Extraction assembly including an information module

{
  "publication_number": "US2014130928A1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A1",
  "title": "Extraction assembly including an information module",
  "abstract": "The invention relates to an assembly including: an petroleum extraction pipe (2) having a thread at the ends thereof, and two protectors (1) for the thread of said extraction pipe (2), each of the protectors including a tubular body and a thread that is complementary to said thread of the extraction pipe, wherein said assembly is characterized in that it includes at least one module (3) for containing information relating to at least one property of an extraction pipe (2), said module being removably connected to said extraction pipe (2).",
  "claims": [
    "1. An assembly including: a petroleum extraction pipe (2) equipped with a thread at its ends, and wherein said assembly includes at least one module (3) designed to contain information relating to at least one characteristic of an extraction pipe (2), said module being an RFID medium including an RFID identifier corresponding to said characteristic of the extraction pipe (2) and removeably fastened to said extraction pipe (2). 2. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein said module (3) is fastened onto a harness (5) including a belt (51) designed to be fastened around said extraction pipe (2), and means (31, 52, 53) for positioning said module (3) designed to moveably position said module (3) at a free end of a protector (1). 3. The assembly according to claim 2, wherein said positioning means are two straps (52, 53) extending from the belt (51), one of said straps (52) serving as a support for said module (3), said straps (52, 53) each having complementary gripping means (63, 64) designed to allow said straps to be fastened together at the free end of the protector (2). 4. The assembly according to claim 3, wherein said belt (51) includes an elastomeric coating on its inner face designed to be in contact with said extraction pipe (2). 5. The assembly according to claim 4, wherein said elastomeric coating is of the neoprene or cellular neoprene type. 6. (canceled) 7. (canceled) 8. The assembly according to claim 11, wherein said protectors (1) are formed by injection of polycarbonate, of thermoplastic polyurethane, of high-density polyethylene, of polypropylene or of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, possibly reinforced by metal, metal-plastic or composite parts. 9. The assembly according to claim 11, also including a cap (16) connected to each of said protectors (1), the module (3) being designed to be positioned on said cap (16) of the protector (1). 10. A system including: an extraction pipe (2) having a male end and a female end, two RFID medium (3) including an RFID identifier corresponding to at least one characteristic of said extraction pipe, said RFID identifiers being associated with one another in an external database, and also being associated with characteristics of said extraction pipe (2); communication means positioned in proximity to a wellbore, designed to read the RFID identifier of an extraction pipe (2) intended for use in said wellbore, and to display in sequence the RFID identifiers of the extraction pipes (2) used in said wellbore as well as a selection of characteristics of said extraction pipes (2). 11. The assembly according to claim 1, further including two thread protectors (1) of said extraction pipe (2), each of said protectors including a tubular body, a thread complementary to said thread of the extraction pipe and a free end. 12. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein the removable connection between said extraction pipe (2) and the module (3) includes a closure element (60) designed to serve as a telltale showing breakage of the connection between the module (3) and the extraction pipe (2). 13. The assembly according to claim 1, wherein said module (3) is associated with a means of geographic location. 14. The system according to claim 10, further including two extraction pipe protectors (1), respectively male and female, mounted on the male and female ends of the extraction pipe (2)."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The present invention relates to the field of pipes for extracting petroleum and gas.\n\nPetroleum and gas extraction pipes are used for drilling wells and for extraction, in order to attain great depths.\n\nThese pipes have threads at each of their ends allow them to be connected together, either directly or by means of intermediate elements.\n\nThe threaded ends of the pipes are called male ends, while the tapped ends of the pipes are called female ends. Throughout the present patent application, we will write generally of threaded ends of an extraction pipe, which interchangeably designates the threaded or tapped ends of the extraction pipes.\n\nIn conformity with the practice of one skilled in the art, a protector fitting the male end of a pipe is called a male (or pin) protector, and a protector fitting a female end of a pipe is called a female (or box) protector.\n\nAnother problem with extraction pipes commonly used for petroleum and gas drilling and extraction operations is their logistical management and the determination of their properties or of information concerning them.\n\nIndeed, extraction pipes are typically packaged in the form of lots, which complicates handling and carrying out measurements on a single pipe between its manufacture and its use on site.\n\nSeveral studies have attempted to modify extraction pipes so as to implant marking or tracing means on them. However these studies, carried out over the last 5 to 10 years, have not given the desire result in that they resulted systematically in deterioration of the mechanical properties of the pipe, which is prohibitive.",
  "cpc": [
    "F16L 55/00",
    "B65D 59/06",
    "E21B 17/006",
    "F16L 2201/60",
    "F16L 57/005"
  ],
  "ipc": [
    "F16L 55/00",
    "B65D 59/06",
    "E21B 17/00",
    "F16L 57/00"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Alexis Drouin",
    "Thomas Charrue"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2012-04-03",
  "publication_date": "2014-05-15",
  "priority_date": "2011-07-08",
  "application_number": "US-201214131428-A",
  "family_id": "45809125",
  "cited_by_count": 17,
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}