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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:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Christopher Michael Jones, Houston, TX (US);

Jeffrey James Crawford, Houston, TX (US);

Boguslaw Wiecek, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2006.01); E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/022 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 49/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 44/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/022 (2013.01); E21B 49/008 (2013.01); E21B 49/0875 (2020.05); E21B 7/06 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems and methods of determining a wellbore position in a subterranean formation by using gravity sensors to detect a gravity anomaly related to a presence of the wellbore, contents within the wellbore, and or fluid flowing through an interface of the wellbore. A model of the subterranean formation predicts a gravity profile, including the gravity anomaly, and the model may be constrained with a depth of the gravity anomaly as calculated with at least one of a known dimension or a known gravitational field change related to the gravity anomaly. The wellbore position is determined within the model by changing model input data until the gravity profile converges with the gravity anomaly.


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