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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:
Mar. 19, 2024

Filed:

Jul. 13, 2021
Applicant:

Motive Drilling Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);

Inventors:

Todd W. Benson, Dallas, TX (US);

Teddy C. Chen, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 43/30 (2006.01); E21B 44/02 (2006.01); E21B 45/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/0228 (2012.01); G05B 19/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 7/06 (2013.01); E21B 43/30 (2013.01); E21B 44/02 (2013.01); E21B 45/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/0228 (2020.05); G05B 19/048 (2013.01); G05B 2219/45129 (2013.01);
Abstract

System and method for controlling the drilling of a second wellbore in close proximity to a first well bore. A computer system obtains information regarding a previously drilled wellbore, as well as information regarding a second wellbore being drilled. Using information obtained from one or more magnetic sensors, the computer system determines an optimal target path for continued drilling of the second wellbore and may issue one or more control signals to one or more control systems coupled to a drilling rig to automatically drill in accordance with the selected path. The computer system can generate a plurality of potential paths using one or more cost curves and/or value curves to determine the optimal path for the second wellbore.


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