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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Robello Samuel, Cypress, TX (US);
. Aniket, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 21/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); G01B 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/0006 (2013.01); G01B 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An illustrative method for estimating casing wear, including estimating, as a function of position along a casing string, a side force of a tubular string against the casing string, wherein said estimating accounts for a bending stiffness of the tubular string. The method further including determining, based at least in part on the side force, a casing string wear volume as a function of position along the casing string, and presenting the casing string wear volume to a user.