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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2016
Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Ryan Thomas Bowley, Calgary, CA;
Leon Keith Jantzen, Calgary, CA;
Brent James-William Coombe, Calgary, CA;
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Present embodiments are directed to a catwalk system that includes a base, a plurality of columns extending from the base, where each of the plurality of columns is rigid in an erected position, and a carriage and trough assembly configured to translate along the plurality of columns to lift a tubular element from a lowered position to a raised position in a substantially horizontal orientation, where the plurality of columns is configured to remain stationary as the carriage and trough assembly is translated from the lowered position to the raised position.