Support becket for rig operations

Abstract

A support member or becket for supporting an item in wellbore operations including a body with a support area, and a wear insert removably emplaced over the support area. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).

1 . A becket for supporting an item in wellbore operations, the becket comprising
 a becket body with a saddle support area, and   a wear insert over the saddle support area.   
   
   
       2 . The becket of  claim 1  further comprising
 a seating shoe between the saddle support area and the wear insert.   
   
   
       3 . The becket of  claim 2  wherein the seating shoe is made of material softer than the wear insert. 
   
   
       4 . The becket of  claim 2  wherein the wear insert has a lower surface with an insert shape and the seating shoe has an upper surface with a shoe shape and the insert shape corresponds to the shoe shape. 
   
   
       5 . The becket of  claim 1  further comprising
 the wear insert comprising
 a wear insert body, 
 a lug projecting from the wear insert body, and 
 the lug secured to the becket body. 
   
   
   
       6 . The becket of  claim 5  further comprising
 a seating shoe between the saddle support area and the wear insert,   the seating shoe having a shoe opening, and   the lug of the wear insert passing through the shoe opening.   
   
   
       7 . The becket of  claim 6  further comprising
 the becket body comprising two halves secured together,   each half of the two halves having a recess for receiving a portion of the lug of the wear insert.   
   
   
       8 . The becket of  claim 7  wherein the recess of each half is on an interior surface thereof. 
   
   
       9 . The becket of  claim 8  further comprising
 at least one stud projecting from a recess of at least one half of the body,   the lug of the wear insert having at least one stud hole, and   the at least one stud projecting into a corresponding stud hole on the lug.   
   
   
       10 . The becket of  claim 7  wherein the recess of each half is on an exterior surface thereof. 
   
   
       11 . The becket of  claim 10  further comprising
 a seating shoe between the saddle support area and the wear insert,   the seating shoe having spaced-apart side cutouts,   the lug comprising two spaced-apart lug portions,   a lug portion passing through each spaced-apart side cutout of the seating shoe, and   a lug portion in each recess.   
   
   
       12 . The becket of  claim 1  further comprising
 at least one brace securing the wear insert to the becket body.   
   
   
       13 . The becket of  claim 1  wherein the becket is a top drive becket. 
   
   
       14 . The becket of  claim 1  wherein the becket body saddle support area has a first surface with a first shape,
 the wear insert has a lower surface that abuts the first surface,   the wear insert has a top surface with a second shape, and   the second shape different from the first shape.   
   
   
       15 . A becket for supporting an item in wellbore operations, the becket comprising
 a becket body with a saddle support area,   a wear insert over the saddle support area,   a seating shoe between the saddle support area and the wear insert, the seating shoe is made of material softer than the wear insert,   the wear insert comprising
 a wear insert body, 
 a lug projecting from the wear insert body, and 
 the lug secured to the becket body. 
   
   
   
       16 . A support member for supporting an item, the support member comprising
 a support body,   a support surface on the body,   a wear insert over the support surface, and   the wear insert releasably secured to the support body.   
   
   
       17 . The support member of  claim 16  wherein the support body comprises a body of one of hook, link, becket, drilling hook, top drive becket, traveling block becket, and elevator. 
   
   
       18 . The support member of  claim 16  further comprising
 a seating shoe between the support surface and the wear insert.   
   
   
       19 . The support member of  claim 18  further comprising
 the seating shoe made of material softer than the wear insert.   
   
   
       20 . A plurality of wear inserts for a support member, each wear insert of the plurality of inserts comprising
 a wear insert body,   each wear insert body of a size different from a size of the other wear insert bodies,   each wear insert body of a size for accommodating structure of an item to be supported, and   each wear insert body shaped and configured for correspondingly abutting a support surface of a support member.