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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Inventors:
Chao Liu, Brookshire, TX (US);
Yanhui Han, Houston, TX (US);
Dung Phan, Houston, TX (US);
Younane N. Abousleiman, Norman, OK (US);
Assignee:
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/20 (2020.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01); E21B 47/06 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/022 (2013.01); E21B 47/06 (2013.01); E21B 49/005 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining a time-dependent mud weight window are disclosed. The existence of fractures in formation rock along with a type of the formation rock are used to determine the use of a particular solution to determine the mud weight window at a particular time of a wellbore drilling operation.