Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Laterally moving racker device on a drilling rig
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Application No.: US14469984Application Date: 2014-08-27
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Publication No.: US09932783B2Publication Date: 2018-04-03
- Inventor: Christopher Magnuson
- Applicant: Nabors Industries, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Nabors Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Nabors Industries, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: E21B19/00
- IPC: E21B19/00 ; E21B19/14

Abstract:
Apparatus and methods include a well-center drilling opening in a drilling rig floor of a mobile drilling rig and a v-door to the drilling rig. A mast is disposed about the well-center drilling opening and carrying drilling components of a drilling system. The mast supports a fingerboard that includes a plurality of parallel longitudinally extending fingers having openings between ends thereof and being arranged to receive tubulars therebetween. The plurality of fingers extending in the same direction as a line between the well-center drilling opening and the v-door. A racker device is moveable in a lateral direction relative to the direction of the line between the well-center drilling opening and the v-door.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160060979A1 LATERALLY MOVING RACKER DEVICE ON A DRILLING RIG Public/Granted day:2016-03-03
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