Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Wellbore drilling system
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Application No.: US14889380Application Date: 2014-03-03
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Publication No.: US09752395B2Publication Date: 2017-09-05
- Inventor: Joop Roodenburg , Diederick Bernardus Wijning , Hendrik Hessels
- Applicant: ITREC B.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Schiedam
- Assignee: ITREC B.V.
- Current Assignee: ITREC B.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Schiedam
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: NL1040202 20130506
- International Application: PCT/NL2014/050129 WO 20140303
- International Announcement: WO2014/182160 WO 20141113
- Main IPC: E21B19/14
- IPC: E21B19/14 ; B66F11/00 ; E21B19/06 ; E21B15/00 ; E21B15/02 ; E21B19/15 ; B63B15/00 ; B63B35/44 ; E21B19/20 ; E21B19/24

Abstract:
An aspect of the present invention relates to a wellbore drilling system comprising a drilling tower and a tubular racking device having at least a lower first tubular racker assembly and at least a second tubular racker assembly operable at a greater height than the first tubular racker assembly. The system further comprises one or more well center tools, each adapted for operation above the well center of the drill floor, e.g. an iron roughneck tool for making up and breaking out of threaded tubular joints. According to the present invention, the tubular racking device comprises a third tubular racker assembly which is vertically mobile and which is operable for tubular transfer between the firing line and the drilling tubulars storage rack in combination with the second tubular racker assembly, e.g. in case of failure of the first tubular racker assembly, and wherein at least one well center tool is adapted to be connected to the motion arm of the third tubular racker assembly, which well center tool is operable above the drill floor, whilst the first and second tubular racker assemblies are operable in combination for tubular transfer between the firing line and the drilling tubulars storage rack.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160090796A1 WELLBORE DRILLING SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2016-03-31
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