IP Library Granted Patent US 7,628,225
Granted Patent B2
US 7,628,225 · App. 12/060,727 · Granted Dec 8, 2009

Drilling device

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Patent No.
US 7,628,225
App. No.
12/060,727
Granted
Dec 8, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present embodiments relate to systems for building and/or handling a tubular string of a drilling device. The drilling device comprises a drill floor and a drilling derrick extending from the drill floor. The drill floor has an extension in a first plane (P 1 ) being substantially perpendicular to a first direction (N). The system comprises a suspension device being fixedly attached to the drilling derrick, wherein a projection of the suspension device, in the first direction, onto the first plane (P 1 ), is situated outside the drill floor. The present embodiments also relate to drilling device trolleys arranged to transport a component to and from a drilling center of a drilling device. The present embodiments relate to a use of a drilling device having a drill floor, wherein the drilling device has a suspension device being situated outside the drill floor.

Claims (15)

1. A system for building and handling a tubular string of a drilling device, wherein said drilling device comprises a drill floor and a drilling derrick extending from said drill floor, wherein said drill floor has an extension in a first plane being substantially perpendicular to a first direction, said system comprising a suspension device being fixedly attached to said drilling derrick, wherein a projection of said suspension device in said first direction onto said first plane is situated outside said drill floor, wherein said drilling device comprises a drilling centre and a drilling device trolley is arranged to transport a component to and from said drilling centre, characterized in that said drilling device trolley further comprises an attachment means arranged to attach a hang-off device to said drilling device trolley, said hang-off device being situated at a distance in the said first direction from said suspension device, wherein said hang-off device is arranged to, for at least part of the time, be in a working position, so that a projection of said hang-off device, in said first direction onto said first plane is situated outside said drill floor, and wherein said hang-off device comprises two from each other detachable parts which are arranged to be situated at substantially opposite sides of an opening centre.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said projection of said suspension device coincides with said projection of said hang-off device.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein said drilling derrick extends from said drill floor in substantially said first direction.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said drilling derrick extends from a first side of said drill floor, wherein said hang-off device is situated at the opposite side of said drill floor.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said hang-off device is arranged to be movable in relation to said drill floor.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein said hang-off device is arranged to be movable in a second plane being substantially parallel to said first plane.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein said hang-off device is fixedly attached to a drilling device trolley being movable in said second plane.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said attachment means is arranged to detachably attach said hang-off device to said drilling device trolley.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein said attachment means is arranged to fixedly attach said hang-off device to said drilling device trolley.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein said drilling device trolley is arranged to be displaced in a second plane relative to said drilling device.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein said attachment means comprises a displacement member arranged to displace at least a part of said hang-off device in relation to said drilling device trolley in a direction substantially being in said second plane.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein said attachment means comprises a pivoting member arranged to pivot at least a part of said hang-off device around an axis.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein said axis substantially extends in said second plane.

14. The system of claim 1 , wherein said drilling device trolley further comprises said hang-off device attached to said attachment means.

15. The system of claim 1 , wherein said component is a blow-out preventer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 1, 2021
From: GVA CONSULTANTS AB
To: KELLOGG BROWN & ROOT LLC
Reel/Frame 057359/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2009
From: PETERSSON, INGE; LUDWIGSON, ROBERT
To: GVA CONSULTANTS AB
Reel/Frame 023421/0251 →