US 12,462,364 B2
Reducing the risk of dropped strings though the implementation of image processing
Euan Martin Murdoch, Aberdeenshire (GB)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/344,557.
Prior Publication US 2025/0005728 A1, Jan. 2, 2025
Int. Cl. G06T 7/00 (2017.01); E21B 19/06 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01)
CPC G06T 7/0002 (2013.01) [E21B 19/06 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06V 10/764 (2022.01); G06T 2207/20081 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
obtaining, using a camera, a plurality of images of a rotary table, a lower elevator latching position, and an upper elevator position from a rig;
analyzing, using a computer processor, the plurality of images of the rotary table, the lower elevator latching position, and the upper elevator position with an artificial intelligence (AI) model to detect a type of the elevators and a latching string component;
determining, using the computer processor, an operability of the elevators and an operability of the latching string component;
determining, using the computer processor, a compatibility between the latching string component and the elevators; and
generating, using the computer processor, an instruction based on the determined compatibility, the instruction allowing a latching or lifting process to continue or initiating an interlock to stop the latching process or preventing blocks from being raised and lifting the string.