A rotary mooring conveying system

By adopting a rotary mooring conveying system on the wellhead platform, the problems of high equipment investment and poor mooring platform stability in marginal oil field development are solved, and higher economy and safety are achieved, and multifunctional platform integration is supported.

CN110435820BActive Publication Date: 2025-04-01SHANDONG DINGSHENG SEIKO
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Application Number
CN201910785784.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2019-08-23
Publication Date
2025-04-01
Estimated Expiration
2039-08-23

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Technical Problem

The existing technology is difficult to effectively develop marginal oil fields, resulting in higher investment in equipment than returns. In wind and wave conditions, the stability of the mooring platform is poor, which can easily lead to equipment damage.

Method used

A rotary mooring conveying system is adopted, which includes a rotary conveying joint, which maintains the stability of the conveying state through the combination of the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring, and prevents the conveying pipeline from winding or stretching during rotation.

Benefits of technology

It improves the economy and safety of marginal oil field development, reduces the number and investment costs of equipment layout, and supports the integration of well repair, production, power, oil storage, external transmission and life functions on one platform, and expands the oil storage space.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a rotary mooring conveying system for oil production operations, comprising a plurality of rotary conveying joints; each of the rotary conveying joints comprises: an inner conveying ring; an outer conveying ring capable of rotating relative to the inner conveying ring; a conveying structure capable of maintaining conveying during rotation between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring; an internal conveying unit, the internal conveying unit being connected to the inner conveying ring; an external conveying unit, the external conveying unit being connected to the outer conveying ring; wherein the inner conveying rings of the rotary conveying joints are fixedly connected. In the field of offshore marginal oilfield development, it can be used as a conveying equipment using operating equipment for compatible wellhead operating platforms and mooring platform functions.
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Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the field of marine oil and gas development and relates to a rotary mooring transportation system. Background Art

[0002] Many marginal oil fields have been discovered in my country's shallow waters. Marginal oil fields refer to those with low proven production (recoverable reserves of a single oil field are approximately between 100,000 tons and 2 million tons), scattered geographical locations and far away from other large oil fields, and poor economic benefits when developed using traditional development models.

[0003] A complete oilfield development requires four processes: drilling (repair)-production-storage-transportation. The current development model of traditional shallow-water oilfields in my country mainly includes the following parts: (1) single or multiple wellhead platforms; (2) production storage and offloading vessels (FPSO); (3) jackets and single-point systems for mooring FPSOs; (4) submarine pipelines connecting the wellhead platform and FPSO.

[0004] The wellhead platform is generally a jacket-type platform equipped with a Christmas tree. The FPSO is moored to a jacket by a single-point mooring system. The wellhead platform transports the crude oil mixture to the FPSO through a submarine pipeline for production and storage. At the same time, the FPSO supplies power and liquids required for life and operations to the wellhead platform through cables. Shuttle tankers regularly come to the FPSO to transport crude oil to land.

[0005] The mooring platform commonly used for mooring FPSO is a completely different type of jacket from the wellhead platform, and they cannot be used interchangeably. FPSO is moored to the mooring platform, and then connected to the wellhead platform through a submarine pipeline. In order to reserve a safe distance, it is necessary to bury expensive submarine pipelines. For oil fields with large output and dense numbers, the cost of the mooring platform, the wellhead platform and the corresponding submarine pipeline can be evenly distributed to multiple oil fields, and it has high stability and can obtain ideal economic benefits; but for marginal oil fields, it is obviously not suitable because the unit output of marginal oil fields is lower than that of dense and high-yield oil fields. For a single marginal oil field, the equipment investment may be higher than the income obtained, or only a very low income can be obtained. Due to this, the development of some marginal oil fields has been temporarily shelved.

[0006] Considering the economic requirements, two operation modes are considered for the development of marginal oil fields:

[0007] (1) The “three-in-one” development model, that is, for marginal oil and gas fields within 20 km of an already developed oil field, the oil and gas produced by the marginal oil and gas fields are transported to the developed oil field using a wellhead platform, a submarine pipeline, and a submarine cable.

