Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Pivoted rail-based assembly and transport system for well-head equipment
- Patent Title (中): 枢轴设备枢纽铁路装配和运输系统
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Application No.: US12286630Application Date: 2008-10-01
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Publication No.: US07896083B2Publication Date: 2011-03-01
- Inventor: James Raymond Vickery
- Applicant: James Raymond Vickery
- Agency: Hemingway & Hansen, LLP
- Agent D. Scott Hemingway
- Main IPC: E21B33/06
- IPC: E21B33/06

Abstract:
A stable vertical lift structure that raises pre-assembled equipment with flexibility in the positioning in relation to the well head location. The invention includes pre-assembled drilling and well-head equipment, such as a blow-out preventer and a stripper assembly supported by a vertical support structure, all of which is transported to the drilling site on a trailer assembly. The pivot point for the pre-assembled equipment is placed on a rail transport mounted on the trailer assembly, and the pivot point is laterally pushed to a locking point on the rail assembly before the pre-assembled equipment is vertically raised to its vertical alignment near the well head. After being raised to its vertical alignment position, the pre-assembled equipment can be placed over the well head at the drilling site. By positioning the pre-assembled equipment using the rail transport, there is flexibility in positioning the trailer relative to the well head and the vertical alignment operation can be conducted with stability.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090095465A1 Pivoted rail-based assembly and transport system for well-head equipment Public/Granted day:2009-04-16
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