Patent ID: 11898410
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 12:
13. A system, comprising:
a drilling rig;
a drill string coupled to the drilling rig, the drill string comprising a plurality of pipe sections;
a stuck pipe adapter coupled to the drill string, the stuck pipe adapter comprises a first computer processor and a communication interface, wherein the stuck pipe adapter is configured to produce a predetermined amount of tension in at least one pipe section among the plurality of pipe sections; and
a stuck pipe manager coupled to the stuck pipe adapter, the stuck pipe manager comprising a second computer processor, wherein the stuck pipe manager comprises functionality for:
obtaining well data regarding a drilling operation and stuck pipe data regarding a stuck pipe event associated with the drill string;
determining, using the well data and the stuck pipe data, a diagnostic action for the stuck pipe event;
transmitting a command to the stuck pipe adapter that causes the stuck pipe adapter to perform the diagnostic action;
obtaining diagnostic data regarding the stuck pipe event in response to the stuck pipe adapter performing the diagnostic action; and
determining a predicted location in the well of the stuck pipe event based on the diagnostic data and a machine-learning algorithm.