INTEGRATION OF A FINITE ELEMENT GEOMECHANICS MODEL AND CUTTINGS RETURN IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES
Patent №
US 12,645,009
Granted
2026-06-02
Filed 2021
Owner
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Lab
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AI components
0
Assignment
None on record
Dataset
AIPD
Application
17644360
A method includes taking at least one image of a plurality of returned rock fragments from a wellbore using a camera, analyzing the at least one image with an image analysis program to detect a caving in the plurality of returned rock fragments, constructing a model of the caving, and incorporating the model of the caving into a finite element geomechanics model of the wellbore using a meshing program to create an adjusted model of the wellbore.
Ownership
SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY