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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Inventor:
James R. Lovorn, Tomball, TX (US);
Assignee:
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 21/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
A well drilling system can include a hydraulics model which determines a modeled fluid friction pressure and a calibration factor applied to the modeled friction pressure, and a flow control device which is automatically controlled in response to a change in the calibration factor. A well drilling method can include drilling a wellbore, a fluid circulating through the wellbore during the drilling, determining a calibration factor which is applied to a modeled fluid friction pressure, and controlling the drilling based at least in part on a change in the calibration factor.