PORTABLE PIPE HANDLING SYSTEM

摘要

A portable pipe handling apparatus and method includes providing a support structure a providing a support structure adapted to support a pipe stand along a pipe stand building axis associated therewith, and inclining the pipe stand building axis so that an upper end of the axis is adjacent a top drive in a drilling rig mast and so that the pipe stand translation trajectory which is substantially co-axial with the pipe stand building axis intersects a hand-off window between the top drive and the pipe stand building axis.

主权项

1. A portable pipe handling system for use in conjunction with a drilling rig having a drilling mast aligned with a well center and mounted atop a rig sub-structure, the system comprising:
a support structure adapted to support a pipe stand along an inclined pipe stand building axis, wherein said pipe stand building axis is said inclined so that a pipe stand translation trajectory which is substantially co-axial with said pipe stand building axis intersects a hand-off window between the drilling mast and said pipe stand building axis.