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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:
Nov. 11, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2024
Applicant:

Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Katharine Mantle, Cheltenham, GB;

Maja Ignova, Cheltenham, GB;

Ekaterina Brovko, Cheltenham, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/06 (2006.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 7/06 (2013.01); E21B 41/0007 (2013.01); E21B 44/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for automated closed-loop control of drilling trajectory during directional drilling, which automatically adjusts at least one parameter during the directional drilling to automatically control the direction of drilling when drilling a kickoff that transitions a wellbore from a vertical section to a curve or tangent section. In embodiments, the closed-loop control can be configured to automatically adjust a steering ratio (SR) parameter that controls time that a steering tool will spend in holding a desired magnetic toolface.


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