The Motion Decoupled Delivery System: A New Deployment System for Downhole Tools is Tested at the New Jersey Margin

P. B. Flemings; P. J. Polito; T. L. Pettigrew; G. J. Iturrino; E. Meissner; R. Aduddell; D. L. Brooks; C. Hetmaniak; D. Huey; J. T. Germaine; the IODP Expedition 342 Scientists

doi:10.5194/sd-15-51-2013

Scientific Drilling (Mar 2013)

The Motion Decoupled Delivery System: A New Deployment System for Downhole Tools is Tested at the New Jersey Margin

P. B. Flemings,
P. J. Polito,
T. L. Pettigrew,
G. J. Iturrino,
E. Meissner,
R. Aduddell,
D. L. Brooks,
C. Hetmaniak,
D. Huey,
J. T. Germaine,
the IODP Expedition 342 Scientists

Affiliations

P. B. Flemings: Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, USA
P. J. Polito: Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, USA
T. L. Pettigrew: Pettigrew Engineering, 479 Nine Mile Road, Milam TX 75959, USA
G. J. Iturrino: Borehole Research Group, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
E. Meissner: Borehole Research Group, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, NY 10964, USA
R. Aduddell: Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Texas A&M University, 1000 Discovery Drive, College Station, TX 77845-9547, USA
D. L. Brooks: Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1100, Austin, TX 78712-0254, USA
C. Hetmaniak: Stress Engineering Services, 13800 Westfair East Drive Houston, TX 77041, USA
D. Huey: Stress Engineering Services, 13800 Westfair East Drive Houston, TX 77041, USA
J. T. Germaine: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
the IODP Expedition 342 Scientists

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/sd-15-51-2013
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15
pp. 51 – 56

Abstract

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The Motion Decoupled Hydraulic Delivery System (MDHDS) is a new downhole tool delivery system that is deployed by wireline and uses drillstring pressure to advance a penetrometer (or other downhole tool) into the formation at the bottom of offshore boreholes. After hydraulic deployment of the penetrometer, it is completely decoupled from the BHA; this eliminates the adverse effects of ship heave. We tested the MDHDS at Site U1402 (the location of Site 1073, ODP Leg 174A), offshore New Jersey, during two days of ship time during Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 342. In one deployment we emplaced a penetrometer successfully and documented that it was decoupled from drillstring movement. Based on this successful field test, the MDHDS has been certified by the U.S. Implementing Organization (USIO) for shipboard use. The MDHDS will replace the previous deployment system, the Colletted Delivery System. The MDHDS is an IODP-funded engineering development led by The University of Texas at Austin, in conjunction with the USIO and Stress Engineering Services. This sea trial was the culmination of a seven-year development effort that included extensive engineering design and fabrication. doi:10.2204/iodp.sd.15.07.2013

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ISSN: 1816-8957 (Print); 1816-3459 (Online)
Publisher: Copernicus Publications
Country of publisher: Germany
LCC subjects: Science: Geology
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