US 12,065,924 B2
Apparatus for automated slide drilling
Todd W. Benson, Dallas, TX (US); Teddy Chen, Austin, TX (US); Joshua Miles Brinkley, Grand Prairie, TX (US); John Jeremy Cantwell, Fredericksburg, TX (US); Eric Alan Nolte, Denton, TX (US); Robert Tyler Quarles, Dallas, TX (US); Sashmit Bhaduri, Austin, TX (US); Zarko Bizaca, Austin, TX (US); Kevin Mims, Dallas, TX (US); and Brian Stokeld, Dallas, TX (US)
Assigned to MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/299,625.
Application 18/299,625 is a continuation of application No. 17/171,936, filed on Feb. 9, 2021, granted, now 11,661,836.
Application 17/171,936 is a continuation of application No. 16/774,528, filed on Jan. 28, 2020, granted, now 10,954,773, issued on Mar. 23, 2021.
Application 16/774,528 is a continuation of application No. 16/132,256, filed on Sep. 14, 2018, granted, now 10,533,409, issued on Jan. 14, 2020.
Application 16/132,256 is a continuation of application No. 16/101,161, filed on Aug. 10, 2018, granted, now 10,584,574, issued on Mar. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/676,758, filed on May 25, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/543,880, filed on Aug. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0243252 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 44/04 (2006.01); E21B 44/02 (2006.01); E21B 3/02 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 19/00 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 45/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 44/04 (2013.01) [E21B 44/02 (2013.01); E21B 3/022 (2020.05); E21B 7/06 (2013.01); E21B 19/008 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 45/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/003 (2013.01); G01V 2200/16 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
6. A method for slide drilling, the method comprising:
during a first rotary drilling operation of a wellbore, determining by a slide drilling system that a slide drilling operation is to be performed;
determining, by the slide drilling system, a desired torque for the slide drilling operation and sending one or more control signals to establish the desired torque;
engaging a bottom of the wellbore with a drill bit;
beginning the slide drilling operation;
determining, by the slide drilling system, a target toolface for the slide drilling operation;
maintaining, by the slide drilling system, the target toolface during the slide drilling operation;
determining, by the slide drilling system, if the slide drilling operation is complete;
responsive to determining that the slide drilling operation is complete, ceasing the slide drilling operation and beginning a second rotary drilling operation, wherein the method further comprises:
determining, by the slide drilling system, a current toolface;
determining, by the slide drilling system, responsive to the current toolface and the target toolface, a toolface error; and
determining, by the slide drilling system, whether the toolface error exceeds a threshold therefor, wherein the threshold is determined responsive to at least one of rate of penetration (ROP), weight on bit (WOB), and differential pressure (DP).