Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Estimating cuttings removal
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Application No.: US15515050Application Date: 2015-09-18
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Publication No.: US10060209B2Publication Date: 2018-08-28
- Inventor: Morten Lien , André Holm
- Applicant: Statoil Petroleum AS
- Applicant Address: NO Stavanger
- Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
- Current Assignee: STATOIL PETROLEUM AS
- Current Assignee Address: NO Stavanger
- Agency: Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
- Priority: GB1417147.4 20140929
- International Application: PCT/NO2015/050167 WO 20150918
- International Announcement: WO2016/053108 WO 20160407
- Main IPC: G01V5/00
- IPC: G01V5/00 ; E21B21/08 ; E21B21/06 ; E21B21/00 ; G01F1/704 ; G01F1/84

Abstract:
A first property, derivable from mass, of a drilling fluid is measured at a point upstream of a cuttings removal device. A second property (also derivable from mass) is measured at a point downstream of the cuttings removal device. A difference between the properties is determined over a period of time to obtain an estimate of the rate of cuttings removal. This allows the property of the drilling fluid before and after cuttings removal to be compared to give an indication of the rate of cuttings removal, which is indicative of the borehole cleaning.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170211345A1 ESTIMATING CUTTINGS REMOVAL Public/Granted day:2017-07-27
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