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Automated MSE-based drilling apparatus and methods

US7938197B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 7, 2007
Grant dateMay 10, 2011
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Expiry dateDec 12, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC E)Fixed Constructions
  • CPC primaryE21B44/02
  • WIPO fieldCivil engineering
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for MSE-based drilling operation and/or optimization, comprising detecting MSE parameters, utilizing the MSE parameters to determine MSE, and automatically adjusting drilling operational parameters as a function of the determined MSE.

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