CA2148346A1 - Apparatus for Gripping a Down Hole Tubular - Google Patents

Apparatus for Gripping a Down Hole Tubular

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CA2148346A1
CA2148346A1 CA2148346A CA2148346A CA2148346A1 CA 2148346 A1 CA2148346 A1 CA 2148346A1 CA 2148346 A CA2148346 A CA 2148346A CA 2148346 A CA2148346 A CA 2148346A CA 2148346 A1 CA2148346 A1 CA 2148346A1
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gripping
drill pipe
down hole
hole tubular
engage
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Clyde A. Willis
Clyde Doyle Durrett
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Apache Corp
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B19/02—Rod or cable suspensions
    • E21B19/06—Elevators, i.e. rod- or tube-gripping devices
    • E21B19/07—Slip-type elevators
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B19/10—Slips; Spiders ; Catching devices
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E21—EARTH DRILLING; MINING
    • E21B—EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP 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
    • E21B19/16—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints
    • E21B19/161—Connecting or disconnecting pipe couplings or joints using a wrench or a spinner adapted to engage a circular section of pipe

Abstract

An apparatus for gripping a down hole tubular for support and rotation, or a string of such tubulars, includes a body element (10) adapted to be rotated at high torques either by a top head drive or a rotary table of an earthdrilling machine. Gripping elements (28) are mounted in a central cavity of the body element (10), and each gripping element (28) includes a lower gripping portion (30) shaped to engage a tapered shoulder of a length of drill pipe to support the drill pipe and an upper gripping portion (50) shaped to engage the tool joint of the drill pipe to rotate the drill pipe.
CA002148346A 1992-11-12 1993-11-12 Apparatus for gripping a down hole tubular Expired - Lifetime CA2148346C (en)

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US97508692A 1992-11-12 1992-11-12
US07/975,086 1992-11-12
US08/022,235 US5297833A (en) 1992-11-12 1993-02-25 Apparatus for gripping a down hole tubular for support and rotation
US08/022,235 1993-02-25

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CA2148346A1 true CA2148346A1 (en) 1994-05-26
CA2148346C CA2148346C (en) 1997-10-21

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EP (1) EP0701531A4 (en)
AU (1) AU5605194A (en)
CA (1) CA2148346C (en)
SG (1) SG85068A1 (en)
WO (1) WO1994011291A1 (en)

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