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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:
Nov. 22, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 29, 2015
Applicant:

Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);

Inventor:

Paul F. Rodney, Spring, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 10/56 (2006.01); E21B 12/02 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 4/02 (2006.01); E21B 45/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 10/56 (2013.01); E21B 12/02 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/003 (2013.01); E21B 49/005 (2013.01); G01V 11/00 (2013.01); G01V 11/002 (2013.01); E21B 4/02 (2013.01); E21B 45/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/18 (2013.01); G01V 2210/1216 (2013.01);
Abstract

Various embodiments include apparatus and methods to estimate properties of rock, drill bit, or a combination thereof associated with a drilling operation. The properties can include, but are not limited to, rock chip size, drill bit dullness, drilling efficiency, or a combination selected from rock chip size, drill bit dullness, and drilling efficiency. The estimate may be accomplished from correlating detected acoustic emission with detected electromagnetic emissions. In various embodiments, formation brittleness may be determined. The various estimates may be used to direct a drilling operation. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.


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