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Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 05, 2019
Applicant:

Nabors Drilling Technologies Usa, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Christopher Magnuson, Houston, TX (US);

Mark Docherty, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/247 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/247 (2013.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); G06T 7/001 (2013.01); H04N 7/18 (2013.01);
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.


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