Patent ID: 11905814
Assignee: ENHANCEDGEO HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Civil engineering (Other fields)
Classification: CPC E | IPC E

Claim 12:
13. A system, comprising:
drilling equipment comprising a drill bit attached to a drill string, wherein the drilling equipment is configured to drill a borehole from a surface towards an underground magma reservoir; and
a drilling controller coupled to the drilling equipment and configured to:
monitor drilling characteristics associated with the drilling equipment during drilling the borehole;
monitor borehole characteristics associated with the borehole during drilling the borehole;
determine, based at least in part on the monitored drilling characteristics and the monitored borehole characteristics, that the drill bit has entered a transition zone between a solid rock layer and the underground magma reservoir; and
in response to determining that the drill bit has entered the transition zone, cause the drilling equipment to operate in a transition zone mode, different than a prior mode of operation, associated with drilling in an at least partially molten rock; and

in response to determining that the drill bit has not entered the transition zone, continuing operating the drilling equipment in the prior mode of operation.