198 patents
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Utility
Rig Equipment Management
29 Jun 23
Systems and methods for analyzing equipment used in subterranean operations include capturing one or more first images of equipment via an imagine sensor at a first time, capturing one or more second images of the equipment via the imaging sensor at a second time that is different than the first time, comparing, via a rig controller, the one or more first images to the one or more second images, identifying a difference in a surface of the equipment based on the comparing, and determining an integrity value of the equipment based on the difference.
Scott BOONE
Filed: 8 Dec 22
Utility
Digital Twin for Rig Operations
29 Jun 23
A method for simulating a rig operation that can include creating a digital twin of a rig based on a rig plan for assembling/disassembling a rig; simulating, via the digital twin, a list of tasks for assembly/disassembly of rig components to assemble/disassemble the rig at a rig site.
Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA, Malini MANOCHA
Filed: 21 Dec 22
Utility
Automatic pipe doping apparatus
9 May 23
A pipe doping apparatus comprises a bucket assembly including a base and a bucket supported on the base and having an inside volume, a lubricating unit having at least one lubricant applicator inside the bucket; and a source of torque configured to rotate the bucket and/or the lubricating unit relative to a tubular.
Ronald Schanlaub, Keith Hager, Chris Magnuson, Eric Deutsch
Filed: 10 Mar 21
Utility
Automated display of wellbore information
9 May 23
A method is provided that can include collecting, via a processor, operational data about a subterranean operation being performed on a rig, determining, via the processor, a type of the subterranean operation based on the operational data, and automatically updating, based on the type, a user display with display elements associated with the subterranean operation.
Carlos Rolong, Ryan Bott, Mohammad Hamzah, Chandana Koritala
Filed: 9 Jun 21
Utility
Rig Activity Management
6 Apr 23
A method for conducting an operation that can include conducting an activity at a rig site, determining an expected characteristic of an individual performing a task within a red zone, wherein the red zone comprises one or more zones at the rig site, using one or more sensors to monitor the individual within the red zone while performing the task, determining, via a rig controller, an actual characteristic of the individual performing the task within the red zone based on sensor data from the one or more sensors, and comparing the actual characteristic to the expected characteristic to determine an individual risk score.
Scott BOONE
Filed: 22 Sep 22
Utility
Rig Activity Management
30 Mar 23
A method for analyzing an environment that can include conducting a subterranean operation within an environment, obtaining sensor data from one or more sensors configured to monitor the environment, identifying an actual well activity within the environment based on the sensor data, identifying an individual within the environment based on the sensor data, and calculating an adherence score for the actual well activity based at least in part on an adherence score of the individual performing a task in the environment.
Scott BOONE
Filed: 22 Sep 22
Utility
Gravity Toolface for Wellbores
30 Mar 23
A method for determining gravity toolface azimuth that can include rotating a logging tool about a center axis; positioning an accelerometer sensor within the logging tool at a first radial distance from the center axis; positioning an angular gyroscope sensor within the logging tool at a second radial distance from the center axis; receiving, at a controller, accelerometer sensor data from the accelerometer sensor and angular gyroscope sensor data from the angular gyroscope sensor as the logging tool rotates; determining, via the controller, a radial acceleration component of the accelerometer sensor from the accelerometer sensor data; determining, via the controller, a gain and an offset of the angular gyroscope sensor based on the radial acceleration component; and determining, via the controller, the gravity toolface azimuth of the logging tool as a function of time based on the gain, the offset, and the angular gyroscope sensor data.
Dmitry AVDEEV
Filed: 23 Sep 22
Utility
Well Activity Management
30 Mar 23
A method can include collecting sensor data from one or more data sources, determining actual well activity being performed at the rig, determining an estimated well activity for the rig, comparing the actual well activity to expected well activity in a digital well plan; and setting a confidence level for the estimated well activity, where the confidence level can indicate a degree of confidence in an accuracy of the estimated well activity.
Mohammad HAMZAH, Carlos ROLONG
Filed: 23 Sep 22
Utility
Rig Activity Management
30 Mar 23
A method for conducting operations in an environment that can include conducting an activity of a well plan within an environment, obtaining individual data from an electronic device on an individual, calculating an individual risk score of the individual for performing a task in support of the activity, and calculating an activity risk score for the activity based at least in part on the individual risk score.
Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA
Filed: 23 Sep 22
Utility
Detection and Management of Dysfunctions In Subterranean Operations
30 Mar 23
A method that can include receiving a digital well plan comprising tool non-specific operations, converting the digital well plan to a digital rig plan, the digital rig plan comprising a plurality of first task lists of tool-specific tasks for a specific rig, with each one of the plurality of first task lists performing at least one of the tool non-specific operations, inserting into the digital rig plan, via a rig controller, at least one alternative list of tool-specific tasks for performing at least one alternative operation, during execution of the digital rig plan, selecting, via the rig controller, the at least one alternative list of tool-specific tasks, and performing, at the rig, the at least one alternative list of tool-specific tasks in response to the selecting.
