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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Cameron International Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Matthew Olson, Cypress, TX (US);
Stephen McGuire, Hockley, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 33/064 (2006.01); E21B 33/035 (2006.01); E21B 33/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0085 (2013.01); E21B 33/0355 (2013.01); E21B 33/062 (2013.01); E21B 33/064 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drilling rig includes a rig component, an actuator coupled to the rig component, an electric power storage device coupled to the actuator and configured to cause the actuator to actuate. The actuator, by actuating, may perform a safety function in the rig component. The rig also includes a renewable power generator coupled to the electric power storage device and configured to supply at least some of the electric current to the electric power storage device that is supplied to the actuator.