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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2005
Lawrence A. Denny, Moore, OK (US);
Edward E. Patterson, Humble, TX (US);
Lawrence A. Denny, Moore, OK (US);
Edward E. Patterson, Humble, TX (US);
Den-Con Tool Company, Oklahoma City, OK (US);
Abstract
An oilfield equipment identifying apparatus comprising a computer loaded with an oilfield equipment database. A unique identification code is input into the computer for each piece of oilfield equipment in the drill string to form a reference in the oilfield equipment database to each piece of oilfield equipment in the drill string. A drilling monitoring device receives input signals indicative of at least one of rotating and non-rotating usage of the drill string and output signals to the computer wherein the computer continuously and automatically monitors the cumulative rotating usage and non-rotating usage of each piece of oilfield equipment identified in the drill string.