Automated Tubular Running System with Integrated Thread and Pipe Inspection Using Imaging

A method used in running tubulars, the method comprising:

• initiating make-up of threaded connections between the tubulars with connection equipment;
• capturing, with at least one imaging sensor, visual representations associated with the make-up of the threaded connections;
• receiving, with a control system, assessments of initial ones of the threaded connections, the assessments being user-indicated and being based on at least one connection error associated with the threaded connections;
• training an artificial intelligence model implemented on the control system with the visual representations based on the assessments;
• analyzing, in an analysis with the trained artificial intelligence model implemented in a computing environment, subsequent ones of the visual representations for the at least one connection error associated with subsequent ones of the threaded connections;
• and
• providing, with the control system, outputs indicative of the subsequent ones of the threaded connections based on the analysis.

A system used in running tubulars on a rig, the system comprising:

• at least one imaging sensor being configured to capture at least one visual representation associated with make-up of threaded connections between the tubulars;
• an output interface configured to provide an output on the rig;
• and
• a control system in communication with the at least one imaging sensor and the output interface, the control system being configured to:
• analyze, in an analysis with an artificial intelligence model implemented on the control system, the at least one visual representation for at least one connection error associated with the threaded connection;
• and
• provide, based on the analysis, a result for the threaded connection in the output of the output interface.