Inventor
GILLAN COLIN
US20 patents
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NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC
16 patentsUS10508530B2Dec 17, 2019
Systems, devices, and methods for generating an adjusted ideal drilling path
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC8 citations83
US11434743B2Sep 6, 2022
Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC1 citations72
US10851640B2Dec 1, 2020
Nonstop transition from rotary drilling to slide drilling
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC3 citations72
US10961837B2Mar 30, 2021
Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatus
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC5 citations71
US11143011B2Oct 12, 2021
Real-time modification of a slide drilling segment based on continuous downhole data
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC2 citations70
US11970929B2Apr 30, 2024
Methods and apparatus to create and implement a steering command for a rotary steerable system
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC2 citations63
US12264573B2Apr 1, 2025
Method and apparatus for steering a bit using a quill and based on learned relationships
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations61
US11236601B2Feb 1, 2022
System and method of automating a slide drilling operation
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations61
US10731453B2Aug 4, 2020
System and method of automating a slide drilling operation
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC1 citations61
US11473417B2Oct 18, 2022
Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatus
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations60
US11725494B2Aug 15, 2023
Method and apparatus for automatically modifying a drilling path in response to a reversal of a predicted trend
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations51
US11111770B2Sep 7, 2021
Automated steering using operating constraints
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations50
US12385373B2Aug 12, 2025
Methods and apparatus for creating and using a multi-dimensional data matrix to identify an optimum rotary steerable system setting
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations47
US12060788B2Aug 13, 2024
Avoiding collision with offset well(s) having a trajectory, or trajectories, closing on a drilling well
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations47
US11136882B2Oct 5, 2021
Automated drilling instructions for steerable drilling systems
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations41
US10794169B2Oct 6, 2020
Systems, devices, and methods for generating drilling windows
NABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC0 citations41
CANRIG DRILLING TECH LTD
3 patentsUS9784089B2Oct 10, 2017
Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods
CANRIG DRILLING TECH LTD46 citations96
US9290995B2Mar 22, 2016
Drill string oscillation methods
CANRIG DRILLING TECH LTD27 citations93
US10094209B2Oct 9, 2018
Drill pipe oscillation regime for slide drilling
CANRIG DRILLING TECH LTD21 citations92