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Abstract

A method that includes vertically assembling a mast having a height greater than one hundred eighty feet; securing the mast to a rig floor of a land-based drilling rig; securing a racking board adjacent the mast at a height greater than one hundred feet above the rig floor; drilling a wellbore under the rig floor with a drill string; lifting with lifting equipment coupled to the drilling mast, a stand forming a part of the drill string and having a stand length greater than one hundred feet, from a drilling position partially within the wellbore and partially above the rig floor to an in-line position above the wellbore and proximate the racking board; removing the stand from the drill string; and moving the stand, using an automated pipe handling tool, from the in-line position to a racked position so that the stand is accommodated within the racking board.

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First Claim