Location-based services

• US 10,198,141 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2017
• Issued: 02/05/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gary Sorden, Michael Hinsley
• Original Assignee: Gary Sorden, Michael Hinsley
• Inventors: Sorden, Gary, Hinsley, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Xiao, Di
• Application Number:
  US15/632,560
• Publication Number:
  US 20170293848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 589 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 41/00 Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/04 Measuring depth or liquid level
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/12 Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3407 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3664 Details of the user input interface, e.g. buttons, knobs or sliders, including those provided on a touch screen; remote controllers; input using gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3811 Point data, e.g. Point of Interest [POI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/206 Drawing of charts or graphs
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/60 Editing figures and text; Combining figures or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/05 Geographic models
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/30 Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 : Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system and method for managing location-based information associated with the oil and gas industry. The system, in one embodiment, comprises a computing device connected to a location-based service, wherein the location-based information comprises energy operations data which is associated with a specific geographic location, and wherein the computing device is associated with a graphical map interface. The graphical map interface is configured to display location based information. The graphical map interface can also be configured to display an indication of the frequency of an event. The location based information can be associated with a geofence.

Claims

1. A system for managing location-based information associated with the oil and gas industry, said system comprising:

a computing device operatively connected to a location-based service;

wherein the computing device is operable to receive energy operations data from the location-based service, wherein said energy operations data comprises permit data for oil and gas wells related to a geographical location;

wherein the permit data comprises permits for drilling of an oil or gas well;

wherein the computing device is associated with a graphical map interface comprising mapping of the geographical location;

wherein the graphical map interface is configured to display permit data for oil and gas wells through use of a heat map on the graphical map display;

wherein the heat map is operable to display certain hot and cold areas related to the frequency of oil and gas permits within the geographical location;

wherein the location-based service is configured to receive GPS data through a data interface capability from an oil or gas well associated with the GPS data;

wherein the GPS data is configured to provide coordinates of an oil or gas wells;

wherein the graphical map interface is configured to display an icon representing an oil or gas well on the heat map; and

wherein the location-based service is configured to communicate with the computing device using an application programming interface.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the graphical map interface is configured to display a plurality of geofences, wherein each geofence represents a well, and the geofence represents the amount of oil or gas production from the geofenced well.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the location-based service is configured to provide mapping data, oil or gas production data, operator name, pipeline data, and an indication of a frequency of an event related to a geofenced drilling operation to a wireless device through a LTE-based data interface capability, and wherein the graphical map interface is configured to display the oil or gas production data, the operator name, the pipeline data, and the indication of the frequency of the event.

4. The system of claim 1 further comprising a data management component configured to model energy operations data to estimate through predictive analysis future oil and gas production of one or more oil wells.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a data management component associated with the location-based service and configured to receive a plurality of energy operations data from a plurality of sources and modeling an adaptive drilling profile to be displayed on the graphical map interface.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the graphical map interface is configured to display an indication of horizontal and vertical wells and wherein the production of each vertical or horizontal well is displayed through a geofence sized based upon the oil and gas production.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising a cloud based storage system for storing oil and gas data;

wherein the system is collectively used within a cloud computer architecture.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein the location-based service is configured to send a wireless device comprising a smartphone with a touchscreen energy operations data associated with a geofence and in near proximity to the wireless device;

and wherein the location-based service is configured to interface with a cloud based storage system.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein a geofence is displayed on the graphical map interface;

wherein the geofence is associated with an oil or gas region;

wherein a plurality of geofences are also displayed inside the geofence associated with the oil or gas region.

10. The system of claim 1 further comprising an economics analyzer configured to analyze historical decline curves for oil or gas wells within a geofenced area that is displayed on the graphical map display.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising an economics analyzer configured to model production rates of oil or gas wells inside of a geofenced location pre-determined by the system and displayed on the graphical map interface.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising an economics analyzer configured to model production rates of oil or gas wells inside of a geofenced oil and gas drilling area.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the location-based service further comprises a data management component configured create multiple adaptive drilling profile comprising three-dimensional seismic data associated with a geofenced location.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the location based service is configured to provide three-dimensional seismic data associated with one or more oil wells inside of a geofenced area.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising a graphical user interface overlay that comprises multiple icons, and wherein the icons represent oil or gas wells.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based service is configured to create a geofenced drilling operation and display at least a portion of the geofenced drilling operation on the graphical map interface;

wherein the location-based service is configured to perform trend analysis associated on the drilling operation.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein the graphical map interface is configured create a geofence that is associated with one or more oil well;

wherein the geofence is sized based upon the oil or gas production of the well and wherein the geofence is displayed on the graphical map interface;

wherein the location-based service is configured to provide three-dimensional seismic data to the computer device for display on a graphical user interface.

18. The system of claim 1 wherein the location based service is configured to create multiple geofences inside a larger geographic area that are displayed on the graphical map interface and wherein multiple geofences are created for one or more oil wells, wherein the graphical map interface is configured to size the geofences by the amount of production of each oil well associated with each geofence;

wherein the location-based service is configured to provide horizontal directional drilling data to the graphical map interface.

19. The system of claim 1 wherein the graphical map display is configured to display an icon representing one or more wells;

wherein upon a click of the icon or hover a popup box is displayed;

wherein the popup box comprises the operator name, lease name, initial completion date, depth of the oil well, and well type.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the location based service comprises a cloud-based storage platform and is configured to store a plurality of a geofenced drilling operations;

wherein each geofenced drilling operation comprises production data for oil or gas wells;

predictive analysis models for future production, wherein the production of a well inside a geofenced drilling operation can be displayed through a geofence on the graphical map interface, which is sized based upon the amount of production of at least one or more oil and gas wells.