Invention Grant
- Patent Title: X-Y-Z pipe racker for a drilling rig
- Patent Title (中): X-Y-Z型钻机
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Application No.: US14159722Application Date: 2014-01-21
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Publication No.: US09562407B2Publication Date: 2017-02-07
- Inventor: Christopher Magnuson
- Applicant: Nabors Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Nabors Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nabors Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Haynes & Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: E21B19/20
- IPC: E21B19/20 ; E21B19/14

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods include an x-direction support structure extending in the same direction as a line extending between a well center and a V-door on a drilling rig and include a y-direction support structure moveable along the x-direction support structure. The y-direction support structure extends on a drilling rig in a direction transverse to the line extending between the well center and the V-door on the drilling rig. A racker device is carried by the y-direction support structure and is configured to connect to and carry a tubular stand used in a well drilling process, the racker device being moveable along the y-direction support structure from a position inline with the line extending between the well center and the V-door on the drilling rig to a position offline from the line to provide space for additional drilling processes along the line extending between the well center and the V-door on the drilling rig.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140202769A1 X-Y-Z Pipe Racker for a Drilling Rig Public/Granted day:2014-07-24
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