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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2024
National Oilwell Varco, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Robert Benjamin Donnally, Houston, TX (US);
Xilin Liu, Houston, TX (US);
National Oilwell Varco, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A well system includes a rig floor, a first rig floor robot positioned on the rig floor, wherein the first rig floor robot is configured to guide a lower end of a pipe stand towards a setback position on the rig floor, a mast extending from the rig floor, the mast including a plurality of legs, a pipe transport assembly slidably coupled to one of the legs of the mast, wherein the pipe transport assembly includes an elevator configured to transport the pipe stand, and a winch coupled to the mast and configured to raise and lower the pipe transport assembly along the mast.