US Patent Issued to NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA on Aug. 19 for "Methods and apparatus for optimizing downhole drilling conditions using a smart downhole system" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,233, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA INC. (Houston).

"Methods and apparatus for optimizing downhole drilling conditions using a smart downhole system" was invented by Pradeep Annaiyappa (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method of drilling a wellbore using a drill string, one or more controllers, and one or more sensors. The method includes drilling the wellbore using the drill string; and measuring, by the sensor(s), a parameter. The method also includes, using the controller(s) to: calculate an efficiency parameter based on the measured parameter; calculate a difference betw...