Detecting Unconventional Bit Balling in Real-Time Using a Bayesian Network and Mitigating Invisible Lost Time

written by: M. Elghor; M. Mahmoud; G. Hickin; J. Pearce; I. Fatehy; T. Peroyea; M. Yi; A. Ambrus; P. Ashok; M. Behounek

Paper presented at the Kuwait Oil & Gas Show, Kuwait City, Kuwait, February 2026.

Paper Number: SPE-230871-MS