198 patents
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Utility
Steerable drilling bi-directional communications system and methods
29 Nov 22
An apparatus and method of operating a drilling system with a directional guidance system and a drilling operation system is described.
Austin Groover, Scott Coffey, Drew Curran, Adam Lacroix
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Automatically Modifying a Drilling Path In Response to a Reversal of a Predicted Trend
24 Nov 22
A system and method of directionally steering a bottom hole assembly (“BHA”) by receiving data indicative of a directional trend of the BHA and a projection to bit depth; determining a location of the BHA based on the received data; comparing the location of the BHA to a planned drilling path to identify an amount of deviation; automatically creating a modified drilling path based on the amount of deviation and a predicted trend of a downhole parameter; detecting a trend of the downhole parameter while drilling along the modified drilling path; and automatically creating a further modified drilling path when the trend of the downhole parameter is a reversal of the predicted trend of the downhole parameter.
Scott Gilbert BOONE, Brian ELLIS, Colin GILLAN, Beat KÜTTEL
Filed: 1 Aug 22
Utility
Trading Computer Systems and Methods for Use with Shareholder Warrants Incentivizing Deleveraging
24 Nov 22
Systems and methods for deleveraging a company's balance sheet in a non-dilutive fashion that is favorable to the company and equity owners are disclosed.
Anthony PETRELLO, Brendan DYSON
Filed: 17 May 22
Utility
Systems, devices, and methods to detect pipe with a gripperhead
22 Nov 22
The systems, devices, and methods described herein relate to tubular detection on a gripperhead system for a drilling rig.
Godwin Simanjuntak, Christopher Magnuson
Filed: 29 Aug 18
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Identifying a Potential Problem with a Bottom Hole Assembly (Bha) Combination Using a Feedback Control Loop System
17 Nov 22
An apparatus for, and method of identifying a potential problem with a bottom hole assembly (“BHA”) combination that is used in a drilling operation.
Austin GROOVER, Scott COFFEY, Drew CURRAN, Adam LACROIX
Filed: 1 Aug 22
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Controlling a Rotary Steerable System Using Closed-loop System(s)
3 Nov 22
The apparatus and method disclosed herein form closed-loop system(s) between a downhole system that includes an RSS and a surface control system, to improve stability and performance assurance of the RSS.
Mohammad Hamzah, Austin Groover, Carlos Rolong, Christopher Papouras
Filed: 28 Apr 21
Utility
High-capacity Mast on a Drilling Rig
3 Nov 22
A method of building and operating a land-based drilling rig with a high-capacity mast include providing a platform collapsed on a substructure over a proposed well drilling location and building the high-capacity mast in a horizontal condition by attaching a lower portion of the high-capacity mast to the platform.
Padira Reddy, Ashish Gupta
Filed: 15 Jul 22
Utility
Robotic pipe handler systems
1 Nov 22
A tubular handling system can include a bridge disposed in a horizontal orientation above a horizontal storage area, a tubular lift system that can transport a tubular in a horizontal orientation between the horizontal storage area and an intermediate storage location, and a pipe handler, moveably coupled to the bridge, that can transport the tubular between the intermediate storage location and a rig floor.
Travis Burke
Filed: 14 Jun 21
Utility
Method and Apparatus for Testing and Confirming a Successful Downlink to a Rotary Steerable System
20 Oct 22
A method that includes an electronic application identifying a downlink sequence for execution by a surface control system of a drilling rig, with the sequence including target output values of a mud pump system and/or a drive system.
Austin GROOVER, Drew CURRAN
Filed: 20 Apr 21
Utility
Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatus
18 Oct 22
Systems, devices, and methods for producing a three-dimensional visualization of one or more of a drilled wellbore, a bottom hole assembly, a drill bit, a drill plan, and one or more lithology windows is provided for drill steering purposes.
Colin Gillan, Matt White, Bosko Gajic
Filed: 1 Mar 21
Utility
Side Saddle Rig Design with Retractable Top Drive
22 Sep 22
A drilling rig may include a mast and a top drive system.
Derek PATTERSON
Filed: 14 Mar 22
Utility
Side Saddle Rig Design with Integrated MPD
22 Sep 22
A drilling rig includes an integrated MPD system.
