181 |
Modular drilling rig system |
US14383489 |
2013-03-01 |
US09228394B2 |
2016-01-05 |
Diederick Bernardus Wijning; Joop Roodenburg |
Modular transfigurable drilling rig system composed of multiple components, which system is transfigurable between a transport mode in which the components of the system are transportable and an operational mode in which the components are assembled to a drilling rig which is adapted to drill into a well center in the ground. |
182 |
Pipe handling apparatus |
US14056620 |
2013-10-17 |
US09181764B2 |
2015-11-10 |
Guoqiang Hu |
A pipe handling apparatus for handling pipe stands and stands of collars. The pipe handling apparatus improves the safety and efficiency of a rotary drilling operation. The pipe handling apparatus is integrated with a derrick monkey board, away from the heavy machinery within the derrick. The pipe handling apparatus is used for handling, storing and replacing pipe stands during the tripping out and tripping in processes. |
183 |
DEVICE FOR HANDLING DRILL STRING COMPONENTS OF A DRILL STRING, METHOD FOR HANDLING DRILL STRING COMPONENTS AND ROCK DRILLING RIG |
US14651459 |
2013-11-22 |
US20150315857A1 |
2015-11-05 |
Johan Lindberg |
A handling device for a rock drill rig for handling drill string components for a drill string. The handling device includes a linear guide, a slide being displaceable along the linear guide, and, supported by the slide, a gripping device, being displaceable between a drill string position in the rock drill rig and a delivering position outside the rock drill rig. The gripping device is supported by a swing arm that is swing drivable around a first rotational axis. The swing arm is swing drivable with respect to the slide around a second rotation axis. The swing arm support and the swing arm are swing drivable around a third rotational axis for swinging the gripping device to the drill string position. Also method and a rock drill rig. |
184 |
Modular drilling rig system |
US14383411 |
2013-03-01 |
US09169698B2 |
2015-10-27 |
Diederick Bernardus Wijning; Joop Roodenburg |
Modular transfigurable drilling rig system composed of multiple components, which system is transfigurable between a transport mode in which the components of the system are transportable and an operational mode in which the components are assembled to a drilling rig which is adapted to drill into a well center in the ground. |
185 |
Variable angle drilling machine |
US13560291 |
2012-07-27 |
US09127518B1 |
2015-09-08 |
Cody L. Sewell |
A variable angle drilling machine comprises a frame and a pipe handling system. The pipe handling system is capable of moving from a horizontal to a second orientation and comprises a magazine, a carriage assembly, a shuttle assembly, and a pipe section biasing assembly. The pipe section biasing assembly biases pipe sections towards an open side of the magazine in order for the shuttle assembly to grab a pipe section from the magazine and transport the pipe section to the carriage assembly. The carriage assembly makes up or breaks up a drill string during variable angle boring operations. |
186 |
Rig carrier interconnection support and method |
US13507351 |
2012-06-21 |
US09121234B2 |
2015-09-01 |
Mark Flusche |
A rig interconnection support and method for providing relatively precise and constant positioning between a rig carrier drilling mast assembly and a skid such as a skid mounted pipe arm for manufacturing the same. Rig interconnection supports, in one embodiment, utilize a pair of interconnectors positioned on opposite sides of well that align a rig carrier with the skid mounted pipe arm or other skid at a lower end. |
187 |
HANDLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR HANDLING DRILL STRING COMPONENTS IN ROCK DRILLING AND ROCK DRILL RIG |
US14407797 |
2013-06-25 |
US20150144402A1 |
2015-05-28 |
Rickard Gustavsson |
A handling device for handling drill string components with respect to a rock drill rig including a rotator device supported on a feed beam and arranged to rotate and drive a drill string component. A gripper grips drill string components. The gripper is swingably supported around a first swing axis between: a first position aligned with the active drill string position, and a second position aligned with a delivering position for drill string components. A swing arm includes a support configured to support a drill string component and is swingable around a second swing axis. A guiding beam is fastenable at end regions in connection with respective regions of the first and second swing axis. The guiding beam forms mechanical stops for the gripper in the second position and for the swing arm in the delivering position. Also, a rock drill rig and a method. |
188 |
Method And Rock Bolting Rig For Installation Of A Rock Bolt |
US14405708 |
2013-06-27 |
US20150117961A1 |
2015-04-30 |
Jan Olsson; Rene Deutsch |
