Patent attributes
A method implemented by a processor for drilling a borehole includes: inputting drilling parameters used to drill one or more offset boreholes, rate of penetration for the one or more offset boreholes, and one or more lithologies for the one or more offset boreholes; identifying those drilling parameters that correspond to a rate of penetration (ROP) that meets or exceeds a selected ROP threshold for each input lithology; correlating a borehole plan comprising a borehole path to be drilled and one or more assumed lithologies as a function of depth to the one or more lithologies of the one or more offset boreholes; sending the identified drilling parameters to a drill rig controller for each of the assumed lithologies in the borehole plan; and drilling the borehole with the drill rig using the identified drilling parameters for each of the one or more assumed lithologies in the borehole plan.
