WELLBORE PLANNER
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230053857A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-23

    申请号:US17821172

    申请日:2022-08-21

    Abstract: A downhole wellbore planner builds a fracture model of a wellbore using fracture data identified from geological information. Using the fracture model and a target wellbore location at the formation, the wellbore planner may identify or select one or more lost circulation materials (LCMs). The drilling operator may then procure the LCMs before drilling the wellbore. In this manner, the impact of a lost circulation event may be reduced by having the LCMs on site or nearby.

    GEOLOGIC ANALOGUE SEARCH FRAMEWORK
    3.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240077642A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18261396

    申请日:2021-01-14

    CPC classification number: G01V99/005 G06F16/248 G06F16/287 G06F16/29

    Abstract: A method can include, responsive to receipt of a search instruction that includes one or more search criteria, accessing a data structure for subsurface geologic regions categorized at least in part according to parameters that describe depositional environments, where the data structure includes one or more includes virtual distances between the parameters; generating a search result using the one or more search criteria and the data structure, where the search result represents an organization of at least a portion of subsurface geologic regions as closest analogues to the one or more search criteria; and transmitting search result information for graphically rendering the search result to a display as part of an interactive graphical user interface.

    LOST CIRCULATION MITIGATION
    8.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220364424A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-17

    申请号:US17662272

    申请日:2022-05-06

    Abstract: Lost circulation events are mitigated by determining a size and extent of a formation feature causing the loss of circulation. The formation feature may be determined based on surface drilling parameters, and can apply one or more of a mechanical specific energy, hydraulic, or aperture model. Using such model(s), the size of a fracture/void/aperture can be estimated and a treatment plan for a lost circulation vent can be determined. For instance, a mechanical specific energy of zero can indicate the presence of a void, the pressure at the standpipe can an extent of a formation feature, or the size of the formation feature can be estimated using drilling fluid flow rate, volume, pressure, or rheology. Determining a treatment plan can include selecting or designing a lost circulation material, a volume of lost circulation material, or alternative drilling methods.

    IDENTIFYING LOST-CIRCULATION EVENTS IN DOWNHOLE DRILLING SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20250137334A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-05-01

    申请号:US18773840

    申请日:2024-07-16

    Abstract: A drilling fluid management system may measure drilling parameters for a downhole drilling system, the drilling parameters including standpipe pressure. A drilling fluid management system may determine, based on the drilling parameters, a mechanical specific energy (MSE). A drilling fluid management system may apply a changepoint model to the MSE and the standpipe pressure to identify a plurality of MSE segments and a plurality of pressure segments. A drilling fluid management system may identify an expected MSE and an expected pressure. A drilling fluid management system may identify an MSE segment having the segment MSE that differs from the expected MSE by an MSE threshold, and a pressure segment having the segment pressure that differs from the expected pressure by a pressure threshold. A drilling fluid management system may identify a lost-circulation period based on an overlap of the MSE segment and the pressure segment.

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