The present invention relates to a method for installation of a rock bolt (124) in a first drill hole by means of a rock bolting rig (100), wherein said rock bolting rig (100) comprises a carrier (101), a boom unit (102) fastened to said carrier (101), and a bolt unit (103) fastened to said boom unit (102) via first joint means (106), wherein said bolt unit (103) comprises a feeder unit (104) including means for displaceable carrying of a drilling machine (105), wherein said bolt unit comprises a first (103A) end and holding means (123, 125) for holding said rock bolt (124). The method comprises: —by means of said first joint means (106) maneuver said first end (103A) of said bolt unit (103) to a first position for loading of a bolt, —when said bolt unit (103) has been maneuvered to said first position for loading of a bolt, providing a rock bolt (124) to said bolt unit (103), for being held by means of said holding means (123, 125), and —when said bolt unit (103) has been loaded with said rock bolt (124), maneuver said bolt unit (103) to a position for installation of said rock bolt (124) and loaded with said rock bolt (124) drilling said first hole and installing said rock bolt (124) in said first hole. The invention also relates to a rock bolting rig. |
189 |
Drilling rig pipe transfer systems and methods |
US12842317 |
2010-07-23 |
US08961093B2 |
2015-02-24 |
Frank Benjamin Springett; Dean Allen Bennett |
Automated systems and apparatus for transferring tubulars (tubulars used in wellbore and derrick operations, such as casing, tubing, drill pipe, etc.) or stands of pipe from one location to another in a derrick, e.g. from a fingerboard to a well center are described. The system includes a fully automated drill pipe handling system to move and position the drill pipe through all the steps of the drilling process. |
190 |
MODULAR DRILLING RIG SYSTEM |
US14383411 |
2013-03-01 |
US20150021095A1 |
2015-01-22 |
Diederick Bernardus Wijning; Joop Roodenburg |
Modular transfigurable drilling rig system composed of multiple components, which system is transfigurable between a transport mode in which the components of the system are transportable and an operational mode in which the components are assembled to a drilling rig which is adapted to drill into a well centre in the ground. |
191 |
AUTOMATIC DRILL PIPE ADD AND REMOVE SYSTEM |
US13897708 |
2013-05-20 |
US20140338973A1 |
2014-11-20 |
Samuel C. Taylor; Ross L. Hoult; Chinpei Tang; Timo Diekmann |
A drilling rig carousel assembly includes a drilling rig carousel comprising a plurality of slots for holding drill components, a first actuator coupled to the drilling rig carousel and configured to axially rotate the drilling rig carousel, a second actuator coupled to the drilling rig carousel and configured to move the drilling rig carousel between a first position and a second position, and a sensor assembly. The sensor assembly includes a rotation sensor configured to monitor an axial rotation of the drilling rig carousel, and a position sensor configured to provide a signal representative of whether the drilling rig carousel is in the first position or the second position. |
192 |
Method for withdrawal and insertion of a drill pipe string in a borehole and also a device for use when practicing the method |
US13203212 |
2010-02-19 |
US08844616B2 |
2014-09-30 |
Helge Krohn; Mads Grinrød |
A device for tripping, in which, at a drill-floor opening which is arranged to receive a pipe string, two or more cooperating pipe-handling units are arranged, each, independently of the other(s) or in cooperation with the other(s), being arranged to releasably hold the pipe string fixed and to move the pipe string in its axial direction, and also to move a pipe section in the axial direction of the pipe string and rotate the pipe section around the axis of the pipe string. |
193 |
DRILLING MACHINE AND METHOD |
US14168236 |
2014-01-30 |
US20140144707A1 |
2014-05-29 |
Louis C. Hartke; David J. Hackman; Daniel L. Gustafson; Chad A. Bartels; Orin L. Miller; John W. Philbrook |
The present disclosure provides a machine capable of drilling into the ground at a wide range of angles relative to the ground surface. The present disclosure also provides novel drilling methods. |
194 |
Drilling rig |
US13663624 |
2012-10-30 |
US08714882B2 |
2014-05-06 |
Will Eddowes; Gregory Wayne Broad; John Edward Bailey |
A bolting apparatus and method for inserting a rod into a surface, the bolting apparatus including a base having a foot end and a head end, at least one stabilizing rod extendable from the base head end and having a stabilizing rod end adapted to contact a surface to be drilled, and a mechanism attached to the base between the base foot end and the stabilizing rod end and adapted to grip the rod. |
195 |
Tongs triggering method |
US13135425 |
2011-07-05 |
US08701784B2 |
2014-04-22 |
Jonathan V. Huseman; Kasia L. Robnett; Frederic M. Newman |
