US Patent Issued to Schlumberger Technology on July 28 for "Drilling fluid optimization for cuttings transport and rate of penetration" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,286, issued on July 28, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).

"Drilling fluid optimization for cuttings transport and rate of penetration" was invented by Andrew Clarke (Cambridge, Great Britain), Mahdi Davoodi (Cambridge, Great Britain) and John Morrison Whyte (Cambridge, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided that determine at least one fluid parameter for a drilling fluid and a particular drilling operation, wherein the at least one fluid parameter is selected from the group consisting of: i) a first fluid parameter that relates to shear forces that break apart co...