[0008] (2) The “bee-style” development model, which is to develop smaller, isolated marginal oil and gas fields that are more than 20 km away from developed oil fields and cannot rely on developed oil fields, using a mobile small-scale production unit that integrates drilling (repairing), production, power, oil storage, external transportation, and living.

[0009] At present, most marginal oil fields are more than 20 km away from developed oil fields, and even submarine pipelines within 20 km in length still require high construction costs. Therefore, the "bee-style" development model is the main solution to many marginal oil fields.

[0010] This development model mainly provides a movable platform structure, so that the production, power, oil storage, external transmission, life and other operating functions can be integrated into a small production device. After the platform structure has finished extracting oil from a small oil field, it can move to another small oil field to extract oil like a bee. The "bee-style" development model can make marginal oil fields have certain economic benefits, but in order to achieve the mobility of the platform, the shape of the platform will be subject to certain restrictions, and it is difficult to configure enough space for oil storage. Generally, the full load storage cannot exceed 2,000 tons, which makes the shuttle tanker to pick up oil too frequently, thereby reducing the economic efficiency of the entire oil field development.

[0011] Another idea is to consider connecting the storage and transportation ship with the jacket under normal production conditions. The jacket is used for production, and the storage and transportation ship is used to store crude oil. It has the functions of production, power, oil storage, external transportation, and life. However, with this approach, the storage and transportation ship is subjected to a load far greater than the oil storage device configured on the original platform during production, resulting in the system's overall ability to resist wind and waves being poor. Especially when the storage and transportation ship is in a beam wave state, the lateral load is extremely large, and the violent rolling movement can easily cause the jacket or related equipment and lines to be damaged, thereby causing an accident.

[0012] Therefore, there is a need to change the existing wellhead platform structure to adapt to the economic requirements of marginal oil field development.

[0013] It should be noted that the above contents belong to the technical knowledge of the inventor and do not necessarily constitute prior art. Summary of the invention

[0014] The present invention aims to improve the structure of the production platform in order to improve the economic indicators of marginal oil field development, increase the compactness of the layout of oil production equipment, reduce the number of facilities, and reduce investment costs; and has good safety and stability; and also supports the integration of well repair, production, power, oil storage, external transmission, living and other functions on one platform; and supports the expansion of a sufficiently large oil storage space. The key point is to provide a rotary mooring conveying system applied to the wellhead platform, which can transport fluids and energy between the FPSO moored to the wellhead platform and the oil production equipment.

[0015] The technical solution adopted by the present invention is:

[0016] A rotary mooring conveying system comprises a plurality of rotary conveying joints;

[0017] Each of the rotary conveying joints comprises:

[0018] Inner conveyor ring;

[0019] An outer conveying ring capable of rotating relative to the inner conveying ring;

[0020] A conveying structure capable of maintaining conveying during the rotation process is provided between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring;

[0021] An internal conveying unit, the internal conveying unit being connected to the inner conveying ring;

[0022] an external conveying unit, the external conveying unit being connected to the outer conveying ring;

[0023] Wherein, the inner conveying rings of each of the rotary conveying joints are fixedly connected.

[0024] In marginal oil field development operations, one idea is to integrate the wellhead platform with the single-point moored conductor frame. The problem that needs to be solved is that the FPSO moored to the turntable installed on the wellhead platform will swing and rotate with the wind and waves. It is necessary to ensure that the oil production operation equipment installed on the wellhead platform and the transportation of the FPSO are not interrupted or affected during the mooring process, and the normal operation of the operation platform is not interfered.

[0025] By setting up a rotating conveying joint, a solution is provided to eliminate the conflict between oil production operations and mooring on the production operation platform. The floating production storage and offloading unit moored with a turntable will be driven by wind and waves to rotate the turntable. At this time, external conveying units such as water pipelines, oil pipelines, power lines, etc. connected to the floating production storage and offloading unit must avoid entanglement and stretching. Therefore, a rotating conveying joint is required to maintain the stability of the external and internal conveying states during the rotation of the turntable.

[0026] As a preferred implementation, the plurality of rotary conveying joints are arranged in sequence from top to bottom, and the internal conveying unit connected to the inner conveying ring of the rotary conveying joint located below passes through an internal channel opened on the inner conveying ring of the rotary conveying joint located above.

