Application US20210025238

DIRECTIONAL DRILLING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS
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US20210025238

1. A system of drilling a wellbore in an earth formation, comprising: (3) (4)

a drill string including a bottom hole assemble (BHA) that includes a steering unit;

a high speed computing device that is a quantum computing device; and

a communication network coupling the BHA to the high speed computing device;

wherein the quantum computing device, in operation, performs at least a 2-dimensional model inversion using data received from the BHA and calculates current wellbore position with respect to formation features using the data received from the BHA and compares that position to a prescribed path and provides information that causes the steering unit to perform a geosteering operation and change a course of the BHA during a drilling operation based on the comparison.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the quantum computing device utilizes qubits to perform the 2-dimensional model inversion. (0)

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the causing includes transmitting a signal to the steering unit that causes the steering unit to move a steering pad. (0)

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the orientation information is received from one or more sensors located on the BHA. (2) (0)

7. A method for forming a wellbore in an earth formation, comprising: (2) (5)

positioning a drill string in a wellbore; the drill string including a bottom hole assembly (BHA) that includes a steering unit, one or more sensors responsive to one or more formation properties, and one or more sensors responsive to the current orientation of the BHA in a wellbore;

receiving information from the BHA related to the formation properties and information related to a current orientation of the BHA in the wellbore;

performing at least a 2-dimensional model inversion of the information received from the BHA using a quantum computing device that utilizes qubits to perform calculations, the programmable optical computing device calculating the position of formation features with respect to current wellbore position;

comparing the current position to a prescribed path; and

causing the steering unit to perform a geosteering operation and change a course of the BHA during a drilling operation based on the comparison.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the causing includes transmitting a signal to the steering unit that causes the steering unit to move a steering pad. (0)

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the orientation information is received from sensors located on the BHA. (1) (0)

11. The method of claim 15, wherein the position information is based on a distance to a pay zone and the sensors include at least one formation evaluation sensor. (0)

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Application US20210025238

DIRECTIONAL DRILLING CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODS

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