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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:
Mar. 24, 2026

Filed:

May. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, SA;

Inventor:

Yanhui Han, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 20/00 (2024.01); E21B 41/00 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); G06F 113/08 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 41/00 (2013.01); G01V 20/00 (2024.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); E21B 2200/20 (2020.05); G06F 2113/08 (2020.01);
Abstract

A system for notching a target wellbore in a subsurface formation includes a notching tool and a wellbore modelling system in communication with the notching tool. The wellbore modelling system includes a simulated notch, a simulated wellbore, a computational mesh, and a data processor. The simulated notch and the simulated wellbore are digitally positioned in the computational mesh of the wellbore modelling system. The simulated notch extends from the simulated wellbore. The data processor is communicatively coupled to the simulated notch, the simulated wellbore, and the computational mesh, and is operable to execute an iterative process. The wellbore modelling system is configured to communicate the target notch shape, the target cutting depth, or both, to the notching tool for notching the target wellbore with the target notch shape, the target cutting depth, or both.


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