Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Tubular string building system and method
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Application No.: US17427436Application Date: 2020-01-31
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Publication No.: US11952844B2Publication Date: 2024-04-09
- Inventor: Robert Benjamin Donnally , Xilin Liu
- Applicant: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
- Current Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Conley Rose, P.C.
- International Application: PCT/US2020/016162 2020.01.31
- International Announcement: WO2020/160440A 2020.08.06
- Date entered country: 2021-07-30
- Main IPC: E21B19/15
- IPC: E21B19/15

Abstract:
A well system includes a well platform including a rig floor, a first rig floor robot and a second rig floor robot positioned on the rig floor, wherein the first rig floor robot is configured to guide a lower end of a pipe stand towards a setback position on the rig floor and the second rig floor robot is configured to guide a first pipe joint of the pipe stand into a first mouse hole formed in the rig floor, a mast extending from the rig floor, a racking board coupled to the mast, the racking board configured to secure an upper end of the pipe stand between a pair of finger boards of the racking board, a racking board robot positioned on the racking board and configured to position the upper end of the pipe stand between the pair of finger boards.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220127917A1 TUBULAR STRING BUILDING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2022-04-28
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