公开(公告)号：US20230183862A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-15

申请号：US17549290

申请日：2021-12-13

Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Inventor： Jianhui Xu ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Abdulwahab Al-Johar

IPC: B23B27/14 ,  C23C16/455 ,  C23C16/27 ,  C23C28/04

CPC classification number: B23B27/14 ,  C23C16/45525 ,  C23C16/27 ,  C23C28/044 ,  B23B2226/315

Abstract: A polycrystalline diamond is formed on a substrate to form a polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) cutter for a tool. The polycrystalline diamond has a cross-sectional dimension of at least 4 millimeters. The substrate includes tungsten carbide. An outer surface of the PDC cutter is at least partially surrounded with at least a single layer of coating by atomic layer deposition. The single layer of coating is configured to protect the PDC cutter from thermal degradation in response to exposure to a temperature greater than 700 degrees Celsius (° C.) and less than about 1050° C.

公开(公告)号：US20230175394A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-08

申请号：US17643194

申请日：2021-12-08

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Guodong Zhan ,  Arturo Magana-Mora ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick ,  Chinthaka P. Gooneratne ,  Jianhui Xu

IPC: E21B49/00 ,  G05B13/02

CPC classification number: E21B49/003 ,  G05B13/027 ,  E21B2200/20

Abstract: A system having an instrumented cutter of a drill bit including an on-cutter sensor for monitoring drilling performance metrics while performing drilling operations based on offset well data and a computing device is disclosed. The computing device executes a model development system configured to use the drilling performance metrics, surface drilling parameters, and characteristics of the instrumented cutter to train a machine learning (ML) model. The trained ML model is used to optimize drilling parameters and predict drill bit performance in a current well.

公开(公告)号：US20230167716A1

公开(公告)日：2023-06-01

申请号：US17539565

申请日：2021-12-01

Applicant: Saudi Arabian Oil Company

Inventor： Jothibasu Ramasamy ,  Chinthaka Pasan Gooneratne ,  Jianhui Xu

IPC: E21B37/06

CPC classification number: E21B37/06 ,  E21B2200/08

Abstract: A method for actuation of a downhole device includes rotating a drill pipe relative to a cylindrical pipe disposed coaxially within the drill pipe. First segments including a first material are disposed on the inner surface of the drill pipe. Second segments including a degradable material are disposed on the outer surface of the cylindrical pipe, with each of the second segments aligned with a corresponding first segment. The first material and the degradable material are insoluble in the downhole fluid, and a solubility of the degradable material in a solvent is greater than a solubility of the first material in the solvent. The method includes generating a first electrical signal pattern during rotation of the drill pipe; introducing the solvent into the drill pipe, in which the degradable material degrades responsive to introduction of the solvent; and generating a second electrical signal pattern after introduction of the solvent.

公开(公告)号：US11643899B1

公开(公告)日：2023-05-09

申请号：US17652814

申请日：2022-02-28

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Jothibasu Ramasamy ,  Chinthaka Gooneratne ,  Jianhui Xu

IPC: E21B33/12 ,  E21B34/06

CPC classification number: E21B33/1208 ,  E21B34/063

Abstract: A downhole device that drills a wellbore includes a stabilizer which has a body and blades. The blades are disposed on a surface of the body and each blade has a hollow space. The blades each include a dissolvable window that is disposed on a surface of each of the blades and a light source that emits light to the wellbore. The dissolvable window blocks light emitted from the light source thereby reducing or eliminating light from being transmitted to the wellbore. The dissolvable window dissolves upon exposure to a fluid containing a dissolving medium, thereby allowing the light source to transmit light to the wellbore. Methods of using the downhole device to activate downhole chemicals are also provided.

公开(公告)号：US11566988B2

公开(公告)日：2023-01-31

申请号：US17187700

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Jianhui Xu ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Bodong Li ,  Chinthaka P. Gooneratne ,  Arturo Magana Mora

IPC: G01N3/56 ,  G01N3/58

Abstract: A testing device that includes a wear testing device, a sensor array, and a controller. The wear testing device includes a sample rotation element configured to hold and to rotate a sample; and a cutting element holder configured to hold a cutting element and to engage the cutting element with the sample as the sample rotates. The sensor array includes an acoustic emissions (AE) sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during engagement between the cutting element and the sample; and a load sensor. The controller is communicably connected to the sensor array and configured to determine a toughness and a wear resistance of the cutting element using the acoustic signal, the applied load, and a wear state of the cutting element.

