US 11,939,820 B2
Systems and methods for tubular element handling
Jerry Ray Prescott, Tulsa, OK (US); Joel Ferland, Bixby, OK (US); Matthew Wyatt MacDaniels, Oologah, OK (US); Christopher Alan Major, Tulsa, OK (US); Patrick L. Gustafson, Owasso, OK (US); Robert Lee Stauder, Broken Arrow, OK (US); Bernard L. Cook, Tulsa, OK (US); and DeWayne Speer, Tulsa, OK (US)
Assigned to Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by Helmerich & Payne, Inc., Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on Jul. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/374,434.
Application 17/374,434 is a continuation of application No. 16/518,732, filed on Jul. 22, 2019, granted, now 11,098,535.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/702,214, filed on Jul. 23, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340824 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 15/00 (2006.01); E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 15/00 (2013.01) [E21B 19/00 (2013.01); E21B 19/165 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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17. A method for drilling a well, comprising:
positioning a first drilling structure that is proximate to a surface location for drilling a first wellbore, the first drilling structure comprising a first platform attached to the first drilling structure above a rig floor and a first portion of a monorail attached thereto proximate a top portion of the first drilling structure;
positioning a second drilling structure proximate the first drilling structure, wherein the second drilling structure comprises a second portion of the monorail attached thereto proximate a top portion of the second drilling structure, wherein the monorail has a movable trolley attached to the monorail and the movable trolley is configured to hold a tubular element or assembly of tubular elements and move from a first position proximate the first drilling structure to a second position proximate the second drilling structure;
with the second drilling rig, breaking out a connection of a tubular element or assembly of tubular elements from a drillstring of a second wellbore;
lifting the tubular element or assembly of tubular element elements; and
with the movable trolley, moving the tubular element or assembly of tubular elements from a first position from the second drilling rig to a second position at the first drilling structure.