Patent ID: 11913308
Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E  F | IPC E  F

Claim 10:
11. A drilling apparatus comprising:
a surface control system of a drilling rig; wherein the surface control system of the drilling rig comprises a mud pump system and/or a drive system; and
an electronic application, wherein the electronic application is configured to:
identify a downlink testing sequence for execution by the mud pump system and/or the drive system;
wherein the downlink testing sequence includes varying target operating parameters over a predetermined time period; and
wherein the varying target operating parameters are target output values of the mud pump system and/or the drive system;

instruct the surface control system of the drilling rig to operate in accordance with the downlink testing sequence;
receive measured output values of the mud pump system and/or the drive system over the predetermined time period;
calculate differences between the target output values and the measured output values over the predetermined time period;
when the differences are within a predetermined level of tolerance, then identify the surface control system as compliant; and
when the differences are greater than the predetermined level of tolerance, then identify the surface control system as non-compliant.