Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

Brandon D Valentine

Andrew Rose

Todd Ryan Woods

Zachary L Newton

Trevor Hall

Patrick L Gustafson

Christopher Alan Major

Rick E Barrett

Michael Brzezniak

William Chase Stogner

A drilling rig assembly includes a robot system further including a robot and a robot track for movement of a position of the robot and a frame assembly couplable to a drilling rig for positioning the robot system above a floor of the drilling rig. The frame assembly includes a first support pillar extending upwardly from a floor of the drilling rig, a horizontal track support coupled to the robot track and coupled to the first support pillar, and a cantilever support extending between the first support pillar and the horizontal track support. The robot track includes a plurality of rails that couple to the robot such that the robot may move along a length of the robot track. Benefits of elevating a robot of a robot system off the drilling rig floor include minimizing the risk of injuries and providing additional open floor space on the drilling rig.

Overhead robot track apparatus and methods related to same for rigs

A method for connecting drill pipe to a drillstring in a wellbore includes positioning a lower section of drill pipe within a rotary slips and setting the rotary slips. The method includes positioning an upper section of drill pipe over a lower section of drill pipe and signaling an iron roughneck to extend toward a joint of the lower section of drill pipe and upper section of drill pipe. The method includes raising the iron roughneck to a height such that opposing tongs are positioned above and below the joint between the upper section of drill pipe and the lower section of drill pipe, spinning the upper section of drill pipe into the lower section of drill pipe, clamping onto the lower section of drill pipe with the tongs of the iron roughneck, and spinning the upper section of drill pipe into the lower section of drill pipe.

Systems and methods for make-up and break-out of drill pipe

A rotary slips lift system for oilfield tubulars includes a movable base adapted to move between a first position and a second position where the first position is closer to a bowl in a drilling rig floor than the second position. The system further includes a lifting arm having a first end and a second end where the second end is pivotally coupled to the movable base and where the lifting arm has a first arm position and a second arm position. The system further includes a rotary slips where the rotary slips is removably coupled to the first end of the lifting arm and where the rotary slips is adapted to be in a first slips position when the lifting arm is in the first arm position and the movable base is in the first position.

Method and apparatus for moving tubular rotary slips

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Brandon D Valentine