Patents by Inventor Craig McCormick
Craig McCormick 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: 12247452Abstract: A pumping system includes a plurality of pumps, each having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly coupled to a hydraulic fluid reservoir. The outlet is fluidly coupled to a control pod having a valve and a pair of sensors monitoring upstream and downstream pressures of the valve. The control pod is fluidly coupled to a subsea blowout preventer. A first motor is coupled to a first pump of the plurality of pumps and sets the first pump at a first predetermined pressure. A controller is coupled to and configured to control the first motor, thereby controlling the first pump. The pumping system is configured to: engage and disengage each pump independently; and de-stroke each pump to limit pressure to the valve, when a predetermined pressure for each pump is attained, thereby reducing fluid hammer at the control pod.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: TRANSOCEAN OFFSHORE DEEPWATER DRILLING INC.Inventors: Craig McCormick, Scott Reynolds, Robert Mebane, Mete Mutlu, Jean Paul Buisine
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Patent number: 12158065Abstract: An end-to-end well construction system includes an e-program for receiving a first input selected from well planning data, rig historical performance data, rig parameters, drilling engineering input, management of change, and a combination thereof, and configured to produce a first output selected from a machine and/or human readable sequence, a time depth curve, a drilling program, and a combination thereof, and a second output including analytics data. Further, the end-to-end well construction system includes a drilling control layer, configured to receive the first output from e-program, and to produce a third output including an automated sequence, and a smart well analytics system configured to receive the analytics data from the e-program and a second input selected from drilling data, downhole data, base data from the e-program, a modeling software, and a combination thereof, and to produce a fourth output to the drilling control layer for automated adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITEDInventors: Barry Braniff, Jason Baker, Michael Coady, Shane Mcclaugherty, Scott McKaig, Luis R. Pereira, Craig Mccormick, Kenny Thomson, Darrel Pelley
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Publication number: 20240309714Abstract: The system for making or breaking the riser includes a robotic system. The robotic system includes one or more robotic arms configured to be disposed on a spider deck, and one or more riser-connection manipulation tools each having a camera and being configured to manipulate a riser connection, the camera being configured to capture an image of an object, wherein each robotic arm is configured to couple to one riser-connection manipulation tool. Further the system for making or breaking the riser includes a control system. The control system includes a robot controller in communication with the one or more robotic arms and configured to control the one or more robotic arms. The system for making or breaking the riser is configured to analyze the image to determine the location and orientation of the object and transmit the location and orientation of the object to the robot controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Inventors: Craig McCormick, Michael Coady, John Martin, James Lippold, Michael Willey, Shane McClaugherty
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Publication number: 20240295171Abstract: An end-to-end well construction system includes an e-program for receiving a first input selected from well planning data, rig historical performance data, rig parameters, drilling engineering input, management of change, and a combination thereof, and configured to produce a first output selected from a machine and/or human readable sequence, a time depth curve, a drilling program, and a combination thereof, and a second output including analytics data. Further, the end-to-end well construction system includes a drilling control layer, configured to receive the first output from e-program, and to produce a third output including an automated sequence, and a smart well analytics system configured to receive the analytics data from the e-program and a second input selected from drilling data, downhole data, base data from the e-program, a modeling software, and a combination thereof, and to produce a fourth output to the drilling control layer for automated adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: September 5, 2024Inventors: Barry BRANIFF, Jason BAKER, Michael COADY, Shane MCCLAUGHERTY, Scott MCKAIG, Luis R. PEREIRA, Craig MCCORMICK, Kenny THOMSON, Darrel PELLEY
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Patent number: 12037865Abstract: This disclosure includes apparatuses and methods for coupling one or more auxiliary lines to a subsea well control assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITEDInventors: John Kozicz, Craig McCormick
