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The Environmental Protection Agency: Asking the Wrong Questions: From Nixon to Clinton / Edition 1by Marc K. Landy, Marc J. Roberts, Stephen R. Thomas
Pub. Date: 06/16/1994
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Through careful analysis of representative cases, it evaluates the Environmental Protection Agency's performance over its entire existence, uncovers the mistaken premises that have clouded and distorted debate about environmental policy, and shows how public officials might better preserve and promote constitutional democracy.
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Rumor: Google prepping 'Majel' Android voice assistant to counter Apple's SiriA new unverified report claims Google is working on its own voice recognition assistant for Android, drawing its "Majel" codename from the voice of the on-board computer in Star Trek.
Android and Me claims to have received details on the project, which is codenamed "Majel" after the late Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, the actress who voiced the Federation Computer from Star Trek. Barrett-Roddenberry was also the wife of the show's creator Gene Roddenberry and played numerous roles throughout the franchise's history.
The voice assistant will be an "evolution" of Google's current Voice Actions feature in Android, adding natural language processing similar to Apple's Siri.
However, the initial release of Majel will reportedly only perform Google search queries. Report author Taylor Wimberly said engineers at the company's secretive Google X lab are working "around the clock" to prepare the product for release. More advanced features such as controlling phone actions and applications would arrive later, according to the report.
Matias Duarte, Google's Director of Android User Experiences, may have hinted at the Star Trek codename last month when he compared the company's approach to the science-fiction franchise.
"Our approach is more like Star Trek, right, starship Enterprise; every piece of computing surface, everything is voice-aware. Its not that theres a personality, it doesnt have a name, its just 'Computer,' he said.
Duarte went so far as to invoke the classic Star Trek versus Star Wars rivalry by comparing Siri to the bumbling C-3PO droid from George Lucas' series.
"You have these robot personalities like C-3PO who runs around and he tries to do stuff for you, messes up and makes jokes, hes kind of a comic relief guy," he said of iOS.
Apple unveiled Siri in October as a flagship feature of the new iPhone 4S handset. The service has numerous embedded easter eggs, including references to Space Odyssey 2001. The Siri team reportedly worked to give the virtual personal assistant a friendly and humble personality with a slight edge.
The Majel project appears to run counter to recent comments from Android boss Andy Rubin that users "shouldn't be communicating with the phone." He said in October that he doesn't believe "your phone should be an assistant."
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Albeit in Scandinavia, Norway that is, agreeing on the November exclamations, there is however some brightness still in this month. A little soft straight out of the raw to Jpeg, no sharpening, done by G5 and a 35-100mm/2,8 There's always light above the clouds and some times down here too. Have a great November everyone.
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Western Highlands accessible from, and south of, Glenfinnan (Road to the Isles) and Glen Spean (includes Creag Meagaidh). This area include Ben Nevis and the mountains around Glencoe. In the east, includes Ben Alder south to Loch Lomond and Trossachs NP. Includes Arran and Mull.
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Forecast last updated on Thursday 28th July 2016 at 2:55pm
Summary for all mountain areas
Rain and particularly on western mountains persistent very low cloud near and south of the track of a shallow low (that will cross southern Scotland). Locally blustery. Fine with little wind and cloud clearing many summits much of Highlands, but drizzly showers far north.
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Mostly fine; areas of sunshine. Rain, Arran.
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Westerly 10 to 15mph after dawn. Will become very light and direction vary.
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Threat rain Arran and possibly southern Loch Lomond NP.
Isolated drizzly showers west coast post dawn, then most areas dry. But the northern limit of an area of rain will lie across or just south of Central Belt: Thus Arran may well be wet for several hours before easing afternoon. Small risk of the rain temporarily enveloping southern Loch Lomond NP.
Cloud on the hills?
Extensively clearing
Areas of cloud across higher areas for several hours after dawn now likely to lift - clearing most summits completely, although above 1150m Lochaber, may not clear. Cloud likely to shroud hills on Arran most of day, clearing toward evening, and these conditions may extend to southern summits Loch Lomond NP.
Chance of cloud free Munros?
80% afternoon
Sunshine and air clarity?
