Abstract: A method for the classification of geological materials into similar facies includes: determining the elemental metric for each geological sample from a geographical location; determining a colour metric for each geological sample from a geographical location; setting an initial classification framework based on the availability and quality of the colour metric; using the initial classification framework as the target for a machine learning process; applying the trained machine learning process on geological samples from another geographical location for the classification of said geological samples from another geographical location.

Abstract: Method for determining a flow rate of a drilling mud in a subsoil drilling system which includes a main duct and a bypass conduit. The bypass conduit has a narrowed section. The method includes: feeding the bypass conduit with drilling mud, coming from a drilling well formed by the system and carrying drilling cuttings; coupling, to the narrowed section, a differential pressure sensor generating a first signal representative of a difference between a first pressure detected upstream or downstream of the narrowed section and a second pressure detected in the narrowed section; coupling, to the bypass conduit, a thermal dispersion sensor generating a second signal representative of a velocity of the mud; selecting, as a mud flow rate value, one of a first value calculated based on the first signal and on a density value of the mud, and a second value based on the second signal.

Abstract: Method for installing a geothermal system, comprising: arranging a drilling equipment, including a support structure and a terminal module, mounted on the support structure; by means of the drilling equipment, drilling the soil in succession along a substantially vertical first tract, a substantially horizontal second tract and a substantially vertical third tract, the first, second and third tracts forming a substantially U-shaped well, the first tract having a surface inlet, where the drilling is started, the third tract having a surface outlet, where the drilling is finished, the well crossing a geothermal zone; arranging a casing in the well, so that the casing extends between the inlet of the first tract and the outlet of the third tract; arranging a heat utilization system, associated with an axial end of the casing; arranging a hydraulic system configured to cause a heat transfer fluid to circulate in the casing, so that the heat transfer fluid will absorb heat from the geothermal formation and will re

Abstract: Method for determining physical properties of rocky formations, comprising: training a first artificial intelligence system (AI1) on a first training dataset (TR1). Said first training dataset (TR1) comprises independent variables (V1), associated with one or more rocky formations, comprising at least one of X-ray fluorescence (XRF) measurements, X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements, and gamma-ray measurements. The independent variables (V1) further comprise one or more drilling parameters. Said first training dataset (TR1) comprises one or more dependent variables (V2), comprising one or more physical properties of said one or more rocky formations. Said first training dataset (TR1) is obtained from one or more training wells.

Abstract: Method for installing a geothermal system, comprising: arranging a drilling equipment, including a support structure and a terminal module, mounted on the support structure; by means of the drilling equipment, drilling the soil in succession along a substantially vertical first tract, a substantially horizontal second tract and a substantially vertical third tract, the first, second and third tracts forming a substantially U-shaped well, the first tract having a surface inlet, where the drilling is started, the third tract having a surface outlet, where the drilling is finished, the well crossing a geothermal zone; arranging a casing in the well, so that the casing extends between the inlet of the first tract and the outlet of the third tract; arranging a heat utilization system, associated with an axial end of the casing; arranging a hydraulic system configured to cause a heat transfer fluid to circulate in the casing, so that the heat transfer fluid will absorb heat from the geothermal formation and will re

Abstract: In a method for quantifying a volumetric flow rate of a flow of drilling mud in a floating structure for subsoil drilling, a flowmeter and a detection device are provided on a floating structure for subsoil drilling. The flowmeter generates a flow signal. The detection device generates a heave signal representative of a vertical heave of the floating structure. A processor transforms the flow signal into a first spectrum in the frequency domain and the heave signal into a second spectrum in the frequency domain. The processor compares the first spectrum with the second spectrum, obtaining a resultant spectrum. The processor transforms the resultant spectrum into a resultant signal in the time domain. The processor determines a mean value of the flow signal, adds the resultant signal to the mean value, obtaining a quantification of a flow of drilling mud in the floating structure.

Abstract: Described herein is a rheometer comprising a rotor comprising a rotary shaft and at least two screws extending longitudinally along a first portion of said shaft; a motor coupled to said shaft and adapted to rotatably drive said rotor; a stator having a cylindrical shape and adapted to contain a fluid; wherein said at least two screws form a cylindrical twin helix; wherein said cylindrical twin helix has an inside radius of 2 mm to 10 mm and an outside radius of 10 to 20 mm; wherein said stator has a radius which is longer than the outside radius of said cylindrical twin helix.

