ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,174, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Schlumberger Technology Corp. (Sugar Land, Texas).
"Automated drilling fluids management system" was invented by Colin Stewart (Houston), Chemsseddine Bouguetta (Houston), Adrien Chassard (Houston) and Bruno Lecerf (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for controlling drilling fluid properties includes receiving one or more measurements representing a drilling efficiency of a drilling rig including a drill bit deployed into a well. A drilling rig circulates a drilling fluid in the well. The method includes determining that the one or more measurements are lower than expected, determi...