Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.

Patrick Gregory McCormack

Mathew Dennis Rowe

Shang Zhang

Suresh Venugopal

Feifei Zhang, Jr

Hewei Tang

Bradly Shawn Hogan

Kurt Adam Kronenberger

Hunter Terrance Guchereau

Embodiments of the subject technology provide for receiving real-time drilling data comprising different drilling parameters measured during a drilling operation. The subject technology calculates a kick detection parameter based at least in part on the different drilling parameters. The subject technology detects an occurrence of a kick during the drilling operation when the kick detection parameter deviates from a trend formed by previously calculated kick detection parameters. Further, the subject technology activates an alarm during the drilling operation in response to detected occurrence of the kick to facilitate preventing a blowout.

Robust early kick detection using real time drilling

The present disclosure provides systems and methods for tracking system parameters in each of two or more circulatory systems, such as in a dual gradient drilling system. The systems and methods may include defining each of multiple circulatory systems and simultaneously tracking one or more system parameters for each circulatory system. Systems and methods may further include tracking a discrete portion of fluid circulating in each circulatory system, and associating one or more system parameters with each tracked discrete portion of fluid. Such association may be maintained as each portion of fluid circulates in each respective circulatory system.

Well monitoring, sensing, control and mud logging on dual gradient drilling

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Patrick Gregory McCormack