Abstract: Method for carrying out rheologic measurements of a drilling mud, comprising: providing a first toroidal conduit (10); inserting into said first toroidal conduit (10) a drilling mud, comprising drilling debris; determining conditions to be simulated for said mud, said conditions to be simulated comprising a path length and/or a flow time to be simulated for said mud; determining, as a function of said conditions to be simulated, operating conditions to be applied to said mud, said operating conditions comprising a number of laps around said first toroidal conduit (10) and/or a flow time in said first toroidal conduit (10); regulating the temperature inside said first toroidal conduit (10); regulating the pressure inside said first toroidal conduit (10); providing a displacement device (20) comprising a first projectile (21), wherein said first projectile (21) fills substantially entirely a cross-section of said first toroidal conduit (10); moving, by means of said first projectile (21), said mud in the first

Abstract: Method for carrying out rheologic measurements of a drilling mud, comprising: providing a first toroidal conduit (10); inserting into said first toroidal conduit (10) a drilling mud, comprising drilling debris; determining conditions to be simulated for said mud, said conditions to be simulated comprising a path length and/or a flow time to be simulated for said mud; determining, as a function of said conditions to be simulated, operating conditions to be applied to said mud, said operating conditions comprising a number of laps around said first toroidal conduit (10) and/or a flow time in said first toroidal conduit (10); regulating the temperature inside said first toroidal conduit (10); regulating the pressure inside said first toroidal conduit (10); providing a displacement device (20) comprising a first projectile (21), wherein said first projectile (21) fills substantially entirely a cross-section of said first toroidal conduit (10); moving, by means of said first projectile (21), said mud in the first

Abstract: A method for determining the permeability of a fractured zone in the subsoil, wherein at least one well is being drilled and at least said fractured zone is encountered, includes: detecting at least one value of a characteristic quantity associated with said well; retrieving from a memory a mathematical model descriptive of said characteristic quantity and dependent on at least the permeability of said fractured zone; activating a processor for: obtaining at least one calculated value of said characteristic quantity by means of said mathematical model; comparing said calculated value with said detected value; calculating a permeability value of said fractured zone as a function of said comparison; generating an output signal representative of said permeability value. Also described is an apparatus for determining the permeability of a fractured zone in the subsoil.

Abstract: Continuous circulation and rotation drilling system, comprising: a top drive; a mud circulation system; a drill assembly including a drill pipe; a clamp device. The continuous circulation and rotation drilling system is drivable between a first condition and a second condition. In the first condition, the drill assembly and the clamp device are mutually disconnected. In the second condition: the main body of the clamp device is in a closed configuration and the drill assembly is partly enclosed in an inner housing of the clamp device; the mud circulation system feeds drilling mud through a radial opening of a main body of the clamp device; one or more actuating groups of the clamp device are activated to rotate the drill pipe around its longitudinal axis.

Abstract: Method for determining an extraction efficiency of at least one volatile species contained in a drilling mud, the method including: housing a test mud in a first closed container; determining a test parameter representative of a ratio between a first portion of at least one first volatile species, which is absorbed by the test mud, and a second portion of the first volatile species, which is not absorbed by the test mud, the second portion of the first volatile species being measured in a headspace of the first closed container; housing a drilling mud in a second closed container, the drilling mud containing at least one second volatile species, the second volatile species being substantially the same as the first volatile species; determining an operating parameter representative of a quantity of the second volatile species released by the drilling mud in the second closed container, wherein the quantity of the second volatile species is measured in a headspace of the second closed container; determining, as

Abstract: Method for quantifying a volumetric flow rate of a flow of drilling mud in a floating structure for subsoil drilling, said method comprising: providing a flowmeter (50) on a floating structure (20) for subsoil drilling, said flowmeter (50) being configured for generating a flow signal (FS); providing a detection device (70) on said floating structure (20), suitable for generating a heave signal (HS) representative of a substantially vertical heave of said floating structure (20); acquiring said flow signal (FS) and said heave signal (HS) through a processor (60); activating said processor (60) in order to transform said flow signal (FS), thereby obtaining a corresponding first spectrum (S1) in the frequency domain; activating said processor (60) in order to transform said heave signal (HS), thereby obtaining a corresponding second spectrum (S2) in the frequency domain; activating said processor (60) in order to compare said first spectrum (S1) with said second spectrum (S2), thereby obtaining a resultant spec

Abstract: A device includes: a frame; a tray supported by the frame; a measurement device configured to weigh debris loaded on the tray; wherein the tray has a front end and a rear end with a first side and a second side each extending therebetween; wherein the first side has a first protrusion and a second protrusion with a movement member being configured to make the first protrusion follow a first trajectory; a guide is configured to make the second protrusion follow a second trajectory while the first protrusion is moved along said first trajectory; wherein the movement member is configured to act on said first protrusion so as to roto-translate the tray between a first position, wherein the tray is configured to carry debris to be weighted, and a second position wherein the tray is configured to discharge the debris.

