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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
May. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Equinor Energy As, Stavanger, NO;
Inventor:
Åsmund Hjulstad, Stavanger, NO;
Assignee:
EQUINOR ENERGY AS, Stavanger, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/05 (2006.01); G05B 17/02 (2006.01); E21B 44/04 (2006.01); G09B 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 44/04 (2013.01); G05B 17/02 (2013.01); G05B 19/05 (2013.01); G09B 7/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of controlling a borehole drilling process including a first set of operations and a second set of operations includes generating and outputting at least one control signal by a drilling control system for controlling at least one control parameter associated with the first set of operations; and, subsequent to an indication that the first set of operations is complete, outputting at least one control signal received from an external system at the drilling control system for controlling at least one control parameter associated with the second set of operations.