GB1256134A - Pipe handling and centering apparatus for well drilling rigs - Google Patents

Pipe handling and centering apparatus for well drilling rigs

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GB1256134A
GB1256134A GB33023/69A GB3302369A GB1256134A GB 1256134 A GB1256134 A GB 1256134A GB 33023/69 A GB33023/69 A GB 33023/69A GB 3302369 A GB3302369 A GB 3302369A GB 1256134 A GB1256134 A GB 1256134A
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rams
bars
pipe
string
microswitches
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Byron Jackson Inc
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/14—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole
    • E21B19/143—Racks, ramps, troughs or bins, for holding the lengths of rod singly or connected; Handling between storage place and borehole specially adapted for underwater drilling
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/002—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables specially adapted for underwater drilling
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS
    • E21B19/00—Handling rods, casings, tubes or the like outside the borehole, e.g. in the derrick; Apparatus for feeding the rods or cables
    • E21B19/24—Guiding or centralising devices for drilling rods or pipes

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geology (AREA)
  • Mining & Mineral Resources (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
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  • Environmental & Geological Engineering (AREA)
  • Fluid Mechanics (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Geochemistry & Mineralogy (AREA)
  • Earth Drilling (AREA)

Abstract

1,256,134. Drilling rigs. BYRON JACKSON Inc. 30 June, 1969 [3 July, 1968], No. 33023/69. Heading E1F. A floating drilling rig has the pipe string 26 held in a master gimbal bushing G in a central opening in the platform or ship, so that the pipe string is relieved of rolling and pitching stresses. Further stands of drill pipe are carried in a derrick (Fig. 2b, not shown) which has fixed rackers through which a drill pipe stand 49 can be lowered down the axis of the derrick. To allow the stand 49 to be connected to the string 26, the upper end of the string 26 is centralised, i.e. aligned with the derrick axis, by means of bars 107-110 which form a square around it, and close in under the action of hydraulic rams such as 136 and 128. Preferably each bar is moved by two rams, one pivoted to each end of the bar, and the rams are operated in two sets (e.g. the rams for the bars 107, 108 form one set and those for the other two bars form the other set). Each set is supplied from one pump under the control of a position detector which operates a valve to stop the bars when they are a pipe radius away from the axis. The position detector (Figs. 9-11, not shown) consists of a housing containing a number of microswitches operated by abutments (156) on a rotary arm. The arm is fixed to a drum which is spring-biassed to rotate in one direction, and connected by a cable to one of the centering bars, so that as the bar is extended to centre the drill string the drum is rotated and the arm sweeps over the microswitches. The microswitches operate to close a hydraulic valve, one particular microswitch being used for the retract stroke, and a number of microswitches for the extend stroke, that appropriate to the pipe rise in use being switched into the control circuit. Hydraulic and electrical circuitry for controlling the rams is described.
GB33023/69A 1968-07-03 1969-06-30 Pipe handling and centering apparatus for well drilling rigs Expired GB1256134A (en)

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US74225868A 1968-07-03 1968-07-03

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US (1) US3503460A (en)
JP (1) JPS4823241B1 (en)
AT (1) AT292607B (en)
DE (1) DE1933247A1 (en)
FR (1) FR2012257A1 (en)
GB (1) GB1256134A (en)
NO (1) NO128454B (en)

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AT292607B (en) 1971-09-10
DE1933247A1 (en) 1970-01-22
NO128454B (en) 1973-11-19
US3503460A (en) 1970-03-31
FR2012257A1 (en) 1970-03-13
JPS4823241B1 (en) 1973-07-12

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