METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATA CONTEXT SERVICE

• US 20090063230A1
• Filed: 08/26/2008
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Abusalbi, Najib, Broussard, Floyd
• Granted Patent: US 9,070,172 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06313 Resource planning in a project environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06314 Calendaring for a resource
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/02 Agriculture; Fishing; Forestry; Mining

Abstract

The invention relates to a method of performing an oilfield operation. The method steps include extracting context information from a host application associated with an oilfield project, sorting the context information into a plurality of dimensions of relevance, generating at least one search profile for each of the plurality of dimensions of relevance, requesting a plurality of searches using the at least one search profile, receiving one or more oilfield data items resulting from the plurality of searches, and selectively adjusting the oilfield operation based on one or more oilfield data items.

Claims

1. A method of performing an oilfield operation, comprising:

extracting context information from a host application associated with an oilfield project;

sorting the context information into a plurality of dimensions of relevance;

generating at least one search profile for each of the plurality of dimensions of relevance;

requesting a plurality of searches using the at least one search profile;

receiving one or more oilfield data items resulting from the plurality of searches; and

selectively adjusting the oilfield operation based on one or more oilfield data items.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting one or more oilfield data items based on the plurality of dimensions of relevance within the host application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

exposing one or more oilfield data items aggregated based on the plurality of dimensions of relevance in a same interface, wherein one or more oilfield data comprise both structured and unstructured sets of results.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting context information comprises extracting a state from a current state of a user in the host application.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

managing one or more oilfield data items associated with a shared data repository.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

assigning a rating to one or more oilfield data items in the shared data repository.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the context information comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of spatial information associated with the oilfield project, a workflow associated with the oilfield project, an oilfield object associated with the oilfield project, a time frame associated with the oilfield project, an analog context associated with the oilfield project, and a user role in the oilfield project.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of searches is conducted by a third-party appliance.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more oilfield data items comprise structured data and unstructured data.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the one or more oilfield data items is associated with an action item in the host application, the action item being selected from a group consisting of view, load, share, annotate, send to, and open.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the oilfield operation is at least one selected from a group consisting of a survey operation, a drilling operation, a simulator operation, and a processing operation.

12. A system for performing an oilfield operation, comprising:

a host application associated with an oilfield project;

a context data engine operatively connected to the host application, wherein the context data engine is configured to extract context information from the host application and sort the context information into a plurality of dimensions of relevance;

a plurality of appliances configured to perform a plurality of searches based on at least one search profile generated from the plurality of dimensions of relevance; and

apparatus for adjusting the oilfield operation based on one or more oilfield data items resulting from at least one of the plurality of searches.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising a data context service window within the host application.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising a collected information window within the host application.

15. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a shared repository for storing one or more oilfield data items.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the context information comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of spatial information associated with the oilfield project, a workflow associated with the oilfield project, an oilfield object associated with the oilfield project, a time frame associated with the oilfield project, an analog context associated with the oilfield project, and a user role in the oilfield project.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein at least one of the plurality of appliances has access to unstructured data.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein at least one of the one or more oilfield data items is associated with an action item in the host application, the action item being selected from a group consisting of view, load, share, annotate, send to, and open.

19. The system of claim 12, wherein the oilfield operation is at least one selected from a group consisting of a survey operation, a drilling operation, a simulator operation, and a processing operation.

20. The system of claim 12, wherein the context data engine is further configured to

expose one or more oilfield data items aggregated based on the plurality of dimensions of relevance in a same interface, wherein one or more oilfield data comprise both structured and unstructured sets of results.

21. The system of claim 12, wherein context information is extracted by extracting a state from a current state of a user in the host application.

22. A computer readable medium storing instructions for performing an oilfield operation, the instructions comprising functionality to:

extract context information from a host application associated with an oilfield project;

sort the context information into a plurality of dimensions of relevance;

generate at least one search profile for each of the plurality of dimensions of relevance;

request a plurality of searches using the at least one search profile; and

receive one or more oilfield data items resulting from the plurality of searches.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 22, the instructions further comprising functionality to:

present one or more oilfield data items based on the plurality of dimensions of relevance within the host application.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 22, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

manage one or more oilfield data items associated with a shared data repository.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 22, the instructions further comprising functionality to:

expose one or more oilfield data items aggregated based on the plurality of dimensions of relevance in a same interface, wherein one or more oilfield data comprise both structured and unstructured sets of results.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein instructions comprising functionality to extract context information comprises extracting a state from a current state of a user in the host application.

28. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the context information comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of spatial information associated with the oilfield project, a workflow associated with the oilfield project, an oilfield object associated with the oilfield project, a time frame associated with the oilfield project, an analog context associated with the oilfield project, and a user role in the oilfield project.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein at least one of the plurality of searches is conducted by a third-party appliance.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein one or more oilfield data items comprise structured data and unstructured data.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein at least one of the one or more oilfield data items is associated with an action item in the host application, the action item being selected from a group consisting of view, load, share, annotate, send to, and open.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the oilfield operation is at least one selected from a group consisting of a survey operation, a drilling operation, a simulator operation, and a processing operation.

25. The computer readable medium of 24, the instructions further comprising functionality to:

assign a rating to one or more oilfield data items in the shared data repository.