Kenneth P Mccarthy

US Patent:

20200378248, Dec 3, 2020

Filed:

May 29, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/888256

Inventors:

- Denver CO, US
Qianlong Liu - Tucson AZ, US
Alexander Michael Mitkus - Denver CO, US
Kenneth Robert McCarthy - Lakewood CO, US
Jin Sun - Denver CO, US
Andrew Robert Paré - Littleton CO, US

International Classification:

E21B 49/00
E21B 45/00
E21B 3/02
E21B 21/08
E21B 47/06
E21B 44/04
E21B 44/06
G01V 11/00
G06F 16/9035

Abstract:

Systems and methods for automated filtering and normalization of logging data for improved drilling performance may enable smoothing and amplitude scaling of log data for meaningful comparison and analysis without scaling artefacts. The logging data may be collected from downhole sensors or may be recorded by a control system used for drilling. A computer implemented method may enable industrial scale automated filtering and normalization of logging data, including calibration to a known standard. In particular, the filtering and normalization may be used for stratigraphic analysis to correlate true vertical depth to measured depth along a wellbore.

US Patent:

20200300064, Sep 24, 2020

Filed:

Mar 17, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/821397

Inventors:

- Denver CO, US
Stefan Maus - Boulder CO, US
Kenneth Robert McCarthy - Lakewood CO, US
Alexander Michael Mitkus - Denver CO, US
Jin Sun - Denver CO, US

International Classification:

E21B 41/00
E21B 43/30
E21B 47/06

Abstract:

Systems and methods for using stratigraphic heat maps to steer a well being drilled. Data from one or more offset wells can be provided to a computer system and used with data from a well being drilled to generate one or more stratigraphic heat maps during the drilling of the subject well. The stratigraphic heat maps can be displayed and used to determine the location of the wellbore relative to one or more geological formations, including one or more target formations or within a target formation. Based on the use of the heat maps and the location of the wellbore relative to a target, the drill plan can be adjusted or updated and/or one or more drilling parameters or operations may be adjusted to drill the wellbore, such as to drill the wellbore to the target or to maximize the length of the wellbore within a target zone.