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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:
Oct. 22, 2024

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Hsu-Hsiang Wu, Houston, TX (US);

Li Pan, Houston, TX (US);

Ting Yan, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 47/18 (2012.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01); G01V 3/20 (2006.01); G01V 3/30 (2006.01); G01V 3/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 49/003 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/18 (2013.01); E21B 49/087 (2013.01); G01V 3/20 (2013.01); G01V 3/30 (2013.01); G01V 3/38 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05);
Abstract

System and methods for geosteering inversion are provided. Downhole tool responses are predicted for different points along a planned path of a wellbore during a downhole operation, based on each of a plurality of inversion models. Measurements of the downhole tool's actual responses are obtained as the wellbore is drilled over the different points during a current stage of the operation. The inversion models are clustered based on a comparison between the actual and predicted tool responses and a randomly selected centroid for each cluster. The inversion models are re-clustered using an average inversion model determined for each cluster as the centroid for that cluster. At least one of the re-m clustered inversion models is used to perform inversion for one or more subsequent stages of the downhole operation along the planned wellbore path. The planned wellbore path is adjusted for the subsequent stage(s) of the downhole operation.


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