METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTINUOUS CIRCULATION OF DRILLING FLUID DURING CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF WELL Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC E21B21/10 E21B19/16 E21B43/12 

FIELD: oil and gas industry.

SUBSTANCE: method consists in movement of a housing of a continuous circulation tool to an adapter having a channel passing through it and intended for connection in a pipe string in the well and selective movement of drilling fluid between the housing and a side hole in the adapter; in addition, the continuous circulation tool includes a shutoff device, and actuation of a shutoff mechanism to introduce a shutoff element of the shutoff device through the side hole in the adapter for insulation of drilling fluid flow through at least one section of the channel. A system for carrying out well operations with continuous circulation of drilling fluid, which contains a continuous circulation tool interconnected with a tubular column of the well, which contains an adapter and is intended for selective shutoff of the drilling fluid flow to tubular column of the well, a pipe manipulating device near the adapter, which contains the following: a pipe wrench, pipe wrenches, a pipe wrench, a retaining wrench, a pipe wrench and a spinning wrench and a device for mechanised suspension and unscrewing of pipes.

EFFECT: maximum drilling speed.

34 cl, 27 dwg