A method for controlling and coordinating the operation of a lifting device and a tongs device in removing and disassembling and/or installing and assembling a series of elongate members disposed within a wellbore involves sequentially sensing the presence of a series of joints and automatically triggering the lifting device and tongs device in response thereto. In some examples, the method senses the location of an upper joint to determine when the lifting device should begin decelerating prior to stopping the ascent of a lower joint at a target elevation. In some examples, the method includes control means for automatically skipping various joints. |
196 |
DRILLING TOOL CHANGER APPARATUS |
US13964829 |
2013-08-12 |
US20140083774A1 |
2014-03-27 |
Ross L. Hoult; Samuel C. Taylor; Andrew Wright; Jason P. O'Brien; Mark R. Lawler; Kayne D. Taylor |
A drilling tool changer apparatus for a drilling rig includes a drill tower pivotable between a drilling orientation and a change-out orientation, the drill tower supporting a drill string comprising a drill pipe coupled to a drilling tool. The drilling tool changer apparatus also includes a drilling tool storage device pivotally movable about a hinge axis between a stowed position and a deployed position. The drilling tool storage device includes a drilling tool storage cassette including a replacement drilling tool. The drilling tool storage device and the drill tower are pivotally alignable in a substantially co-planar manner when the drilling tool storage device is in the deployed position and the drill tower is in the change-out orientation. |
197 |
Rig carrier interconnection support and method |
US13507351 |
2012-06-21 |
US20130341000A1 |
2013-12-26 |
Mark J. Flusche |
A rig interconnection support and method for providing relatively precise and constant positioning between a rig carrier drilling mast assembly and a skid such as a skid mounted pipe arm for manufacturing the same. Rig interconnection supports, in one embodiment, utilize a pair of interconnectors positioned on opposite sides of well that align a rig carrier with the skid mounted pipe arm or other skid at a lower end. |
198 |
Method and apparatus for inspecting and tallying pipe |
US13507323 |
2012-06-21 |
US20130340998A1 |
2013-12-26 |
Mark J. Flusche |
A method and apparatus for inspecting and tallying pipe in a well completion system. In one embodiment, at least one sensor determines the length of a pipe and/or at least one thread protector sensor determines whether the thread protectors are removed from both ends of the pipe. The sensors may be located in a mast assembly, a pipe arm, a walkway adjacent said pipe arm used to urge pipe towards the pipe arm, or various other places as desired. A moveable control van with a control system receives signals from the sensors. The control van comprises a system which also keeps a tally of the total amount of pipe currently in the wellbore. In one embodiment, memory chips may be used on the pipe to store a history of the pipe. The sensors then communicate this information back to the control system. |
199 |
Pipe handling apparatus and method |
US09889661 |
2000-01-19 |
US08613309B1 |
2013-12-24 |
Thomas Walburgis Bakker; Arno van Mourik |
When inserting a tube into a borehole in the ground for extracting minerals, tube parts are successively added to the proximal end of the tube while the tube reaches into the borehole. Thereafter, the tube is inserted further into the borehole. As the addition of the tube part is carried out by welding, each time an eminently sealing and slender joint between the tube parts is obtained. As the tube parts are successively added to the tube only when this is necessary for inserting the tube further into the ground, winding up the tube to store it prior to insertion is not necessary and the use of a tube-carrying reel which is difficult to handle is thus rendered redundant. Further, an installation for carrying out the proposed method is described. |
200 |
Tubular Stand Building and Racking System |
US13687974 |
2012-11-28 |
US20130330151A1 |
2013-12-12 |
Keith J. Orgeron |
The present invention provides a rapid rig-up and rig-down pipe stand building and racking system that is capable of being retrofit to an existing drilling rig. In particular, the invention relates to a horizontal to vertical pipe delivery machine that is mountable to a drilling rig. The horizontal to vertical machine delivers sections of pipe to a pair of drilling rig mounted elevators. The elevators receive and vertically translate the sections of pipe. A power tong may be used to make connections between the sections of pipe to form a pipe stand, and may also break the connections of the pipe stand. A drill floor mounted pipe racking system receives the connected drill pipe from the elevators. A pipe racking system that may be used in conjunction with the stand building system is capable of controlled, rapid, and precise movement of multiple connected sections of pipe. |