Sunshine, mainly north of about the A85 (east-west through Tyndrum). Visibility excellent (except Arran).
How Cold? (at 900m)
6C, rising to 8C well inland.
Freezing Level
Above the summits.
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All mountain areas of Britain from Friday 29th July 2016
Westerly or northwesterly winds from Friday until Tuesday will bring showers, mainly over the weekend, but particularly on western mountains, total rainfall small. Cloud base will often be much higher than recently, particularly around the Irish Sea. Although very likely fine on Tuesday, later in the day, rain and low cloud will approach from the west (timing of this uncertain as yet).


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Cruz spoke thousands of words over his long presidential campaign, but at the critical moment he failed to speak these words-"I am here to honor my pledge to support Donald Trump as my party's presidential nominee, because I am a man of my word and also because letting Hillary Clinton appoint Supreme Court Justices and other federal judges would be absurd." Instead Cruz headed toward the Wilderness instead of toward the Supreme Court.
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Elderly priest, 86, is 'beheaded' by two ISIS knifemen shouting 'Allahu Akbar'
Another day, another terrorist attack.
Priest killed while another hostage is fighting for life after knifemen shouting 'Allahu Akbar' burst into Normandy church. ISIS is claiming responsibility for the atrocity. Francois Hollande says France is 'at war' with the terror group.
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Don't believe Democrats' climate deceptions and their false claim of "97% of scientists" agreement
For years, President Obama, Hillary Clinton, Al Gore, and the rest of the "usual suspects" peddling climate deception have spouted the claim that 97% of scientists agree the planet is warming and humans are responsible. While the warming was true for the last two decades of the last century, despite a hot summer and the typically hottest week of the year's temperatures, the claims of climate continuing to warm are grossly exaggerated and based on doctored historic temperatures � in other words, climate deceivers are cooking the books to justify their claims.
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The Sad Truth: Black Votes Matter to Democrats
In the past year, 136 young Black men have been killed in confrontations with police. This loss of life occurring in black neighborhoods has risen to the level of a national emergency with radical left politicians stoking the flames of anger and outrage that resulted in a number of protest marches, civil unrest and assassination-style killings of police officers. The hypocrisy of the left is revealed by the fact that politicians � especially Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her war-on-women cohorts � and activists cheer the rampant extermination of unborn babies in minority communities coast-to-coast. Yet, these same people will become emotional at the report of a police officer killing a suspect even before they know the whole story.
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Laura Ingraham Tried Mightily to Keep Ted Cruz from Self-Destructing, But Cruz Insisted
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Sharp agrees to pay $198.5mln to settle TFT business lawsuit
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PanARMENIAN.Net - Electronics maker Sharp has agreed to pay $198.5 million to settle a TFT business lawsuit with Dell and two other companies, PC Magazine reports.
In March 2010, the world's third-largest PC maker Dell filed a suit against Sharp, Hitachi Ltd., Toshiba Corp, and two other companies for alleged LCD display price fixing. Dell's partners could be AT&T and Nokia, since both companies named Sharp in similar suits in 2009, though it is not clear who else was involved in the settlement.
A Dell spokeswoman confirmed that the companies have reached a settlement, but declined to comment on the situation.
Sharp did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The out-of-court deal was struck July 9 between Sharp and Dell, as well as the two unnamed companies, Reuters said, in a case related to the thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD) digital business in North America and Europe. Further details about the settlement have not been disclosed.
LCD price-fixing cases seem to be a dime a dozen recently.
Last week, Toshiba was fined $87 million in a California district court ruling that confirmed the company was conspiring with competitors to fix prices of TVs. The company, however, said it doesn't expect to actually have to pay the damages following a previous settlement with the case's other defendants.
Sharp was involved in another lawsuit in December that forced the company, as well as Samsung and Hitachi, to pay a $553 million settlement in a New York price-fixing case.
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Hopefully setting the precedent for future international house show live broadcasts, WWE's Beast in the East special from Ryougoku Sumo Hall featured a red-hot opening match, a Brock Lesnar thrashing, and an incredible NXT championship match. The commentary team of Michael Cole and Byron Saxon did a great job, outside of a few mispronunciations of Japanese talents, mentioning the history and background of the WWE superstars and other promotions in Japan. If you get the chance check out one of the replays or catch it on demand!
