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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2010
Joseph Prem Ebenezer, Houston, TX (US);
Joseph Prem Ebenezer, Houston, TX (US);
Hydrill USA Manufacturing LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A rig control interface, system, and method. The rig control interface includes an emergency disconnect sequence button configured to initiate an emergency disconnect sequence signal to be sent to multiplex pods resulting in an emergency disconnect sequence including a plurality of functions being performed by devices in one or both of a lower marine riser package and a blowout preventer stack; and an emergency disconnect sequence timer display triggered by initiation of the emergency disconnect sequence signal, the emergency disconnect sequence timer display configured to indicate one or both of time elapsed after initiation of the emergency disconnect sequence signal and a status of the plurality of functions being performed by the devices in the one or both of the lower marine riser package and the blowout preventer stack.