Riser Handling

Vertical riser management provides the advantages of lower space requirements, a lower center of gravity and a reduction in handling operations. The Vertical Riser Fingerboard System allows clients to maximize the advantages of vertical riser management. The Vertical Riser Fingerboard System offers a means to store, inspect, and rapidly deliver risers to the drill floor. The Vertical Riser Fingerboard System is composed of Vertical Riser Fingerboards, Riser Inspection Tower(s), a Riser Elevator, and a Riser Handling Crane. The Vertical Riser Fingerboards vertically restrain the risers above their center of gravity with a combination of riser flaps and riser latch bars. The Riser Inspection Towers provide a solid support during riser inspection and the ability to inspect and have access to both riser flanges prior to delivering them to the drill floor. The Riser Handling Crane is designed for the vertical handling of risers from the Vertical Riser Fingerboards to the Riser Inspection Towers and then to the Riser Elevator.

SPHS

The Simultaneous Pipe Handling System (SPHS®) is a patented (applied for and published) tubular handling system that has the capability to handle drilling tubulars (drill pipe, drill collars and/or Hevi-Wate), casing, and drive pipe. The SPHS® has Online, Offline and Simultaneous (Online and Offline at the same time) tubular handling capability using one drawworks, one drillfloor, one rotary, and one derrick, which make it unique and thus patentable.  The operator may solely use just the online feature or the offline feature by itself or operate both at the same time (simultaneous).  Great effort was exerted to keep the SPHS® simple and to alleviate system complexity, so it requires minimal training and maintenance support. The SPHS® can be supplied as a complete system or each component may be purchased individually.

Semi BOP Handling

Friede & Goldman, Ltd. provides custom configured BOP and Tree Handling Solutions to meet the most stringent customer requirements. Due to rig layouts and customer specifications, there are a multitude of equipment configurations and capabilities available to handle the BOP Stack and Trees. Our current BOP/Tree Handling System designs can handle up to a 550 tonne BOP Stack with seamless interface with our ExD design.