi Wai Chiang
Keyword(s):  
Operating Time ◽  
Process Intensification ◽  
Soil Samples ◽  
Detection Methods ◽  
Ultrasonic Probe ◽  
Time Consumption ◽  
Trace Concentrations ◽  
Similar Yield ◽  
Conventional Detection

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) residue in Ontario soil is expected to be found at trace levels, since it has been banned for over 45 years in Canada. This presents challenges to the efficiency and accuracy of conventional detection methods. This study intensified the conventional DDT detection method, in the characterization of aged soil samples collected from historically-treated sites in Ontario. Recovery, time consumption, and labor intensity were considered for the intensification evaluation. Ultrasonic probe extraction was found to significantly shorten the extraction time, with similar yield compared to ultrasonic water bath extraction and homogenized extraction. Homogenized extraction for 24 h following ultrasonic probe extraction can increase yield over 27%. Rotary evaporator concentration was used, since it can reduce the operating time with comparable recovery. The Florisil clean-up column used in the conventional method was removed from the intensified method, due to its negligible effect and high time consumption. The intensified method may be valuable for further investigation to determine other trace level organochlorine pesticide residues in soil samples.

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