摘要 |
A power tong set (9), with lead and back-up tongs (9a, b), is mounted on the slip bowl (7) of the traveling jack head (6) of a snubbing unit (2) and rotates with the slip bowl (7). Service lines (or umbelicals) for the tong set are not connected during string (ps) rotation. In an alternate version of the apparatus, a fluid feed through swivel (11) is mounted on the tong set (9), secured to the necessary tong operating and control service fluid line, or lines, such that the tong set (9) can rotate with tong service lines between the tong set (9) and the snubbing unit (2) during rotation. In an alternate form, the tong set (9) is mounted on the jack head (6), independently of the rotary table, and the tong set (9) does not rotate when the rotary table rotates.
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