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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. 11, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 15, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Nazli Demirer, Houston, TX (US);

Robert P. Darbe, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05);
Abstract

A method may include dividing a wellplan into one or more section using a section detection algorithm, receiving a depth measurement of a drill bit or a bottom hole assembly located in a wellbore, utilizing the section detection algorithm and the depth measurement to identify a section of the wellplan from the one or more sections of the wellplan, and identifying a target based at least in part on the identified section. The method may further include determining one or more steering commands based at least in part on the target and a control algorithm and steering the bottom hole assembly to the target using the one or more steering commands.


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