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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2007
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2005
Christopher Louis Beato, Missouri City, TX (US);
Joop Roodenburg, Delft, NL;
Christopher Louis Beato, Missouri City, TX (US);
Joop Roodenburg, Delft, NL;
Drillmar, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Itrec B.V., Schiedam, NL;
Abstract
A modular transfigurable drilling rig comprises one or more transfigurable containers with drilling equipment to form an operational drilling rig. The transfigurable containers include a first and second load bearing support and a load bearing bottom disposed between the first and second load bearing supports, thereby forming a space. The container includes drilling equipment rotatably attached to the load bearing supports or the load bearing bottom. The drilling equipment is disposed within the space. The drilling rig further includes one or more connectors adapted to engage at least two transfigurable containers together. The drilling rig further includes piping adapted to connect the drilling equipment together, cabling adapted to provide communication between the drilling equipment, and a power source connected to the drilling equipment, wherein the power source is adapted to provide power to the drilling equipment.