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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2024
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Samba BA, Houston, TX (US);
Lu Jiang, Beijing, CN;
Adrien Chassard, Houston, TX (US);
Magnus Hedlund, Houston, TX (US);
Maja Ignova, Stonehouse, GB;
Katharine Mantle, Stonehouse, GB;
Jinsoo Kim, Houston, TX (US);
Tao Yu, Beijing, CN;
Farid Toghi, Clamart, FR;
Hendrik Suryadi, Abu Dhabi, AE;
Qing Liu, Beijing, CN;
Diego Medina, Houston, TX (US);
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Abstract
A system and method that include receiving a well plan and determining a plurality of sections of the well plan and receiving data from surface and downhole to determine a current location of a drill bit. The system and method also include analyzing the well plan to automatically derive trajectory constraints that are associated with each of the plurality of sections of the well plan and determining a plurality of trajectory candidates that pertain to respective paths from the current location of the drill bit to respective targets based on a consideration of the trajectory constraints. The system and method further include determining costs according to at least one cost function to rank the plurality of trajectory candidates to determine a working plan that includes an optimal path from the current location of the drill bit to reach a final target.