Chris Jericho vs. Neville
Fantastic opener that told a cranky veteran versus hot young upstart story. Neville's quickness and agility clearly wowed the Japanese crowd as they gasped each time he effortlessly leaped from high-flying maneuver to maneuver. As the match went on Jericho showed more and more heelish tendencies, kicking Neville in the head while he was down. Jericho got in all his signature spots from the Lionsault to the Code Breaker to the Walls of Jericho. There was a great high spot where Jericho hit a codebreaker on a diving Neville. Jericho got the victory after Neville went for the Red Arrow for the third time but Jericho got his knees up and locked in the Liontamer, the much more brutal version of the Walls of Jericho.
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You can't see the old Chingola copper mine, with its smelter and refinery, from the village of Shimulala. It's miles away, beyond 300ft-high hills of waste tailings, the leach plant, the main pollution control dam and the 1,600ft-deep open pit that is one of Africa's largest holes.
But you can smell and taste the pollution from the biggest copper mine in Africa. If you pump a glass of water from the borehole outside the little church in Shimulala, you will see it is bright yellow, smells of sulphur and tastes vile.
'I drank the water and ate the fish. We all did. The acid has damaged me permanently'
You can't see the old Chingola copper mine, with its smelter and refinery, from the village of Shimulala. It's miles away, beyond 300ft-high hills of waste tailings, the leach plant, the main pollution control dam and the 1,600ft-deep open pit that is one of Africa's largest holes.
Wildfires prompt Brown to declare state of emergency in California
Gov. Jerry Brown declared a state of emergency for all of California in the wake of at least 18 wildfires that killed one firefighter and drove hundreds of people from their homes.
California's record drought, now in its fourth year, has "turned much of the state into a tinderbox," he said.
The emergency declaration, which included the activation of the California National Guard, will speed up help for thousands of firefighters, Brown said Friday.
Pair of earthquakes rattle parts of northern Oklahoma
A pair of earthquakes has rattled parts of northern Oklahoma previously shaken by a swarm of earthquakes.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the temblors were recorded Friday in Logan County, the first at 5:38 a.m. about 14 miles northeast of Crescent, located about 35 miles north of Oklahoma City. The magnitude 2.6 quake occurred at a depth of less than two miles
TVNL Comment: This is after two stronger earthquakes earlier last week, and dozens all year. Keep on fracking, Oklahoma. This is the payoff.
Scientists fear toxic algae bloom spreading on Pacific coast
The toxic algae blooms in the Pacific Ocean stretching from southern California to Alaska — already the largest ever recorded — appear to have reached as far as the Aleutian Islands, scientists say.
"The anecdotal evidence suggests we're having a major event," said Bruce Wright, a scientist with the Aleutian Pribilof Island Association, the federally recognized tribal organization of Alaska's native Aleuts. "All the populations [of marine mammals] are way down in the Aleutians."
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People who live in fracking zones appear to suffer a higher rate of heart conditions and neurological illnesses, according to new research.
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The invention relates to a multipurpose tower with casing drilling and coil tubing equipment located on a cantilever adapted to pivot and move along an x-y axis for use on a platform or vessel for drilling and well intervention.
Drilling rigs have traditionally used immoveable derricks to support hoists on rigs. These derricks have significant safety issues in that equipment or structural elements can become detached and fall on worker's heads. Also, the hoisting action is subject to pitch and yaw of the vessel causing the equipment to become dangerous. A need has existed for a tower with safety advantages that can be disposed on a moveable and pivotable cantilever, particularly for jack-up rigs that have an ability to handle tubulars.
In addition, new emerging technologies such as casing and continuous tubular, or "coiled tubulars", drilling techniques are now ready for commercial application. These techniques, however, are usually not used because there are high costs associated with integrating such equipment into traditional lattice derricks or masts.
A need, therefore, exists for a tower designed effectively use casing and continuous tubular technologies in order to reduce the cost of developing oil and gas reserves.
