Abstract: A system and method for controlling a pump in a drilling system, of which the method includes determining a plurality of baseline behaviors for one or more valves of the pump, determining a plurality of in-use behaviors for the one or more valves of the pump. Each of the plurality of in-use behaviors are determined based on one or more measurements from one or more sensors. The method also includes comparing the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, and forecasting, based on the comparison of the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, a remaining useful life of the at least one of the one or more valves.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a pump in a drilling system, of which the method includes determining a plurality of baseline behaviors for one or more valves of the pump, determining a plurality of in-use behaviors for the one or more valves of the pump. Each of the plurality of in-use behaviors are determined based on one or more measurements from one or more sensors. The method also includes comparing the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, and forecasting, based on the comparison of the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, a remaining useful life of the at least one of the one or more valves.

Abstract: A drilling rig system may include a drilling rig including a plurality of surface rig equipment thereon and a plurality of orientation sensors disposed on the plurality of surface rig equipment. The plurality of orientation sensors may be configured to provide relational positioning of the plurality of surface rig equipment on the drilling rig.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling a pump in a drilling system, of which the method includes determining a plurality of baseline behaviors for one or more valves of the pump, determining a plurality of in-use behaviors for the one or more valves of the pump. Each of the plurality of in-use behaviors are determined based on one or more measurements from one or more sensors. The method also includes comparing the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, and forecasting, based on the comparison of the in-use behaviors and the baseline behaviors, a remaining useful life of the at least one of the one or more valves.

Abstract: Apparatus and methods for utilizing wearable electronic devices at a worksite. A method may include donning an electronic device that contains or is in wireless communication with a processing device that includes a processor and a memory storing computer program code, then performing an action or having an experience, wherein the performed action or experience is detected by the donned electronic device, and then perceiving a sensory signal output by the donned electronic device, wherein the sensory signal output is caused by the processing device based on the detected action or experience.

Abstract: A drilling rig system may include a drilling rig including a plurality of surface rig equipment thereon and a plurality of orientation sensors disposed on the plurality of surface rig equipment. The plurality of orientation sensors may be configured to provide relational positioning of the plurality of surface rig equipment on the drilling rig.

Abstract: Utilizing vision systems at a wellsite, which may include operating a video camera to generate a video signal comprising images of one or more pieces of equipment or components and receiving the video signal by a processing system, which may then process the images to determine physical and/or operational characteristics associated with the one or more pieces of equipment in the images. The video signal may contain images of a crown block and/or a drawworks of a hoisting system at an oil and gas drill rig. The processing system may then process the video signal to determine when a traveling block of the hoisting system is within a threshold distance from the crown block.

Abstract: Utilizing vision systems at a wellsite, which may include operating a video camera to generate a video signal containing images of one or more pieces of equipment or components and receiving the video signal by a processing system, which may then process the images to determine physical and/or operational characteristics associated with the one or more pieces of equipment in the images. The video signal may contain images of a first downhole tubular configured for threadedly coupling with a second downhole tubular and conveyance within a wellbore by an oil and/or gas drilling rig, wherein an outer surface of the first downhole tubular may include a geometric pattern for determining azimuthal orientation of the first downhole tubular. The processing system may then determine the azimuthal orientation of the first downhole tubular based on the images of the geometric pattern.

Abstract: Utilizing vision systems at a wellsite, which may include operating a video camera to generate a video signal comprising images of one or more pieces of equipment or components and receiving the video signal by a processing system, which may then process the images to monitor or determine physical and/or operational characteristics associated with the one or more pieces of equipment in the images. The physical and/or operational characteristics may include wear of a drill bit for drilling wellbores, alignment between pieces of equipment or components at the wellsite, and/or safety compliance at the wellsite.

Abstract: Utilizing vision systems at a wellsite, which may include operating a video camera to generate a video signal comprising images of one or more pieces of equipment or components and receiving the video signal by a processing system, which may then process the images to monitor or determine physical and/or operational characteristics associated with the one or more pieces of equipment in the images. The physical and/or operational characteristics may include amount of stretch of a drill string extending within a wellbore and/or amount of stretch an uppermost tubular of a drill string extending within a wellbore.

Abstract: Methods and systems for validating accuracy of sensor measurements. A system may include a sensor disposed in association with a piece of equipment at an oil and gas wellsite and a processing device having a processor and a memory storing computer program code. The sensor may be operable to output a first measurement while wellsite operations are being performed. The processing device may be operable to compare the first measurement and a second measurement to each other, and determine accuracy of at least one of the first and second measurements based on the comparison.

Abstract: A drilling rig system may include a drilling rig including a plurality of surface rig equipment thereon and a plurality of orientation sensors disposed on the plurality of surface rig equipment. The plurality of orientation sensors may be configured to provide relational positioning of the plurality of surface rig equipment on the drilling rig.

Abstract: A drilling rig system may include a drilling rig including a plurality of surface rig equipment thereon and a plurality of orientation sensors disposed on the plurality of surface rig equipment. The plurality of orientation sensors may be configured to provide relational positioning of the plurality of surface rig equipment on the drilling rig.

Abstract: A drilling rig health management system is used on a drilling rig site including a plurality of rig equipment for drilling rig operations. Additionally, a health management system may be located on the drilling rig site and configured to determine a health index of the plurality of rig equipment. Further, drilling rig health management system may manage a health of rig equipment at the drilling rig site by measuring a health of a plurality of rig equipment with one or more sensors, determining a health index of the plurality of rig equipment, and monitoring the health index.

Abstract: A system for measuring rheological characteristics for drilling muds without the use of a delicate, expensive, or labor-intensive viscometer is disclosed. The system includes a fluid diverter circuit which retrieves a sample of the drilling mud and stores it in a reservoir where the pressure and level of the drilling mud are measured. The reservoir drains through a measurement pipe which enables a calculation of a flow rate. With the dimensions of the measurement pipe, the pressure, and the flow rate, a rheological chart can be assembled. The system can iteratively measure pressure and from the iterative data achieve a non-Newtonian factor, n?, confirm entrance length of the measurement pipe, and confirm that the flow in the measurement pipe is laminar.