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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2018
Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Greg Daniel Brumbaugh, Houston, TX (US);
Youpeng Huang, Houston, TX (US);
Janaki Vamaraju, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph Blake Winston, Houston, TX (US);
Aimee Jackson Taylor, Bogota, CO;
Keshava Rangarajan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Avinash Wesley, New Caney, TX (US);
Landmark Graphics Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A drill bit subsystem can include a drill bit, a processor, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing instructions and for being positioned downhole with the drill bit. The instructions of the non-transitory computer-readable medium can include a machine-teachable module and a control module that are executable by the processor. The machine-teachable module can receive depth data and rate of drill bit penetration from one or more sensors in a drilling operation, and determine an estimated lithology of a formation at which the drill bit subsystem is located. The control module can use the estimated lithology to determine an updated location of the drill bit subsystem, and control a direction of the drill bit using the updated location and a drill plan.