Varco I/p, Inc.

National Oilwell Varco, L.p.

Robert Alden Folk

Steven Lorne Folk

A system for wellbore operations, the system, in at least certain aspects, including a derrick, a guide beam connected to the derrick, a top drive movable on the guide beam, torque reaction structure connected to the guide beam and to the derrick, skid apparatus held by the torque reaction structure, the skid apparatus movable vertically with respect to the torque reaction structure to prevent a vertical load from passing from the skid apparatus to the torque reaction structure.

Wellbore top drive systems

A top drive system having a drive motor, a gear system coupled to the drive motor, a drive quill coupled to the gear system, a top drive support system for supporting the drive motor, the gear system, and the drive quill, a lower support apparatus connected to the top drive support system, tubular handling apparatus connected to and below and supported by the lower support apparatus, the tubular handling apparatus including hydraulic-fluid-powered apparatus, provision apparatus connected to the tubular handling apparatus for providing hydraulic fluid to power the hydraulic-fluid-powered apparatus, the provision apparatus including flow line apparatus for providing hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic-fluid-powered apparatus and electrically-operable control apparatus for controlling fluid flow to and from the flow line apparatus, and electrical power generating apparatus connected to the tubular handling apparatus for providing electrical power to the electrically-operable control apparatus.

Wellbore top drive power systems and methods of use

An apparatus for releasably clamping and holding a member for wellbore operations, the apparatus having a main body, two opposed clamping apparatuses in the main body, the two opposed clamping apparatuses spaced-apart for selective receipt therebetween of a member to be clamped therebetweeen, each of the two opposed clamping apparatuses having a mount and piston apparatus movable within the mount, the piston apparatus selectively movable toward and away from a member to be clamped, two legs, the legs spaced-apart and each leg with an upper end and a lower end, each lower end connected to the main body, and each leg comprising an outer leg portion and an inner leg portion, the inner leg portion having part thereof movable within the outer leg portion to provide a range of up/down movement for the main body.

Tubular clamp apparatus for top drives and methods of use

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An containerized top drive system including a container, top drive apparatus removably disposed within the container, an extension system for moving the top drive apparatus generally horizontally within a derrick, the top drive apparatus secured to the extension system, the extension system removably disposed within the container with the top drive apparatus, and the track including at least one track part which is a skid track part, the skid track part including a skid portion and a track portion, the top drive apparatus and the extension system located on the at least one skid track part within the container and the top drive apparatus supported by and movable with the at least one skid track part.

A top drive system for wellbore operations including a hollow bore alternating current permanent magnet motor with a motor bore therethrough, a planetary gear system coupled to the motor, the gear system having a gear system bore therethrough, a quill drivingly connected to the planetary gear system and rotatable thereby to rotate a tubular member located below the quill, the motor adjacent the gear system, the motor bore aligned with the gear system bore so that fluid is flowable through the top drive system from the top of the motor to the bottom of the planetary gear system and into and through the quill.

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Calgary, Canada

Robert Alden Folk