Patents by Inventor Kameron Wayne Konduc
Kameron Wayne Konduc has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11549337Abstract: A drilling rig may include a detachable, modular cellar arranged beneath a drill floor of the drilling rig. The cellar may be or include a cellar trailer and it may also be configured to house drilling equipment, such as well head equipment and/or one or more blowout preventers. The cellar trailer may provide work areas, such that the well head equipment may be prepared, tested, or generally operated within the cellar trailer. The cellar trailer may additionally be configured to provide stiffening support to the drill floor in order to mitigate deflection of the drill floor during drilling operations. The stiffening support may be provided by a shear wall extending from the cellar trailer. The cellar trailer may be towable. The cellar trailer may additionally be skiddable and/or walkable.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: NOV CANADA ULCInventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Randy Steven Stoik, Roman Konowalec, Jonathon Douglas Callaghan, Li Liu, David Frederick Chalus
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Patent number: 11454067Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular drilling cellar configured to be arranged beneath a drill floor of a drilling rig. The cellar may have a housing for storing well head equipment and a drill floor support structure. The drill floor support structure may have a pair of support legs, each leg may have an extension portion, a column portion, and a bearing foot. Each of the extension portion and column portion may be configured to be arranged in a reading position and an operating position.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: NOV CANADA ULCInventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Randy Steven Stoik, Jonathan Douglas Callaghan
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Patent number: 11274465Abstract: Disclosed are tower erection systems and tower climbing systems and associated methods of operation. A tower erection system, in accordance with various embodiments, includes a ground-installed lifting structure, and a lifting frame configured to latch onto individual tower sections and traveling vertically inside the ground-installed lifting structure, lifted by a winch-and-cable or other lifting mechanism. Using this system, a tower may be assembled from multiple sections from the top down. A tower climbing system, in accordance with various embodiments, includes upper and lower climbers that can latch onto the lateral surface of a tower and a lifting mechanism that can move the climbers vertically relative to each other. The system can be used to carry a crane or other heavy equipment up and down along the tower. A climbing crane may be used, for example, during tower construction, or to reach the top of the tower for maintenance or repair.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: NOV CANADA ULCInventor: Kameron Wayne Konduc
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Publication number: 20210207359Abstract: A mobile factory may include a plurality of over-the-road collapsible and expandable modules configured for arrangement adjacent one another to form a fabrication space. The fabrication space may include a welding station, an inspection station, an overhead material handling system, and a rail system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventor: Kameron Wayne Konduc
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Publication number: 20210207393Abstract: Disclosed are tower erection systems and tower climbing systems and associated methods of operation. A tower erection system, in accordance with various embodiments, includes a ground-installed lifting structure, and a lifting frame configured to latch onto individual tower sections and traveling vertically inside the ground-installed lifting structure, lifted by a winch-and-cable or other lifting mechanism. Using this system, a tower may be assembled from multiple sections from the top down. A tower climbing system, in accordance with various embodiments, includes upper and lower climbers that can latch onto the lateral surface of a tower and a lifting mechanism that can move the climbers vertically relative to each other. The system can be used to carry a crane or other heavy equipment up and down along the tower. A climbing crane may be used, for example, during tower construction, or to reach the top of the tower for maintenance or repair.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Inventor: Kameron Wayne Konduc
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Publication number: 20210172260Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a modular drilling cellar configured to be arranged beneath a drill floor of a drilling rig. The cellar may have a housing for storing well head equipment and a drill floor support structure. The drill floor support structure may have a pair of support legs, each leg may have an extension portion, a column portion, and a bearing foot. Each of the extension portion and column portion may be configured to be arranged in a reading position and an operating position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 6, 2019Publication date: June 10, 2021Inventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Randy Steven Stoik, Jonathan Douglas Callaghan
