System and method of populating a well log

• US 10,289,668 B2
• Filed: 01/18/2013
• Issued: 05/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Williams, Michael R., Pachon, Mauricio A., Wang, James M., Ayuste, Carlo C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tsui, Wilson W
• Application Number:
  US14/655,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20150324344A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,307 Days
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/00 Survey of boreholes or wells monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 11/00 Prospecting or detecting by methods combining techniques covered by two or more of main groups G01V1/00 - G01V9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 9/00 Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups G01V1/00 - G01V8/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

Populating a well log. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: performing a well logging operation at a physical location of a wellbore, the performing by: positioning a logging system proximate to the physical location of the wellbore; determining, by a computer system associated with the logging system, a physical location of the logging system; reading, by the computer system, from a third party source, information related to the physical location of the logging system; populating, by the computer system, a header section of a well log report, the populating based on information from the third party source; and performing the well logging operation.

Claims

1. A method of performing well logging operations, the method comprising:

obtaining, by a computer system from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver associated with a logging system, location information for the logging system proximate to a wellbore being drilled through one or more formations;

determining, by the computer system, a physical location of the logging system, based on the location information obtained from the GPS receiver;

requesting, by the computer system from a third party server via a communication network, location-based information related to the wellbore at the physical location of the logging system;

obtaining, by the computer system from the logging system, logging data regarding physical parameters of the one or more formations as the wellbore is drilled;

responsive to receiving the requested location-based information from the third party server via the communication network, populating, by the computer system, a header section of a well log report with the location-based information received from the third party server and a log values section of the well log report with the logging data obtained from the logging system; and

displaying, by the computer system, the populated well log report, wherein the displayed well log report is automatically updated with additional location-based information received from the third party server and additional logging data obtained from the logging system as the wellbore is drilled through additional formations.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the physical location of the logging system further comprises reading latitude and longitude coordinates from the global positioning system (GPS) receiver associated with the logging system.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the GPS receiver is part of the logging system.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the GPS receiver is part of a satellite transceiver associated with the logging system.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the GPS receiver is part of a mobile cellular device wirelessly coupled to the logging system.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the physical location of the logging system is determined based on a location of a mobile cellular antenna communicatively coupled to the computer system, and the location of the mobile cellular antenna is determined based on a multilateration of cellular signals received by the mobile cellular antenna from a plurality of cellular towers.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the physical location of the logging system is determined based on information received from location services provided to the computer system over an Internet connection.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the information received from the location services includes an internet protocol (IP) address associated with the logging system.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the location-based information received from the third party server is selected from the group consisting of:

an indication of a country where the logging system is located;

an indication of a state where the logging system is located;

an indication of a county where the logging system is located;

an indication of a city in which the logging system is located;

an indication of a nearest city to which the logging system is located;

an indication of a hydrocarbon lease name on which the logging system is located;

an indication of a well identifier of the wellbore;

a weather report for an area that includes the physical location of the logging system;

a temperature from a weather reporting station proximate to the physical location of the logging system;

a humidity from the weather reporting station proximate to the physical location of the logging system; and

a dew point from the weather reporting station proximate to the physical location of the logging system.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein requesting further comprises interfacing with a web application programming interface (“

Web API”

) controlled by a third party service provider associated with the third party server.

11. A well logging system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a global positioning system (GPS) receiver coupled to the processor; and

a communication interface coupled to the processor;

the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

determine a physical location of the well logging system proximate to a wellbore being drilled through one or more formations, based on location information obtained by the GPS receiver;

retrieve, from a third-party server via a communication network coupled to the communication interface, location-based information related to the wellbore at the physical location of the well logging system;

obtain, from a logging-while-drilling device coupled to a drill string disposed in the wellbore, logging data regarding physical parameters of the one or more formations as the wellbore is drilled;

populate a header section of a well log report with the location-based information retrieved from the third-party source and a log values section of the well log report with the logging data obtained from the logging-while-drilling device; and

provide, for display by a display device, the populated well log report, wherein the well log report is automatically updated with additional location-based information received from the third party server and additional logging data obtained from the logging-while-drilling device as the wellbore is drilled through additional formations.

12. The well logging system of claim 11

wherein the location information obtained from the GPS receiver includes latitude and longitude coordinates corresponding to the physical location of the well logging system.

13. The well logging system of claim 12 further comprising a satellite transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein the GPS receiver is associated with the satellite transceiver.

14. The well logging system of claim 11 wherein when the processor determines, the program causes the processor to determine the physical location based on location services over an Internet connection.

15. The well logging system of claim 14 wherein the program further causes the processor to determine the physical location based on location services by way of an internet protocol (IP) address lookup.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein when the processor determines, the program further causes the processor to read a position from a mobile cellular device, the mobile cellular device wirelessly coupled to the well logging system by way of the communication interface.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein when the processor determines, the program further causes the processor to read a position from a mobile cellular device, the mobile cellular device comprising a separate global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and the mobile cellular device wirelessly coupled to the well logging system by way of the communication interface.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein when the processor determines, the program further causes the processor to read a position from a mobile cellular device, the location determined based on triangulation of cellular signals.

19. The well logging system of claim 11 wherein the location-based information retrieved from the third party server is selected from the group consisting of:

an indication of a country where the well logging system is located;

an indication of a state where the well logging system is located;

an indication of a county where the well logging system is located;

an indication of a city in which the well logging system is located;

an indication of a nearest city to which the well logging system is located;

an indication of a hydrocarbon lease name on which the well logging system is located;

an indication of a well identifier of the wellbore proximate to the physical location of the well logging system;

a weather report for an area that includes the physical location of the well logging system;

a temperature from a weather reporting station proximate to the physical location of the well logging system;

a humidity from the weather reporting station proximate to the physical location of the well logging system; and

a dew point from the weather reporting station proximate to the physical location of the well logging system.