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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2025
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Huseyin Murat Panayirci, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew David Robinson, Cambridge, GB;
Timothy Mcalinden, Suffolk, GB;
John George Allen Charlesworth, Cambridge, GB;
Ashley Bernard Johnson, Cambridge, GB;
Jonathan Robert Hird, Cambridge, GB;
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems are disclosed that use a temperature sensor integral to a drill bit while drilling. The temperature sensor is configured to measure temperature associated with a cutting element of the drill bit over time while drilling. The temperature sensor is used to generate time-series temperature data representing temperature of the cutting element of the drill bit over time while drilling. The time-series temperature data is processed to determine at least one condition of the wellbore and/or the drill bit while drilling, wherein the at least one condition relates to at least one of: i) detecting that a steering tool of the BHA of the drill bit is active and operating to control the direction of drilling, ii) detecting backwards whirling while drilling, and iii) detecting a transition between different types of reservoir rock while drilling.