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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Smith International, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Yuelin Shen, Spring, TX (US);
Wei Chen, Spring, TX (US);
Zhengxin Zhang, Spring, TX (US);
Jibin Shi, Spring, TX (US);
Riadh Boualleg, Cambridge, GB;
Sujian Huang, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
SMITH INTERNATIONAL, INC., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01); E21B 47/08 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/0092 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/022 (2013.01); E21B 47/08 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for selecting a bottomhole assembly (BHA) includes inputting BHA parameters, wellbore parameters, and drilling operating parameters, performing a dynamic simulation of a first BHA based on the BHA parameters, wellbore parameters, and drilling operating parameters, and presenting a wellbore quality factor of the first BHA calculated from the dynamic simulation.