Master Mag Templet - Frank's International, Inc.

▲ Frank’s Control Line Pusher Arm — Attaching canon cross coupling clamp over five
control lines
▼ Stabbing production riser conncection on Kizomba A
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keeps the production riser and completion tubular running
smoothly, efficiently, and safely.”
Subsea and Dry-Tree Completions
The Kizomba TLPs are designed for subsea and dry-tree completions.
For the subsea wells, Frank’s introduced the “Long
Stroke” Spider with shuttle table to facilitate running large
OD landing strings with 3.75-inch umbilicals during well test.
All landing strings were successfully installed and retrieved
with zero damage to the umbilicals.
For the dry-tree completions, Frank’s recommended its recently
developed and proven RS-350 Spider since the well design
utilized five control lines. The RS-350 is a flush mount rotary
spider equipped with Frank’s proprietary Control Line
Capture Guide System. The slip raising mechanism provides
larger-than-normal passage through the slip area. At Kizomba,
this extra room allowed Frank’s to run the annular string,
control lines, and oddly configured control line clamps
simultaneously without any damage.
New Side Door Elevator System
In preparing to run the new Vetco RLPC riser connectors,
Frank’s designed a Collar Load Support System (CLSS) for
running the production risers. CLSS uses a remotely operated
side door elevator capable of grasping and releasing the pipe
and tilting the unit to allow easy attachment of the pipe in
the V-door.
The unique side door design was modified to accept the
Load Transfer Sleeve. This system incorporated a landing
spear/landing table instead of a slip-type spider. This handling
system is specifically designed for “Zero Marking” on
the tube body due to the Thermal Spray Aluminum (TSA)
coating applied during manufacture of the riser joints.
Control Line Pusher Arm
Frank’s Control Line Pusher Arm (CLPA) was used to maintain
control line positioning for clamp installation and to
keep control lines in proper sequence for clamping. The
pusher arm also minimized the risk of control lines being
tangled in the rig’s top drive or tubing elevators. The time
required for the control line clamp installation was significantly
reduced and safety greatly enhanced.
Hi-Tech Riser Fabrication
On the Kizomba A project, Frank’s was awarded the contract
from Vetco Gray to fabricate top tensioned production risers
for 12 strings, each up to 76 feet long, 10.75 x 0.450-inch.
A total of 540 Level 1, Level 2A, and Level 2B riser joints
were fabricated over a span of four months (including weld
qualification and fatigue testing) by working 24 hours a day.