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

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.

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Ownership

SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY

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