Malini MANOCHA, Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA
Filed: 23 Sep 22
Utility
Avoiding Collision with Offset Well(s) Having a Trajectory, or Trajectories, Closing on a Drilling Well
23 Mar 23
A method and apparatus for oil and gas operations according to which a bottom hole trajectory of a drilling well is surveyed using a survey tool located uphole from a drill bit positioned at a bottom hole location.
Colin GILLAN, Mohammad HAMZAH, Tatiana BORGES
Filed: 17 Sep 21
Utility
Top drive back-up wrench with thread compensation
21 Mar 23
A back-up wrench device of a top drive assembly of a drilling rig comprises a gripper device operable to grip an end of a drill pipe, and at least one fluid actuator operable to compensate for thread travel during makeup or breakout operations.
Faisal Yousef, Tommy Vu
Filed: 30 Jun 20
Utility
Catwalk tubular measurement and method of use
7 Mar 23
A carrier assembly for a catwalk assembly includes a carrier.
Christopher Magnuson, Mario Sazo, Alex Kunec
Filed: 15 Jan 21
Utility
Capture and Use of Waste Energy
23 Feb 23
Systems and methods are disclosed that can include operating a first rig component at a first location, capturing waste energy from the first rig component at the first location, and redirecting the waste energy to another rig component, another location, or a combination thereof.
Brenton NORTON, Ashish GUPTA, Bhargavkumar PATEL
Filed: 18 Aug 22
Utility
Methods and Apparatus to Identify and Implement Downlink Command Sequence(s)
9 Feb 23
A method of identifying an instruction combination executable by a surface control system of a drilling rig to change settings of a rotary steerable system (“RSS”) tool.
Mohammad HAMZAH, Tatiana BORGES, Carlos ROLONG
Filed: 4 Aug 21
Utility
Methods and Apparatus for Creating and Using a Multi-dimensional Data Matrix to Identify an Optimum Rotary Steerable System Setting
9 Feb 23
A method that includes an electronic application identifying an ending of a first drilling segment and a simultaneous beginning of a second drilling segment; identifying a data set of the first drilling segment; automatically creating, in response to the identification of the first drilling segment ending, a new row in a database table that stores a data set for each drilling segment, with the new row storing the variable values of the first drilling segment; creating a multi-dimensional data matrix based on the values in the database table; and extracting, from multi-dimensional data matrix, an optimum value of a variable for an upcoming drilling segment.
Mohammad HAMZAH, Tatiana BORGES, Colin GILLAN
Filed: 5 Aug 21
Utility
Electric Top Drive
9 Feb 23
A top drive that can include a main body portion having a quill that is rotatable relative to the main body portion, a rotary portion that rotates relative to the main body portion and relative to the quill, and a component coupled to the rotary portion, wherein the component rotates with the rotary portion, and wherein the component is electrically actuated.
Hifzi Ardic, Faisal Yousef, Edward Bluestone, James M. Hall, Ryan Belanger
Filed: 27 Jul 22
Utility
Mast assembly for drilling rig
7 Feb 23
A mast assembly for a drilling rig includes a mast formed from a plurality of mast subunits.
Ashish Gupta, Padira Reddy, Denver Lee
Filed: 22 Apr 22
Utility
Method and apparatus for transitioning between rotary drilling and slide drilling while maintaining a bit of a bottom hole assembly on a wellbore bottom
24 Jan 23
A method of transitioning from rotary to slide drilling while maintaining a bit of a bottom hole assembly (“BHA”) on a wellbore bottom includes (a) recording a first toolface value of the BHA that is coupled to a drill string; (b) identifying a correlation between the first toolface value and a first quill position of a quill coupled to the drill string; (c) identifying a breakover torque for the drill string; (d) performing rotary drilling; (e) recording a second toolface value while the bit remains on the wellbore bottom; (f) receiving, while the bit remains on the wellbore bottom, a target toolface value; (g) calculating, while the bit remains on the wellbore bottom, an unwind amount to unwind the drill string; and (h) unwinding the drill string by the unwind amount to bring the second toolface value closer to the target toolface value while the bit remains on the bottom.
Austin Groover, Scott Coffey, Drew Curran, Adam Lacroix
Filed: 14 Aug 20
Utility
Controlling Operating Parameters of a Surface Drilling Rig to Optimize Bottom-hole Assembly ("Bha") Drilling Performance
22 Dec 22
Method(s) and apparatus according to which: a bottom-hole assembly (“BHA”) and a drilling rig together attempt to drill a wellbore segment along a planned trajectory while a test scenario is executed on the drilling rig by varying operating parameter(s) of the drilling rig in a predetermined manner during a predetermined time interval; performance characteristic(s) monitored by sensor(s) of the BHA during the predetermined time interval are then received; the predetermined manner in which the operating parameter(s) of the drilling rig were varied during the predetermined time interval is/are then compared to the received performance characteristic(s) monitored by the sensor(s) of the BHA during the predetermined time interval; and based on said comparison, the operating parameter(s) of a drilling rig (e.g., another drilling rig) are controlled while a BHA (e.g., another BHA) operably associated with the drilling rig attempts to drill a wellbore segment along a similar planned trajectory.
Scott Boone
Filed: 21 Jun 21