SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING DRILLING IN REAL TIME

• US 20070284147A1
• Filed: 08/23/2007
• Published: 12/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Smith International Incorporated (SLB)
• Original Assignee: Smith International Incorporated (SLB)
• Inventors: Moran, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,388,680 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 175/24
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 2200/22 Fuzzy logic, artificial intelligence, neural networks or the like
• 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

Abstract

A method for providing assistance to a drilling site including receiving, by a remote system, an assistance request from a quick-link communication device, wherein the quick-link communication device is located at the drilling location. The method also including obtaining sensor data from the rig based on the assistance request, analyzing, by the remote system, the sensor data to identify a condition of the rig, and providing assistance to the drilling site for the condition of the rig.

Claims

1. A method for providing assistance to a drilling site comprising:

receiving, by a remote system, an assistance request from a quick-link communication device, wherein the quick-link communication device is located at the drilling site;

obtaining sensor data from the rig based on the assistance request;

analyzing, by the remote system, the sensor data to identify a condition of the rig; and

providing assistance to the drilling site for the condition of the rig.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the assistance request is for obtaining optimized drilling parameters.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the sensor data comprises:

obtaining previously acquired data;

querying a remote data store for current well data, wherein the current well data is comprised in the sensor data; and

determining optimized drilling parameters for a next segment, wherein the determining the optimized drilling parameters comprises;

correlating the current well data to the previously acquired data;

predicting drilling conditions for the next segment; and

optimizing drilling parameters for the next segment,

wherein providing assistance to the drilling site for the condition comprises returning optimized parameters for a next segment to the remote data store.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing general information to the drilling site.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing assistance to the drilling site comprises:

coordinating with an external service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein providing assistance to the drilling site comprises:

identifying a likely source of failure given the condition; and

performing failure recovery for the likely source of failure.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein identifying the likely source of failure comprises:

obtaining previously acquired data based on the condition and an environment of the rig; and

analyzing the previously acquired data for the likely source of failure.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the sensor data comprises:

identifying sensor data requirements based on the assistance request;

requesting the sensor data corresponding to the sensor data requirements from a sensor data collector; and

querying a data store for the sensor data, wherein the sensor data collector populates the data store.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the quick-link communication device comprises a speaker, a button, and a microphone.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the sensor data comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of weather data, seismic activity data, fire detector data, and medical equipment data.

11. A system for providing assistance to a drilling site comprising:

a quick-link communication device located at the drilling site of a rig; and

a remote system configured to;

receive an assistance request from the quick-link communication device;

obtain sensor data from the rig based on the assistance request;

analyze the sensor data to identify a condition of the rig; and

provide assistance to the drilling site for the condition of the rig.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a remote data store configured to;

receive sensor data from at least one sensor data collector located at the drilling site; and

transmit the sensor data to an analysis tool located at the remote system.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the remote data store is located at the remote system.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the assistance request is for obtaining optimized drilling parameters.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the analysis tool analyzes the sensor data by:

obtaining previously acquired data;

querying the remote data store for current well data, wherein the current well data is comprised in the sensor data; and

determining optimized drilling parameters for a next segment, wherein the determining the optimized drilling parameters comprises;

correlating the current well data to the previously acquired data;

predicting drilling conditions for the next segment; and

optimizing drilling parameters for the next segment,

wherein providing assistance to the drilling site for the condition comprises returning optimized parameters for a next segment to the remote data store.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

providing general information to the drilling site.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein providing assistance to the drilling site comprises:

coordinating with an external service.

18. The system of claim 11, further comprising an analysis tool configured to:

analyze the sensor data; and

provide assistance to the drilling site by;

identifying a likely source of failure given the condition; and

performing failure recovery for the likely source of failure.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein identifying the likely source of failure comprises:

obtaining previously acquired data based on the condition and an environment of the rig; and

analyzing the previously acquired data for the likely source of failure.

20. The system of claim 11, wherein the quick-link communication device comprises a speaker, a button, and a microphone.

21. The system of claim 11, wherein the sensor data comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of weather data, seismic activity data, fire detector data, and medical equipment data.

22. A computer readable medium comprising computer readable program code embodied therein for causing a computer system to:

receive, by a remote system, an assistance request from a quick-link communication device, wherein the quick-link communication device is located at the drilling site of a rig;

obtain sensor data from the rig based on the assistance request;

analyze, by the remote system, the sensor data to identify a condition of the rig; and

provide assistance to the drilling site for the condition of the rig.