Swivel connection tool

A method for connecting or disconnecting a threaded connection between a tubular of a work string or drill string and a swivel suspended over an elevated work floor of a derrick, the method comprising:

• providing a swivel connection tool comprising:
• a yoke having a bore therethrough and an opening from a perimeter of the yoke to the bore;
• jaws with teeth carried by the yoke and movable with respect to the bore between an open position further from the bore to a tight position closer to the bore;
• an actuator carried by the yoke and operatively couple to the jaws to move the jaws between the open position and the tight position;
• a base carrying the yoke and configured to be carried by the work floor;
• laying an upper end of a tubular in the bore of the yoke of the swivel connection tool;
• gripping the end of the tubular with the jaws of the yoke of the swivel connection tool and resisting rotation of the tubular;
• pivoting the swivel to align with the tubular;
• rotating an end connection of the swivel with respect to the end of the tubular with the swivel;
• and
• releasing the upper end of the tubular from the jaws of the swivel connection tool.

A swivel connection tool used for connecting a swivel to a tubular, the swivel connection tool comprising:

• a yoke having a bore therethrough and an opening from a perimeter of the yoke to the bore, the opening sized to receive the tubular through the opening and the bore sized to receive the tubular;
• jaws carried by the yoke and movable with respect to the bore between a an open position further from the bore to a tight position closer to the bore configured to hold the tubular in the bore and resist rotation of the tubular in the bore;
• an actuator carried by the yoke and operatively coupled to the jaws to move the jaws between the open position and the tight position;
• a base carrying the yoke and configured to be carried by a work floor;
• the yoke being oriented at an incline on the base with a bore axis oriented at an acute angle with respect to horizontal;
• an arm coupled between the base and the yoke;
• a vertical slot in the base receiving the arm therein;
• a horizontal slot in the base transverse to the vertical slot;
• a pin extending through the horizontal slot, the vertical slot, and the arm, the pin displacing in the horizontal slot to allow heave movement of the arm and the yoke towards and away from the base;
• the arm and the yoke pivoting about the pin to allow pitch movement of the arm and the yoke tilting forward and backward with respect to the base;
• and
• the arm and the yoke being capable of roll movement with the arm and the yoke tilting side to side with respect to the base.

A swivel connection tool for use in connecting or disconnecting a tubular of a work string or drill string to a swivel suspended over an elevated work floor of a derrick, the swivel connection tool comprising:

• a yoke having a bore therethrough and an opening from a perimeter of the yoke to the bore, the opening sized to receive the tubular through the opening and the bore sized to receive the tubular;
• jaws carried by the yoke and pivotal with respect to the bore from an open position further from the bore to a tight position closer to the bore configured to hold the tubular in the bore and resist rotation of the tubular in the bore;
• an actuator carried by the yoke and operatively coupled to the jaws to pivot the jaws between the open position and the tight position;
• a base carrying the yoke and configured to be carried by the work floor;
• an arm between the base and the yoke;
• a spindle extending from the yoke and to the arm;
• the yoke and the spindle movable longitudinally with respect to the arm;
• and
• a spring carried by the spindle to bias the yoke away from the base and defining a shock absorber when a tubular is placed in the yoke.