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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2014
Applicant:
Tesco Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ryan Thomas Bowley, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Tesco Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/02 (2006.01); E21B 3/025 (2006.01); E21B 47/09 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 3/025 (2013.01); E21B 47/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure is directed to a drilling system including a drill string with two or more drill pipes (e.g., tubular), a drive system configured to rotate the drill string, and a neutral point sub disposed proximate a neutral point of the drill string, where the neutral point sub is configured to detect motion of the drill string.