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Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 12, 2019
Applicants:

Stefan Wessling, Lower Saxony, DE;

Anne Claudia Maria Bartetzko, Celle, DE;

Imed Ben Brahim, Isernhagen, DE;

Michael Neubert, Braunschweig, DE;

Inventors:

Stefan Wessling, Lower Saxony, DE;

Anne Claudia Maria Bartetzko, Celle, DE;

Imed Ben Brahim, Isernhagen, DE;

Michael Neubert, Braunschweig, DE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/02 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 44/04 (2006.01); E21B 45/00 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/02 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 44/04 (2013.01); E21B 45/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/003 (2013.01); E21B 49/08 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling subsurface drilling operations are described. The methods include performing the subsurface drilling operation using a bottomhole assembly having a disintegrating device, detecting, with a sensor, a formation layer orientation, approaching, with the disintegrating device, a rock layer, and generating a steering command to change an angle of attack of the disintegrating device relative to the rock layer based on the detected formation layer orientation.


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