Inventors:
John Allen Harris - Hazelhurst MS, US
Johnny Mack Johnson - Taylorsville MS, US
Craig Michael Randazzo - Leonville LA, US
International Classification:
E21B 19/16
US Classification:
166379, 166380, 285376, 285401, 285402
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for supporting a tubular breakout device in a position. An embodiment of the device comprises a first channel in the inside face of the device for receiving a corresponding key of a quill, a socket adjacent to the first channel, and a second channel adjacent to the socket. An embodiment of the device is moved from the engaged position to the disengaged and supported position by the method of moving the device from an engaged position to a disengaged position, rotating the device so that the key of the quill slides into the socket of the device, then moving the device to a secured position by lowering the device so that the key of the quill slides into the second channel of the device.