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US 2021/0277726 A1Published application
Bottomhole assembly (bha) stabilizer or reamer position adjustment methods and systems employing a cost function
AssigneeHalliburton Energy Services, Inc.
InventorsJason D. Dykstra, Xingyong Song, Venkata Madhukanth Vadali
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Abstract
A system that includes a drillstring with a bottomhole assembly (BHA). The system also includes at least one stabilizer or reamer integrated with the BHA, wherein each of the at least one stabilizer or reamer includes a position adjustment assembly. The system also includes a processing unit that provides control signals to each position adjustment assembly, wherein the control signals are based on a cost function.
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A system that comprises:
- a drillstring with a bottomhole assembly (BHA);
- at least one stabilizer or reamer integrated with the BHA, wherein each of the at least one stabilizer or reamer includes a position adjustment assembly;
- and
- a processing unit that provides control signals to each position adjustment assembly, wherein the control signals are based on a cost function.
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A method that comprises:
- deploying a drillstring in a borehole, the drillstring having a bottomhole assembly (BHA) with at least one stabilizer or reamer, each stabilizer or reamer having a position adjustment assembly;
- generating, by the processing unit, control signals for each position adjustment assembly based on a cost function;
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- adjusting, by at least one position adjustment assembly, a position of each respective stabilizer or reamer in response to the control signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.