Hydraulic top drive for wells

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1987-04-14

1989-03-21

Schran, Donald R.

Tool driving or impacting

Means to drive tool about an axis

Means to hold and relatively rotate sections of tool shaft

81 5734, 166 775, E21B 300

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048134937

ABSTRACT:
Well apparatus including a top drive assembly having a hollow drive stem driven through a gear assembly by a plurality, two or more, of hydraulic motors, the drive stem adapted to be attached to a well swivel at upper end and an intermediate sub or a string at the lower end, the rotary motion of the drive stem to power the string during operations. A shut off valve to shut off well fluid and a link adapter can be located between the lower end of the hollow drive stem and the upper end of the drill string. The vertical axis of the drive stem can be aligned coaxially with the vertical axis of the wellbore and with the vertical axis of the drill string. The top drive can be mounted to a wheeled support frame contained within two elongated members mounted in a derrick. Pivotably mounted to the support frame is a manipulator arm adapted on one end to grasp and support a tubular member and pivotable in a horizontal plane. Also mounted to the support frame is a pipe wrenching device which is extendable toward or retractable from a position coinciding with the well centerline.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3191450 (1965-06-01), Wilson
patent: 3312294 (1967-04-01), Wilson
patent: 3380324 (1968-04-01), Hillman

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