ASSESSMENT, MONITORING AND CONTROL OF DRILLING OPERATIONS AND/OR GEOLOGICAL-CHARACTERISTIC ASSESSMENT

In monitoring/control of drilling operation a dimensionality of a full-scale model (e.g., characterizing variables related to cuttings transport, gas migration and/or the like) is reduced and data from a plurality of geographically distributed (e.g., depth varying) sensors is received, and a surrogate model is used to estimate variables in real-time. Use of the surrogate model may enable, e.g., particle-filtering processes to be employed during the estimation while still allowing for real-time estimations, avoiding excessive use of reasonable computational resources (e.g., memory and processing speeds) and/or the like. Operating controls or the like may then be set based on the estimated variables. For example, drilling control parameters may be adjusted based on estimated variables to avoid lost circulation, kicks, stuck pipe, and catastrophic events, optimize drilling parameters such as rate of penetration, improve drilling success probabilities and efficiency and/or the like.