CLOSED LOOP FULLY AUTONOMOUS DIRECTIONAL DRILLING

Organization Name

halliburton energy services, inc.

Inventor(s)

Min Wu of Houston TX (US)

Cili Sun of Houston TX (US)

Robert Alan Friedrich of Houston TX (US)

Ketan C. Bhaidasna of Houston TX (US)

Bipin K. Pillai of Houston TX (US)

Fernando Costa Oliveira Chagas of Houston TX (US)

Vy Pho of Houston TX (US)

Nazli Demirer of Tomball TX (US)

CLOSED LOOP FULLY AUTONOMOUS DIRECTIONAL DRILLING

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250084750 titled 'CLOSED LOOP FULLY AUTONOMOUS DIRECTIONAL DRILLING

Original Abstract Submitted

systems and methods are provided for performing closed loop, fully autonomous directional drilling using a drilling and steering system. an example method can include receiving, by a surface controller, a well plan for performing directional drilling of a wellbore; determining, based on the well plan, a first drilling instruction for directing a drilling and steering system to drill the wellbore; sending the first drilling instruction to a downhole controller that is coupled to the drilling and steering system; receiving at least one sensor measurement from a downhole sensor that is associated with the drilling and steering system; determining, based on the well plan and the at least one sensor measurement, a second drilling instruction for directing the drilling and steering system to drill the wellbore; and sending the second drilling instruction to the downhole controller that is coupled to the drilling and steering system.