The current invention is a multipurpose system for a drilling and well intervention made of a pivotable, slidable cantilever on a platform adapted to pivot and to slide along an x-y axis and a tower disposed on the cantilever. The tower has a mast, a hoist winch, a splittable block connected to the mast, and a trolley with the holding member. The trolley is moveably mounted to the mast and the splittable block. The tower also has a hoist cable that passes over the mast through the splittable block to the trolley.
The multipurpose system also has a storage area with a storage device for storing tubulars, a racking arm secured the pivotable, slidable cantilever and secured with a beam to the tower for moving tubulars, and a reel comprising coiled tubulars. The system also has a moveable injector head for running and retrieving coiled tubulars from the reel and a retractable trolley moveably mounted on the mast with a holding member and adapted for positioning the tubulars over a well and over an additional work area.
The invention also relates to a multipurpose system installed on a jack up rig or fixed platform rig or other types of floating rigs.
A specific embodiment of the invention will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
The present invention is detailed below with reference to the listed figures.
Before explaining the present invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the particular embodiments and that it can be practiced or carried out in various ways.
The present invention is related to a multipurpose system for a drilling and well intervention device. The system includes a pivotable, slidable cantilever 10 on a platform 12 adapted to pivot and to slide along an x-y axis. A tower 14 is located in the cantilever 10. The tower 14 is preferably a tube or sleeve construction but could be constructed using a lattice design. Alternatively, the tower can be a derrick 50, as shown in FIG. 6.
The tower 14 can be of a modular design with the construction made of large components that are welded or fitted together. Typical activities the system is adapted for are casing drilling, coiled tubing operations, off line tubular handling, conventional drilling, conventional well intervention operations and combinations thereof.
The tower 14 has located on it at least one splittable block 20 that is made of a combination of fixed pulleys 80, 82, 84 and loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, 92 connected to the tower 14 as shown in
A moveable injector head 42 is mounted on a sliding frame 54 that is removably mounted on the cantilever 10 for running and retrieving coiled tubulars 40 from the reel 38 for use in a well 44. Also a retractable trolley 46 is moveably mounted on the mast 16 and can optionally connect to the trolley 22 for positioning the tubulars 30 over the well 44 in an extended position, or a first position, and over a work area, such as a mouse hole 48 in a retracted or second position.
Coiled tubulars 40 and tubulars 30 are used synonymously when describing this invention.
A plurality of splittable blocks 20 and 20 a can be used in the invention as shown in FIG. 1.
Two main hoisting winches 17 and 18 can be used in this invention. If two are used, each end can be wound onto a separate winch. By winding the two ends 26 a and 26 b each onto a separate winch 17, 18, as shown in
This design is novel because it means there is an enormous reduction on the wear of the hoist cable 26. The hoist cable 26, therefore, does not have to be replaced as often, as is experienced with conventional designs. This design also allows hoist cable 25 that has reached its fatigue life to be wound from one winch 18 to the other 17 therefore eliminating the need to slip and cut the fatigued cable from the system thereby reducing operational non productive time.
The invention contemplates that the winch can be driven by a plurality of relatively small motors, each having a low inertia. For example, it is contemplated that the winches can be equipped on both sides with electric motors which engage with a pinion in a toothed wheel of the winch. This design has the advantage that such electric motors are commercially available and no special expensive, hoisting winches are necessary. Also the relatively small motors have a low internal inertia, which means, for example, that when the direction of rotation of the winch is reversed less energy and time are lost during the reversal. This novel design is a significant saving over the known winch and motor designs for this type of tower 14 or derrick 50 construction.
Finding a compromise between speed and power is a known problem for current winch construction. A hoist cable is guided in such a way over the cable blocks in the tower 14 and on the trolley 22 that several cable parts extend between the tower 14 and the trolley 22. In this case, the more wire parts are present between the tower 14 and the trolley 22, the greater the load that can be lifted with the hoisting device if the hoist winch 18 remains unchanged. In the case where more wire parts are present between the tower 14 and the trolley 22, the speed at which the trolley 22 can be moved relative to the tower 14 is much lower.
In order to find a good compromise between speed and lifting power, it traditionally was decided to provide the hoisting device with relatively heavy winches. The heavy winches ensure that the requirement of being able to move the trolley 22 up and down rapidly can be met in every case. This system has problems in that a substantial part of the lifting power is not being utilized for a substantial part of the time. In other words, the known device is actually provided with winches that are too heavy—and therefore too expensive—to be able to reach sufficient speed occasionally.
