Inventor
VAN STEENWYK DONALD H
US39 patents
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SCIENT DRILLING INT
20 patentsUS5130706AJul 14, 1992
Direct switching modulation for electromagnetic borehole telemetry
SCIENT DRILLING INT122 citations98
US6396276B1May 28, 2002
Apparatus and method for electric field telemetry employing component upper and lower housings in a well pipestring
SCIENT DRILLING INT91 citations96
US6188223B1Feb 13, 2001
Electric field borehole telemetry
SCIENT DRILLING INT90 citations96
US5883516AMar 16, 1999
Apparatus and method for electric field telemetry employing component upper and lower housings in a well pipestring
SCIENT DRILLING INT137 citations96
US5389003AFeb 14, 1995
Wireline wet connection
SCIENT DRILLING INT69 citations94
US5836353ANov 17, 1998
Valve assembly for borehole telemetry in drilling fluid
SCIENT DRILLING INT36 citations93
US7518528B2Apr 14, 2009
Electric field communication for short range data transmission in a borehole
SCIENT DRILLING INT18 citations92
US7287605B2Oct 30, 2007
Steerable drilling apparatus having a differential displacement side-force exerting mechanism
SCIENT DRILLING INT30 citations92
US6698516B2Mar 2, 2004
Method for magnetizing wellbore tubulars
SCIENT DRILLING INT29 citations92
US5960370ASep 28, 1999
Method to determine local variations of the earth's magnetic field and location of the source thereof
SCIENT DRILLING INT41 citations92
US5590714AJan 7, 1997
Multi-mode cushioning an instrument suspended in a well
SCIENT DRILLING INT20 citations92
US5520246AMay 28, 1996
Multi-mode cushioning an instrument suspended in a well
SCIENT DRILLING INT29 citations92
US5366018ANov 22, 1994
Miniature rope socket assembly for combined mechanical and electrical connection in a borehole wireline
SCIENT DRILLING INT29 citations92
US5740127AApr 14, 1998
Pulse production and control in drill strings
SCIENT DRILLING INT65 citations91
US6816788B2Nov 9, 2004
Inertially-stabilized magnetometer measuring apparatus for use in a borehole rotary environment
SCIENT DRILLING INT31 citations90
US6651496B2Nov 25, 2003
Inertially-stabilized magnetometer measuring apparatus for use in a borehole rotary environment
SCIENT DRILLING INT43 citations90
US6608565B1Aug 19, 2003
Downward communication in a borehole through drill string rotary modulation
SCIENT DRILLING INT42 citations89
US5507348AApr 16, 1996
Apparatus for locking wire line instrument to drill collar
SCIENT DRILLING INT15 citations73
US7576532B2Aug 18, 2009
Motion transducer for motion related to the direction of the axis of an eddy-current displacement sensor
SCIENT DRILLING INT7 citations66
US7225888B1Jun 5, 2007
Hydraulic fluid coupling
SCIENT DRILLING INT2 citations59
APPLIED TECH ASS
12 patentsUS5720345AFeb 24, 1998
Casing joint detector
APPLIED TECH ASS106 citations98
US4920655AMay 1, 1990
High speed well surveying and land navigation
APPLIED TECH ASS39 citations93
US4833787AMay 30, 1989
High speed well surveying and land navigation
APPLIED TECH ASS26 citations93
US4706388ANov 17, 1987
Borehole initial alignment and change determination
APPLIED TECH ASS28 citations93
US4611405ASep 16, 1986
High speed well surveying
APPLIED TECH ASS54 citations93
US4468863ASep 4, 1984
High speed well surveying
APPLIED TECH ASS40 citations93
US4293046AOct 6, 1981
Survey apparatus, method employing angular accelerometer
APPLIED TECH ASS40 citations93
US5725061AMar 10, 1998
Downhole drill bit drive motor assembly with an integral bilateral signal and power conduction path
APPLIED TECH ASS104 citations92
US4471533ASep 18, 1984
Well mapping system and method with sensor output compensation
APPLIED TECH ASS38 citations92
US4297790ANov 3, 1981
Survey apparatus and method employing rate-of-turn and free gyroscopes
APPLIED TECH ASS48 citations90
US7434482B1Oct 14, 2008
Feedback-controlled piezoelectric force measuring apparatus
APPLIED TECH ASS8 citations72
US4459760AJul 17, 1984
Apparatus and method to communicate information in a borehole
APPLIED TECH ASS16 citations71
APPLIED TECH ASSOC
3 patentsUS4199869AApr 29, 1980
Mapping apparatus employing two input axis gyroscopic means
APPLIED TECH ASSOC60 citations95
US4197654AApr 15, 1980
Survey apparatus and method employing all latitude, all attitude gyrocompassing
APPLIED TECH ASSOC35 citations89
US4192077AMar 11, 1980
Survey apparatus and method employing rate-of-turn and free gyroscopes
APPLIED TECH ASSOC18 citations71