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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2024
Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system that can include slips configured to selectively engage a tubular string that extends into a wellbore, a slips lifter configured to selectively raise or lower the slips, and a link configured to decouple the slips from the slips lifter when the slips are rotated relative to the slips lifter. A method that can include operations of coupling a slips lifter, via a link, to slips on a rig floor, engaging the slips to a tubular, rotating the slips relative to the slips lifter, and decoupling the slips from the slips lifter by decoupling a first element of the link from a second element of the link in response to rotation of the slips.