Method of selecting drill bits
AssigneeSmith International, Inc.
InventorSujian J. Huang
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Abstract
A method for selecting at least one drill bit that includes characterizing an application; checking for at least one drill bit with an equivalent characterization in a data store; when the at least one drill bit with the equivalent characterization exists, selecting the at least one drill bit with the equivalent characterization; and when the at least one drill bit with the equivalent characterization does not exist, recommending at least one drill bit, making an analysis request, analyzing the at least one recommended drill bit based on the analysis request, generating analysis results, and selecting at least one drill bit based on the analysis results is disclosed.
Claims13
A method for selecting a drilling tool, the method comprising:
- characterizing an application;
- checking for at least one drilling tool with an equivalent characterization in a data store;
- when the at least one drilling tool with the equivalent characterization exists,
- selecting the at least one drilling tool with the equivalent characterization;
- and
- when the at least one drilling tool with the equivalent characterization does not exist,
- recommending at least one drilling tool,
- making an analysis request,
- analyzing the at least one recommended drilling tool based on the analysis request,
- generating analysis results, and
- selecting at least one drilling tool based on the analysis results, wherein the at least one recommended drilling tool is determined concurrently with checking for the at least one drilling tool with equivalent characterization in the data store;
- and
- drilling a well with the selected drilling tool.
A method for selecting a drilling tool, the method further comprising:
- characterizing an application;
- checking for at least one drilling tool with an equivalent characterization in a data store;
- when the at least one drilling tool with the equivalent characterization exists,
- selecting the at least one drilling tool with the equivalent characterization;
- when the at least one drilling tool with the equivalent characterization does not exist,
- recommending at least one drilling tool,
- making an analysis request,
- analyzing the at least one recommended drilling tool based on the analysis request, generating analysis results, and
- selecting at least one drilling tool based on the analysis results;
- and
- conducting a peer review of the characterizing the application and the analysis request, wherein:
- when the characterizing the application is determined to be unacceptable in peer review, the application is recharacterized, and
- when the analysis request is determined to be unacceptable in peer review, a revised analysis request is made and
- drilling a well with the selected drilling tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.