[0027] As a preferred implementation, at least one of the rotary conveying joints is a fluid conveying joint.

[0028] As a preferred implementation, the conveying structure is an annular fluid groove formed between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring, and the internal conveying unit includes a fluid pipeline, which is connected to the annular fluid groove.

[0029] As a preferred implementation, the fluid transported by the fluid transport joint is selected from one or more of water, oil and gas.

[0030] As a preferred implementation, a dynamic sealing ring is provided between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring to form a sealing structure that isolates the annular fluid groove from the outside.

[0031] As a preferred implementation, at least one of the rotating conveying joints is an energy conveying joint, the conveying structure is a brush disposed between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring, and the internal conveying unit includes a power line electrically connected to the brush. Alternatively, it can also be used to transmit data, using a data line as a conveying unit.

[0032] As a preferred implementation, a dynamic sealing ring is provided between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring to form a sealing structure that isolates the annular fluid groove from the outside.

[0033] As a preferred implementation manner, a bearing is provided between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring.

[0034] As a preferred implementation, it also includes a turntable, which connects the outer conveying rings. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0035] The drawings described herein are used to provide a further understanding of the present invention and constitute a part of the present invention. The exemplary embodiments of the present invention and their descriptions are used to explain the present invention and do not constitute an improper limitation of the present invention. In the drawings:

[0036] Figure 1 The overall structural diagram of the oilfield production operation system in one embodiment of the present invention is depicted.

[0037] Figure 2 The overall structural diagram of an oilfield production operation system in one embodiment of the present invention is depicted, and each part is marked.

[0038] Figure 3A partial structural schematic diagram of an oilfield production operation system in one embodiment of the present invention is depicted.

[0039] Figure 4 A partial structural schematic diagram of the upper half of a single-column moored wellhead platform in one embodiment of the present invention is depicted, with the turntable omitted in the figure.

[0040] Figure 5 A schematic diagram of a transverse section of a column body in a single-column moored wellhead platform in one embodiment of the present invention is depicted.

[0041] Figure 6 A partial structural schematic diagram of the upper half of a single-column moored wellhead platform in one embodiment of the present invention is depicted, in which part of the column body is omitted.

[0042] Figure 7 A partial cross-sectional structural schematic diagram of a portion of a single-column moored wellhead platform where a rotary conveying joint is installed is depicted in one embodiment of the present invention.

[0043] Figure 8 A schematic diagram of a single-column moored wellhead platform transfer platform and associated structures in one embodiment of the present invention is depicted.

[0044] Description of reference numerals:

[0045] 1. Floating production storage and offloading (FPSO);

[0046] 2. Column body;

[0047] 3. Position and install components;

[0048] 4. Turntable;

[0049] 5. Wellhead deck;

[0050] 6. Christmas tree;

[0051] 7. Manifold terminal;

[0052] 8. Well repairing deck;

[0053] 9. Hydraulic workover rig;

[0054] 10. Rotating mooring conveying system components;

[0055] 11. Turntable bearing;

[0056] 12. Mooring support frame;

[0057] 13. Horizontal counterweight rigid arm;

[0058] 14. Counterweight compartment;

[0059] 15. Mooring boom;

[0060] 16. Rigid delivery pipeline;

[0061] 17. Flexible jumper pipe;

[0062] 18. Pitch bearing;

[0063] 19. Roll bearing;

[0064] 20. Universal joint (one is provided at each end of each boom);

[0065] 21. Riser;

[0066] 22. Positioning isolation structure;

[0067] 23. Inner ring (stationary ring) of water transfer rotary joint;

[0068] 24. Outer ring of water transfer rotary joint (rotating ring);

[0069] 25. Sealing ring of water transfer rotary joint;

[0070] 26. Water cavity;

[0071] 27. Outer ring of water delivery bearing (connected to the outer ring of rotary joint)

[0072] 28. Inner ring of water delivery bearing (connected to the inner ring of rotary joint)

[0073] 29. External water pipeline (to FPSO);

[0074] 30. Internal water pipeline (leading to the manifold terminal);

[0075] 31. Inner ring (stationary ring) of oil transfer rotary joint;

[0076] 32. Outer ring of oil transfer rotary joint (rotating ring);