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Patent number: 11021186Abstract: A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignee: DRECO ENERGY SERVICES ULCInventors: Van Hy Nguyen, Roman Konowalec, Donald Leonard Burlet, Kameron Wayne Konduc, Timothy H. Watson, Bogdan Bodnar
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Publication number: 20210025263Abstract: A drilling rig may include a detachable, modular cellar arranged beneath a drill floor of the drilling rig. The cellar may be or include a cellar trailer and it may also be configured to house drilling equipment, such as well head equipment and/or one or more blowout preventers. The cellar trailer may provide work areas, such that the well head equipment may be prepared, tested, or generally operated within the cellar trailer. The cellar trailer may additionally be configured to provide stiffening support to the drill floor in order to mitigate deflection of the drill floor during drilling operations. The stiffening support may be provided by a shear wall extending from the cellar trailer. The cellar trailer may be towable. The cellar trailer may additionally be skiddable and/or walkable.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Inventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Randy Steven Stoik, Roman Konowalec, Jonathon Douglas Callaghan, Li Liu, David Frederick Chalus
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Patent number: 10822924Abstract: A drilling rig may include a detachable, modular cellar arranged beneath a drill floor of the drilling rig. The cellar may be or include a cellar trailer and it may also be configured to house drilling equipment, such as well head equipment and/or one or more blowout preventers. The cellar trailer may provide work areas, such that the well head equipment may be prepared, tested, or generally operated within the cellar trailer. The cellar trailer may additionally be configured to provide stiffening support to the drill floor in order to mitigate deflection of the drill floor during drilling operations. The stiffening support may be provided by a shear wall extending from the cellar trailer. The cellar trailer may be towable. The cellar trailer may additionally be skiddable and/or walkable.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2017Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO, L.P.Inventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Randy Steven Stoik, Roman Konowalec, Jonathon Douglas Callaghan, Li Liu, David Frederick Chalus
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Patent number: 10471986Abstract: A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2016Date of Patent: November 12, 2019Assignee: DRECO ENERGY SERVICES ULCInventors: Van Hy Nguyen, Roman Konowalec, Donald Leonard Burlet, Kameron Wayne Konduc, Timothy H. Watson, Bogdan Bodnar
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Patent number: 10465377Abstract: The present disclosure, in one or more embodiments, relates to a drilling rig with a self-elevating drill floor. The drilling rig may have one or more jacking systems that may operate to raise the drill floor. The one or more jacking systems may raise the drill floor to a height sufficient to accommodate a substructure such as a substructure box. A substructure box may be placed, and the one or more jacking systems may lower the drill floor onto the substructure box. Substructure boxes may be placed beneath the drill floor, using the one or more jacking systems, until a desired drill floor height is reached. In some embodiments, the one or more jacking systems may additionally operate to move the drilling rig, for example between adjacent wells on a pad drilling site. The jacking systems may operate to move the drilling rig using walking feet or another mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.Inventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Elijah Jakobsohn, Brian Daniel Winter
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Publication number: 20190233006Abstract: A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Van Hy Nguyen, Roman Konowalec, Donald Leonard Burlet, Kameron Wayne Konduc, Timothy H. Watson, Bogdan Bodnar
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Patent number: 10293854Abstract: A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Assignee: Dreco Energy Services ULCInventors: Van Hy Nguyen, Roman Konowalec, Donald Leonard Burlet, Kameron Wayne Konduc, Timothy H. Watson, Bogdan Bodnar
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Patent number: 10094136Abstract: A transportable drilling rig having a self-elevating drill floor includes a base structure comprising multiple base towers that can be transported to a wellsite and positioned around an intended wellbore location. A horizontal base frame is installed between lower regions of the towers to form a stable rig base structure, and a drill floor can then be constructed over the base frame and between the base towers. A suitable rig mast can then be erected on the drill floor. Floor-lifting cables are anchored to upper regions of the base towers and disposable around corresponding sheave assemblies associated with the drill floor. The free ends of the floor-lifting cables can be engaged by the traveling block in the rig mast, whereupon the rig's drawworks can be actuated to elevate the drill floor and mast as required and then locked to the base towers.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2016Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: DRECO ENERGY SERVICES ULCInventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Donald Leonard Burlet
