US 12,297,710 B2
Systems and methods for running tubulars
Jairo Gutierrez Infante, Bogota (CO)
Assigned to Tubular Technology Tools LLC, Fulshear, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/639,466
Filed by Jairo Gutierrez Infante, Bogota (CO)
PCT Filed Nov. 14, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/060729
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/105812, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 3, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/940,756, filed on Nov. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0333449 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. E21B 31/20 (2006.01); E21B 19/07 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 31/20 (2013.01) [E21B 19/07 (2013.01); E21B 19/16 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method for running a tubular, comprising:
suspending a mandrel above a wellbore, the mandrel having an elongated body with a plurality of slips disposed thereon, each slip configured to receive and hold a swappable insert via a releasable interlocking junction, wherein each insert is configured with a gripping portion on an outer surface thereof;
disposing a spear head on the mandrel into an open end of a tubular at wellbore surface;
actuating the mandrel to urge the slips radially outward such that the gripping portion on the swappable inserts engages the inner surface of the tubular;
manipulating the tubular with the mandrel at the wellbore surface,
wherein manipulating the tubular comprises suspending the tubular over a platform having a plurality of powered articulated arms configured to extend and retract in a single horizontal plane to engage the tubular, wherein each arm is linked to a jaw configured to engage the tubular to prevent rotation of the tubular; and
actuating the mandrel at the well surface to retract the slips to disengage the gripping portion on the swappable inserts from the inner surface of the tubular to release the tubular.