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William Banning Vail, Iii
Also filed as: VAIL III WILLIAM B · VAIL III WILLIAM BANNING · VAIL WILLIAM · VAIL WILLIAM B III
79 granted patents·17 pending applications·3,858 citations·filing 1982–2019
99Inventor score
Files withPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC17SMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC13WEATHERFORD LAMB13VAIL III WILLIAM BANNING11SMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION9
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96 records- 0197US6868906B1Closed-loop conveyance systems for well servicingWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2002·Granted Mar 22, 2005·191 cites·29 claims
- 0296US7325606B1Methods and apparatus to convey electrical pumping systems into wellbores to complete oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2006·Granted Feb 5, 2008·85 cites·23 claims
- 0396US6857486B2High power umbilicals for subterranean electric drilling machines and remotely operated vehiclesSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 2002·Granted Feb 22, 2005·201 cites·7 claims
- 0496US6189621B1Smart shuttles to complete oil and gas wellsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 1999·Granted Feb 20, 2001·222 cites·5 claims
- 0595US6397946B1Closed-loop system to compete oil and gas wells closed-loop system to complete oil and gas wells cSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 2000·Granted Jun 4, 2002·186 cites·33 claims
- 0694US9625361B1Methods and apparatus to prevent failures of fiber-reinforced composite materials under compressive stresses caused by fluids and gases invading microfractures in the materialsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2013·Granted Apr 18, 2017·14 cites·6 claims
- 0794US5637972ARotor position encoder having features in decodeable angular positionsSWITCHED RELUCTANCE DRIVES LTD·Filed 1996·Granted Jun 10, 1997·93 cites·23 claims
- 0894US5043668AMethods and apparatus for measurement of electronic properties of geological formations through borehole casingPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1989·Granted Aug 27, 1991·89 cites·76 claims
- 0994US4882542AMethods and apparatus for measurement of electronic properties of geological formations through borehole casingPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1987·Granted Nov 21, 1989·94 cites·80 claims
- 1093US7234542B2Methods and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2006·Granted Jun 26, 2007·46 cites·29 claims
- 1192US4528508ANuclear magnetic resonance method and apparatus for remote detection and volumetric measurement of petroleum reservesPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1982·Granted Jul 9, 1985·59 cites·31 claims
- 1291US4820989AMethods and apparatus for measurement of the resistivity of geological formations from within cased boreholesPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1986·Granted Apr 11, 1989·76 cites·22 claims
- 1389US9586699B1Methods and apparatus for monitoring and fixing holes in composite aircraftSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2014·Granted Mar 7, 2017·10 cites·11 claims
- 1489US7836950B2Methods and apparatus to convey electrical pumping systems into wellbores to complete oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2008·Granted Nov 23, 2010·35 cites·13 claims
- 1589US6263987B1One pass drilling and completion of extended reach lateral wellbores with drill bit attached to drill string to produce hydrocarbons from offshore platformsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 1999·Granted Jul 24, 2001·128 cites·17 claims
- 1688US9027673B2Universal drilling and completion systemVAIL III WILLIAM BANNING·Filed 2011·Granted May 12, 2015·14 cites·17 claims
- 1788US6450028B1Precision gravity gradiometer optically measuring density variations in gasesFiled 2000·Granted Sep 17, 2002·65 cites·4 claims
- 1888US6158531AOne pass drilling and completion of wellbores with drill bit attached to drill string to make cased wellbores to produce hydrocarbonsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 1999·Granted Dec 12, 2000·122 cites·25 claims
- 1987US5717334AMethods and apparatus to produce stick-slip motion of logging tool attached to a wireline drawn upward by a continuously rotating wireline drumPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1995·Granted Feb 10, 1998·113 cites·5 claims
- 2086US7147068B2Methods and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2003·Granted Dec 12, 2006·78 cites·8 claims
- 2186US7048050B2Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2003·Granted May 23, 2006·56 cites·47 claims
- 2286US5551521AMethod and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsFiled 1994·Granted Sep 3, 1996·100 cites·3 claims
- 2385US9611693B2Mud motor assemblySMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2016·Granted Apr 4, 2017·4 cites·4 claims
- 2485US7165634B2Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2003·Granted Jan 23, 2007·53 cites·31 claims
