Patent ID: 11946366
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 10:
11. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a computer processor, the instructions comprising functionality for: obtaining lab measurements of existing drill cuttings at a plurality of depths of a first well; obtaining historical drilling surface data at the plurality of depths from a plurality of wells; obtaining real-time digital photos and real-time drilling surface data of new drill cuttings at a new depth of a new well; generating, using a prediction model, predicted formation properties of the new drill cuttings based on the real-time digital photos, the real-time drilling surface data, and the new depth; and predicting, using a near-real-time model and the predicted formation properties, near-real-time formation properties in the new well, wherein the prediction model comprises a historical model that correlates the lab measurements of the existing drill cuttings and the historical drilling surface data from the plurality of wells, by employing a machine-learning algorithm, wherein the predicted formation properties of the new drill cuttings comprise predicted lithology data including at least a formation grain size and a shape, predicted mineralogy data including at least a color and oil shows, and predicted rate of penetration (ROP), and wherein the lab measurements comprise lithology data, mineralogy, and digital photos of the existing drill cuttings obtained from various depths.