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Publication number: 20240229591Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include BOP systems and methods for actuation of a BOP function by manipulating a component associated with a BOP. Embodiments of the disclosed BOP systems and the methods of operation of the BOP systems are further configured to monitor and/or control the actuation of a BOP function, by receiving information related to the actuation from a set of sensors associated with the component. Embodiments of the systems and/or methods include modeling actuation of the component; the actuation of the component being based on analyses derived from the modeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Scott REYNOLDS, Craig MCCORMICK, Robert Eugene MEBANE, III
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Patent number: 12006779Abstract: The system for making or breaking the riser includes a robotic system. The robotic system includes one or more robotic arms configured to be disposed on a spider deck, and one or more riser-connection manipulation tools each having a camera and being configured to manipulate a riser connection, the camera being configured to capture an image of an object, wherein each robotic arm is configured to couple to one riser-connection manipulation tool. Further the system for making or breaking the riser includes a control system. The control system includes a robot controller in communication with the one or more robotic arms and configured to control the one or more robotic arms. The system for making or breaking the riser is configured to analyze the image to determine the location and orientation of the object and transmit the location and orientation of the object to the robot controller.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITED, STEBBINS INNOVATIONS, LLCInventors: Craig McCormick, Michael Coady, John Martin, James Lippold, Michael Willey, Shane McClaugherty
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Publication number: 20240173869Abstract: A system for performing operations on a work center disposed on a drill rig floor includes a robotic system having a base disposed on a track for movement thereon, a robot arm supported on the base, and one or more end effector tools selectively attachable to an end of the robot arm. A control system has a robot controller in communication with the robotic system. The robot controller is configured to command the robotic system to enter a mode for performing a selected operation, command the robot arm to engage one of the one or more end effector tools related to the selected operation from a tool storage, command the robotic system to move along the track to a position adjacent to the work center, and command the robotic system to perform the selected operation at the work center using the robot arm and the engaged end effector tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Craig MCCORMICK, Scott MCKAIG, Brendan B. BRANIFF, Kevin JANDER, Keith BOUGHTON, Travis MCGUIRE, John MARTIN, James LIPPOLD
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Publication number: 20240133262Abstract: Embodiments disclosed include BOP systems and methods for actuation of a BOP function by manipulating a component associated with a BOP. Embodiments of the disclosed BOP systems and the methods of operation of the BOP systems are further configured to monitor and/or control the actuation of a BOP function, by receiving information related to the actuation from a set of sensors associated with the component. Embodiments of the systems and/or methods include modeling actuation of the component; the actuation of the component being based on analyses derived from the modeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Inventors: Scott REYNOLDS, Craig MCCORMICK, Robert Eugene MEBANE, III
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Publication number: 20240003203Abstract: The system for making or breaking the riser includes a robotic system. The robotic system includes one or more robotic arms configured to be disposed on a spider deck, and one or more riser-connection manipulation tools each having a camera and being configured to manipulate a riser connection, the camera being configured to capture an image of an object, wherein each robotic arm is configured to couple to one riser-connection manipulation tool. Further the system for making or breaking the riser includes a control system. The control system includes a robot controller in communication with the one or more robotic arms and configured to control the one or more robotic arms. The system for making or breaking the riser is configured to analyze the image to determine the location and orientation of the object and transmit the location and orientation of the object to the robot controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Craig MCCORMICK, Michael COADY, John MARTIN, James LIPPOLD, Michael WILLEY, Shane MCCLAUGHERTY
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Patent number: 11808132Abstract: An end-to-end well construction system includes an e-program for receiving a first input selected from well planning data, rig historical performance data, rig parameters, drilling engineering input, management of change, and a combination thereof, and configured to produce a first output selected from a machine and/or human readable sequence, a time depth curve, a drilling program, and a combination thereof, and a second output including analytics data. Further, the end-to-end well construction system includes a drilling control layer, configured to receive the first output from e-program, and to produce a third output including an automated sequence, and a smart well analytics system configured to receive the analytics data from the e-program and a second input selected from drilling data, downhole data, base data from the e-program, a modeling software, and a combination thereof, and to produce a fourth output to the drilling control layer for automated adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures LimitedInventors: Barry Braniff, Jason Baker, Michael Coady, Shane McClaugherty, Scott McKaig, Luis R. Pereira, Craig McCormick, Kenny Thomson, Darrel Pelley
