INSTRUMENTED SUB
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    发明公开
    INSTRUMENTED SUB 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240200437A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-20

    申请号:US18540539

    申请日:2023-12-14

    IPC分类号: E21B44/04 E21B47/007

    CPC分类号: E21B44/04 E21B47/007

    摘要: An instrumented sub is provided that can include an upper portion and a lower portion of a body, the body having a flow passage extending through the upper portion and the lower portion, and an instrumented clamp that can be removably attached to the body between the upper portion and the lower portion, where the instrumented clamp can be electrically coupled to the body via a first electrical coupling of the instrumented clamp being mated to a second electrical coupling mounted to the body. A method is also provided for attaching an instrumented clamp to a body before or after the body is coupled to the top drive, transmitting signals between the instrumented clamp and a rig controller; and removing the instrumented clamp from the body while the body remains coupled to the top drive.

    Gamma ray logging tool with detector window

    公开(公告)号:US11940591B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-26

    申请号:US17305741

    申请日:2021-07-14

    IPC分类号: G01V5/12 E21B47/01

    CPC分类号: G01V5/12 E21B47/01

    摘要: A system including a logging tool that can detect gamma rays in a wellbore, where the logging tool can have a window formed in an outer surface of a drill collar that allows increased sensitivity of a gamma ray detector assembly housed within the drill collar, with a body of the drill collar radially surrounding the gamma ray detector assembly, where the window can be filled with a material, and where the windows provide increased sensitivity to gamma rays in a wellbore in an azimuthal direction allowing azimuthal mapping of the gamma rays in formation surrounding the wellbore.

    Method and apparatus for testing and confirming a successful downlink to a rotary steerable system

    公开(公告)号:US11913308B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-27

    申请号:US17235324

    申请日:2021-04-20

    摘要: A method that includes an electronic application identifying a downlink sequence for execution by a surface control system of a drilling rig, with the sequence including target output values of a mud pump system and/or a drive system. The method includes instructing the control system to operate in accordance with the sequence. The application receives measured output values of the mud pump system and/or the drive system and calculates differences between the target and measured output values. When the differences are within a level of tolerance, then the application identifies the control system as compliant; and when the differences are greater than the level of tolerance, then the application identifies the control system as non-compliant. The method also includes the application receiving data from a BHA of the drilling rig and determining, based on the data received, if a downlink to the BHA was successful.

    METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STEERING A BIT USING A QUILL AND BASED ON LEARNED RELATIONSHIPS

    公开(公告)号:US20240044241A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-08

    申请号:US18351250

    申请日:2023-07-12

    IPC分类号: E21B44/02 E21B7/04

    CPC分类号: E21B44/02 E21B7/04

    摘要: A method of using a quill to steer a bit when elongating a wellbore, with the method including receiving real-time data associated with elongating the wellbore, wherein the real-time data associated with elongating the wellbore comprises data associated with: actual toolface orientation; surface-measured mud motor ΔP; surface-measured quill torque; surface-measured weight-on-bit (“WOB”); and surface-measured quill position; learning, based on the real-time data, relationships between: surface-measured mud motor ΔP and surface-measured torque; changes in surface-measured WOB and surface-measured torque; and changes in surface-measured quill position and actual toolface orientation; accessing, after learning the relationships, a desired toolface orientation; comparing, by the controller, the desired toolface orientation and the actual toolface orientation; and affecting, by the controller and based on the comparison and the learned relationships, a first change of the quill position and one or more of: mud motor ΔP; surface-measured quill torque; or WOB.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT A STEERING COMMAND FOR A ROTARY STEERABLE SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20230279765A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-07

    申请号:US17684659

    申请日:2022-03-02

    IPC分类号: E21B44/00 E21B7/04 E21B47/024

    CPC分类号: E21B44/00 E21B7/04 E21B47/024

    摘要: A method of identifying a steering command for a rotary steerable system (“RSS”) that includes identifying, by one or more processors, a solution arc for an upcoming drilling segment; automatically identifying, by the one or more processors and in response to the identification of the solution arc, the steering command for the RSS; and automatically identifying, by the one or more processor and in response to the identification of the steering command, downlink commands to be sent to the RSS. Automatically identifying, by the one or more processors and in response to the identification of the solution arc, the steering command for the RSS comprises: accessing a table that models a relationship between dogleg severity and a percentage of steering force; and identifying, using the table, the target steering force associated with the target dogleg severity.