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US 2019/0100988 A1Published application
Pipe tally vision system
AssigneeNabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
InventorsBrian ELLIS, Adam KEITH
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Abstract
A pipe tally vision system may be positioned on a drilling rig. A drill string may be positioned within a wellbore using the drilling rig. The drill string may be observed with the pipe tally system during a wellbore operation. A pipe tally database may be generated by the pipe tally system based on the observations of the drill string made by the pipe tally system and observations may be made as the drill string is moved into or out of the wellbore.
Claims12
A method comprising:
- a) positioning a pipe tally system on a drilling rig;
- b) positioning a drill string within a wellbore using the drilling rig;
- c) moving the drill string into or out of the wellbore;
- d) observing the drill string with the pipe tally system as the drill string moves past the pipe tally system;
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- e) generating a pipe tally database with the pipe tally system using data collected in step d).
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