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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Qiming LI, Sugar Land, TX (US);
David Santoso, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Mark Sherman, Houston, TX (US);
Raghu Madhavan, Houston, TX (US);
Randall P. Leblanc, Katy, TX (US);
John A. Thomas, Porter, TX (US);
Joseph Montero, Stafford, TX (US);
Qiming Li, Sugar Land, TX (US);
David Santoso, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Mark Sherman, Houston, TX (US);
Raghu Madhavan, Houston, TX (US);
Randall P. LeBlanc, Katy, TX (US);
John A. Thomas, Porter, TX (US);
Joseph Montero, Stafford, TX (US);
Intelliserv, LLC., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An operation of drilling an earth borehole uses a drilling rig, a drill string of drill pipes having its generally upper end mechanically coupleable with and suspendable from the drilling rig, a drive string portion of the drill string, mechanically coupleable with the topmost drill pipe of said drill string, and a drive mechanism mechanically coupleable with the drive string for rotating the drive string and the drill string. A system for generating electric power in the region of the drive string includes an electric generator, which includes a rotating generator component mounted on said drive string for rotation therewith and a stationary generator component mounted on a stationary portion of the drilling rig. The rotating generator component produces electric power in the region of the drive string.