Patent ID: 7306404

Claim:
A handling device ( 11 ) for well intervention, the handling device ( 11 ) being releasably connected, in an operative position, to a riser ( 13 ) and to a heave compensator ( 9 ) which is arranged to maintain a prescribed tensioning of the riser ( 13 ), characterized in that the handling device ( 11 ) comprises: a lower riser securing device ( 19 ), a substantially vertical tensioning frame ( 15 ) provided with at least two parallel guides ( 17 ), a jacking table ( 21 ) provided with an upper riser securing device ( 23 ), at least one tension-resistant connection ( 31 ) between the tensioning frame ( 15 ) and the heave compensator ( 9 ) located thereabove, the jacking table ( 21 ) being movably connected to the at least two parallel guides ( 17 ), at least one of the at least two parallel guides ( 17 ) including means ( 47 ) for moving the jacking table ( 21 ) along the guides ( 17 ) in their, in the position of use, vertical extent, and the jacking table ( 21 ) including means ( 43 , 45 ) for moving the upper riser securing device ( 23 ) in a horizontal direction along at least one axis of movement.