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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2016
Applicant:
National Oilwell Varco, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Age Kyllingstad, Algard, NO;
Assignee:
National Oilwell Varco, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 13/02 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 3/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/05 (2006.01); G05B 19/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 3/00 (2013.01); E21B 41/0092 (2013.01); G05B 19/05 (2013.01); G05B 19/02 (2013.01); G05B 2219/13095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for damping stick-slip oscillations in a drill string. In one embodiment a method includes damping the stick-slip oscillations using a drilling mechanism at the top of said drill string. The speed of rotation of the drilling mechanism is controlled using a PI controller. The control is characterized by tuning the PI controller so that the drilling mechanism absorbs most torsional energy from the drill string at a frequency that is at or near a frequency of the stick-slip oscillations.