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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2024
Helmerich & Payne Technologies, Llc, Tulsa, OK (US);
Peter A. Torrione, Durham, NC (US);
HELMERICH & PAYNE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US);
Abstract
System and method for monitoring cuttings from drilling. The method comprising acquiring a plurality of images from a camera oriented to face at least a portion of a screen surface of a shaker having drilling mud or cuttings thereon from a well during drilling; detecting a plurality of particles from the plurality of images; obtaining data associated with the plurality of particles; and modeling a statistical distribution of particles based at least in part on the data associated with the plurality of particles. The method further comprising monitoring the statistical distribution of particles over time; determining a change in a likelihood of the monitored statistical distribution of particles based at least in part on the modeled statistical distribution of particles; and providing an alert if the change in the likelihood of the monitored statistical distribution of particles falls outside a threshold range.