Abstract: A portable pipe handling apparatus and method includes providing a support structure adapted to support a pipe stand along a pipe stand building axis associated therewith, and inclining the pipe stand building axis so that an upper end of the axis is adjacent a top drive in a drilling rig mast and so that the pipe stand translation trajectory which is substantially co-axial with the pipe stand building axis intersects a hand-off window between the top drive and the pipe stand building axis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 11, 2012
Date of Patent:
October 13, 2015
Assignee:
Warrier Rig Ltd
Inventors:
Allan Stewart Richardson, Monte Neil Wright