Derek PATTERSON
Filed: 14 Mar 22
Utility
Auto-filling Tubulars
15 Sep 22
A method for performing a subterranean operation that can include operations of engaging a tubular with a pipe handler, calculating, via a processor, an internal volume of the tubular, determining, via the processor, a number of pump strokes required to fill at least a percentage of the internal volume with fluid, pumping the fluid to the tubular by running a pump the number of pump strokes, and filling the internal volume of the tubular to at least the percentage of the internal volume with the fluid.
David HASLER, Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA, David G. SHACKELFORD
Filed: 25 Feb 22
Utility
Spinner with consumable sleeve
13 Sep 22
A system with multiple spinners in a spinner assembly, each spinner comprising a drive shaft, a sleeve with arcuate segments surrounding the drive shaft, a first cap that receives a first end of the sleeve and a second cap that receives a second end of the sleeve, which secures the sleeve to the drive shaft.
Christopher Magnuson
Filed: 24 Jul 20
Utility
Optimal drilling parameter machine learning system and methods
13 Sep 22
A method of optimizing drilling and drilling instructions for different segments of a wellbore that includes: calculating mathematical approximations of energy transfer loss between a top drive and a BHA using a neural network and a plurality of drilling records for segments of wellbores that are similar to the segments of the wellbore to be drilled; calculating drilling instructions based on each mathematical approximation; drilling the wellbore using the drilling instructions; monitoring the energy transfer loss; and optimizing the drilling instructions using one of the mathematical approximations to minimize the energy transfer loss.
Suresh Venugopal, Namitha Vinay
Filed: 15 Oct 19
Utility
Method and apparatus for identifying a potential problem with drilling equipment using a feedback control loop system
6 Sep 22
An apparatus for, and method of identifying a potential problem with, drilling equipment that is used in a drilling operation.
Austin Groover, Scott Coffey, Drew Curran, Adam Lacroix
Filed: 30 Sep 20
Utility
Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods
6 Sep 22
A system and method of directionally steering a bottom hole assembly (“BHA”) from a drilling rig to a target location including by receiving data indicative of a directional trend of the BHA and a projection to bit depth; determining a location of the BHA based on a directional trend and the projection; identifying an amount of deviation from a drilling path; automatically creating a modified drilling path that intersects the planned drilling path based on the amount of deviation exceeding a first threshold amount of deviation and being less than a second threshold amount of deviation, automatically creating a modified drilling path that does not intersect the planned drilling path in response to the amount of deviation exceeding the second threshold amount of deviation, and determining a curve profile of the modified drilling path having the smallest rate of curvature to avoid drilling overshoot; and steering the BHA.
Scott Gilbert Boone, Brian Ellis, Colin Gillan, Beat Küttel
Filed: 28 Jun 21
Utility
Methods and systems for improving confidence in automated steering guidance
9 Aug 22
Systems including a plurality of sensors disposed on a bottom hole assembly (BHA) configured to provide data to a controller, wherein a drill bit is connected to a bottom of the BHA; and a controller configured to: receive a well plan; receive, at a first stationary survey station, locational data and directional data of the BHA from the plurality of sensors; create steering instructions based on the well plan, historical drilling data, and the locational and directional data; generate a predicted future position of the drill bit for each of a plurality of stationary survey stations subsequent to the first stationary survey station assuming implementation of the steering instructions; display the predicted future position of the drill bit for each stationary survey station on a graphical user interface; receive directions to implement, reject, or revise the steering instructions; and execute the received directions.
Austin Groover, Scott Coffey, Drew Curran, Adam Lacroix
Filed: 13 Aug 20
Utility
Mast Assembly for Drilling Rig
4 Aug 22
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
High-capacity mast on a drilling rig
2 Aug 22
A method of building and operating a land-based drilling rig with a high-capacity mast include providing a platform collapsed on a substructure over a proposed well drilling location and building the high-capacity mast in a horizontal condition by attaching a lower portion of the high-capacity mast to the platform.
Padira Reddy, Ashish Gupta
Filed: 21 Aug 18