Patent ID: 11859487
Assignee: NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC.
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 14:
15. A drilling apparatus comprising:
a drill string comprising a plurality of tubulars;
a bottom hole assembly (BHA) disposed at a distal end of the drill string;
a sensor system connected to the BHA and configured to measure a toolface angle of the BHA;
a controller in communication with the BHA and the sensor system, wherein the controller is configured to:
determine one or more toolface angles of the BHA during a drilling operation; and
calculate a slide stability score for the drilling operation based on at least sine and cosine values of the measured one or more toolface angles, the slide stability score representing an amount of consistency of the toolface angle during the drilling operation; and

a display device configured to display the slide stability score to a user.