Control line installation unit and method of running a string of tubing into a well

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8807230
APP PUB NO 20120031627A1
SERIAL NO

13197433

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A well tubing installer includes a base having a tubular connector extending downward for connection to an upper end of a blowout preventer. A support floor having support slips is mounted to hydraulic cylinders at a fixed distance above the base. A traveling slip base containing traveling slips is mounted to upper ends of piston rods of the hydraulic cylinders. A pipe lifting assembly is supported by the base for lifting and positioning an additional joint of tubing to be added to the string of tubing. A pipe make-up mechanism is supported by the base for rotating the additional joint into threaded engagement with the string of tubing. A control line supply source for supplies control line to and alongside the string of tubing at a point between the base and the support floor.

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NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA INC515 WEST GREENS ROAD SUITE 1000 HOUSTON TX 77067

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sonnier, Errol A Broussard, US 5 124

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