US 11,840,904 B2
Methods and apparatus for printing a wellbore casing
Adrian Cesar Cavazos Sepulveda, Garza Garcia (MX); Abdulwahab S. Al-Johar, Dhahran (SA); Amjad Shaarawi, Khobar (SA); and Timothy Eric Moellendick, Dhahran (SA)
Assigned to SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed by SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY, Dhahran (SA)
Filed on Feb. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/652,798.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272690 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. E21B 33/138 (2006.01); E21B 10/26 (2006.01); E21B 47/08 (2012.01)
CPC E21B 33/138 (2013.01) [E21B 47/08 (2013.01); E21B 10/265 (2020.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
introducing a drill string including a bottom hole assembly into a wellbore, wherein the bottom hole assembly includes a mounted 3D printing sub-assembly;
drilling a wellbore with the bottom hole assembly; and
printing at least a portion of a casing with the 3D printing sub-assembly while drilling the wellbore.