Decomposed friction factor calibration

A system to adjust a borehole operation utilizing a calibrated friction factor, comprising:

• a data transceiver, capable of receiving initial input parameters and sensor data from one or more of downhole sensors, surface sensors, a data store, a previous survey data, a well site controller, or a first computing system;
• a result transceiver, capable of communicating the calibrated friction factor, one or more decomposed friction factors, and adjusted input parameters to a borehole operation system;
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• a decomposed friction calculator, capable of using the sensor data and the initial input parameters to decompose the sensor data to generate one or more decomposed friction factors, to modify the initial input parameters to generate the adjusted input parameters, and to generate the calibrated friction factor.

A computer program product having a series of operating instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that directs a data processing apparatus when executed thereby to perform operations to calibrate an estimated single friction factor for a borehole operation, the operations comprising:

• receiving data, wherein the data includes initial input parameters and sensor data;
• decomposing the sensor data into one or more decomposed friction factors using the initial input parameters;
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• comparing the one or more decomposed friction factors to the estimated single friction factor using the initial input parameters, wherein the initial input parameters are modified to generate adjusted input parameters using results of the comparing, where the one or more decomposed friction factors and the estimated single friction factor apply to a same portion of a borehole undergoing the borehole operation.