Real-time onsite mechanical characterization of wellbore cuttings
US10711606B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jul 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 18, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2203/0078
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Realtime on-site mechanical characterization of wellbore cuttings is described. At a surface of a wellbore being drilled at a wellbore drilling site, multiple cuttings resulting from drilling the wellbore are received. At the wellbore drilling site, nano-indentation tests on each of the multiple cuttings are performed. At the wellbore drilling site, mechanical properties of the multiple cuttings are determined based on the results of the nano-indentation tests.
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