Patent ID: 11913303
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 0:
1. A method of completing a wellbore, the method comprising:
emitting, by a laser head mounted to a wellbore drilling assembly positioned within a wellbore formed in subterranean zone a first laser beam emitted in a downhole direction within the wellbore to form the wellbore through the subterranean zone, wherein emitting the first laser beam in the downhole direction causes portions of the subterranean zone to be released as drill cuttings into the wellbore;
emitting, by the laser head, a second laser beam emitted in a radial direction within the wellbore, wherein the second laser beam is incident on a portion of the drill cuttings, wherein the second laser beam causes the portion of the drill cuttings to consolidate and form a casing of the wellbore; and
acoustically guiding the drill cuttings towards an inner wall of the wellbore, wherein the second laser beam causes the portion of the drill cuttings acoustically guided to the inner wall of the wellbore to consolidate and form the casing of the wellbore.