[0077] 33. Oil transfer rotary joint sealing ring;

[0078] 34. Oil cavity;

[0079] 35. Outer ring of oil transfer bearing (connected to the outer ring of rotary joint)

[0080] 36. Inner ring of oil transfer bearing (connected to the inner ring of rotary joint)

[0081] 37. External oil pipeline (to FPSO);

[0082] 38. Internal oil pipeline (leading to the manifold terminal);

[0083] 39. Inner ring (stationary ring) of power transmission rotary joint;

[0084] 40. Outer ring of power transmission rotary joint (rotating ring);

[0085] 41. Power transmission rotary joint sealing ring;

[0086] 42. Brush;

[0087] 43. Transmission bearing outer ring (connected to the outer ring of the rotary joint)

[0088] 44. Inner ring of power transmission bearing (connected to the inner ring of rotary joint)

[0089] 45. External transmission line (to FPSO);

[0090] 46. ​​Internal transmission lines (leading to manifold terminals);

[0091] 47. Rotary joint drive arm;

[0092] 48. Driving arm support frame;

[0093] 49. Inner ring of turntable bearing (stationary ring, rigidly fixed to the column);

[0094] 50. Turntable bearing outer ring (rotating ring, rigidly fixed to the turntable). DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0095] In order to more clearly illustrate the overall concept of the present invention, a detailed description is given below in an exemplary manner in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

[0096] It should be noted that many specific details are set forth in the following description to facilitate a full understanding of the present invention. However, the present invention may also be implemented in other ways different from those described herein. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiments disclosed below.

[0097] In addition, in the description of the present invention, it should be understood that the terms "center", "up", "down", "front", "back", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "top", "bottom", "inside", "outside", "axial", "radial", "circumferential" and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the accompanying drawings, and are only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the referred device or element must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be understood as a limitation on the present invention.

[0098] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the terms "installed", "connected", "connected", "fixed" and the like should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral one; it can be directly connected, or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, it can be the internal connection of two elements or the interaction relationship between two elements. However, if it is indicated as a direct connection, it means that the two connected bodies are not connected through an intermediate structure, but are only connected to form a whole through a connecting structure. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to the specific circumstances.

[0099] In the present invention, unless otherwise clearly specified and limited, the first feature "on" or "under" the second feature may be that the first and second features are in direct contact, or the first and second features are in indirect contact through an intermediate medium. In the description of this specification, the description with reference to the terms "one embodiment", "some embodiments", "example", "specific example", or "some examples" means that the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described in conjunction with the embodiment or example are included in at least one embodiment or example of the present invention. In this specification, the schematic representation of the above terms does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment or example. Moreover, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described may be combined in an appropriate manner in any one or more embodiments or examples.

[0100] Before describing the optional implementations provided by the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, the technical concept of the present invention is first introduced.

[0101] The traditional wellhead platform used for oil production is limited by its structure and cannot be equipped with bearings of the single-point mooring system. The structure of the wellhead platform needs to be improved. Similarly, the existing mooring jacket cannot be used as a wellhead because it cannot be used to arrange a Christmas tree. To complete the oil production operation, mooring and wellhead operations are both indispensable. For oil fields with large production and dense numbers, it is feasible to configure the wellhead platform and the single-point mooring jacket at the same time. The whole system has a long service life and the cost can be evenly distributed to multiple oil fields. The development cost per unit of production can be very low, which has good economic benefits. However, for marginal oil fields, the cost per unit of production of this development model is high and cannot meet the economic requirements.

[0102] Therefore, the technical purpose to be achieved by the present invention is: adopting a hollow column-type platform structure, and arranging a mooring turntable outside the column body so as not to conflict with the oil production operations carried out at the top and inside of the column.

[0103] Combination Figure 1 and Figure 2, depicting an oilfield production operation system based on a single-column moored wellhead production operation platform. The system mainly includes a floating production storage and offloading device 1, a single-column moored wellhead production operation platform and an above-water soft rigid arm single-point mooring system. Among them, the floating production storage and offloading device can be implemented as a production storage tanker, which can be transformed from an old tanker. According to the actual needs of the oil field, a tanker of appropriate size is selected, and necessary production facilities, generator sets, mooring support frames, and external transmission modules are added.

