Patents by Inventor Bhargavkumar PATEL

Bhargavkumar PATEL 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).

  • Capture and use of waste energy
    Patent number: 11946357
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that can include operating a first rig component at a first location, capturing waste energy from the first rig component at the first location, and redirecting the waste energy to another rig component, another location, or a combination thereof. A method of operating a drilling rig can include operations of determining a power usage profile for a rig based on a digital rig plan; predicting waste energy to be generated during execution of the digital rig plan; and modifying the power usage profile for the rig and the digital rig plan based on the predicted waste energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Brenton Norton, Ashish Gupta, Bhargavkumar Patel
  • CAPTURE AND USE OF WASTE ENERGY
    Publication number: 20230059636
    Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed that can include operating a first rig component at a first location, capturing waste energy from the first rig component at the first location, and redirecting the waste energy to another rig component, another location, or a combination thereof. A method of operating a drilling rig can include operations of determining a power usage profile for a rig based on a digital rig plan; predicting waste energy to be generated during execution of the digital rig plan; and modifying the power usage profile for the rig and the digital rig plan based on the predicted waste energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Brenton NORTON, Ashish GUPTA, Bhargavkumar PATEL