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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:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 14, 2022
Applicant:

Aramco Services Company, Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Chao Liu, Brookshire, TX (US);

Yanhui Han, Houston, TX (US);

Dung T. Phan, Brookshire, TX (US);

Younane N. Abousleiman, Norman, OK (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); G01V 1/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 49/00 (2013.01); G01V 1/306 (2013.01); G01V 2210/624 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes obtaining total stresses and pore pressures of each porous medium of a formation, determining a first and second set of effective stresses for the formation, determining an individual collapse and fracturing mud weight for each porous medium of the formation using a first set of associated failure criteria, wherein the first set of associated failure criteria are based on the first set of effective stresses, determining an overall collapse and fracturing mud weight for the formation using a second set of associated failure criteria, wherein the second set of associated failure criteria is based on the second set of effective stresses, determining a mud weight window for the formation using the individual collapse mud weight, the individual fracturing mud weight, the overall collapse mud weight, and the overall fracturing mud weight, and transmitting a command to a drilling system based on the mud weight window.


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