Auto-filling tubulars
US11781388B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 25, 2022 |
| Grant date | Oct 10, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 25, 2042 |
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- Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
- CPC primaryE21B47/003
- WIPO fieldCivil engineering
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A method for performing a subterranean operation that can include operations of engaging a tubular with a pipe handler, calculating, via a processor, an internal volume of the tubular, determining, via the processor, a number of pump strokes required to fill at least a percentage of the internal volume with fluid, pumping the fluid to the tubular by running a pump the number of pump strokes, and filling the internal volume of the tubular to at least the percentage of the internal volume with the fluid.
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