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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2019
Applicant:
Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Scott Gilbert Boone, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/02 (2006.01); E21B 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 7/022 (2013.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); E21B 41/0092 (2013.01); E21B 7/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods for controlling activities on a drilling rig are described. The methods include installing a control system operably coupled to the drilling rig and having a user interface, receiving operational guidelines from the user interface that include a plurality of control limits associated with operational parameters of the rig, monitoring current values of the operational parameters, and automatically applying the control limits to the operational parameters during operation of the rig.