[0104] refer to Figure 3 The single-column moored wellhead production operation platform mainly includes a column 2, a positioning and installation component 3, a turntable 4, a wellhead deck 5, a Christmas tree 6, a manifold terminal 7, a well repair deck 8, a hydraulic well repair rig 9, a rotating mooring conveying system 10 and a turntable bearing 11.

[0105] The interaction between the single-column moored wellhead production platform and the FPSO is divided into two parts:

[0106] One part is the single-column moored wellhead production platform, which provides mooring positioning for FPSO and serves as the mooring anchor of FPSO. It transmits the mooring force through the soft rigid arm mooring and allows FPSO to rotate around the column under the action of wind, waves and currents. Figure 8 As shown, the inner ring 49 of the turntable bearing is fixed to the column body 2, the outer ring 50 of the turntable bearing is fixed to the turntable 4, and the turntable 4 is connected to the horizontal counterweight arm 13 of the soft arm, so the FPSO and the soft arm can drive the turntable 4 to rotate around the column 2. In addition, the pitch bearing 18 and the roll bearing 19 can release the pitch and roll rotation of the horizontal counterweight arm 13, so the horizontal counterweight arm 13 can roll and pitch freely under the drive of the FPSO, and there is no constraint on the FPSO, thereby supporting a large load, thereby allowing large tonnage storage. On the other hand, the mooring support frame is rigidly fixed to the FPSO, and the boom 15 is suspended on the mooring support frame 12 and connected to the lowered counterweight cabin 14. When the FPSO undergoes longitudinal movement, the boom 15 will tilt to increase the work of the counterweight cabin 14, and the pulling force of the counterweight cabin 14 on the boom 15 will produce a horizontal component, and this force component is opposite to the direction of the hull movement as a restoring force, pulling the FPSO back to the equilibrium position. In addition, a quick release device can be provided at the universal joint 20, so that when extreme weather exceeding the design (such as sea conditions that occur once in a hundred years) arrives, quick release can be performed. The quick release device is a common safety measure in the field, and can be automatically released by load changes. As an alternative implementation method, the quick release device can also be provided at the mooring connection.

[0107] The other part is to keep the oil, water and electricity transported when the FPSO rotates relative to the column. This part is mainly completed by the rotary mooring transport system 10. In order to prevent the rotary transport and oil production operations from interfering with each other, each rotary transport joint in the rotary mooring transport system is set to a hollow form, and the rotary mooring transport system is set below the wellhead deck. Figure 6 and 7 In the implementation shown, the rotary mooring conveying system is composed of a water connection S1, an oil connection S2 and an electricity connection S3 from top to bottom. The inner and outer rings (23, 24, 31, 32, 39, 40) of the rotary connection are respectively connected to the inner and outer rings (27, 28, 35, 36, 43, 44) of the bearings. When the turntable 4 rotates, with the help of the bearings (27, 28, 35, 36, 43, 44), the driving arm bracket 48 and the driving arm 47 connected to the turntable drive the outer rings 24 (water), 32 (oil), 40 (electricity) of the rotary connection to rotate together, while the inner rings 23 (water), 31 (oil), 39 (electricity) of the rotary connection are rigidly connected to the column body and remain stationary. An annular cavity 26, 34 is formed between the outer ring 24 (water), 32 (oil) of the rotary joint and the inner ring 23 (water), 31 (oil) of the rotary joint. One end of the cavity 26, 34 is connected to the pipeline 29, 37 leading to the FPSO, and the other end is connected to the pipeline 30, 38 leading to the platform manifold. The edges of the cavities 26, 34 are respectively provided with dynamic sealing rings 25, 33 on the contact surfaces of the inner and outer rings. The sealing rings are made of rubber materials with corrosion resistance, high temperature resistance, wear resistance, high elasticity and other characteristics, such as silicone rubber, fluororubber, ethylene propylene rubber, and acrylic rubber. When the pressure in the cavity 26, 34 is relatively high, the contact surfaces of the inner and outer rings of the rotary joint can ensure rotational friction while ensuring sealing. The inner ring 39 and the outer ring 40 of the power transmission rotary joint are respectively connected with brushes 42. The brushes are in a ring shape. When the rotary joint rotates, the two ends of the brushes are always in contact to ensure circuit connectivity. The contact surface between the inner ring 39 and the outer ring 40 of the power transmission rotary joint is also provided with a sealing ring 41.

