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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2005
William Leo Koederitz, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Terry Lynn Tarvin, Austin, TX (US);
William Leo Koederitz, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Terry Lynn Tarvin, Austin, TX (US);
Varco I/P, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for a wellbore operation with a wellbore system, the method, in at least certain aspects, including acquiring with sensor systems data corresponding to a plurality of parameters, the data indicative of values for each parameter, each parameter associated with part of the wellbore system, and, based on said data, calculating a value for each of a plurality of mechanical specific energies each related to a mechanical specific energy for a part of the wellbore system; and, in some aspects, monitoring in real time the value of each of the mechanical specific energies; and, in certain aspects, using such determined values to alter, change, improve, or optimize operations.