Top feed of control lines to table-elevated spider

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided for installing control lines and pipe into a well. The pipe-holding spider that is normally mounted on the rig floor is supported by a table elevated above the rig floor. Supporting the spider on an elevated table provides personnel with access to a portion of the length of the pipe string below the elevated spider and above the rig floor for applying a fastener to secure the control line to the pipe string. The control line is supplied from above the spider and is positioned by a control line guide supported on the spider or a sleeve to pass through the spider outside the path of the pipe gripping members, such as slips.

主权项

1. An apparatus for running well pipe into a well with control lines attached to the pipe, comprising:
a support structure for supporting a spider at a distance above a rig floor sufficient to provide an accessible work space between the support structure and the floor; a spider supported by the support structure for holding a pipe string extending through the support structure and into the well, wherein the spider has a plurality of movable pipe gripping members; and a control line passage through the spider and outside the path of adjacent pipe gripping members.