Patent ID: 8127854

Claim:
A gas and oil recovery system for rigging up well workover equipment, comprising: a vessel, platform or rig, with a rig floor, a riser comprising a pipe that extends from the vessel, platform or rig to a x-mas tree on top of a well head and via which a wire or coiled tubing is fed down into a well, said riser being movable through an opening in said rig floor, a surface flow head connected to the riser, wherein the surface flow head is arranged to be run through the opening of the rig floor, and wherein the surface flow head is supported below the rig floor, and a coiled tubing unit and a stripper assembly removably attached on top of the surface flow head, thereby permitting the coiled tubing unit and the stripper assembly to be separated from the surface flow head and supported on the rig floor during rigging up, such that the coiled tubing unit and the stripper assembly are immobile with respect to the vessel, platform or rig during rigging up.