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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2017
Applicant:

Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Shang Zhang, Tulsa, OK (US);

Hewei Tang, College Station, TX (US);

Feifei Zhang, Spring, TX (US);

Suresh Venugopal, Spring, TX (US);

Patrick McCormack, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 45/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/10 (2012.01); E21B 44/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/04 (2012.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/06 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 45/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/04 (2013.01); E21B 47/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

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.


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