Patent Document ID: 9803475
Application ID: 14249052
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method implemented with one or more processors and a drilling system, the method comprising: receiving, at the one or more processors, a plurality of input parameters, each input parameter relating to at least one of a wellbore, a formation in which the wellbore is drilled, and a drilling operation used to drill the wellbore with the drilling system; generating, with the one or more processors, a geomechanical model of the wellbore based on one or more of the received input parameters; identifying, with the one or more processors, one or more troublesome zones of the wellbore by performing a stress and stability analysis for the wellbore using the generated model based on one or more of the received input parameters to produce one or more stress and stability analysis output parameters; performing, with the one or more processors, a strengthening analysis for the wellbore using the generated model based on one or more of the received input parameters and one or more of the stress and stability analysis output parameters to produce one or more strengthening analysis output parameters; performing, with the one or more processors, a mud loss analysis for the wellbore using the generated model based on one or more of the received input parameters and one or more of the strengthening analysis output parameters to produce one or more mud loss analysis output parameters; and drilling the wellbore in the formation with the drilling operation by operating the drilling system using the one or more strengthening analysis output parameters and the one or more mud loss analysis output parameters to strengthen the one or more identified troublesome zones during drilling.