STABBING GUIDE DEVICE FOR A STEEL TUBE FOR USE IN A TUBULAR HYDROCARBON COLUMN

• Main Authors: BRODIE, Alastair John, VANNETZEL, Maxime
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.06.2024
• Subjects: EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

Stabbing guide device (30) for a steel tube (10) designed to be secured on a portion (12) of said tube (1) used in a tubular column for oil and gas, energy, or storage applications, said device (30) comprising: - a substantially cylindrical body (32) extending along a rotational axis (A1) designed to surround the portion (12) of the first steel tube (10), said body (32) forming an open ring so that a circumferential gap (J1) subsists between two free ends (33a, 33b) of said body (32); - a locking door (34) secured in a non-detachable way to the body (32) at one of the two free ends (33a, 33b) of said body (32) and movable compared to said body (32) between a locked position in which the locking door (34) rotates towards the body (32) and surrounds the first tube (10), an intermediate position in which the locking door (34) is slid along the rotational axis (A1) towards a lower end (35) of the body (32) and an unlocked position in which the locking door (34) is rotated radially away from the body (32).