US 12,421,814 B2
Stabbing guide device for a steel tube for use in a tubular hydrocarbon column
Alastair Brodie, Meudon (FR); and Maxime Vannetzel, Meudon (FR)
Assigned to VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, Aulnoye-Aymeries (FR)
Appl. No. 18/721,892
Filed by VALLOUREC OIL AND GAS FRANCE, Aulnoye-Aymeries (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 26, 2022, PCT No. PCT/EP2022/087844
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2024,
PCT Pub. No. WO2023/131563, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 13, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 22150253 (EP), filed on Jan. 4, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2025/0059836 A1, Feb. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. E21B 19/24 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 19/24 (2013.01) [E21B 19/16 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stabbing guide device for a steel tube configured to be secured on a portion of said tube used in a tubular column for oil and gas, energy, or storage applications, said device comprising:
a substantially cylindrical body extending along a rotational axis configured to surround the portion of the first steel tube, said body forming an open ring so that a circumferential gap subsists between two free ends of said body; and
a locking door secured in a non-detachable way to the body at one of the two free ends of said body, one of the body or the locking door comprising a hinge cooperating with at least one longitudinal shaft connected to an other of the locking door or the body, the locking door being configured to move compared to said body between:
a locked position in which the locking door surrounds the first tube and is blocked in rotation around the longitudinal shaft, the locking door being, in said locked position, able to slide along the rotational axis towards a lower end of the body into an intermediate position,
the intermediate position in which the locking door surrounds the first tube and is able to rotate radially away from the body, and
an unlocked position in which the locking door is radially away from the body, the locking door being configured to rotate along the longitudinal shaft from the intermediate position to the unlocked position.