198 patents
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Power Saving Telemetry Systems and Methods
13 May 20
Apparatuses, methods, and systems are described herein for transmission of measurement while drilling (MWD) data from a MWD tool to a receiver.
Bosko GAJIC, Keith BATKE
Filed: 8 Nov 18
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Mast and substructure
11 May 20
A drilling rig may include a right substructure, left substructure, and a drill floor.
Padira Reddy, Ashish Gupta, Ryan Hause
Filed: 5 Jun 17
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Surface control system adaptive downhole weight on bit/torque on bit estimation and utilization
11 May 20
A drilling rig apparatus is disclosed for improving autodriller control during directional drilling.
Mahmoud Hadi, Matthew White, Bosko Gajic, Austin Groover, Pradeep Annaiyappa
Filed: 3 Apr 17
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Top Drive
29 Apr 20
A top drive comprising: a housing; a bearing coupled to the housing, the bearing defining an upper surface; and a quill coupled to the bearing, wherein an engagement interface between the quill and bearing is disposed along the upper surface of the bearing.
Faisal YOUSEF, Randy PYRCH, William R. SLOCUM
Filed: 29 Oct 19
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Automated Drilling Rig System
22 Apr 20
An automated drilling rig system includes a drilling rig and a catwalk system.
Ashish GUPTA, Derek PATTERSON, Padira REDDY
Filed: 22 Oct 19
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Rig control system and methods
20 Apr 20
Apparatus, systems, and methods for controlling activities on a drilling rig are described.
Scott Gilbert Boone
Filed: 30 Jun 19
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Devices, Systems and Methods to Calculate Slide Stability
15 Apr 20
Systems, devices, and methods for measuring toolface angles on a drilling rig and calculating a slide stability score are provided.
Colin J. Gillan
Filed: 10 Oct 18
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Data Quality Monitoring and Control Systems and Methods
15 Apr 20
A system for monitoring data quality in a drilling operation includes a controller and a plurality of data sources configured to provide data to the controller.
Namitha VINAY, Srikanth VALLERU, Jayaprasad JAYABAL
Filed: 15 Oct 18
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Correlating Multiple Drilling Data Streams to Generate Graphical Widgets for Display on a Graphical User Interface
15 Apr 20
Apparatus, systems, and methods for correlating multiple data streams to generate a graphical widget for display on a graphical user interface.
Jayaprasad JAYABAL, Srikanth VALLERU, Namitha VINAY
Filed: 15 Oct 18
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Correcting Clock Drift Between Multiple Data Streams Detected During Oil and Gas Wellbore Operations
8 Apr 20
Apparatus, systems, and methods for correcting clock drift between multiple data streams detected during oil or gas drilling operations.
Namitha VINAY, Srikanth VALLERU, Jayaprasad JAYABAL
Filed: 8 Oct 18
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Direct Wrap Measurement During Connection for Optimal Slide Drilling
25 Mar 20
A system or apparatus including: a controller configured to (i) deactivate and activate drilling fluid pump(s), (ii) provide operational control signals to connect tubular(s) to the tubular string, (iii) provide operational control signals to oscillate the connected tubular(s) and tubular string while the pump(s) are deactivated and activated, (iv) receive data, (v) determine a time at which motion is detected downhole, (vi) determine a number of oscillation revolutions of the tubular string required to affect toolface orientation based on the received toolface orientation data, and (vii) provide operational control signals to set a number of oscillation revolutions of the tubular string to less than the determined number; and a drive system configured to: (i) receive the operational control signals, and (ii) oscillate the connected tubular(s) and tubular string based on the set number of oscillation revolutions while maintaining a desired toolface orientation while slide drilling, and methods of providing and using the same for slide drilling.
Bosko GAJIC
Filed: 23 Sep 18
Utility
System for Guiding a Tubular During Subterranean Drilling Operations
25 Mar 20
A method of conducting subterranean drilling operations comprising guiding a tubular with a first guide arranged in a first configuration; coupling an umbilical line to the tubular with an engagement element; guiding the tubular with a second guide; arranging the first guide to a second configuration to permit longitudinal passage of the engagement element past the first guide; and arranging the first guide to the first configuration after the engagement element is past the first guide.
Jamie BERGERON, Hendrik Schalk LE ROUX
Filed: 9 Sep 19
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Rig fuel management systems and methods
23 Mar 20
Systems and methods for managing fuel and electrical power on a drilling rig, modifying the number of gensets in use before a change in power consumption is needed, and determining fuel savings are provided.
Scott G. Boone
Filed: 25 Oct 17
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Lubrication system for rack and pinion mast
23 Mar 20
A lubrication system for a rack and pinion mast of a drilling rig includes a lubricating pinion positioned on a cart and in engagement with the rack.
Ashish Gupta, Padira Reddy
Filed: 23 May 17
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Apparatus, systems, and methods for efficiently communicating a geosteering trajectory adjustment
9 Mar 20
Apparatus, systems, and methods according to which a geosteering trajectory change is efficiently communicated by presenting, on a first human-machine interface, a plurality of selectable trajectory types, each of the trajectory types representing a potential trajectory of a wellbore, selecting, via the first human-machine interface, the selectable trajectory type most closely representing a desired trajectory of the wellbore, the selected trajectory type including one or more data fields adapted to receive one or more task parameters needed to drill the wellbore along the desired trajectory, entering, via the first human-machine interface, the one or more task parameters into the one or more data fields of the selected trajectory type, and pushing the selected trajectory type and/or the one or more entered task parameters to a control system adapted to control drilling equipment to drill the wellbore along the desired trajectory.
Christopher Viens
Filed: 29 Oct 17
Utility
Pipe handling apparatus
9 Mar 20
A pipe handling apparatus includes a lower mast, upper mast, and trailer.
Padira Reddy, Ashish Gupta, Denver Lee
Filed: 20 Jul 17
Utility
Method and apparatus for continuous wellbore curvature orientation and amplitude measurement using drill string bending
2 Mar 20
A method includes coupling a strain gauge to a tubular member, and positioning the tubular member in the wellbore such that the tubular member is placed under bending stress by a curvature or deviation in the wellbore.
Tyler Clark, Matthew White, Peter Harvey, Harmeet Kaur
Filed: 8 Aug 16
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Contextual drilling interface and recommendation system and methods
2 Mar 20
A method of managing a drilling anomaly includes providing a computing device comprising a graphical user interface (“GUI”) that is configured to display a plurality of screens in response to detection of the drilling anomaly; displaying a first screen that includes a menu listing proposed actions to address the detected drilling anomaly and an estimated success rate associated with each of the proposed actions; wherein each of the proposed actions is selectable by a user via the GUI; receiving, by the computing device and via the GUI, a first selection command associated with a first proposed action from the menu; displaying a second screen that includes a first illustration depicting execution of the first proposed action that was selected by the user via the first selection command; and receiving, by the computing device and via the GUI, a command to execute one of the proposed actions.
Srikanth Valleru, Namitha Vinay, Jayaprasad Jayabal
Filed: 31 Oct 18