- Patent Title: Real-time downhole drilling mud viscosity and density estimations
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Application No.: US15323836Application Date: 2016-07-13
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Publication No.: US11268334B2Publication Date: 2022-03-08
- Inventor: Xingyong Song , Jason D. Dykstra
- Applicant: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Gilliam IP PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2016/042020 WO 20160713
- International Announcement: WO2017/011516 WO 20170119
- Main IPC: E21B21/00
- IPC: E21B21/00 ; E21B21/08 ; E21B47/10 ; G06F30/20 ; E21B41/00 ; G06F17/11 ; G06N5/04 ; G06F111/10

Abstract:
Methods and systems for enhancing workflow performance in the oil and gas industry may estimate the properties of drilling muds (e.g., density and/or viscosity) located downhole with methods that utilize real-time data, estimated drilling mud properties, and mathematical models. Further, the methods described herein may optionally account for the uncertainties induced by sensor readings and dynamic modeling. For example, a method may include circulating a drilling mud through a mud circulation system; performing a plurality of measurements from various sensors in a mud circulation system; modeling in real-time drilling mud flow dynamics in the drilling mud using a mathematical dynamics model; predicting physical states of the drilling mud with the mathematical dynamics model, thereby producing model physical state predictions; inputting the measurements into the mathematical dynamics model; and adjusting discrepancies between the model physical state predictions and the measurements using the mathematical dynamics model.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170198536A1 Real-Time Downhole Drilling Mud Viscosity And Density Estimations Public/Granted day:2017-07-13
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