General Electric Company

Schlumberger Technology Corporation

Stephen Michael Cordes

Thomas Frederick Leininger

Raymond Douglas Steele

Balasubramanian Durairajan

Hsien-Chin William Yen

A ringout detection system may receive a plurality of surface weight-on-bit (SWOB) measurements from a surface weight-on-bit (WOB) sensor and a plurality of downhole weight-on-bit (DWOB) measurements from a downhole WOB sensor. A ringout detection system may identify a decrease in a WOB ratio between the plurality of SWOB measurements and the plurality of DWOB measurements. A ringout detection system may determine that the decrease in the WOB ratio exceeds a WOB ratio threshold. A ringout detection system may identify that ringout has occurred at the reamer based at least in part on the decrease in the WOB ratio.

Detecting ringout on an expandable tool

A continuous slag processing system includes a rotating parallel disc pump, coupled to a motor and a brake. The rotating parallel disc pump includes opposing discs coupled to a shaft, an outlet configured to continuously receive a fluid at a first pressure, and an inlet configured to continuously discharge the fluid at a second pressure less than the first pressure. The rotating parallel disc pump is configurable in a reverse-acting pump mode and a letdown turbine mode. The motor is configured to drive the opposing discs about the shaft and against a flow of the fluid to control a difference between the first pressure and the second pressure in the reverse-acting pump mode. The brake is configured to resist rotation of the opposing discs about the shaft to control the difference between the first pressure and the second pressure in the letdown turbine mode.

System and method for continuous solids slurry depressurization

A system includes a first pump having a first outlet and a first inlet, and a controller. The first pump is configured to continuously receive a flow of a slurry into the first outlet at a first pressure and to continuously discharge the flow of the slurry from the first inlet at a second pressure less than the first pressure. The controller is configured to control a first speed of the first pump against the flow of the slurry based at least in part on the first pressure, wherein the first speed of the first pump is configured to resist a backflow of the slurry from the first outlet to the first inlet.

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Cypress, TX, United States of America

Stephen Michael Cordes