[0108] As an optional implementation of the expansion, a signal transmission connector with a structure similar to that of the power transmission connector may also be used, and the lines and brushes are used to transmit the electrical signal.

[0109] In addition, there is an annular cavity in the contact surface between the inner ring and the outer ring for conveying fluids such as water and oil. The cavity is provided with a dynamic sealing ring at the intersection of the two rings to ensure that the fluid in the cavity does not leak during rotation; the cavity has a channel outlet on the inner and outer ring sides respectively; there is also a groove on the contact surface between the inner ring and the column body, forming a channel from bottom to top, which allows the liquid below the rotary joint or the pipe or cable at the outlet of the static part of the electric rotary joint to pass through and lead to the manifold on the wellhead deck.

[0110] When the oil field is operating normally, the FPSO can only rotate around the platform under the positioning of the single point of the soft rigid arm, and has limited longitudinal, pitch and roll movements. FPSO provides power and personnel life. Electricity and water reach the platform manifold through the rotary joint, and then enter the oil well through the oil tree and riser; at the same time, the collected crude oil mixture enters the platform manifold through the oil tree and riser, and then reaches the FPSO for production through the rotary joint, and the produced crude oil is stored in the FPSO, waiting for the shuttle tanker to pick up the oil regularly. When well repair is needed, there is no need to stop production. It is only necessary to pause the oil tree for well repair, take out the production or water injection riser, replace it with a drilling riser, and repair the well with the well repair rig 9. After the well repair is completed, it is replaced with a production riser for production.

[0111] In addition, as a matching setting, the diameter of the column is about 2 meters to 6 meters, which can be driven into the seabed by a pile hammer and have a certain depth. The internal hollow can be arranged in an array of well slots to arrange drilling risers or production risers. There are 3 conduits at the bottom of the column distributed at 120 degrees, and the outer end of each conduit is fixed to the seabed by pile foundation piling.

[0112] The wellhead deck is set on the top of the column body. A Christmas tree is set on the top of each riser at the wellhead deck. Each Christmas tree converges to the manifold terminal on the wellhead deck. A well repair deck is set above the wellhead deck, and a hydraulic well repair machine is arranged. A turntable is set below the wellhead deck. The turntable is connected to the column body through a turntable bearing and can rotate around the column body in a horizontal plane. A rotary mooring transmission system joint is set above the turntable, for example, including a transmission rotary joint for transmitting oil, electricity, and water respectively. The manifold and the stationary part of the rotary joint are connected by oil pipes, water pipes and cables.

[0113] The soft rigid arm mooring system includes a mooring support frame 12, a horizontal counterweight rigid arm 13, a counterweight cabin 14, a boom 15, a rigid conveying pipeline 16, a flexible jumper pipeline 17 (which can be used to convey fluid and energy), a pitch bearing 18, a roll bearing 19 and a universal joint 20.

[0114] Specifically, the soft rigid arm single-point mooring system consists of an onboard support frame, two booms and a horizontal counterweight rigid arm. One end of the counterweight rigid arm is connected to the turntable of the single-column platform, and a detachable universal joint is provided in between, so that the counterweight rigid arm can be rotated arbitrarily relative to the turntable (that is, rotate around the horizontal axis, vertical axis and center axis), and can be quickly released and reconnected; two counterweight cabins are provided at the other end of the counterweight rigid arm, inside which counterweights can be added; the top of the counterweight cabin is connected to the boom through a universal head; the top of the boom is connected to the onboard support frame through a universal head.

[0115] like Figure 4As shown, the watertight pipe 21 is located in the hollow structure of the column body 2, forming the well slot in the tube. The number and arrangement of the watertight pipes 21 can be determined according to the pipe diameter and the needs of the oil field. The watertight pipe can be inserted into the riser. The riser includes a production riser and a water injection riser. The production riser pumps the crude oil mixture from the seabed to the oil tree 6 on the wellhead deck 5, and the water injection riser pumps water from the upper oil tree 6 into the seabed oil well. The manifold terminal 7 on the wellhead deck 5 is used to gather the lines of all the oil trees 6. In addition to the oil and water pipelines leading to the oil trees 6, there are also cables, and these oil, water and electricity ultimately need to be connected to the FPSO.

