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Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2022

Filed:

May. 12, 2017
Applicant:

Nov Canada Ulc, Calgary, CA;

Inventor:
Assignee:

NOV CANADA ULC, Calgary, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/20 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01); E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 19/06 (2006.01); E21B 19/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/20 (2013.01); E21B 19/00 (2013.01); E21B 19/06 (2013.01); E21B 19/14 (2013.01); E21B 19/16 (2013.01); E21B 19/161 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drill rig having a drill pipe standbuilding system. The standbuilding system may have one or more offline mouseholes, such as two offline mouseholes, a hoist arranged on a rail system, and an iron roughneck. The rail system may be arranged on the mast, such as above a racking board. The hoist may extend from the rail system, through the racking board, and toward a drill floor of the drill rig. The offline mouseholes, rail system, hoist, and iron roughneck may allow drill pipe stands to be built without interrupting or slowing drilling operations. A method of standbuilding may include arranging a first pipe section in a first mousehole, arranging a second pipe section in a second mousehole, coupling a third pipe section to the second pipe section to form a double stand, and coupling the second pipe section to the first pipe section to form a triple stand.


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