The invention has been designed to overcome this problem and provide a hoisting device that can lift a relatively heavy load while being operated at a relatively high speed, yet have a light and cheap design.
The invention provides a plurality of loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, and 92 over which the hoist cable 26 can be guided as shown in FIG. 3. The loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, and 92 can be moved between a first position, in which the loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, and 92 are connected to the tower 14, and a second position, in which the loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, and 92 are connected to the trolley 22.
By using the loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, 92 the number of wire parts between the tower 14 and the trolley 22 can be set as desired and minimized. When the loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, 92 are attached to the tower 14, few wire parts will extend between the tower 14 and the trolley 22, and a relatively low weight can be lifted.
It is possible according to the invention for the loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, 92 to be attached symmetrically relative to the center of the tower 14. This symmetrical design ensures that the forces exerted upon the cables are also transmitted symmetrically to a tower 14, which means that no additional bending loads are exerted upon the tower 14.
It is possible according to the invention for the loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, 92 to be accommodated in a housing, which at least on the bottom side is provided with locking elements for fixing the pulleys on the trolley 22. The loose pulleys 86, 88, 90, 92 are pulled automatically into their first position, in contact with the tower 14, by tension in the hoisting cable. It is, therefore, sufficient to provide only the bottom side of the housings with locking elements.
It is advantageous for the locking elements to be equipped with a hydraulic actuation device. The use of a hydraulic actuation device means that the locking pins can be remotely controlled. This feature is particularly advantageous when eliminating safety hazards is a major concern.
Returning to
The jack up rig 100 as shown in
The trolley 22 can move along a guide relative to the tower 14 as shown in FIG. 2. The guide can be a pair of rails 52, 53 of which only rail 52 is visible. On the bottom side the trolley 22 can be provided with a holding member, such as a bail, 24, or some other suitable means, to which a load to be hoisted can be attached.
In addition to the above mentioned pulleys,
The hoisting winches are preferably driven by electric motors. In one example, each side of the hoisting winch can be provided with such a motor. Alternatively, each hoisting winch can be driven by two electric motors, preferably having a low inertia.
At the back side of the tower 14 the draw works comprising of first winch 18 and second winch 17 can be seen. By attaching the draw works at the side facing away from the cantilever valuable deck space is gained. The storage device in this embodiment is a setback drum 29. Other methods of storing tubulars can be used. The setback drum 29 is attached to tower 14 and mounted on cantilever 10. Also a tubular make-up/break out device 66 is mounted on cantilever 10. In a preferred embodiment the tubular make-up/breakout device 66 is a power tong such as manufactured by Weatherford.
Since the majority of the operations are done with coiled tubing; installing a fixed top drive 70 is economically not viable. The cantilever 10 and tower 14 are constructed in such a way that when a top drive 70 is needed for drilling operations this top drive 70 can be fitted quickly with a minimum of interference with the ongoing drilling process. This allows the option to rent the top drive 70 for one well operation. It is clear that by not having to buy or rent for long periods a top drive 70 an economical advantage is gained and the cost to construct a well 44 are lowered.
In applications according to prior art coiled tubing 40 arches upward considerably acting like a barrier for other operations. By placing the reel 38 and the reel drive 72 inside cantilever 10 this problem is minimized and the disturbance of other operations is minimal. Coiled tubulars 40 are fed through movable injector head 42 in a well bore 44. Movable injector head 42 is placed on a skiddable frame 54. Skiddable frame 54 can move the movable injector head 42 from a storage area 210 to the working position above the well center 44. Switching from normal tubular operations to coiled tubing operations takes only a short time leading to a more efficient operation of the drilling rig and less damage to the well 44. Less damage leads to a more productive well ensuring more production.
The injector head 42 is moved to the storage area 210 when jointed tubular operations are being conducted. This allows coil tubing operations to be quickly and safely utilized which in turn allows the use of coil for small operations which normally would have been conducted using jointed pipe. The economic advantage of using coil tubing is the speed in which the tubulars 40 can be run in or out of the well bore. Coil tubulars 30 can typically be run three to five times faster than jointed tubulars 30 which significantly saves rig time decreasing the cost of constructing or maintaining the well 44.
