A control system comprising a tubular handling tool, comprising having a plurality of piston cylinders and a plurality of slips configured to engage a tubular string; and a volume synchronizer comprising: a first piston cylinder having a piston connected to a first rod member; a plate member connected to the first rod member; and a plurality of second piston cylinders, each having a piston connected to the plate member by a plurality of second rod members; wherein pressurized fluid supplied to the first piston cylinder moves the plate member to move each of the pistons in the second piston cylinders, thereby forcing pressurized fluid out of the second piston cylinders and simultaneously into the piston cylinders of the tubular handling tool, thereby actuating the slips into engagement with the tubular string.

A lifting bale is mounted on top of an injector head for handling the injector head. The lifting bale includes a lifting arm attached to the injector head, an articulated member attached between the injector head and the lifting arm, the articulated member having a knee joint, and a cylinder, having an extendable and retractable arm, attached between the injector head and the knee joint. The cylinder arm is configured to be moved to raise the lifting arm, and is further configured to be extended and retracted to provide load balancing of the injector head.

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 adapted for easy disassembly and reassembly when the pipe slips within the spider are not engaged with the outer surface of the pipe string so that upon disassembly, a control line guide becomes vertically movable. The control line guide is adapted for being controllably elevated to a distance above the rig floor, thereby providing personnel access to a portion of the length of the pipe string below the elevated control line guide and above the rig floor for securing control line guide and above the rig floor for securing control line to the pipe string using a fastener. Also disclosed is an apparatus and a method for securing a control line (92) to a tubular string (30) being run into a well (10). The apparatus may comprise a spider (12) having a tapered bowl (20) for receiving slips for engaging and supporting the tubular string. The apparatus may further comprise a control line guide (80) adapted for reciprocation into a slot (25) in the tapered bowl.

A control system (100) is configured to actuate a tubular handling tool (60). The system includes a fluid source (10) and a tubular handling tool having a plurality of piston cylinders (61) and a plurality of slips (66) configured to engage a tubular string. The system also includes a volume synchronizer (20) having a plurality of first chambers (21A, 22A, 23A) in fluid communication with the fluid source, a plurality of second chambers (21B, 22B, 23B) in fluid communication with the piston cylinders, a piston separating each of the first and second chambers, and a rod member connected to each piston. Pressurized fluid supplied to the first chambers simultaneously moves each of the pistons to simultaneously force pressurized fluid out of the second chambers and into the piston cylinders to actuate the slips into engagement with the tubular string.