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

Claim 17:
18. A method of completing a wellbore, the method comprising:
lowering a wellbore completion into a wellbore being formed in a subterranean zone, wherein the wellbore completion comprises:
a wellbore drilling assembly configured to form the wellbore in the subterranean zone, wherein the wellbore drilling assembly comprises a laser head configured to generate:
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; and
a second laser beam emitted in a radial direction within the wellbore, wherein the second laser beam, when incident on a portion of the drill cuttings, causes the portion of the drill cuttings to consolidate and form a casing of the wellbore;

using the first laser beam, continuing to form the wellbore in the subterranean zone;
acoustically guiding, using acoustic signals transmitted by an acoustic source mounted near the wellbore drilling assembly, the drill cuttings towards an inner wall of the wellbore;
using the second laser beam, heating the portion of the drill cuttings near the inner wall of the wellbore to form the casing of the wellbore.