The injector head 42 frame can have the ability to extend or retract in the vertical position increasing or decreasing the distance between the injector head 42 and the rig floor located on the cantilever deck. This ability increases the efficiency when transitioning between a coil tubing operation and jointed tubular operation. This increase in efficiency is created by allowing the coil tubing to be connected to different bottom hole assemblies in a safer and quicker manner by increasing the working height under the grease injector assembly which is the lower most component of the moveable injector head 42.
It is also contemplated that the invention can utilize only one power pack for powering both the top drive 70 and the reel drive 72. The hydraulic power pack can be mainly used to power the coil tubing reel drive 72 since coiled tubing operations are the majority of the operations done. However sometimes an optional rented top drive 70 can be installed to perform drilling operations. Since the coiled tubing unit is not in operation when the top drive 70 is working the hydraulic power lines can be rerouted to power the top drive 70. This decreases the cost to construct the invention because now only one power pack needs to be installed instead of the two power packs that are normally used.
During the operations with the injector over well 44 the retractable trolley 46 retracts to a position over the mouse hole 48 shown in
During coiled tubing operations stands of tubulars 30 can be made up or broken apart and the retractable trolley 46 in a retracted position. It is contemplated that the stands of tubular can be casing, drill pipe, completion tubing, down hole equipment and other tubulars 30 that need to be used in the well bore. This saves considerable time because the equipment needed for the next phase of the operation can be prepared in advance and used directly when needed.
As noted in
It is contemplated that the spare crane 60 can also used to lower or retrieve special tools and equipment to and from the drill floor More than one crane can be installed on this rig, as shown in
It is contemplated that spare crane 60 can be mounted on the tower 14, the vertical storage device 28 or any other suitable place on the cantilever.
During the drilling process maintaining a continuous supply of tubulars 30 is an important factor for the efficiency of the drilling operations. In some situations it can be advantageous to have additional horizontal tubular storage containers 56 as shown in FIG. 5.
On the cantilever 10 there is a spare location next to the lifting table 64 where a container can be temporarily stored. This has the advantage that when a new container is needed there is no time lost by first having to lift the previous one of the cantilever 10 and then lifting the new one on the lifting table 64. Instead after lowering the container to a horizontal position the container just slides to the storage position and a new container is lifted on the lifting table 64. The container in the storage position can be lifted of the cantilever 10 off-line out of the critical time-path thereby no interference with the continuous supply of tubulars 30 to the firing line.
In an embodiment of the invention, a racking arm 32 can be used to lift tubulars 30 from a position horizontal to the cantilever 10 to a vertical position if system is being used without tubular containers 62.
The invention is also a method for drilling a well and for well intervention using the multipurpose system 8 on a pivoting, slidable cantilever 10 on a platform to drill a well 44 and to perform well intervention operations. The pivoting, slidable cantilever 10 is adapted to pivot and slide along an x-y axis. The method begins by pulling a completion tubing 31 out of the well 44, forming segments 33 from the completion tubing pulled from the well 44, setting back the segments 33 into the storage area 29 on the cantilever 10, and running the coiled tubulars 40 into the well 44.
The method continues by removing used completion equipment in the well 44 and preparing the well 44 for new completion equipment with the coiled tubulars 40. While preparing the well 44 for the new completion equipment, segments of new completion tubing are pulled from the storage area 29 and the segments of new completion tubing are broke into individual joints. The individual joints are, then, removed from the pivoting, slidable cantilever 10.
Next, the method entails running into the well 44 with coiled tubulars 40 and installing the new completion equipment 204. While installing the new completion equipment in the well 44, the segments of new completion tubing 202 are built from individual joints and the segments of new completion tubing 202 are set in the storage area 29. The method ends by running the segments of new completion tubing 202 and the new completion equipment 204 into the well 44.
