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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:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2008
Applicants:
Charles H. King, Austin, TX (US);
Eric E. Maidla, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Charles H. King, Austin, TX (US);
Eric E. Maidla, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nexen Data Solutions, Inc., Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/00 (2006.01); E02B 17/00 (2006.01); E02B 17/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for monitoring auxiliary operations on a drilling unit includes at least one sensor configured to measure a parameter related to a start time and a stop time of at least one auxiliary operation on the drilling unit. The system includes a data acquisition device configured to determine a start time and a stop time of the at least one auxiliary operation from measurements made by the at least one sensor. The data acquisition device includes a data recorder for recording elapsed time between the start time and the stop time.