US 11,668,142 B2
Horizontal off-rig casing and drill pipe assembly
Joe Rodney Berry, Cypress, TX (US); and Aaron Bryant, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/429,390
Filed by SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/017658
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/167764, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 20, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/803,771, filed on Feb. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0145709 A1, May 12, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 19/20 (2006.01); E21B 19/15 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 19/15 (2013.01) [E21B 19/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
12. A method of stand-building and just-in-time delivery thereof to a drilling rig, comprising:
receiving a casing joint in a casing preparation skid;
preparing the casing joint for assembly into a casing stand using the casing preparation skid, wherein preparing the casing joint comprises at least one of: removing a thread protector from the casing joint, cleaning threads of the casing joint, strapping the casing joint, drifting the casing joint, doping the casing joint, or marking the casing joint;
depositing the prepared casing joint into a first casing buffer rack after the casing preparation skid;
receiving the prepared casing joint into a casing stand assembly skid after the first casing buffer rack;
connecting the prepared casing joint with at least one other casing joint so as to form a casing stand, using the casing stand assembly skid; and
receiving the casing stand into a catwalk that is configured to deliver the casing stand to tubular handling equipment of a drilling rig, wherein the casing preparation skid, the first casing buffer rack, and the casing stand assembly skid are horizontally aligned with and extend parallel to one another and the catwalk, wherein the casing preparation skid, the first casing buffer rack, and the casing stand assembly skid are arranged in order in a first sequence leading to the catwalk.