US 12,473,827 B2
Analyzing drill cuttings using acoustic analysis
Dale E. Jamison, Houston, TX (US); Andrew Vos, Houston, TX (US); Brian Alan Evans, Houston, TX (US); Daniel Joshua Stark, Carrollton, TX (US); Denise Nicole Benoit, Houston, TX (US); and Mateusz Michal Dyngosz, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/993,324.
Prior Publication US 2024/0167380 A1, May 23, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 49/00 (2006.01); E21B 21/06 (2006.01); E21B 47/002 (2012.01); E21B 47/0224 (2012.01); E21B 47/085 (2012.01); E21B 47/095 (2012.01); E21B 47/107 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 49/005 (2013.01) [E21B 47/0025 (2020.05); E21B 47/0224 (2020.05); E21B 47/085 (2020.05); E21B 47/095 (2020.05); E21B 47/107 (2020.05); E21B 21/065 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a shaker, configured to receive solid components from a return flow line of a borehole undergoing a drilling operation, and configured to restrict a flow of solid components;
a soundboard, configured to be struck by the solid components falling from the shaker; and
an acoustic device, configured to capture acoustic waves generated by the solid components striking the soundboard, and configured to communicate the acoustic waves to an acoustic data processor as acoustic data, and wherein the acoustic data processor is configured to determine one or more parameters of the solid components using the acoustic data.