冰区隔水管−水下井口连接作业窗口分析

Analysis of Connected Operation Envelope for Risers and Subsea Wellhead in Ice Regions

  • 摘要: 针对低速平整冰或缓慢挤压冰工况下隔水管−水下井口连接作业安全难题,综合考虑冰力、海流力、张紧力、土壤抗力及隔水管大横向位移效应,建立了浮式钻井平台−张紧器−隔水管−水下井口系统准静态耦合力学模型,提出了一维双向作业窗口临界值搜索方法。结果表明:连接钻井作业窗口主要受挠性接头转角约束,整体呈倒锥形,在冰载作用下向井位下游偏移;冰厚增大会显著压缩钻井作业窗口,提升初始顶张力、降低钻井液密度有助于拓宽作业窗口;水下井口弯矩与上挠性接头转角是连接非钻井和应急解脱作业窗口的主控限制因素。该研究成果可为极地冰区准静态连接作业参数设计与作业风险管控提供理论依据。

     

    Abstract: To address the safety challenges of connected operations for risers and subsea wellhead under low-speed level ice or slow ice-crushing conditions, a quasi-static coupled mechanical model of the floating drilling platform-tensioner-riser-subsea wellhead system was established by comprehensively considering ice force, current force, tension force, soil resistance, and the large lateral displacement effect of the riser. A one-dimensional bidirectional search method was proposed to determine the critical values of the operation envelope. The results showed that the connected drilling operation envelope was mainly constrained by rotation angles of flex joints and presented an inverted cone shape, shifting downstream of the well location under ice loads. An increase in ice thickness significantly narrowed the drilling operation envelope, whereas increasing the initial top tension and reducing the drilling fluid density helped broaden the operation envelope. The bending moment of subsea wellhead and the rotation angle of the upper flex joint were the dominant limiting factors for the connected non-drilling and emergency disconnect operation envelopes. The research findings can provide theoretical support for the design of quasi-static connected operation parameters and operation risk management in polar ice regions.

     

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