ADAPTIVE BOREHOLE ASSEMBLY VISUALIZATION IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE

• US 20050217896A1
• Filed: 04/01/2004
• Published: 10/06/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Inventors: WILL, MATHIEU, TERENTYEV, IGOR, HELIOT, DENIS J.
• Granted Patent: US 7,027,925 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 175/40
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 44/00 Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/00 Manipulating 3D models or images for computer graphics
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/62 Semi-transparency
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2219/028 Multiple view windows (top-side-front-sagittal-orthogonal)

Abstract

A method for displaying a bottom-hole assembly together with a borehole trajectory includes displaying the borehole trajectory in a display window; and displaying the bottom-hole assembly in the display window such that the borehole trajectory and the bottom-hole assembly are in parallel and a measurement depth of the bottom-hole assembly corresponds to a measurement depth of the borehole trajectory.

Claims

1. A method for displaying a bottom-hole assembly together with a borehole trajectory, comprising:

displaying the borehole trajectory in a display window; and

displaying the bottom-hole assembly in the display window such that the borehole trajectory and the bottom-hole assembly are in parallel and a measurement depth of the bottom-hole assembly corresponds to a measurement depth of the borehole trajectory.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the bottom-hole assembly is rendered in surface shape inside the borehole trajectory and the borehole trajectory is displayed in a semitransparent color.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the bottom-hole assembly is displayed outside the borehole trajectory, and wherein the bottom-hole assembly is displayed in a semitransparent color.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the bottom-hole assembly is displayed in sections having different transparencies.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the different transparencies are based on display widths of the sections of the bottom-hole assembly.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the display widths of the sections of the bottom-hole assembly are based on distances between a camera position and locations of the sections of the bottom-hole assembly.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying information related to a section of the bottom-hole assembly.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the bottom-hole assembly is rendered in surface shape outside the borehole trajectory.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein components in the bottom-hole assembly are rendered in different colors.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising animating the displayed bottom-hole assembly.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the animating corresponds to actions of the bottom-hole assembly during a drilling operation.

12. A method for displaying a bottom-hole assembly together with a borehole trajectory, comprising:

displaying the borehole trajectory in a first window;

displaying the bottom-hole assembly in the first window such that the borehole trajectory and the bottom-hole assembly are in parallel and a measurement depth of the bottom-hole assembly corresponds to a measurement depth of the borehole trajectory; and

displaying an expanded view of the first window in a second window, wherein the expanded view includes a portion of the borehole trajectory and a corresponding section of the bottom-hole assembly.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the bottom-hole assembly is rendered in surface shape inside the borehole trajectory and the borehole trajectory is displayed in a semitransparent color.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the bottom-hole assembly is displayed outside the borehole trajectory, and wherein the bottom-hole assembly is displayed in a semitransparent color.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the bottom-hole assembly is displayed in sections having different transparencies.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the different transparencies are based on display widths of the sections of the bottom-hole assembly.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the display widths of the sections of the bottom-hole assembly are based on distances between a camera position and locations of the sections of the bottom-hole assembly.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying information related to a section of the bottom-hole assembly.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein the bottom-hole assembly is rendered in surface shape outside the borehole trajectory.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein components in the bottom-hole assembly are rendered in different colors.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising animating the displayed bottom-hole assembly.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the animating corresponds to actions of the bottom-hole assembly during a drilling operation.

23. The method of claim 12, wherein the first window and the second window are synchronized such that a change in a point of interest in one window causes a change in a point of interest in the other window.

24. A system for displaying a bottom-hole assembly together with a borehole trajectory, the system comprising a processor and a memory storing a program having instructions for:

displaying the borehole trajectory in a display window; and

displaying the bottom-hole assembly in the display window such that the borehole trajectory and the bottom-hole assembly are in parallel and a measurement depth of the bottom-hole assembly corresponds to a measurement depth of the borehole trajectory.

25. A system for displaying a bottom-hole assembly together with a borehole trajectory, the system comprising a processor and a memory storing a program having instructions for:

displaying the borehole trajectory in a first window;

displaying the bottom-hole assembly in the first window such that the borehole trajectory and the bottom-hole assembly are in parallel and a measurement depth of the bottom-hole assembly corresponds to a measurement depth of the borehole trajectory; and

displaying an expanded view of the first window in a second window, wherein the expanded view includes a portion of the borehole trajectory and a corresponding section of the bottom-hole assembly.