National Oilwell Varco Norway As

National Oilwell Vargo Norway As

Stig Vidar Trydal

Hugo Leonardo Rosano

Erik Haavind

Frode Jensen

Marianne Holmstrøm

Kjell Rohde

Yngvar Boroy

Hans Anders Eriksson

Oddbjorn Oye

Geir Odd Bergstol

Marianne Holmstrom

A system comprising a drilling rig having a rig floor, a derrick, a master control computer system and at least one camera, the at least one camera capturing a master image of at least a portion of the rig floor, sending the master image to the master control computer, the master control computer system mapping said master image into a model to facilitate control of items on said drilling rig.

Drilling rig

A system for placing and removing pipe from a finger rack of a drilling rig, the system comprising a pipe handling apparatus () and a finger rack () having at least one finger board () having at least two fingers (to) defining a slot (to) and a multiplicity of latches () arranged therebetween defining a space for a pipe, each latch () of the multiplicity of latches selectively movable between an open position and a closed position, the system further comprising at least one camera () having said at least one latch () of said multiplicity of latches in a field of view, capturing an image of said latch and sending said image to a master control computer ('), said master computer control computer (&#x2032;) programmed with a set of instructions to analyze said image for details indicative of the latch () being in an open position or closed position, concluding the latch () to be in an open position or closed position and allowing or disallowing a pipe handling apparatus to place or remove a pipe in the finger rack () based on said conclusion.

Method for placing and removing pipe from a finger rack

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Stig Vidar Trydal