- 2585US7036610B1Apparatus and method for completing oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2002·Granted May 2, 2006·70 cites·26 claims
- 2685US4748415AMethods and apparatus for induction logging in cased boreholesPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1986·Granted May 31, 1988·47 cites·23 claims
- 2785US4656422AOil well logging tools measuring paramagnetic logging effect for use in open boreholes and cased well boresPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1985·Granted Apr 7, 1987·54 cites·43 claims
- 2883US7013997B2Methods and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2003·Granted Mar 21, 2006·53 cites·4 claims
- 2983US5836409AMonolithic self sharpening rotary drill bit having tungsten carbide rods cast in steel alloysFiled 1997·Granted Nov 17, 1998·90 cites·3 claims
- 3083US5260661ACalibrating and compensating influence of casing thickness variations on measurements of low frequency A.C. magnetic fields within cased boreholes to determine properties of geological formationsPARA MAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1991·Granted Nov 9, 1993·65 cites·8 claims
- 3182US7228901B2Method and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2005·Granted Jun 12, 2007·21 cites·31 claims
- 3282US7040420B2Methods and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2003·Granted May 9, 2006·54 cites·4 claims
- 3382US7032658B2High power umbilicals for electric flowline immersion heating of produced hydrocarbonsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 2003·Granted Apr 25, 2006·62 cites·2 claims
- 3482US6246240B1Determining resistivity of a formation adjacent to a borehole having casing with an apparatus having all current conducting electrodes within the cased wellWESTERN ATLAS INT INC·Filed 1999·Granted Jun 12, 2001·56 cites·22 claims
- 3581US8353348B2High power umbilicals for subterranean electric drilling machines and remotely operated vehiclesSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2009·Granted Jan 15, 2013·22 cites·12 claims
- 3681US5894897AMethod and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsVAIL III WILLIAM BANNING·Filed 1996·Granted Apr 20, 1999·89 cites·4 claims
- 3780US8651177B2Long-lasting hydraulic seals for smart shuttles, for coiled tubing injectors, and for pipeline pigsVAIL III WILLIAM BANNING·Filed 2009·Granted Feb 18, 2014·20 cites·20 claims
- 3880US5570024ADetermining resistivity of a formation adjacent to a borehole having casing using multiple electrodes and with resistances being defined between the electrodesPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1993·Granted Oct 29, 1996·39 cites·2 claims
- 3980US4901023AMethods and apparatus for measurement of low frequency a.c. magnetic fields within cased boreholes to determine properties of geological formationsPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1988·Granted Feb 13, 1990·38 cites·18 claims
- 4079US9803424B2Mud motor assemblySMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION INC·Filed 2016·Granted Oct 31, 2017·3 cites·9 claims
- 4179US5075626AElectronic measurement apparatus movable in a cased borehole and compensating for casing resistance differencesPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1989·Granted Dec 24, 1991·44 cites·21 claims
- 4278US9051781B2Mud motor assemblyVAIL III WILLIAM BANNING·Filed 2012·Granted Jun 9, 2015·6 cites·10 claims
- 4378US7100710B2Methods and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 5, 2006·44 cites·5 claims
- 4478US4792757AOil well logging tools measuring paramagnetic logging effect for use in open boreholes and cased well boresPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1987·Granted Dec 20, 1988·47 cites·4 claims
- 4577US7311151B2Substantially neutrally buoyant and positively buoyant electrically heated flowlines for production of subsea hydrocarbonsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 2004·Granted Dec 25, 2007·50 cites·4 claims
- 4677US7108084B2Methods and apparatus for cementing drill strings in place for one pass drilling and completion of oil and gas wellsWEATHERFORD LAMB·Filed 2003·Granted Sep 19, 2006·46 cites·10 claims
- 4777US5615747AMonolithic self sharpening rotary drill bit having tungsten carbide rods cast in steel alloysFiled 1996·Granted Apr 1, 1997·67 cites·4 claims
- 4876US6896653B1Personal pelvic viewerSCIENCE FOR MEDICAL ADVOCATES·Filed 2003·Granted May 24, 2005·102 cites·29 claims
- 4976US6025721ADetermining resistivity of a formation adjacent to a borehole having casing by generating constant current flow in portion of casing and using at least two voltage measurement electrodesPARAMAGNETIC LOGGING INC·Filed 1996·Granted Feb 15, 2000·44 cites·11 claims
- 5075US6547017B1Rotary drill bit compensating for changes in hardness of geological formationsSMART DRILLING AND COMPLETION·Filed 1998·Granted Apr 15, 2003·71 cites·1 claims
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