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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2006
Ola Often, Stabekk, NO;
Sondre Hagen, Oslo, NO;
Ola Often, Stabekk, NO;
Sondre Hagen, Oslo, NO;
Fred Olsen Energy ASA, Oslo, NO;
Abstract
Device for storing tubular on a drilling and/or production installation, comprising a shaft () to accommodate a plurality of tubular in a substantially vertical position and a guide () that is moveable above the shaft (). The device comprises means for displacing the guide () in a substantially horizontal plane to a position above a selected one of all the tubular in the shaft. Also described are a catwalk () configured to displace the tubular in an axial direction through a V-door in the derrick (), and which is further configured to be tilted into a substantially vertical position to receive or deliver a tubular, and a knuckle boom crane () with a grapple () that is adapted to grip an upper end of a substantially vertical tubular and carry the tubular in a substantially vertical orientation.