Slingshot side saddle substructure

• US 9,926,719 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2016
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nabors Drillling Technologies USA, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nabors Drillling Technologies USA, Inc.
• Inventors: Reddy, Padira, Gupta, Ashish
• Primary Examiner(s): Demuren, Babajide A
• Application Number:
  US15/191,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20160298394A1
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 12/345 Arrangements for tilting up whole structures or sections thereof E04H12/347 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 15/00 Supports for the drilling machine, e.g. derricks or masts
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 15/003 adapted to be moved on their substructure, e.g. with skidding means; adapted to drill a plurality of wells
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 21/063 by separating components

Abstract

The drilling rig includes a first substructure and a second substructure. The second substructure is positioned generally parallel to and spaced apart from the first substructure and generally the same height as the first substructure. The drilling rig further includes a drill floor coupled to the first and second substructures, where the drill floor positioned substantially at the top of the first and second substructures.

Claims

1. A land-based drilling rig comprising:

a first substructure;

a second substructure, the second substructure being positioned generally parallel to and spaced apart from the first substructure;

a drill floor coupled to the first and second substructures, the drill floor positioned substantially at the top of the first and second substructures, the drill floor including a V-door, the side of the drill floor having the V-door defining a V-door side of the drill floor; and

a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill floor, the mast being pivotably coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill floor by a pivot point;

wherein the mast further comprises a V-door side and wherein the V-door side of the mast is parallel to the first or second substructure.

2. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, further comprising a mast hydraulic cylinder mechanically coupled to one of the first substructure, second substructure, or rig floor and mechanically coupled to the mast.

3. The land-based drilling rig of claim 2, wherein the mast hydraulic cylinder mechanically couples to the mast at a mast lift point.

4. The land-based drilling rig of claim 1, wherein the V-door side of the drill floor parallel to the first substructure.

5. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, further comprising one or more hydraulic walkers, the hydraulic walkers positioned at a lower end of one or both of the first and second substructures.

6. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, further comprising an equipment support cantilever pivotably coupled to one of the first and second substructure.

7. The land based drilling rig of claim 6, further comprising a piece of equipment mechanically coupled to the equipment support cantilever.

8. The land based drilling rig of claim 7, wherein the piece of equipment comprises one or more of a tank support structure, drill line spooler, hydraulic power unit, compressor, variable frequency drive, mud process equipment, choke manifold, accumulator, mud gas separator, process tank, trip tank, or driller'"'"'s cabin.

9. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, further comprising a tank support substructure coupled to the first or second substructure.

10. The land based drilling rig of claim 9, wherein the tank support substructure further comprises a tank.

11. The land based drilling rig of claim 10, wherein the tank is a mud tank.

12. The land based drilling rig of claim 9, wherein the tank support substructure further comprises mud process equipment.

13. The land based drilling rig of claim 12, wherein the mud process equipment comprises at least one of a shaker or a filter.

14. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, further comprising a grasshopper positioned to carry cabling and lines to the drilling rig, the grasshopper positioned to couple to the drill floor generally at a side of the drill floor, and the side of the drill floor to which the grasshopper couples is parallel to the first or second substructure.

15. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, wherein the first and second substructures are adapted to be traveled through a wellsite.

16. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, further comprising a choke manifold positioned on the drill floor.

17. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, further comprising an accumulator positioned on the drill floor.

18. The land based drilling rig of claim 1, further comprising one or more of a drill line spooler, an HPU, a driller'"'"'s cabin, trip tank, process tank, or mud gas separator.

19. A land-based drilling rig comprising:

a first and second lower box, the lower boxes positioned generally parallel and spaced apart from each other;

a drill floor coupled to the first lower box by a first strut, the first lower box and first strut defining a first substructure, the drill floor coupled to the second lower box by a second strut, the second lower box and second strut defining a second substructure, the struts hingedly coupled to the drill floor and hingedly coupled to the corresponding lower box such that the drill floor may pivot between an upright and a lowered position, the drill floor including a V-door, the V-door oriented perpendicularly to a long axis of one of the substructures;

a first and second raising hydraulic cylinder, the first and second raising hydraulic cylinders connected to the drill floor and the lower box; and

a mast, the mast mechanically coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill floor, the mast being pivotably coupled to one or more of the first substructure, the second substructure, and the drill floor by a pivot point.

20. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, further comprising a mast hydraulic cylinder mechanically coupled to one of the first substructure, second substructure, or rig floor and mechanically coupled to the mast.

21. The land-based drilling rig of claim 20, wherein the mast hydraulic cylinder mechanically couples to the mast at a mast lift point.

22. The land-based drilling rig of claim 19, wherein the V-door side of the drill floor is parallel to the first substructure.

23. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, further comprising one or more hydraulic walkers, the hydraulic walkers positioned at a lower end of one or both of the first and second substructures.

24. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, further comprising an equipment support cantilever pivotably coupled to one of the first and second substructure.

25. The land based drilling rig of claim 24, further comprising a piece of equipment mechanically coupled to the equipment support cantilever.

26. The land based drilling rig of claim 25, wherein the piece of equipment comprises one or more of a tank support structure, drill line spooler, hydraulic power unit, compressor, variable frequency drive, mud process equipment, choke manifold, accumulator, mud gas separator, process tank, trip tank, or driller'"'"'s cabin.

27. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, further comprising a tank support substructure coupled to the first or second substructure.

28. The land based drilling rig of claim 27, wherein the tank support substructure further comprises a tank.

29. The land based drilling rig of claim 28, wherein the tank is a mud tank.

30. The land based drilling rig of claim 27, wherein the tank support substructure further comprises mud process equipment.

31. The land based drilling rig of claim 30, wherein the mud process equipment comprises at least one of a shaker or a filter.

32. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, further comprising a grasshopper positioned to carry cabling and lines to the drilling rig, the grasshopper positioned to couple to the drill floor generally at a side of the drill floor, and the side of the drill floor to which the grasshopper couples is parallel to the first or second substructure.

33. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, wherein the first and second substructures are adapted to be traveled through a wellsite.

34. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, further comprising a choke manifold positioned on the drill floor.

35. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, further comprising an accumulator positioned on the drill floor.

36. The land based drilling rig of claim 19, further comprising one or more of a drill line spooler, an HPU, a driller'"'"'s cabin, trip tank, process tank, or mud gas separator.