Patent ID: 11867058
Assignee: SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC E  B | IPC B  E

Claim 10:
11. A method for drilling in a formation using an activating agent and a laser, the method comprising:
inserting a drill head into a wellbore;
advancing the drill head to an area of the formation;
discharging an activating agent on the area of the formation using a nozzle in the drill head; and
lasing at least a portion of the area of the formation using a laser head in the drill head,
wherein the activating agent comprises an activating material, the activating material comprising at least one of activated carbon, graphite, carbon black, carbon nanotubes, nanoparticles, paint, dye, molybdenum disulfide, a transition metal chalcogenide, or a metamaterial.