Material or article handling – Well pipe or rod racking mechanism – With slope change
Reexamination Certificate
2006-09-25
2011-11-08
Adams, Gregory (Department: 3652)
Material or article handling
Well pipe or rod racking mechanism
With slope change
C414S022510, C414S022680, C414S022630
Reexamination Certificate
active
08052369
ABSTRACT:
Device for storing tubular on a drilling and/or production installation, comprising a shaft (8, 9, 10, 11) to accommodate a plurality of tubular in a substantially vertical position and a guide (15, 22) that is moveable above the shaft (8, 9, 10, 11). The device comprises means for displacing the guide (15, 22) in a substantially horizontal plane to a position above a selected one of all the tubular in the shaft. Also described are a catwalk (12) configured to displace the tubular in an axial direction through a V-door in the derrick (5), and which is further configured to be tilted into a substantially vertical position to receive or deliver a tubular, and a knuckle boom crane (7) with a grapple (27) that is adapted to grip an upper end of a substantially vertical tubular and carry the tubular in a substantially vertical orientation.
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Hagen Sondre
Often Ola
Adams Gregory
Fred Olsen Energy ASA
Nixon & Vanderhye PC
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