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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/09 (2012.01); E21B 47/095 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 47/095 (2020.05);
Abstract
A method includes emitting, with one or more sensors of a downhole tool disposed in a borehole, an excitation signal. The method also includes detecting, with the one or more sensors, a returned signal resulting from an interaction of the excitation signal with the borehole. The method further includes estimating a noise of the returned signal. The method also includes quantifying a probability that the estimated noise is not a white noise of the borehole. The method further includes identifying drill cuttings in a predetermined location of the borehole based on said quantification.