Patent ID: 11920455
Assignee: LANDMARK GRAPHICS CORPORATION
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 14:
15. A system comprising:
a drill string including a drill bit;
a processor; and
a computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor, the instructions including
instructions to drill a wellbore in a subsurface formation with drill bit;
instructions to acquire a plurality of drilling parameters while drilling the wellbore;
instructions to determine, based on the plurality of drilling parameters, solids properties for solids forming a cutting plug up hole of the drill bit;
instructions to determine a length of the cutting plug based on the solids properties;
instructions to determine a cutting plug friction force based on the cutting plug length and a pressure differential across the cutting plug; and
instructions to perform a drilling operation based on the cutting plug friction force.