OILFIELD APPLICATION FRAMEWORK

• US 20100044033A1
• Filed: 08/04/2009
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Inventors: MENON, SHASHI, LODH, AMIT, TUSHINGHAM, KEITH, WHITLEY, STEPHEN, ARNEGAARD, TRULS, SCHOEN, ERIC JONATHAN
• Granted Patent: US 8,499,829 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 166/250.10
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 41/00 Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00
• 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 performing an oilfield operation of an oilfield having a subterranean formation. The method includes collecting oilfield data and deploying a first plug-in including a first oilfield technology functionality into an oilfield hosting application. The method further includes performing an oilfield analysis on the collected oilfield data in the oilfield hosting application using the first oilfield technology functionality of the first plug-in to generate an oilfield output and adjusting an oilfield operation based on the oilfield output.

Claims

1. A method for performing an oilfield operation of an oilfield having a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein, comprising:

collecting oilfield data;

deploying a first plug-in comprising a first oilfield technology functionality into an oilfield hosting application;

performing an oilfield analysis on the collected oilfield data in the oilfield hosting application using the first oilfield technology functionality of the first plug-in to generate an oilfield output; and

adjusting an oilfield operation based on the oilfield output.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the first plug-in from a toolkit; and

discovering, by the oilfield hosting application, the first plug-in prior to deploying the first plug-in into the oilfield hosting application;

wherein deploying the first plug-in comprises extending the oilfield hosting application using the first plug-in.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

discovering, by the first plug-in, a second plug-in comprising a second oilfield technology functionality, wherein the first plug-in is extended using the second plug-in.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

deploying a second plug-in comprising a second oilfield technology functionality into the oilfield hosting application, wherein the oilfield analysis is further performed on the collected oilfield data using the second oilfield technology of the second plug-in.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein each of the oilfield hosting application, the first plug-in, and the second plug-in comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of an earth model simulation application, a drilling application, an oilfield economics application, a geophysics application, a production engineering application, an optimization application, a well analysis application, a geoscience application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first oilfield technology functionality is an oilfield visualization technique to analyze the collected oilfield data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first oilfield technology functionality is an oilfield access technique to retrieve the collected oilfield data from one or more oilfield repositories.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first oilfield technology functionality is an oilfield connectivity technique to interoperate the oilfield hosting application with an external oilfield application.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the external oilfield application comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of an earth model simulation application, a drilling application, an oilfield economics application, a geophysics application, a production engineering application, an optimization application, a well analysis application, a geoscience application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first plug-in is configured to interface, within the oilfield hosting application, with a plurality of plug-ins, wherein each of the first plug-in and the plurality of plug-ins are developed and deployed independently.

11. A system for performing an oilfield operation of an oilfield having a subterranean formation for extracting fluid from an underground reservoir therein, comprising:

an oilfield hosting application configured to collect oilfield data and perform an oilfield analysis on the collected oilfield data to generate an oilfield output;

an external oilfield application comprising a first oilfield technology functionality for use in performing the oilfield analysis;

a first plug-in deployed in the oilfield hosting application and configured to interoperate the oilfield hosting application with the external oilfield application;

a toolkit configured to generate the first plug-in; and

a first discovery subservice configured to be used by the oilfield hosting application to discover the first plug-in prior to deploying the first plug-in.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein deploying the first plug-in comprises extending the oilfield hosting application using the first plug-in.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a second discovery subservice configured to be used by the first plug-in to discover a second plug-in comprising a second oilfield technology functionality, wherein the first plug-in is extended using the second plug-in.

14. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a second plug-in deployed in the oilfield hosting application and configured to perform a second oilfield technology functionality, wherein the oilfield analysis is further performed on the collected oilfield data using the second oilfield technology of the second plug-in.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein each of the oilfield hosting application, the first plug-in, and the second plug-in comprises at least one selected from a group consisting of an earth model simulation application, a drilling application, an oilfield economics application, a geophysics application, a production engineering application, an optimization application, a well analysis application, a geoscience application.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the first plug-in comprises a second oilfield technology functionality for use in performing the oilfield analysis.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the first oilfield technology functionality is an oilfield visualization technique to analyze the collected oilfield data.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the first oilfield technology functionality is an oilfield access technique to retrieve the collected oilfield data from one or more oilfield repositories.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the oilfield hosting application comprises:

an application module;

an application shell for defining the first plug-in and selectively receive the application module according to a predefined constraint;

an adapter for encapsulating the application module for compatibility with the application shell; and

a loading service for loading the application module into the application shell and initialize the application module.

20. A computer readable medium storing instructions for performing oilfield operations for an oilfield, the oilfield having a subterranean formation with geological structures and reservoirs therein, the instructions comprising functionality to:

collect oilfield data;

generate a first plug-in from a toolkit, the first plug-in comprising a first oilfield technology functionality;

discover the first plug-in by an oilfield hosting application;

deploy the first plug-in into the oilfield hosting application;

discovering, by the first plug-in, a second plug-in comprising a second oilfield technology functionality, wherein the first plug-in is extended using the second plug-in

perform an oilfield analysis on the collected oilfield data in the oilfield hosting application using the first oilfield technology functionality and the second oilfield technology functionality of the first plug-in to generate an oilfield output;

adjust an oilfield operation based on the oilfield output.