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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
Jason D. Dykstra, Carrollton, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/02 (2006.01); G06Q 40/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 47/02 (2013.01); E21B 47/12 (2013.01); G06Q 40/12 (2013.12);
Abstract
A drilling assembly control system is designed to control drill bit orientation such that a well path is followed that minimizes oscillations and deviations. When a deviation from the intended well path is detected, a predictive module models the deviated path. Using the modeled path, an optimization module utilizes a cost function and various constraints to analyze alternative correction paths in order to determine which correction path provides the most non-tortuous return to the intended well path.