Integrated Oilfield Decision Making System and Method

• US 20150066371A1
• Filed: 11/05/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (SLB)
• Inventors: Brannigan, James C., Johnston, Lucian, Hildebrand, Ginger
• Application Number:
  US14/534,132
• Publication Number:
  US 20150066371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/6
• 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: E21B 47/12 Means for transmitting measuring-signals or control signals from the well to the surface, or from the surface to the well, e.g. for logging while drilling
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 49/003 by analysing drilling variables or conditions E21B49/005 takes precedence; systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions E21B44/00

Abstract

A method for acquiring and processing wellbore measurements includes measuring at least one wellbore parameter. The measured wellbore parameters are communicated to a data hub. A computer in signal communication with the data hub automatically processes the measured wellbore parameter using a predefined automatic process. The automatically processed measured wellbore parameter is communicated to at least one user interface based on assigned tasks of a user interacting with the at least one user interface with respect to a wellbore construction procedure.

Claims

1. A method for acquiring and processing wellbore measurements, comprising:

measuring at least one wellbore parameter along a wellbore;

communicating the at least one measured wellbore parameter to a data communication hub;

in a computer in signal communication with the data communication hub, automatically processing the at least one measured wellbore parameter using a predefined automatic process; and

displaying the automatically processed measured wellbore parameter to at least a first user interface based on assigned tasks of a first user interacting with the at least a first user interface with respect to a wellbore construction procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigned tasks for the at least a first user are entered into the computer at a beginning of wellbore construction operations.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the assigned tasks for the at least a first user are entered into the computer after a beginning of wellbore construction operations.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising communicating the at least one measured wellbore parameter to at least a second user interface, wherein at least a second user validates the at least one measured wellbore parameter using the at least a second interface and wherein the at least a second interface causes the computer to annotate the validated measured wellbore parameter.

5. The method of claim 4 further comprising displaying the validated measured wellbore parameter at the at least a first user interface and the validation annotation.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the automatic processing comprises at least one of replacing the measured wellbore parameter value with a preselected value when a signal decoding indicator falls below a selected threshold and replacing the measured wellbore parameter with the preselected value when the measured wellbore parameter exceeds an upper threshold or falls below a lower threshold.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least a first user operates the at least a first user interface to cause the computer system to further process the automatically processed measured wellbore parameter by at least one of despiking, interpolating, splicing from another data source and reversing the automatic processing.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the automatically processed measured wellbore parameter comprises an annotation corresponding to the predefined automatic process.

9. A system for acquiring and processing wellbore measurements, comprising:

at least one sensor for measuring at least one wellbore parameter along a wellbore;

a telemetry channel for communicating signals from the at least one sensor to a data communication hub;

a computer in signal communication with the data communication hub, the computer having instructions programmed therein for automatically processing the signals communicated to the data communication hub using a predefined automatic process; and

at least a first user interface in signal communication with the computer, the computer having instructions programmed therein to display the automatically processed signals on the at least a first user interface based on assigned tasks of a first user interacting with the at least a first user interface with respect to a wellbore construction procedure.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein the assigned tasks for the at least a first user are input into the computer programming at a beginning of wellbore construction operations.

11. The system of claim 9 wherein the assigned tasks for the at least a first user are input into the computer programming after a beginning of wellbore construction operations.

12. The system of claim 9 further comprising a data communication link between the data communication hub and at least a second user interface wherein a display of the signals communicated from the at least one sensor is viewable by at least a second user and wherein the at least a second user enters instructions to the at least a second user interface whereby the at least a second interface transmits instructions to the computer to cause the computer to annotate the sensor signals communicated to the data communication hub.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the instructions entered into the at least a second user interface to cause the computer to generate an annotation to the sensor signals communicated to the data communication hub further cause the computer to display at the at least a first user interface the automatically processed sensor signals and the annotation.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the automatic processing comprises at least one of replacing the sensor signal with a preselected value when a signal decoding indicator falls below a selected threshold and replacing the sensor signal with the preselected value when the sensor signal exceeds an upper threshold or falls below a lower threshold.

15. The system of claim 9 wherein the at least a first user interface is operable by a user to cause the computer system to further process the automatically processed sensor signals by at least one of despiking, interpolating, splicing from another data source and reversing the automatic processing.

16. The system of claim 9 wherein the automatic processing comprises annotating the automatically processed signals with an annotation corresponding to the predefined automatic process.