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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2019
Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Christopher Magnuson, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Docherty, Houston, TX (US);
Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A system for monitoring a drill string comprising: a plurality of image capture devices disposed around a wellbore and adapted to record images of a portion of the drill string; and a logic device adapted to determine linearity of the portion of the drill string based on a form factor deviation. A method of monitoring a drill string comprising: capturing images of a portion of the drill string with an image capture device; assessing a form factor deviation of the portion of the drill string; and determining a linearity of the portion of the drill string based on the form factor deviation.