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US 2016/0356102 A1Published application
Drill pipe guide system and method
AssigneeTesco Corporation
InventorNicholas Paul Meeks
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a drill pipe guide system having a support structure configured to be positioned on a rig floor or drillship floor, an articulating arm coupled to the support structure, wherein the articulating arm is configured to pivot relative to the support structure, and a clamp coupled to the articulating arm, wherein the clamp is configured to encircle a drill string and limit radial movement of the drill string as the drill string is lowered beneath the rig floor or drillship floor.
Claims20
A drill pipe guide system, comprising:
- a support structure configured to be positioned on a rig floor;
- an articulating arm coupled to the support structure, wherein the articulating arm is configured to pivot relative to the support structure;
- and
- a clamp coupled to the articulating arm, wherein the clamp is configured to encircle a drill string and limit radial movement of the drill string as the drill string is lowered beneath the rig floor.
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A method, comprising:
- coupling a tubular to a drill string to be run into a wellbore with a tubular rotation system;
- positioning an umbilical cable against the drill string with an umbilical guide system;
- encircling the drill string with a clamp of a drill pipe guide system;
- and
- running the drill string through slips in a drilling rig floor,
- wherein the clamp of the drill pipe guide system comprises an inner diameter that is less than an inner dimeter of the slips in the drilling rig floor.
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A system, comprising:
- a support structure configured to be positioned on a drillship floor, wherein the support structure comprises a base, a plurality of lateral sides extending from the base;
- an articulating arm coupled to the support structure, wherein the articulating arm is configured to pivot relative to the support structure;
- and
- a clamp disposed at a distal end of the articulating arm, wherein the clamp is configured to be disposed about a drill string and limit radial movement of the drill string as the drill string is lowered beneath the drillship floor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.