SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AN ADAPTIVE DRILLING OPERATION

• Main Authors: DUTTA, NADER, C, ESMERSOY, CENGIZ, BANERJEE, RAJ, HOPKINS, CHRISTOPHER, THAMBYNAYAGAM, R., K., MICHAEL, NESSIM, MAURICE, TILKE, PETER GERHARD, KANIA, ANNABELLE, GROVE, GREGORY, P, SPATH, JEFFREY, B, KASHIKAR, SUDHENDU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 10.11.2011
• Subjects: EARTH DRILLING; EARTH DRILLING, e.g. DEEP DRILLING; FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; MINING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR ASLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS

A system and method for performing an adaptive drilling operation is provided. The method involves obtaining data prior to drilling, constructing a base model with a base model unit from data obtained prior to drilling, constructing an overburden posterior model with an overburden model unit using t...