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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2008
Richard Lee Murray, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Pieter Dekker, Baarland, NL;
Keith Mitchell Wien, Irvine, CA (US);
Neils DE Keijzer, Etten-Leur, NL;
Antonius Dimphena Maria Krijnen, Klundert, NL;
Rene Mulder, Etten-Leur, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Henricus Van Rijzingen, Oosterhout, NL;
David Cardellini, Spring, TX (US);
David Brian Mason, Anaheim, CA (US);
Richard Lee Murray, Foothill Ranch, CA (US);
Pieter Dekker, Baarland, NL;
Keith Mitchell Wien, Irvine, CA (US);
Neils De Keijzer, Etten-Leur, NL;
Antonius Dimphena Maria Krijnen, Klundert, NL;
Rene Mulder, Etten-Leur, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Henricus Van Rijzingen, Oosterhout, NL;
David Cardellini, Spring, TX (US);
David Brian Mason, Anaheim, CA (US);
National Oilwell Varco, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Generally, the present disclosure is directed to wellbore tubular running systems and methods of their use. In one illustrative embodiment, a tubular running system is disclosed that includes, among other things, a torque frame, a main shaft extending through a top opening of the torque frame and rotatable by rotation apparatus, slip setting apparatus connected to the torque frame and including a levelling beam and a plurality of slip assemblies, each of the slip assemblies connected independently and pivotably to the levelling beam, and movement apparatus connected to the levelling beam for moving the slip assemblies in unison with respect to a tubular projecting into the torque frame.