Patent ID: 7383890

Claim:
A rig for selectively inserting coiled tubing or threaded tubulars through a rig floor and into a well, the rig comprising: a mast extending upward from a rig base when in an operative position; a coiled tubing reel for paving out and taking in coiled tubing: a coiled tubing injector supported on the mast when in an operative position and receiving the coiled tubing from one side of the mast to insert the coiled tubing into the well; a top drive movable along an axis of the mast when in an operative position and receiving coiled tubing from the one side of the mast to insert the threaded tubulars into the well; and a support secured to the mast for receiving a plurality of substantially vertical threaded tubular joints therein from an opposing side of the mast when the mast is in the operative position, such that the support is opposite the coiled tubing reel with respect to the mast and tubular joints may be moved between the top drive and the tubular support when running threaded tubulars into or out of the well.