The invention is also a method for drilling a well using a multipurpose system 8 on a pivoting, slidable cantilever 10 on a platform to drill a well and to perform well intervention operations. Again, the pivoting, slidable cantilever 10 is adapted to pivot and slide along an x-y axis 78, 79. The method begins by running casing 97 directly into the well 44 from the storage area 29. When the casing 97 is in the well 44, a drilling assembly 96 is run on a hoisting cable 26 98 and latching into the casing 97.
Next, the method entails connecting a top drive 70 to the casing 97 and drilling the well 44. After drilling the well 44 to a casing 97 setting depth, a hoisting cable 26 is run into the well 44 and the drilling assembly 96 is retrieved. The method continues by cementing the casing 97 in the well 44, running the coiled tubulars 40 into the well 44 and the drilling assembly 96, drilling a production well section 200 and removing the drilling assembly 96 from the well 44 using the coiled tubulars 40, and installing the well 44 completion with the coiled tubulars 40.
While drilling the production well section 200 and installing the well 44 completion with coiled tubulars 40, segments of new completion tubing 202 and new completion equipment 204 are built and the segments of new completion tubing 202 and the new completion equipment 204 are placed into the storage area 29. The method ends by running the segments of new completion tubing 202 and the new completion equipment 204 into the well 44.
In an alternative embodiment, the method can further include the step of running casing 97 directly into the well 44 from the storage device 28. The methods can also entail the step of lifting the storage device 28 filled with casing 97 to the vertical position in the storage area 29. The methods can be adapted to allow multiple hole sections to be drilled.
The step of connecting a top drive 70 to the casing 97 and drilling a production well section 200 can use at least one casing segment 206 pulled directly from the storage device 28. The new completion tubing 202 can be run directly from the storage device 28 and The new completion tubing 202 can also be run directly from the vertical storage device 28.
The step of running casing 97 directly into the well 44 from the storage device 28 can use using the racking arm 32. Also, the step of building the segments of new completion tubing 202 and the new completion equipment 204 can use a crane 58, a plurality of tubular containers 62, a lifting table 64, a makeup/breakout device 66, and combinations thereof.
The storage area 29 can also be used for the horizontal storing of tubulars, segments, and completion equipment.
In another embodiment, the step of running the segments of new completion tubing 202 and the new completion equipment 204 into the well 44 can be performed using the trolley 22 which centered over the well 44 in its first position 81.
The plurality of reels, plurality of storage areas, and/or plurality of splittable block can be used with any of the methods.
The invention is also method for using a pivoting, slidable cantilever 10 on a jack-up rig. The method involves moving the jack up rig to a well, moving the legs of the jack up rig enabling the legs to engage the sea bottom, and preloading the jack up rig and jacking the rig to the correct height above the water surface. The method ends by skidding a rotating pivotable cantilever 10 to a position over the side of the jack-up rig, moving the rotating pivotable cantilever 10 directly over the well 44, and, then, initiating operation of the cantilever 10 using the multipurpose system 8.
In an alternative embodiment, it is contemplated that one trolley system could be used with the invention which performs both the functions of the trolley 22 and the retractable trolley 46.
The foregoing disclosure and description of the invention are illustrative and explanatory thereof and various changes in the method and system and in the size, shape and materials, as well as in the details of the illustrated construction, may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.
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Phew, finally we get some new names in the Steam top 10 (previous weeks here'n'that), after the chokehold of the Steam Summer Sale is loosened. I did not expect that number 1, but I really did not expect that number 10.
Phew, finally we get some new names in the Steam top 10 (previous weeks here'n'that), after the chokehold of the Steam Summer Sale is loosened. I did not expect that number 1, but I really did not expect that number 10.
Not much moving, not much shaking in last week's top ten best-sellers, as the after-effects of the Steam sale are still felt and, without many major new releases or breakout hits, there's that creeping sense of PC games in 2016 returning to business as usual. HERE COMETH THE BRANDS. We do get one new entry though, and it's a pretty one.
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No new indie millionaries this week: we're still looking at the consequences of the Steam Summer Sale, so the weekly list of best-sellers is entirely devoid of new releases. Hordes of people who'd sat on the fence about 2015's big games jumped on the discounts, and that means many familiar names. Of course, you discerning bunch went and bought all the games we recommended instead, didn't you?
