Patents by Inventor Malini MANOCHA

Malini MANOCHA 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).

  • Patent number: 12618318
    Abstract: A method of using dual-use pump systems to reduce greenhouse emissions and completion costs that includes positioning a first pump system (“FPS”) and a drilling apparatus (“DA”) at a first well pad and a second pump system (“SPS”) at a second well pad. The method includes performing a drilling operation using the FPS and the DA on at the first well pad, and then moving the DA to the second well pad to couple with the SPS. A completion unit is then coupled to the FPS at the first well pad. While the DA performs a drilling operation using the SPS at the second well pad, the completion unit performs a completion operation using the FPS at the first well pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
    Inventors: Frank J. Husband, Malini Manocha, Colin Oliver
  • Publication number: 20260071534
    Abstract: A system and method of building a well construction knowledge mining system using an artificial intelligence ("AI") model and a plurality of databases, the method comprising: accessing, within the plurality of databases, a set of well construction files; wherein the set of well construction files comprise files in a plurality of formats; and wherein the set of well construction files comprise data relating to well construction operations; preprocessing the set of well construction files to generate a training data set, comprising: reformatting at least a portion of the data to standardized machine-readable data; labeling data in the machine-readable files using the model; and cleaning the data; and training the model, using supervised and unsupervised learning and the training data set, to build the well construction knowledge mining system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2024
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Inventor: Malini Manocha
  • Publication number: 20250075608
    Abstract: A method of using dual-use pump systems to reduce greenhouse emissions and completion costs that includes positioning a first pump system (“FPS”) and a drilling apparatus (“DA”) at a first well pad and a second pump system (“SPS”) at a second well pad. The method includes performing a drilling operation using the FPS and the DA on at the first well pad, and then moving the DA to the second well pad to couple with the SPS. A completion unit is then coupled to the FPS at the first well pad. While the DA performs a drilling operation using the SPS at the second well pad, the completion unit performs a completion operation using the FPS at the first well pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Frank J. Husband, Malini Manocha, Colin Oliver
  • Publication number: 20240068351
    Abstract: Method is provided that can include operations for selecting one or more wellbores from a wellbore historical database, retrieving performance data for the one or more wellbores, determining performance indices of the one or more wellbores relative to wellbore depth based on the performance data, determining which of the one or more wellbores performed best at each depth based on the performance indices at each depth for a selected performance criteria, selecting the best performance at each depth from the one or more wellbores, and generating a composite well curve based on the best performance at each depth. A method is provided that can include operations for inputting performance data from multiple wellbores into a machine learning processor, processing the performance data based on a selected performance criteria, and generating an optimized composite well curve along with an optimized set of operational parameters for drilling a future wellbore.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Malini Manocha, Ryan Bott, Vineet Sawant
  • Publication number: 20230205944
    Abstract: A method for simulating a rig operation that can include creating a digital twin of a rig based on a rig plan for assembling/disassembling a rig; simulating, via the digital twin, a list of tasks for assembly/disassembly of rig components to assemble/disassemble the rig at a rig site. Also, a method for simulating and performing a rig operation is provided that can include operations of creating a digital twin of a rig based on a rig plan for the rig, simulating, via the digital twin, the rig plan, where the rig plan can include a list of tasks for moving rig components of the rig, and simulating, via the digital twin, moving the rig components from a first location to a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA, Malini MANOCHA
  • Publication number: 20230205945
    Abstract: A method for simulating a rig operation that can include creating a digital twin of a rig based on a rig plan for assembling/disassembling a rig; simulating, via the digital twin, a list of tasks for assembly/disassembly of rig components to assemble/disassemble the rig at a rig site. Also, a method for simulating and performing a rig operation is provided that can include operations of creating a digital twin of a rig based on a rig plan for the rig, simulating, via the digital twin, the rig plan, where the rig plan can include a list of tasks for moving rig components of the rig, and simulating, via the digital twin, moving the rig components from a first location to a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA, Malini Manocha
  • Publication number: 20230206779
    Abstract: A method for simulating a rig operation that can include creating a digital twin of a rig based on a rig plan for assembling/disassembling a rig; simulating, via the digital twin, a list of tasks for assembly/disassembly of rig components to assemble/disassemble the rig at a rig site. Also, a method for simulating and performing a rig operation is provided that can include operations of creating a digital twin of a rig based on a rig plan for the rig, simulating, via the digital twin, the rig plan, where the rig plan can include a list of tasks for moving rig components of the rig, and simulating, via the digital twin, moving the rig components from a first location to a second location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA, Malini MANOCHA
  • Publication number: 20230099292
    Abstract: An image decoding method may include determining whether at least one of a height and a width of a current coding unit is greater than a predetermined size, obtaining, based on whether the current coding unit is to be split into transform units, a second coded block flag from the bitstream, the second coded block flag indicating whether a block of a luma component included in the at least one transform unit includes at least one transform coefficient in the bitstream, obtaining a residual signal of the block of the luma component included in the at least one transform unit, based on the second coded block flag, reconstructing the current coding unit based on the residual signal, and reconstructing the current image including the current coding unit, based on the reconstructed current coding unit. The split shape mode may indicate at least one of whether to perform splitting, a split direction, and a split type, and the split type may correspond to binary splitting, tri splitting, and quad splitting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Malini MANOCHA, Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA
  • Publication number: 20230098238
    Abstract: A method that can include receiving a digital well plan comprising tool non-specific operations, converting the digital well plan to a digital rig plan, the digital rig plan comprising a plurality of first task lists of tool-specific tasks for a specific rig, with each one of the plurality of first task lists performing at least one of the tool non-specific operations, inserting into the digital rig plan, via a rig controller, at least one alternative list of tool-specific tasks for performing at least one alternative operation, during execution of the digital rig plan, selecting, via the rig controller, the at least one alternative list of tool-specific tasks, and performing, at the rig, the at least one alternative list of tool-specific tasks in response to the selecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Malini MANOCHA, Pradeep ANNAIYAPPA