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  1. LAND RIGS BENEFIT FROM PORTABLE TOP DRIVE SYSTEM

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    Mon, 14 Mar 1994

    A small, portable top - drive system, which can be installed in ..... Technology in Calgary. The portable top drive is typically installed during rig ..... cost. As an alternative to buying a top drive , drilling contractors and oil companies …

  2. Equipment/Software/Literature

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    Mon, 2 May 2005

    New top - drive casing alignment tool Here’s the T-CAT top - drive casing alignment tool, a new system that offers a simple, safe approach to running tubulars. Click here to enlarge image This state-of-the-art tool makes it possible to run …

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  1. BP completes record extended-reach well

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    Mon, 19 Jan 1998

    … mud pumps, and a 45,000 ft-lb top drive . Photo courtesy of BP. Wytch farm ..... drag," said Tooms. "A bigger top drive was not envisaged, so we aimed to ..... for running casing and that the top drive could not rotate the 9-in. casing …

  2. ROTATING MOUSEHOLE HELPS MAKEUP AND BREAKOUT DRILLSTRING

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    Mon, 21 Feb 1994

    … to improve drilling efficiency on top - drive rigs, according to tool developer ..... on Global Marine Drilling Co.'s top drive jack up, Adriatic IV. The rig crew ..... drill pipe simultaneously while the top drive drills ahead. The tool does not …

  3. SERVICES | SUPPLIERS

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    Mon, 2 Apr 2012

    … another four identical deliveries. Each drilling equipment delivery includes a drawwork, three mud pumps, a 1,000-ton top drive , and other equipment from Aker Solutions. The majority of the equipment will be delivered from Aker Solutions' subsidiary …

  5. EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

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    Mon, 16 Jan 2012

    … drilling rig to load the drawworks, center steel, and bottom mast sections onto sub. The mast ships in three loads with top drive , service loops, lights, block, and mast-raising cylinders all integrated into the mast. This system also allows for …

  6. BP's investigation finds series of failures in Macondo blowout

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    Mon, 13 Sep 2010

    … likely the portion of the drill pipe (from above the eroded point), which broke off and fell down the riser when the top drive fell onto the rig floor or as the rig sank, and the riser collapsed," the report said. A right-hand pipe section …

  7. BP's investigation finds series of failures in Macondo blowout

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    Wed, 8 Sep 2010

    … likely the portion of the drill pipe (from above the eroded point), which broke off and fell down the riser when the top drive fell onto the rig floor or as the rig sank, and the riser collapsed,” the report said. A right-hand pipe section …

  8. EQUIPMENT | SOFTWARE | LITERATURE

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    Mon, 2 Aug 2010

    … jacket AC drilling motor is a completely enclosed, water-cooled and flameproof AC version designed for drawworks and top drive applications for drilling rigs onshore and offshore. The new motor is cooled by circulating water instead of utilizing …

  9. France

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    Thu, 11 Nov 2010

    … throughout Liassic to evaluate reservoir and rock properties. The Eurorig class land drilling rig T-208 is a 1,550-hp, top drive equipped unit that will be mobilized from northern Spain and is capable of drilling vertical and horizontal wellbores …

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