Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Determining the likelihood and uncertainty of the wellbore being at a particular stratigraphic vertical depth
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Application No.: US16869385Application Date: 2020-05-07
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Publication No.: US11946360B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Stefan Maus , Alexander Michael Mitkus , Timothy William Gee
- Applicant: Magnetic Variation Services, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver
- Assignee: Magnetic Variation Services, LLC
- Current Assignee: Magnetic Variation Services, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Main IPC: E21B44/00
- IPC: E21B44/00 ; E21B7/04 ; E21B47/04 ; G01B21/18 ; G05B13/04

Abstract:
Stratigraphic analysis includes determining misfit values between stratigraphic vertical depth of an offset wellbore, SVDow and measured depth of a subject wellbore. A likelihood that the target measured depth is equal to or within a tolerance of stratigraphic vertical depth of the subject wellbore, SVDsw, for sequences of stratigraphic vertical depth is calculated. A probability weighted average and an uncertainty that the target measured depth for the subject wellbore, TMDsw, is equal to or within a tolerance of stratigraphic vertical depth of the subject wellbore, is calculated. A continuous probability function over a range of measured depth that the target measured depth for the subject wellbore, TMDsw, is equal to or within a tolerance of stratigraphic vertical depth of the subject wellbore, SVDsw, is calculated. The likelihood, the probability weighted average, the uncertainty, and the continuous probability function are used to make drilling decisions
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