US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil on March 17 for "Evaluation of density and seismic impedance values of geologic layers using drill bit sound during drilling" (Saudi Arabia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,492, issued on March 17, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Evaluation of density and seismic impedance values of geologic layers using drill bit sound during drilling" was invented by Wisam Al Kawai (Qatif, Saudi Arabia) and Yunlai Yang (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example computer-implemented methods, media, and systems for evaluating density and seismic impedance values of geologic layers using drill bit sound during drilling are disclosed. One example computer-implemented method includes receiving an acoustic signal associated with a sound produced by a well tool implemented ...