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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:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Applicants:
Michael Niedermayr, Stafford, TX (US);
Mitchell D. Pinckard, Houston, TX (US);
Gerhard P. Glaser, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Michael Niedermayr, Stafford, TX (US);
Mitchell D. Pinckard, Houston, TX (US);
Gerhard P. Glaser, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Noble Drilling Services Inc., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B044/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An automated method and system for determining the state of a drilling or other suitable well operations includes storing a plurality of states for the well operation. Mechanical and hydraulic data is received for the well operation. Based on the mechanical and hydraulic data, one of the states is automatically selected as the state of the well operation. Process evaluation may be performed based on the state of the well operation.