IP Library Granted Patent US 10,214,937
Granted Patent B2
US 10,214,937 · App. 16/035,375 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Slingshot side saddle substructure

Inventors: Padira Reddy (Houston, TX); Ashish Gupta (Houston, TX)
Assignee: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
E04H12/345E21B15/00E21B15/003E21B21/063
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,214,937
App. No.
16/035,375
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A land-based drilling rig includes a first substructure and a second substructure, the second substructure being positioned generally parallel to the first substructure. The land-based drilling rig also includes a drill rig floor coupled to the first and second substructures, the drill rig floor including a V-door. The side of the drill rig floor has the V-door defining a V-door side of the drill rig floor, where the V-door side of the drill rig floor is parallel to the first substructure. The first and second substructures pivotably support the drill rig floor. The land-based drilling rig also includes a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill rig floor. The mast is pivotably coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill rig floor by a mast pivot point. The mast includes a V-door side, the V-door side of the mast parallel to the first or second substructure. In addition, the land-based drilling rig includes a mast hydraulic lift cylinder coupled to the mast at a mast lift point and a choke manifold, the choke manifold positioned on the drill rig floor.

Claims (14)

1. A land-based drilling rig comprising:

a first substructure;

a second substructure, the second substructure being positioned generally parallel to the first substructure;

a drill rig floor fixedly coupled to the first and second substructures wherein the drill rig floor is immovable with respect to the first and second substructures when the land-based drilling rig is assembled and set up for drilling, the drill rig floor including a V-door, the side of the drill rig floor having the V-door defining a V-door side of the drill rig floor, the V-door side of the drill rig floor parallel to the first substructure;

a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill rig floor, the mast being pivotably coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill rig floor by a mast pivot point, the mast comprising a V-door side, the V-door side of the mast parallel to the first or second substructure;

a mast hydraulic lift cylinder coupled to the mast at a mast lift point; and

an accumulator, the accumulator positioned on the drill rig floor.

2. A land-based drilling rig comprising:

a first substructure;

a second substructure, the second substructure being positioned generally parallel to the first substructure;

a drill rig floor fixedly coupled to the first and second substructures wherein the drill rig floor is immovable with respect to the first and second substructures when the land-based drilling rig is assembled and set up for drilling, the drill rig floor including a V-door, the side of the drill rig floor having the V-door defining a V-door side of the drill rig floor, the V-door side of the drill rig floor parallel to the first substructure;

a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill rig floor, the mast being pivotably coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill rig floor by a mast pivot point, the mast comprising a V-door side, the V-door side of the mast parallel to the first or second substructure;

a mast hydraulic lift cylinder coupled to the mast at a mast lift point; and

a choke manifold, the choke manifold positioned on the drill rig floor.

Continuity (6)
Continuation 15893463 · Feb 9, 2018
Continuation 15191140 · Jun 23, 2016
Continuation In Part 14616234 · Feb 6, 2015
Continuation In Part 14180049 · Feb 13, 2014
Provisional Application 61764259 · Feb 13, 2013
Related Publication 20180320401A1 · Nov 8, 2018