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US 11,901,800 B1Granted
Generating electricity with a magnetic drill pipe
AssigneeSaudi Arabian Oil Company
InventorAhmed Abdulaziz Al-Mousa
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Abstract
A drilling rig system and a method for generating electricity with a magnetic drill pipe. The drilling rig has a rig floor, a derrick extending upwards from the rig floor, and a drive mechanism. A stator is fixed in position relative to the rig floor. At least one section of magnetic drill pipe extends through the stator. The drive mechanism is coupled and rotates the magnetic drill pipe. An electrical storage device is electrically coupled to the stator.
Claims20
A drilling rig comprising:
- a rig floor;
- a derrick extending upwards from the rig floor;
- a stator coupled to the drilling rig and fixed in position relative to the rig floor;
- at least one section of magnetic drill pipe extending through the stator, the stator configured to generate electricity responsive to a movement of the magnetic drill pipe;
- a drive mechanism coupled to the at least one section of magnetic drill pipe to rotate the at least one section of magnetic drill pipe;
- and
- an electrical storage device electrically coupled to the stator.
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A method for generating electricity on a drilling rig, the method comprising:
- attaching a bottom hole assembly comprising a drill bit to at least one section of magnetic drill pipe;
- inserting the bottom hole assembly into a wellbore;
- positioning the at least one section of magnetic drill pipe through a stator coupled to the drilling rig and fixed in position relative to a rig floor of the drilling rig;
- rotating the bottom hole assembly and the at least one section of magnetic drill pipe relative to the stator fixed in position relative to the rig floor;
- simultaneously, in response to rotating the at least one section of magnetic drill pipe relative to the stator, generating electricity and in response to rotating the bottom hole assembly, drilling a length of the wellbore;
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- storing the electricity generated by the rotation of the at least one section of magnetic drill pipe relative to the stator.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.