Patent ID: 9719332
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: E21B

Claim:
1. A method for reducing wellbore instability comprising: inputting pre-drilling assessment information into a hydraulics and wellbore stability analysis application to create a well plan; inputting a parameter measured at the wellsite as a wellbore is drilled into the hydraulics and wellbore stability analysis application; inputting an observation made at the wellsite as the wellbore is drilled into the hydraulics and wellbore stability analysis application; integrating the well plan, the measured parameter, and the observation into the hydraulics and wellbore stability analysis application continually; visually displaying a wellbore stability report comprising results of the integrated well plan, the measured parameter, and the observation; and adjusting operating window, drilling fluid, or drilling conditions at the wellsite as drilling progresses based on the wellbore stability report.