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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2020
National Oilwell Varco, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Andrew Ian McKenzie, Cypress, TX (US);
NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A dual activity top drive may include a mechanized system configured for suspension from a traveling block of a drill rig and for engaging and rotating a drill string from the top of the drill string. The dual activity top drive may also include a primary pipe handling system suspended from the mechanized system and configured for handling a pipe string and an auxiliary pipe handling system suspended from the mechanized system and configured for handling a segment of pipe to be added or removed from the pipe string.
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