US 11,988,083 B2
Apparatus and methods for determining information from a well
Todd W. Benson, Dallas, TX (US); and George Michalopulos, Tulsa, OK (US)
Assigned to MOTIVE DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by Motive Drilling Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/661,505.
Application 17/661,505 is a continuation of application No. 16/680,958, filed on Nov. 12, 2019, granted, now 11,401,794.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,621, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0259967 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. E21B 44/02 (2006.01); E21B 47/002 (2012.01); G01V 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 44/02 (2013.01) [E21B 47/002 (2020.05); G01V 11/005 (2013.01)] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
14. A method of drilling a well borehole, the method comprising:
receiving, via a computer system, data from a fiber optic cable located in a first borehole, wherein the data received comprises acoustic signals from drilling a second borehole;
determining, by the computer system responsive to the received data, a shape of the second borehole; and
drilling at least a portion of the second borehole responsive to the determined shape,
wherein the shape is a 3D shape of the second borehole.