ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,878, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Method and system for managing drilling parameters based on downhole vibrations and artificial intelligence" was invented by Ahmed I. Saihati (Saihat, Saudi Arabia) and Bader M. Otaibi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may include obtaining drilling surface parameter data regarding one or more drilling parameters during a drilling operation for a wellbore. The method may further include obtaining geological data regarding one or more formations within a subsurface of the wellbore. The method may further include obtai...