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Patent number: 11802460Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for executing an emergency disconnect sequence in shallow water depth includes unlatching a lower marine riser package (LMRP) of a blowout preventer (BOP) from a lower stack of the BOP. The BOP defines a wellbore fluidically coupled to the subsea wellhead. A tubular is disposed within the wellbore. The method further includes shearing the tubular and sealing the wellbore. In response to an indication that a vessel operably coupled to the BOP has failed to keep station, an unlatch sequence and a shear and seal sequence are initiated, such that each sequence occurs at least partially simultaneously. The unlatch sequence includes disconnecting the LMRP from the lower stack, and the shear and seal sequence includes activating the lower stack to shear the tubular in less than about one second and seal the wellbore.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITEDInventors: Craig Mccormick, Scott Reynolds, Darrel Pelley
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Publication number: 20230298111Abstract: Described embodiments relate to a method comprising determining a financial data item of a financial record to be reconciled, determining a candidate accounting record of a plurality of accounting records, and determining an accounting data item of the candidate accounting record, determining, as a first input to a classification model, a first similarity measure indicative of the similarity of the financial data item to the accounting data item, determining, as a second input to the classification model, a second similarity measure indicative of the similarity of the accounting data item to the financial data item, inputting, to the classification model, the first and second inputs, the classification model configured to determine a probability of the financial data item and the accounting data item corresponding to a common transaction, and outputting an indication of the probability of the financial data item and the accounting data item corresponding to a common transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Craig McCormick, Juan Carlos Rada-Vilela, Anastasia Nadine Old, Qiuying Zhang, Stanley Roache, Rodger McNab
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Patent number: 11708729Abstract: The system for making or breaking the riser includes a robotic system. The robotic system includes one or more robotic arms configured to be disposed on a spider deck, and one or more riser-connection manipulation tools each having a camera and being configured to manipulate a riser connection, the camera being configured to capture an image of an object, wherein each robotic arm is configured to couple to one riser-connection manipulation tool. Further the system for making or breaking the riser includes a control system. The control system includes a robot controller in communication with the one or more robotic arms and configured to control the one or more robotic arms. The system for making or breaking the riser is configured to analyze the image to determine the location and orientation of the object and transmit the location and orientation of the object to the robot controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: STEBBINS INNOVATIONS, LLC, TRANSOCEAN SEDCO FOREX VENTURES LIMITEDInventors: Craig McCormick, Michael Coady, John Martin, James Lippold, Michael Willey, Shane McClaugherty
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Publication number: 20230203905Abstract: A pumping system includes a plurality of pumps, each having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly coupled to a hydraulic fluid reservoir. The outlet is fluidly coupled to a control pod having a valve and a pair of sensors monitoring upstream and downstream pressures of the valve. The control pod is fluidly coupled to a subsea blowout preventer. A first motor is coupled to a first pump of the plurality of pumps and sets the first pump at a first predetermined pressure. A controller is coupled to and configured to control the first motor, thereby controlling the first pump. The pumping system is configured to: engage and disengage each pump independently; and de-stroke each pump to limit pressure to the valve, when a predetermined pressure for each pump is attained, thereby reducing fluid hammer at the control pod.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Craig MCCORMICK, Scott REYNOLDS, Robert MEBANE, Mete MUTLU, Jean Paul BUISINE
