Method and system and program storage device for storing oilfield related data in a computer database and displaying a field data handbook on a computer display screen
First Claim
1. A method of determining data, comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a handbook on a computer display screen, said handbook including a left page, a right page, and at least one binder ring interconnecting the left page to the right page;
(b) locating a page in said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen; and
(c) determining said data from said page in said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen, said data determined during the determining step (c) being displayed on said computer display screen.
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Abstract
A computerized handbook known as an ‘i-Handbook’ is adapted to be stored in a memory of a computer system and displayed on a display screen of the computer system for assisting field personnel in the performance of their respective job related responsibilities. The ‘i-Handbook’, when displayed, has the appearance of a real handbook and it includes a database and a plurality of calculators for calculating a plurality of oilfield or wellbore related data in response to a first plurality of data in the database and a second plurality of data input by a user. The plurality of calculators are adapted for calculating: unit conversions, triplex pump volumes, tank volumes, tubular stretch and free point, annulus volumes, slurry density, gate percentage, screen out, cement slurry, casing lift, HCL density, oil gravity and API, and salt requirements. The ‘i-Handbook’ has a wellbore diagram feature which will allow a user to draw and create differing types of downhole tubular, packers and perforations in the tubular adapted to be disposed in a wellbore. In addition, the ‘i-Handbook’ can display: tubular capacities and displacement volumes, and tubular data based on suppliers which will enable a user to search through a database of the tubular data to locate the suppliers. This abstract is provided for the sole purpose of aiding a patent searcher; it is provided with the understanding that this abstract shall not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
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57 Claims
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1. A method of determining data, comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a handbook on a computer display screen, said handbook including a left page, a right page, and at least one binder ring interconnecting the left page to the right page;
(b) locating a page in said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen; and
(c) determining said data from said page in said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen, said data determined during the determining step (c) being displayed on said computer display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. The method of claim l, wherein the determining step (c) for determining said data from said page in said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen comprises the steps of:
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selecting from said page in said handbook a desired amount of salt from a particular weight of solution on said page in said handbook on the condition that said particular weight of solution is located on said page in said handbook;
locating on said page in said handbook a first weight of solution associated with a first amount of salt and a second weight of solution associated with a second amount of salt, where said first weight of solution is greater than said particular weight of solution and said second weight of solution is less than said particular weight of solution, and interpolating between the first and second different weights of solution to determine said desired amount of said salt having a value which lies between the first and second amounts of salt on the condition that said particular weight of solution is not located on said page in said handbook; and
displaying said desired amount of said salt on said computer display screen.
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18. A method of constructing a wellbore diagram, comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying a handbook on a computer display screen; and
(b) drawing said wellbore diagram on said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen, said wellbore diagram being constructed in response to the drawing step (b). - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. A program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for determining data, said method steps comprising:
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(a) displaying a handbook on a display screen of said machine, said handbook including a left page, a right page, and at least one binder ring interconnecting the left page to the right page;
(b) displaying a page in said handbook on said display screen of said machine in response to an input instruction; and
(c) determining said data from said page in said handbook being displayed on said display screen of said machine in response to a set of input data and a further set of data stored in a database, said data determined during the determining step (c) being displayed on said display screen of said machine. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for constructing a wellbore diagram, said method steps comprising:
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(a) displaying a handbook on a view screen of said machine; and
(b) in response to one or more input instructions, displaying said wellbore diagram on said handbook that is being displayed on said view screen of said machine, said wellbore diagram being constructed in response to the displaying step (b). - View Dependent Claims (38)
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39. A system adapted for determining data, comprising:
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apparatus adapted for displaying a handbook on a computer display screen, said handbook including a left page, a right page, and at least one binder ring interconnecting the left page to the right page;
apparatus adapted for locating a page in said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen; and
apparatus adapted for determining said data from said page in said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen, said data being displayed on said computer display screen. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A system adapted for constructing a wellbore diagram, comprising:
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apparatus adapted for displaying a handbook on a computer display screen; and
apparatus adapted for drawing and constructing said wellbore diagram on said handbook being displayed on said computer display screen. - View Dependent Claims (57)
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