A shorter than usual weekly Steam best-sellers chart this week, primarily because almost everything is explained simply by the words "Steam Summer sale", but partly because I've already spent a chunk of today compiling a big list of Sale recommendations to help our beloved readers' purchasin' decisions. You can have a pithy and/or explantory line about each game next week, promise. Meantime: these are the ten best-selling games on Steam last week. Expect next week's to look wildly different, thanks to the ongoing and regularly changing sale.
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Like a man dancing to Belle & Sebastian, last week's best-selling Steam games saw some shaking at the top but not a lot of movement below. IS YOUR FAVOURITE GAME HERE AND WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT YOU AS A PERSON IF IT'S NOT?
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I am genuinely surprised by which game sold best on Steam last week (previous weeks here, btw). PC gaming remains beautifully unpredictable, doesn't it?
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A woman told police she didn't think there was enough damage to merit stopping — and that she didn't want her ice cream to melt
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VAN BUREN, Ark. — A woman accused of leaving the scene of a minor traffic crash in western Arkansas told police she did it because she didn't want her ice cream to melt.
Van Buren police say one vehicle rear-ended another on Arkansas Highway 59 on Sunday evening, but that the driver of the second car didn't stop to check on the vehicle she had hit. The other driver called police and set off in pursuit.
Fort Smith television station KHBS reports that Flora Burkhart told police she didn't think there was enough damage to merit stopping — and that she didn't want her ice cream to melt.
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Outside of america. In most countries of South America, Xbox 360 outsells …
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Outside of america.
In most countries of South America, Xbox 360 outsells PS3.
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might wanna get that fixed or sold im sure youl get a high price for it once repaired
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Mine already exploded, it lasted 6 years tough, in that time i had 3, count them 3! xboxes, and i KNOW that im not alone in this, so even whit rampaging rrods on the xbox side, PS3 managed to beat them in sales, good for them, (i had one of the original 600 dollars 80 gig PS3s with full backwars compatibility and the cool card reader on the front, it YLOD a couple of months ago… so sad, the slim ones are so tiny and ugly in comparison)
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Wow, people who spend upwards of a 1000 dollars on a PC gaming machine cant afford a 150 dollars wii?, heck just buy it with the game beat it fast then return it for store credit (and get more PC games with it) at least in the US and most first world coutries you can do that
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It is only a matter of politics. Here in Brazil we pay a minimum of 87% tax on any electronics imports. M$ is the only one with the $$$ to afford producing it here, since they have big $$$ to spend. A retail, barebones PS3 costs now 20-jan-2013 about US$ 685. http://www.americanas.com.br/produto/111954114/console-oficial-playstation-3-slim-250-gb-sony For this insane price tag you can buy two x360 barebones or one premium with 04 games and 03 months gold membership, since four games cost the …
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Brazil is the only country of South America that XBOX 360 is the leader. They have a strong support for the console and have a fantastic install base. Other countries even with the pirated 360 are not Xbox dominated. You got your numbers bad about Chile, sum up Zmart and the rest of the retailers and PS3 is largely above any other. Bluray is a big reason but anyways. Also in Argentina the rate of PS3 againt Xbox is almost 8 to 1 in favor of PS3. Countries like Paraguay and Peru have more PS3 …
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Photographed by Amelia Alpaugh.
As someone who has fought for years against her curly texture, I'm slowly making the transition into embracing those tiny corkscrews that keep popping out of my scalp. After decades of straightening and processing, the terror I have felt in starting this journey has translated to looking for support from other girls with curls. And, this item on HuffPost Women — a list on why having curly hair rocks — is exactly what I needed.
I won't spoil the piece for you, but the enthusiasm writer Kendra Alvey has for her incredible curls is truly infectious. She mentions that little kids will look at you as if you're the biggest Muppet they've ever seen. I like Muppets. I can get down with that.
But, the best thing about the article is the heartfelt happiness she experiences at not slaving over her hair. While all her friends are blowdrying and flat ironing and spraying before wedding parties, she's the first one at the bar, drinking bubbly. The allure of simply letting your hair "be" is liberating, and the article has renewed my enthusiasm for this process. Tiny curls, let's see what you look like. (HuffPost Women)
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