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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Shunfeng Zheng, Katy, TX (US);
Jacques Orban, Katy, TX (US);
Vishwanathan Parmeshwar, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/10 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 19/10 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A slips assembly for a drilling rig and methods. The slips assembly includes a body, a plurality of slips disposed within the body and configured to extend radially inward to engage a tubular, and to retract radially outward to form a gap between the tubular and the plurality of slips, and sensors configured to detect a force on the plurality of slips generated by the plurality of slips engaging the tubular.