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Publication number: 20180251970Abstract: The present disclosure, in one or more embodiments, relates to a drilling rig with a self-elevating drill floor. The drilling rig may have one or more jacking systems that may operate to raise the drill floor. The one or more jacking systems may raise the drill floor to a height sufficient to accommodate a substructure such as a substructure box. A substructure box may be placed, and the one or more jacking systems may lower the drill floor onto the substructure box. Substructure boxes may be placed beneath the drill floor, using the one or more jacking systems, until a desired drill floor height is reached. In some embodiments, the one or more jacking systems may additionally operate to move the drilling rig, for example between adjacent wells on a pad drilling site. The jacking systems may operate to move the drilling rig using walking feet or another mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2018Publication date: September 6, 2018Applicant: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.Inventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Elijah Jakobsohn, Brian Daniel Winter
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Patent number: 9988807Abstract: The present disclosure, in one or more embodiments, relates to a drilling rig with a self-elevating drill floor. The drilling rig may have one or more jacking systems that may operate to raise the drill floor. The one or more jacking systems may raise the drill floor to a height sufficient to accommodate a substructure such as a substructure box. A substructure box may be placed, and the one or more jacking systems may lower the drill floor onto the substructure box. Substructure boxes may be placed beneath the drill floor, using the one or more jacking systems, until a desired drill floor height is reached. In some embodiments, the one or more jacking systems may additionally operate to move the drilling rig, for example between adjacent wells on a pad drilling site. The jacking systems may operate the move the drilling rig using walking feet or another movement mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.Inventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Elijah Jakobsohn, Brian Daniel Winter
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Patent number: 9970211Abstract: A system for supporting and transporting a drilling rig. The system may have a pair of rails, wherein each rail has a plurality of rail segments and a plurality of connections between the segments. Moreover, each connection may have a plurality of interlocking lugs secured with a shear pin and opposing abutment faces, such that each connection may be configured to transfer moment and shear forces between adjacent rail segments. In some embodiments, the each rail segment may be configured to support a point load of up to 1000 kips. In some embodiments, each rail segment may have a protruding connector and a receiving connector, and each connection may include the protruding connector of a first segment and the receiving connector of a second segment. In some embodiments, a portion of each connection may be configured for tension loading and another portion may be configured for compression loading.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: Dreco Energy Services ULCInventors: Kameron Wayne Konduc, Yury Lugovtsov
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Publication number: 20180093706Abstract: A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Van Hy Nguyen, Roman Konowalec, Donald Leonard Burlet, Kameron Wayne Konduc, Timothy H. Watson, Bogdan Bodnar
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Publication number: 20180093705Abstract: A drill rig with a steering system may include a substructure having a wheelhouse, a drill floor arranged atop the substructure, a mast extending upwardly and above the drill floor, and a steering system arranged within the wheelhouse. The steering system may include a wheel assembly comprising an electric motor configured for driving rotational motion of a wheel, a deployment device configuring for deploying the wheel assembly to carry the drill rig, and a steering mechanism configured for selective engagement with the wheel assembly and rotating the wheel assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2016Publication date: April 5, 2018Inventors: Van Hy Nguyen, Roman Konowalec, Donald Leonard Burlet, Kameron Wayne Konduc, Timothy H. Watson, Bogdan Bodnar
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Patent number: 9896887Abstract: A method includes coupling a plurality of outriggers to a drill rig structure, supporting the weight of the drill rig structure with the plurality of outriggers, and moving the drill rig structure while supporting the weight with the plurality of outriggers.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: National Oilwell Varco, L.P.Inventors: Ron Sorokan, Kameron Wayne Konduc