公开(公告)号：US20230023261A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17785912

申请日：2020-12-17

Applicant: MHWIRTH AS

Inventor： PER INGE ROENSBERG ,  ROY BIRKELAND ,  ELLEN KOLNES ,  NICOLAI NILSEN ,  JARLE ROPSTAD ,  BJARNE LARSEN ,  SOEREN OEYDNA ,  LARS OTTO SANNES

IPC: E21B19/15 ,  E21B19/20 ,  B63B35/44 ,  E21B19/00

Abstract: A drilling rig includes a drill floor with a well center opening, a derrick having a drilling machine which is suspended above the well center opening, a pipe supply area which is arranged adjacent to the well center opening on the drill floor, and a pipe handling machine. The pipe supply area has at least one pipe rack which horizontally stores pipe sections. The pipe handling machine moves at least one of the pipe sections between a horizontal storage position in the at least one pipe rack and a vertical position or a substantially vertical position above the well center opening.