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Publication number: 20230072336Abstract: The system for making or breaking the riser includes a robotic system. The robotic system includes one or more robotic arms configured to be disposed on a spider deck, and one or more riser-connection manipulation tools each having a camera and being configured to manipulate a riser connection, the camera being configured to capture an image of an object, wherein each robotic arm is configured to couple to one riser-connection manipulation tool. Further the system for making or breaking the riser includes a control system. The control system includes a robot controller in communication with the one or more robotic arms and configured to control the one or more robotic arms. The system for making or breaking the riser is configured to analyze the image to determine the location and orientation of the object and transmit the location and orientation of the object to the robot controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: March 9, 2023Inventors: Craig MCCORMICK, Michael COADY, John MARTIN, James LIPPOLD, Michael WILLEY, Shane MCCLAUGHERTY
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Publication number: 20230067073Abstract: Described embodiments relate to a method comprising determining a financial data item of a financial record to be reconciled, determining a candidate accounting record of a plurality of accounting records, and determining an accounting data item of the candidate accounting record, determining, as a first input to a classification model, a first similarity measure indicative of the similarity of the financial data item to the accounting data item, determining, as a second input to the classification model, a second similarity measure indicative of the similarity of the accounting data item to the financial data item, inputting, to the classification model, the first and second inputs, the classification model configured to determine a probability of the financial data item and the accounting data item corresponding to a common transaction, and outputting an indication of the probability of the financial data item and the accounting data item corresponding to a common transaction.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Craig McCormick, Juan Carlos Rada-Vilela, Anastasia Nadine Old, Qiuying Zhang, Stanley Roache, Rodger McNab
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Patent number: 11499383Abstract: The system for making or breaking the riser includes a robotic system. The robotic system includes one or more robotic arms configured to be disposed on a spider deck, and one or more riser-connection manipulation tools each having a camera and being configured to manipulate a riser connection, the camera being configured to capture an image of an object, wherein each robotic arm is configured to couple to one riser-connection manipulation tool. Further the system for making or breaking the riser includes a control system. The control system includes a robot controller in communication with the one or more robotic arms and configured to control the one or more robotic arms. The system for making or breaking the riser is configured to analyze the image to determine the location and orientation of the object and transmit the location and orientation of the object to the robot controller.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignees: Transocean Sedeo Forex Ventures Limited, Stebbins Innovations, LLCInventors: Craig McCormick, Michael Coady, John Martin, James Lippold, Michael Willey, Shane McClaugherty
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Publication number: 20220341309Abstract: An end-to-end well construction system includes an e-program for receiving a first input selected from well planning data, rig historical performance data, rig parameters, drilling engineering input, management of change, and a combination thereof, and configured to produce a first output selected from a machine and/or human readable sequence, a time depth curve, a drilling program, and a combination thereof, and a second output including analytics data. Further, the end-to-end well construction system includes a drilling control layer, configured to receive the first output from e-program, and to produce a third output including an automated sequence, and a smart well analytics system configured to receive the analytics data from the e-program and a second input selected from drilling data, downhole data, base data from the e-program, a modeling software, and a combination thereof, and to produce a fourth output to the drilling control layer for automated adjustment.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Barry BRANIFF, Jason BAKER, Michael COADY, Shane MCCLAUGHERTY, Scott MCKAIG, Luis R. PEREIRA, Craig MCCORMICK, Kenny THOMSON, Darrel PELLEY
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Publication number: 20220251920Abstract: In some embodiments, a method for executing an emergency disconnect sequence in shallow water depth includes unlatching a lower marine riser package (LMRP) of a blowout preventer (BOP) from a lower stack of the BOP. The BOP defines a wellbore fluidically coupled to the subsea wellhead. A tubular is disposed within the wellbore. The method further includes shearing the tubular and sealing the wellbore. In response to an indication that a vessel operably coupled to the BOP has failed to keep station, an unlatch sequence and a shear and seal sequence are initiated, such that each sequence occurs at least partially simultaneously. The unlatch sequence includes disconnecting the LMRP from the lower stack, and the shear and seal sequence includes activating the lower stack to shear the tubular in less than about one second and seal the wellbore.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicant: Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures LimitedInventors: Craig MCCORMICK, Scott REYNOLDS, Darrel PELLEY