DrillDocs Gets a Patent to Keep an AI Eye on Shale Shakers

Ever hear of a "shale shaker?" It's a large, vibrating sieve used in drilling operations (like oil, gas, and mining) as the first stage of solids control to separate rock cuttings from the drilling fluid (mud) by shaking the fluid over fine mesh screens, letting liquid pass through and discarding the solids, which keeps the mud clean, protects equipment, and improves drilling efficiency. A clever Houston, TX-based company called DrillDocs has just secured a patent for a process that trains a camera on the drill cuttings coming off the shale shaker and uses AI to analyze them.

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