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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2021
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Xiaoge Gan, Houston, TX (US);
Ke Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Yansong Huang, Beijing, CN;
Paul Bolchover, Beijing, CN;
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/17 (2020.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G06F 111/10 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 30/17 (2020.01); E21B 41/00 (2013.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); G06F 2111/10 (2020.01);
Abstract
A method for designing a drill bit includes simulating a cutting element cutting a digitized rock sample, storing outputs from the simulating in a digital rock interaction file, modeling the drill bit to have at least one of the cutting element, and using data in the digital rock interaction file to simulate the drill bit in a drilling operation.