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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2022
Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran, SA;
Abstract
A well site may include a wellbore extending into a subsurface formation and a drilling rig with a top drive and a drive shaft to rotate a drill string extending into the wellbore. The drill string includes a drill bit at an end distal to the drilling rig to cut rock of the subsurface formation to form the wellbore. Acoustic sensors may be positioned on the drive shaft, or the top drive, or the drill string. The acoustic sensors are configured to record and transmit drilling acoustic signals during a dummy drilling operation and a real drilling operation. A computer system may be in communication with the acoustic sensors. The computer system processes the drilling acoustic signals during the dummy drilling operation and the real drilling operation to minimize a drilling environmental effect by deducting a drilling environmental noise from the drilling acoustic signals to calculate clean drilling acoustic signals.