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Colin Gillan
Also filed as: GILLAN COLIN · GILLAN COLIN J · GILLAN COLIN JAMES
24 granted patents·1 pending application·273 citations·filing 2008–2023
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25 records- 0198US9784089B2Automated directional drilling apparatus and methodsCANRIG DRILLING TECH LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 10, 2017·46 cites·22 claims
- 0298US9784035B2Drill pipe oscillation regime and torque controller for slide drillingCANRIG DRILLING TECH LTD·Filed 2015·Granted Oct 10, 2017·27 cites·20 claims
- 0395US9290995B2Drill string oscillation methodsCANRIG DRILLING TECH LTD·Filed 2012·Granted Mar 22, 2016·27 cites·18 claims
- 0494US8672055B2Automated directional drilling apparatus and methodsBOONE SCOTT GILBERT·Filed 2008·Granted Mar 18, 2014·71 cites·39 claims
- 0593US8510081B2Drilling scorecardBOONE SCOTT G·Filed 2009·Granted Aug 13, 2013·57 cites·19 claims
- 0692US10508530B2Systems, devices, and methods for generating an adjusted ideal drilling pathNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Dec 17, 2019·8 cites·18 claims
- 0791US10094209B2Drill pipe oscillation regime for slide drillingCANRIG DRILLING TECH LTD·Filed 2014·Granted Oct 9, 2018·21 cites·24 claims
- 0887US10961837B2Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatusNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Mar 30, 2021·5 cites·16 claims
- 0985US11434743B2Automated directional drilling apparatus and methodsNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2021·Granted Sep 6, 2022·1 cites·19 claims
- 1082US11970929B2Methods and apparatus to create and implement a steering command for a rotary steerable systemNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2022·Granted Apr 30, 2024·2 cites·20 claims
- 1182US10851640B2Nonstop transition from rotary drilling to slide drillingNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Dec 1, 2020·3 cites·21 claims
- 1278US12264573B2Method and apparatus for steering a bit using a quill and based on learned relationshipsNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2023·Granted Apr 1, 2025·0 cites·20 claims
- 1373US11174718B2Automatic steering instructions for directional motor drillingNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Nov 16, 2021·2 cites·8 claims
- 1472US11143011B2Real-time modification of a slide drilling segment based on continuous downhole dataNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Oct 12, 2021·2 cites·17 claims
- 1567US10731453B2System and method of automating a slide drilling operationNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Aug 4, 2020·1 cites·20 claims
- 1660US11473417B2Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatusNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2021·Granted Oct 18, 2022·0 cites·19 claims
- 1759US2018003026A1Automated directional drilling apparatus and methodsNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2017·Application pending·0 cites
- 1857US11236601B2System and method of automating a slide drilling operationNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2020·Granted Feb 1, 2022·0 cites·20 claims
- 1951US12060788B2Avoiding collision with offset well(s) having a trajectory, or trajectories, closing on a drilling wellNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 13, 2024·0 cites·8 claims
- 2050US11859487B2Devices, systems and methods to calculate slide stabilityNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Jan 2, 2024·0 cites·20 claims
- 2150US11725494B2Method and apparatus for automatically modifying a drilling path in response to a reversal of a predicted trendNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2022·Granted Aug 15, 2023·0 cites·16 claims
- 2242US11136882B2Automated drilling instructions for steerable drilling systemsNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 5, 2021·0 cites·24 claims
- 2342US10794169B2Systems, devices, and methods for generating drilling windowsNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2017·Granted Oct 6, 2020·0 cites·18 claims
- 2441US11111770B2Automated steering using operating constraintsNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2018·Granted Sep 7, 2021·0 cites·22 claims
- 2539US12385373B2Methods and apparatus for creating and using a multi-dimensional data matrix to identify an optimum rotary steerable system settingNABORS DRILLING TECH USA INC·Filed 2021·Granted Aug 12, 2025·0 cites·14 claims
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