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Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025

Filed:

Dec. 22, 2022
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventor:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer-readable medium to perform operations including: receiving real-time drilling data of a drilling operation of drilling a wellbore in a formation, the drilling operation performed by a drilling system; calculating, based on the drilling data, a plurality of parameters of the drilling operation, the plurality of parameters comprising: an equivalent circulating density of fluid in the wellbore, a cuttings concentration in an annulus of the wellbore, and a corrected D-exponent; calculating, based on the plurality of parameters, a formation pressure of the formation; based on the formation pressure, determining to perform a corrective action to avoid a potential drilling problem or mitigate an actual drilling problem; and performing the corrective action to avoid the potential drilling problem or mitigate the actual drilling problem.


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