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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US);
Zachary L. Newton, Collinsville, OK (US);
Brandon D. Valentine, Bixby, OK (US);
HELMERICH & PAYNE, INC., Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
A rotary slips lift system for oilfield tubulars includes a movable base adapted to move between a first position and a second position where the first position is closer to a bowl in a drilling rig floor than the second position. The system further includes a lifting arm having a first end and a second end where the second end is pivotally coupled to the movable base and where the lifting arm has a first arm position and a second arm position. The system further includes a rotary slips where the rotary slips is removably coupled to the first end of the lifting arm and where the rotary slips is adapted to be in a first slips position when the lifting arm is in the first arm position and the movable base is in the first position.