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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2007
Applicants:
Joerg H. Meyer, Houston, TX (US);
Annabelle Kania, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Egan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Andrew Hawthorn, Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventors:
Joerg H. Meyer, Houston, TX (US);
Annabelle Kania, Houston, TX (US);
Mark Egan, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Andrew Hawthorn, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
WESTERNGECO L.L.C., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06G 7/48 (2006.01); G01V 99/00 (2009.01); E21B 7/04 (2006.01); E21B 44/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 99/005 (2013.01); E21B 7/04 (2013.01); E21B 44/00 (2013.01); G06F 17/5009 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for optimizing drilling operations. The method includes providing an earth model of a volume having a well, obtaining petrotechnical data about the volume while drilling the well, comparing the petrotechnical data with the earth model, updating the earth model with the petrotechnical data based on the comparison, and modifying a drilling plan of the well using the updated earth model.