89 patents
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Steerable Drilling Bi-directional Communications System and Methods
17 Feb 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
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Gamma Ray Logging Tool with Detector Window
10 Feb 22
A system including a logging tool that can detect gamma rays in a wellbore, where the logging tool can have a window formed in an outer surface of a drill collar that allows increased sensitivity of a gamma ray detector assembly housed within the drill collar, with a body of the drill collar radially surrounding the gamma ray detector assembly, where the window can be filled with a material, and where the windows provide increased sensitivity to gamma rays in a wellbore in an azimuthal direction allowing azimuthal mapping of the gamma rays in formation surrounding the wellbore.
Sergei KNIZHNIK, Marian L. MORYS
Filed: 14 Jul 21
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Robotic Pipe Handler Systems
6 Jan 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
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Automated Display of Wellbore Information
16 Dec 21
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
Torque Wrench
25 Nov 21
A system with a wrench coupled to a rig floor, and the wrench can include a plurality of grippers, a linkage mechanism that couples the plurality of grippers together, and a plurality of actuators coupled to the linkage mechanism, with the plurality of actuators used to apply a force to the linkage mechanism in opposite directions, and with the linkage mechanism configured to evenly distribute the force between the plurality of grippers.
Christopher MAGNUSON
Filed: 20 May 21
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Torque Measuring Tool and Method
11 Nov 21
The present disclosure relates to subterranean drilling, and more particularly to tools, systems, and methods used to measure torque applied by subterranean drilling machines, such as iron roughnecks, during the make-up and break out of drill pipe connections.
Hendrik Schalk LE ROUX
Filed: 6 May 21
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Automated Directional Drilling Apparatus and Methods
21 Oct 21
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
Tubular Detection System for a Fingerboard
15 Jul 21
A system comprising a rig, a fingerboard, a first sensor, and a second sensor, with the first sensor positioned on an opposite side of the entrance from the second sensor, where the first sensor and the second sensor are used to detect when a tubular enters or exits the fingerboard and to detect a parameter of the tubular, such as diameter of the tubular, speed of the tubular, and an angle of entry of the tubular.
John PATTERSON, Scott BOONE
Filed: 31 Dec 20
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Downhole 3D Geo Steering Viewer for a Drilling Apparatus
15 Jul 21
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
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Stowing Support Equipment for a Catwalk
1 Jul 21
A pipe handling system that can include a base skid, a ramp rotationally attached to the base skid, and support equipment (e.g., a drag chain pan, or equipment skid) coupled to the ramp, wherein rotation of the ramp from a first deployed position to a first stowed position lifts the support equipment from a second deployed position to a second stowed position.
Travis BURKE, Victor MARTINEZ, Jane TOWNS
Filed: 15 Dec 20
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Automatic Pipe Doping Apparatus
24 Jun 21
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
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Spinner Wear Detection
24 Jun 21
A system including a spinner assembly that includes a spinner subassembly which includes a spinner configured to engage a tubular, and a drive gear coupled to the spinner, with the drive gear configured to drive rotation of the spinner, and the encoder configured to count teeth of the drive gear as the drive gear rotates.
Christopher MAGNUSON
Filed: 18 Dec 20
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Adjustable Pipe Handling System
27 May 21
A pipe handling system for transporting pipe between a horizontal storage location and a rig floor, where the pipe handling system can include an adjustable length ramp assembly which can be adjusted by installing one or more extension sections between bottom and top sections The sections can include interfacing features that can align the sections with each other when they are attached together in the ramp assembly.
David DO, Travis BURKE, Geoffrey FLETCHER
Filed: 6 Nov 20
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Catwalk Tubular Measurement and Method of Use
6 May 21
A carrier assembly for a catwalk assembly includes a carrier.
Christopher MAGNUSON, Mario SAZO, Alex KUNEC
Filed: 15 Jan 21
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Side Saddle Drilling Rigs
4 Mar 21
A land-based drilling rig includes a first substructure and a second substructure, the second substructure being positioned generally parallel to the first substructure.
Padira REDDY, Ashish GUPTA
Filed: 12 Nov 20
Utility
Apparatus and Method for Securing Tubulars on a Drilling Rig
25 Feb 21
A device and method for subterranean operations comprising a latch adapted to be coupled with a fingerboard of a drilling rig, the fingerboard including at least two fingers, wherein: the latch is selectively moveable between an open configuration and a closed configuration, the latch is adapted to selectively permit entrance of a first tubular into a tubular storage area between the at least two fingers when the latch is in the open configuration, and selectively maintain the first tubular in the tubular storage area when the latch is in the closed configuration, and the latch is spaced apart from the fingerboard.
Christopher MAGNUSON, Alex KUNEC, Eric DEUTSCH
Filed: 5 Nov 20
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Cognitive Alerts Monitoring Systems and Methods
11 Feb 21
Systems for adjusting a drilling operation include a plurality of data sources configured to provide data to a controller and the controller.
Srikanth VALLERU, Namitha VINAY, Jayaprasad JAYABAL
Filed: 7 Aug 19
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Moveable Bop Transport Skid
4 Feb 21
A system for conducting a subterranean operation where the system can include a blowout preventer (BOP) stack, a chassis coupled to the BOP stack, and one or more transport devices coupled to the chassis and configured to transport the chassis and the BOP stack from a first location to a second location.
Padira P. REDDY, Denver C. LEE, Ralph D. SHAMAS, JR., Sean M. BAILEY
Filed: 1 Jul 20
Utility
Spinner with Consumable Sleeve
28 Jan 21
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
Side Saddle Slingshot Continuous Motion Rig
21 Jan 21
A drilling rig includes a rig floor, first and second support structures, a mast, a lower drilling machine, a continuous drilling unit, an upper drilling machine, and an upper mast assembly.
Ashish GUPTA, Padira REDDY, Denver LEE
Filed: 30 Sep 20