Invention Publication
- Patent Title: CONTROL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROCK CUTTINGS IDENTIFICATION
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Application No.: US18552775Application Date: 2021-04-01
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Publication No.: US20240167381A1Publication Date: 2024-05-23
- Inventor: Klemens Katterbauer , Alberto F. Marsala , Nouf M. Jabri , Vera Solovyeva
- Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Applicant Address: SA Dhahran
- Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company
- Current Assignee Address: SA Dhahran
- International Application: PCT/RU2021/000139 2021.04.01
- Date entered country: 2023-09-27
- Main IPC: E21B49/00
- IPC: E21B49/00 ; E21B21/06 ; E21B47/04

Abstract:
Techniques for correlating a depth of drill bit cuttings include circulating a drilling fluid into a wellbore during a drilling process to form the wellbore in a subterranean formation; circulating a portion of uniquely identifiable particles from a container into the drilling fluid during the drilling process; circulating a return drilling fluid that includes the drilling fluid, cuttings from the subterranean formation, and the uniquely identifiable particles; separating the drilling fluid from the cuttings from the subterranean formation and the uniquely identifiable particles; capturing at least one image of the separated cuttings and the uniquely identifiable particles; and determining, based on the image, a depth of the subterranean formation.
Public/Granted literature
- US12258858B2 Control systems and methods for rock cuttings identification Public/Granted day:2025-03-25
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