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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1999
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole, Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
702151 ; 702-6 ; 702-9 ; 7315243 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a system and to a method for automatic detection of the precession of an element of a drill string, in particular of the bottomhole assembly of a drill string. The method comprises a stage of surface acquisition of signals linked with the vibration of the end of the drillpipes, automatic processing on at least one signal in order to detect a jump in average and a significant line in the spectrum of the signal. A precession criterion is calculated and an alarm is set off. The invention further relates to a system for detecting the precession of an element of a drill string.