Patent ID: 6234253
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: E21B

Abstract:
An apparatus for well servicing or workover comprising:a pair of base assemblies connected to each other in a spaced apart relationship adapted to flank a wellhead;a pair of hydraulic cylinders respectively mounted to the base assemblies, the hydraulic cylinders including securing components at an end of rams thereof for securing a workover beam to the rams, the hydraulic cylinders being used to lift one of the wellhead, the wellhead with an attached production tubing string, and a production tubing string;the workover beam being supported at opposite ends by the securing components on the ends of the rams of the hydraulic cylinders; anda lifting sub connected to the workover beam and adapted for detachable connection to the wellhead or the production tubing string so that the wellhead or the production tubing string is rotatable when disconnected from a well and the lifting devices are operated to raise the workover beam.