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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugalr Land, TX (US);
Inventors:
Gong Rui Yan, Beijing, CN;
Florian Karpfinger, Stavanger, NO;
Romain Charles Andre Prioul, Somerville, MA (US);
Denis Heliot, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Alexander Ramirez, Richmond, TX (US);
Chang Liu, Aberdeen, GB;
Thomas Berard, Richmond, GB;
Walid Ben-Ismail, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/28 (2006.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 49/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V 1/282 (2013.01); E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 49/006 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method can include receiving data that characterizes anisotropy of a formation; receiving a model that models one or more planes of weakness in an anisotropic formation; and, based at least in part on the model and the data, outputting information germane to stability of a bore in an anisotropic formation.