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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 15/00 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01); E04H 12/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 15/003 (2013.01); E04H 12/34 (2013.01); E21B 19/164 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drilling rig includes a rig floor, first and second support structures, a mast, a lower drilling machine, a continuous drilling unit, an upper drilling machine, and an upper mast assembly. The rig floor includes a V-door defining a V-door axis extending perpendicularly from the side of the rig floor that includes the V-door. The first and second support structures define a traverse corridor having a traverse corridor axis, wherein the traverse corridor axis is perpendicular to the V-door axis. The drilling rig may be used for continuous drilling of a wellbore.