Portable pipe handling system
US9157286B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 11, 2012 |
| Grant date | Oct 13, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B19/16
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A portable pipe handling apparatus and method includes providing a support structure adapted to support a pipe stand along a pipe stand building axis associated therewith, and inclining the pipe stand building axis so that an upper end of the axis is adjacent a top drive in a drilling rig mast and so that the pipe stand translation trajectory which is substantially co-axial with the pipe stand building axis intersects a hand-off window between the top drive and the pipe stand building axis.
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