ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,080, issued on April 7, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Drilling activity recommendation system and method" was invented by Tao Shen (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for planning a well that include receiving an initial drill plan and a current recommendation of a sequence of activities for drilling a target well. The method also include analyzing the initial drill plan and selecting a subject activity of the initial drill plan. The method additionally include analyzing the current recommendation and determining a sequence of activities including a prior activity that is prior to th...