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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2020

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2018
Applicant:

Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Limited, George Town Grand Cayman, KY;

Inventors:

Trenton K. Martin, Kingwood, TX (US);

John Kozicz, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); E21B 19/16 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 17/00 (2006.01); E21B 44/04 (2006.01); G06F 17/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/006 (2013.01); E21B 17/006 (2013.01); E21B 19/165 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 44/04 (2013.01); G06F 17/40 (2013.01);
Abstract

A tubular connection made during various oil and/or gas operations such as a tripping operation can be identified based on received data such as hookload and/or block position data. A type of tubular connected can also identified by comparing hookload and/or block position data to a tubular specification database. The identification of the tubular connection and/or type of tubular connected can be used to measure a machine sequence, such as a tripping sequence. The measurement of the machine sequence can be used to optimize an operation such as a tripping or drilling operation.


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