Method and apparatus for drilling a probabilistic approach

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9863240
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12574489

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Methods and software tools for determining wellbore-strengthening information for a drilling operation, the method including inputting wellbore parameters into a wellbore simulator, importing wellbore-strengthening options into the wellbore simulator, and performing a plurality of wellbore simulations to obtain fracture information, wherein the performing the plurality of wellbore simulations includes selecting at least one of the wellbore parameters and determining the affect of the selected wellbore parameter on the wellbore. The method further includes selecting a wellbore-strengthening option based on the fracture information and outputting the selected wellbore-strengthening option.

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Geehan, Thomas Houston, US 13 162
Guo, Quanxin Sugar Land, US 18 270
Zamora, Mario Houston, US 12 273

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