[0116] In addition, as an implementation method that can be implemented based on the above solution:

[0117] The number of decks above the single-column moored wellhead production operation platform is not limited to the wellhead deck and the well repair deck, and other decks required for production operations may also be added, such as the manifold deck, water injection deck, boarding deck, etc.

[0118] The structure of the positioning and installation assembly at the bottom of the column body is not limited to the form of three diagonal braces at an angle of 120 degrees. Other forms can be selected according to the actual seabed conditions and structural design, such as frame support, single-side diagonal brace, diagonal lock fixation, etc. The support legs are fixed to the seabed not limited to pile connection, but also suction anchors. The column body can also be directly used as a single pile foundation and rammed into the seabed.

[0119] The number of rotary conveying joints is not limited to 3, and channels can be increased according to the actual needs of the oil field. The types are not limited to oil, water, and electricity rotary joints, and gas rotary joints, multi-functional auxiliary rotary joints, etc. can also be added.

[0120] The well repairing method is not limited to the hydraulic workover rig. A derrick may be installed above the workover deck and a conventional workover rig may be used.

[0121] The quick release device of the soft rigid arm system is not limited to being arranged at the connection between the horizontal counterweight rigid arm and the turntable, but can also be arranged at the connection between the boom and the counterweight rigid arm.

[0122] In addition, although the solution of the present invention is proposed for the development of marginal oil fields, the present invention does not limit the application environment of the solution. Under the conditions of economy and equipment safety and stability, the solution of the present invention can also be implemented in non-marginal oil fields to form a "platform network" in a multi-platform manner.

Claims

1. A rotary mooring conveying system, characterized in that: It includes several rotating conveying joints; Each of the rotary conveying joints comprises: Inner conveyor ring; An outer conveying ring capable of rotating relative to the inner conveying ring; The plurality of rotating conveying joints are arranged in sequence from top to bottom; A conveying structure capable of maintaining conveying during rotation is provided between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring, wherein the conveying structure is an annular fluid groove formed between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring; An internal conveying unit, the internal conveying unit being connected to the inner conveying ring; The internal delivery unit includes a fluid pipeline, and the fluid pipeline is connected to the annular fluid groove; an external conveying unit, the external conveying unit being connected to the outer conveying ring; Wherein, the inner conveying rings of the rotary conveying joints are fixedly connected, and at least one of the rotary conveying joints is a fluid conveying joint; It also includes a driving arm bracket connected to the turntable and the driving arm drives the outer conveying ring to rotate together.

2. The rotary mooring conveying system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The internal conveying units connected to the internal conveying ring of the rotary conveying joint located below pass through the internal passage opened on the internal conveying ring of the rotary conveying joint located above.

3. The rotary mooring conveying system according to claim 1, characterized in that: The fluid conveyed by the fluid conveying joint is selected from one or more of water, oil and gas.

4. The rotary mooring conveying system according to claim 1, characterized in that: A dynamic sealing ring is arranged between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring to form a sealing structure that isolates the annular fluid groove from the outside.

5. The rotary mooring conveying system according to claim 1, characterized in that: At least one of the rotating conveying joints is an energy conveying joint, the conveying structure is a brush arranged between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring, and the internal conveying unit includes a power line electrically connected to the brush, or At least one of the rotating conveying joints is a data conveying joint, the conveying structure is a brush arranged between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring, and the internal conveying unit includes a data line electrically connected to the brush.

6. The rotary mooring conveying system according to claim 4, characterized in that: A dynamic sealing ring is arranged between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring to form a sealing structure that isolates the annular fluid groove from the outside.

7. The rotary mooring conveying system according to claim 1, characterized in that: A bearing is arranged between the inner conveying ring and the outer conveying ring.

8. The rotary mooring conveying system according to claim 1, characterized in that: Also included is a turntable, which connects the outer conveying rings.

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