Abstract: Method for the detection and quantification of the H2S which measures concentration of the H2S in the drilling mud including the steps of measurement of the initial concentrations of H2S in free form and of the hydrogen sulphide HS? and sulphide S2 ? ion species, dissolved in the sample of mud; acidification of the sample of mud, to generate gaseous H2S, making the hydrogen sulphide (HS?) and sulphide (S2?) ions dissolved in the mud and the H2S precipitated in solid form in the scavengers react; measuring concentration of the gaseous H2S formed following the first acidification; and relative system including at least: a mud sample collector; a unit measuring concentration of the hydrogen sulphide HS? and sulphide S2? ion species in the sample; a unit for measuring concentration of the free H2S; a unit to acidify the sample of mud; electronic controller and storage and processing of the measurements made.

Abstract: Method for determining an extraction efficiency of at least one volatile species contained in a drilling mud, the method including: housing a test mud in a first closed container; determining a test parameter representative of a ratio between a first portion of at least one first volatile species, which is absorbed by the test mud, and a second portion of the first volatile species, which is not absorbed by the test mud, the second portion of the first volatile species being measured in a headspace of the first closed container; housing a drilling mud in a second closed container, the drilling mud containing at least one second volatile species, the second volatile species being substantially the same as the first volatile species; determining an operating parameter representative of a quantity of the second volatile species released by the drilling mud in the second closed container, wherein the quantity of the second volatile species is measured in a headspace of the second closed container; determining, as

Abstract: A device includes: a frame; a tray supported by the frame; a measurement device configured to weigh debris loaded on the tray; wherein the tray has a front end and a rear end with a first side and a second side each extending therebetween; wherein the first side has a first protrusion and a second protrusion with a movement member being configured to make the first protrusion follow a first trajectory; a guide is configured to make the second protrusion follow a second trajectory while the first protrusion is moved along said first trajectory; wherein the movement member is configured to act on said first protrusion so as to roto-translate the tray between a first position, wherein the tray is configured to carry debris to be weighted, and a second position wherein the tray is configured to discharge the debris.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for identification of malfunctioning of a drill bit during drilling of hydrocarbon wells. The method includes measuring the penetration rate of the drill bit, measuring the drilling length, measuring the drilling mud concentration of at least one alkene gas species, measuring the torque at the drill bit, then analyzing the microscopic structure of the drilling cuttings on the basis of the values assumed by these measurements and on the basis of the observations of this microscopic structure. Finally the method generates an alert signal and returns the drill bit to the surface. The method facilitates a system for the early identification of drill bit malfunction due to wear, both in the case of fatigue and in the case of wrong initial choice of the type of drill bit with respect to the lithology of the rocks to be drilled.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a system of analysis, which can be used in a mobile laboratory in a drilling site situation or in a similar situation, suitable for measuring (preferably in relation to at least two partially gaseous species, which derive preferably from a mixture extracted from a drilling mud, for example, methane, ethane, propane and/or any other heavier hydrocarbons) the quantities of the different isotopes of at least a same chemical element (preferably the quantities of 13C, carbon isotope with 6 protons and 7 neutrons, and of 12C, carbon isotope with 6 protons and 6 neutrons, respectively) by means of a laser isotopes analyzer regulated for a single, at least partially gaseous species which contains said chemical element.

Abstract: A method for determining the permeability of a fractured zone in the subsoil, wherein at least one well is being drilled and at least said fractured zone is encountered, includes: detecting at least one value of a characteristic quantity associated with said well; retrieving from a memory a mathematical model descriptive of said characteristic quantity and dependent on at least the permeability of said fractured zone; activating a processor for: obtaining at least one calculated value of said characteristic quantity by means of said mathematical model; comparing said calculated value with said detected value; calculating a permeability value of said fractured zone as a function of said comparison; generating an output signal representative of said permeability value. Also described is an apparatus for determining the permeability of a fractured zone in the subsoil.