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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
William Leo Koederitz, Cedar Park, TX (US);
William Leo Koederitz, Cedar Park, TX (US);
National Oilwell Varco, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Apparatus and method for automated drilling of a borehole in a subsurface formation. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting at least one control variable. A drilling performance objective having a value that is influenced by drilling of the borehole using the at least one control variable is defined. A first interval of the borehole is drilled maintaining the at least one control variable at a first value. A second interval of the borehole is drilled maintaining the at least one control variable at a second value. A third interval of the borehole is drilled maintaining the at least one control variable at a third value. The third value is selected based on a comparison of the values of the drilling performance objective while drilling the first interval and second interval to a predetermined optimal value of the drilling performance objective.