公开(公告)号：US11486202B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-01

申请号：US17187703

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Jianhui Xu ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Bodong Li ,  Chinthaka P. Gooneratne ,  Arturo Magana Mora ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: E21B12/02 ,  E21B10/42 ,  E21B47/07 ,  G01H17/00 ,  G01L5/00 ,  G01N29/14 ,  G01K13/00 ,  G06T7/00 ,  E21B47/013 ,  E21B47/12

Abstract: A drilling tool for drilling a wellbore in a formation, where the drilling tool includes: a drill bit comprising a cutting element, a sensor array, and a controller. The sensor array includes: an acoustic emissions (AE) sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during drilling of the formation by the cutting element and a load sensor configured to measure an applied load by the cutting element on the formation. The controller is communicably connected to the sensor array and configured to determine a toughness of the cutting element using the acoustic signal, the applied load, and a wear state.

公开(公告)号：US20220276143A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17186905

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Arturo Magana Mora ,  Bodong Li ,  Jianhui Xu ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Chinthaka P. Gooneratne

IPC: G01N3/58 ,  G06N20/00 ,  G06K9/62

Abstract: A system including one or more hardware processors for automatic evaluation of a cutting element in a wear testing device. The system includes an access module to access cutting element event analysis results from a sensor array. The system further includes a first model trained to classify a cutting element event of the cutting element according to a supervised machine learning algorithm, and output a predicted event type of the cutting element event. The system further includes a second model trained to classify a cutting element event of the cutting element according to an unsupervised machine learning algorithm, and output a predicted behavior of the cutting element event. The system further includes a controller to determine a toughness and a wear resistance of the cutting element. The system also includes an output module to generate and display a work order on a user interface of a client device.

公开(公告)号：US20220275687A1

公开(公告)日：2022-09-01

申请号：US17187703

申请日：2021-02-26

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Jianhui Xu ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Bodong Li ,  Chinthaka P. Gooneratne ,  Arturo Magana Mora ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick

IPC: E21B12/02 ,  G01N29/14 ,  G01H17/00 ,  G01K13/00 ,  G01L5/00 ,  E21B47/07 ,  E21B10/42 ,  G06T7/00

Abstract: A drilling tool for drilling a wellbore in a formation, where the drilling tool includes: a drill bit comprising a cutting element, a sensor array, and a controller. The sensor array includes: an acoustic emissions (AE) sensor configured to measure an acoustic signal generated during drilling of the formation by the cutting element and a load sensor configured to measure an applied load by the cutting element on the formation. The controller is communicably connected to the sensor array and configured to determine a toughness of the cutting element using the acoustic signal, the applied load, and a wear state.

公开(公告)号：US20220120138A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17072464

申请日：2020-10-16

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Jianhui Xu ,  Guodong (David) Zhan ,  Timothy Eric Moellendick ,  Amjad O. Shaarawi ,  Abdulwahab S. Al-Johar

IPC: E21B10/00 ,  E21B4/02 ,  E21B4/04 ,  E21B4/16 ,  E21B10/43 ,  E21B10/567 ,  E21B34/16

Abstract: A reversible polycrystalline diamond compact (PDC) bit. The reversible PDC bit includes at least one blade, at least one front cutter disposed on a first side of the at least one blade, and at least one rear cutter disposed on a second side of the at least one blade, wherein the first side is opposite to the second side along a circumferential direction of the reversible PDC bit, wherein rotating the reversible PDC bit in a clockwise direction engages the at least one front cutter to cut into a subterranean formation, and wherein rotating the reversible PDC bit in a counter-clockwise direction engages the at least one rear cutter to cut into the subterranean formation.

公开(公告)号：US20220065063A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-03

申请号：US17002493

申请日：2020-08-25

Applicant: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

Inventor： Jianhui Xu ,  Guodong Zhan ,  Abdulwahab S. Aljohar

IPC: E21B31/00 ,  B33Y10/00 ,  B28B1/00 ,  B33Y50/02 ,  B33Y80/00

Abstract: A fluidic agitator includes a seamless insert body having an outer enclosure wall defining an enclosed cavity and a plurality of inner channel walls arranged to define an inlet chamber, a vortex chamber, and a feedback chamber within the enclosed cavity. The inlet chamber, the vortex chamber, and the feedback chamber create a hydraulic pulse in a fluid stream received in the enclosed cavity.