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US 2006/0214011 A1Published application
Oilfield equipment identification method and apparatus
AssigneeDen-Con Electronics, Inc.
InventorsLawrence Denny, Edward Patterson
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AssigneeDen-Con Electronics, Inc.
InventorsLawrence Denny, Edward Patterson
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An oilfield equipment identifying apparatus comprising a computer loaded with an oilfield equipment database. A unique identification code is input into the computer for each piece of oilfield equipment in the drill string to form a reference in the oilfield equipment database to each piece of oilfield equipment in the drill string. A drilling monitoring device receives input signals indicative of at least one of rotating and non-rotating usage of the drill string and output signals to the computer wherein the computer continuously and automatically monitors the cumulative rotating usage and non-rotating usage of each piece of oilfield equipment identified in the drill string.
An identifier assembly adapted to be mounted onto a tubular of a drill string to uniquely identify the tubular, the identifier assembly comprising:
An identifier assembly adapted to be mounted onto a tubular of a drill string to uniquely identify the tubular, the identifier assembly comprising:
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