Inventor · Houston, TX, US

Colin Gillan

24Patents
6h-index
17Co-inventors
62Inventor score

Filing activity: Sep 19, 2008 → Jul 12, 2023

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US8672055B2 Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods Fixed Constructions 61 Active
US8510081B2 Drilling scorecard Fixed Constructions 53 Active
US9784089B2 Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods Fixed Constructions 38 Active
US9290995B2 Drill string oscillation methods Fixed Constructions 25 Active
US9784035B2 Drill pipe oscillation regime and torque controller for slide drilling Fixed Constructions 24 Active
US10094209B2 Drill pipe oscillation regime for slide drilling Fixed Constructions 19 Active
US10508530B2 Systems, devices, and methods for generating an adjusted ideal drilling path Fixed Constructions 6 Active
US10961837B2 Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatus Fixed Constructions 2 Active
US10851640B2 Nonstop transition from rotary drilling to slide drilling Fixed Constructions 2 Active
US11174718B2 Automatic steering instructions for directional motor drilling Fixed Constructions 2 Active
US11143011B2 Real-time modification of a slide drilling segment based on continuous downhole data Fixed Constructions 1 Active
US10731453B2 System and method of automating a slide drilling operation Fixed Constructions 1 Active
US11473417B2 Downhole 3D geo steering viewer for a drilling apparatus Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US11111770B2 Automated steering using operating constraints Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US11136882B2 Automated drilling instructions for steerable drilling systems Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US12264573B2 Method and apparatus for steering a bit using a quill and based on learned relationships Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US11434743B2 Automated directional drilling apparatus and methods Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US12060788B2 Avoiding collision with offset well(s) having a trajectory, or trajectories, closing on a drilling well Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US12385373B2 Methods and apparatus for creating and using a multi-dimensional data matrix to identify an optimum rotary steerable system setting Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US11725494B2 Method and apparatus for automatically modifying a drilling path in response to a reversal of a predicted trend Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US11236601B2 System and method of automating a slide drilling operation Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US11970929B2 Methods and apparatus to create and implement a steering command for a rotary steerable system Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US11859487B2 Devices, systems and methods to calculate slide stability Fixed Constructions 0 Active
US10794169B2 Systems, devices, and methods for generating drilling windows Fixed Constructions 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.