Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tubular delivery arm for a drilling rig
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Application No.: US15311857Application Date: 2016-11-15
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Publication No.: US10697255B2Publication Date: 2020-06-30
- Inventor: Melvin Alan Orr , Mark W. Trevithick , Joe Rodney Berry , Robert Metz
- Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Applicant Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Sugar Land
- Agent Rachel E. Greene
- International Application: PCT/US2016/061956 WO 20161115
- International Announcement: WO2017/087350 WO 20170526
- Main IPC: E21B19/20
- IPC: E21B19/20 ; E21B19/06 ; E21B19/14 ; E21B19/15

Abstract:
A tubular delivery arm that travels vertically along a rail on the front of a drilling mast in generally parallel orientation to the travel of a top drive. The tubular delivery arm has a dolly vertically translatably connected to a mast of the drilling rig. An arm is rotatably and pivotally connected to the dolly at its upper end. A tubular clasp is pivotally connected to the arm at its lower end. The dolly vertically translates the front side of the mast in response to actuation of a hoist at the crown of the mast. The tubular delivery arm translates the mast in non-conflicting passage of a top drive connected to the same mast, for positioning a tubular stand over the centerline of the wellbore, a mousehole, or a stand hand-off position.
Public/Granted literature
- US10655407B2 Tubular delivery arm for a drilling rig Public/Granted day:2020-05-19
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