SYSTEM AND METHOD OF POPULATING A WELL LOG

• US 20150324344A1
• Filed: 01/18/2013
• Published: 11/12/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/18/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Williams, Michael R., Pachon, Mauricio A., Wang, James M., Ayuste, Carlo C.
• Granted Patent: US 10,289,668 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/00 Survey of boreholes or wells monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 11/00 Prospecting or detecting by methods combining techniques covered by two or more of main groups G01V1/00 - G01V9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 9/00 Prospecting or detecting by methods not provided for in groups G01V1/00 - G01V8/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

Populating a well log. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: performing a well logging operation at a physical location of a wellbore, the performing by: positioning a logging system proximate to the physical location of the wellbore; determining, by a computer system associated with the logging system, a physical location of the logging system; reading, by the computer system, from a third party source, information related to the physical location of the logging system; populating, by the computer system, a header section of a well log report, the populating based on information from the third party source; and performing the well logging operation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

performing a well logging operation at a physical location of a wellbore, the performing by;

positioning a logging system proximate to the physical location of the wellbore;

determining, by a computer system associated with the logging system, a physical location of the logging system;

reading, by the computer system, from a third party source, information related to the physical location of the logging system;

populating, by the computer system, a header section of a well log report, the populating based on information from the third party source; and

performing the well logging operation.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the physical location further comprises reading location from a global positioning system (GPS) receiver associated with the logging system.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the GPS receiver is part of the logging system.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the GPS receiver is part of satellite transceiver associated with the logging system.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the GPS receiver is part of mobile cellular device wirelessly coupled to the logging system.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the physical location further comprises reading a location from mobile cellular device, the location determined based on a multilateration of cellular signals.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the physical location further comprises determining a physical location based on location services over an Internet connection.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein determining the physical location based on location services further comprising determining by way of an internet protocol (IP) address lookup.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein reading information related to the physical location further comprises reading by way of an Internet connection at least one selected from the group consisting of:

an indication of a country where the logging systems is located;

an indication of a state where the logging system is located;

an indication of a county where the logging system is located;

an indication of a city in which the logging system is located;

an indication of a nearest city to which the logging system is located;

an indication of a hydrocarbon lease name on which the logging system is located;

in indication of a well identifier of the wellbore at the physical location;

a weather report for an area that includes the location of the logging equipment;

a temperature from a reporting station proximate the physical location;

a humidity from a reporting station proximate the physical location; and

dew point from a reporting station proximate the physical location.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein reading by way of an Internet connection further comprises interfacing with a web application programming interface (“

Web API”

) controlled by the third party.

11. A well logging system comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a communication interface coupled to the processor;

the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor causes the processor to;

determine a physical location of the well logging system;

read from a third-party source, information related to the physical location of the well logging system, the reading by way of the communication interface; and

populate a header section of a well log report, the populating based on information from the third-party source.

12. The well logging system of claim 11 further comprising:

a global positioning system (GPS) receiver coupled to the processor;

wherein when the processor determines the physical location, the program causes the processor to read the location from the GPS receiver.

13. The well logging system of claim 12 further comprising a satellite transceiver coupled to the processor, wherein the GPS receiver is associated with the satellite transceiver.

14. The well logging system of claim 11 wherein when the processor determines, the program causes the processor to determine the physical location based on location services over an Internet connection.

15. The well logging system of claim 14 wherein the program further causes the processor to determine the physical location based on location services by way of an internet protocol (IP) address lookup.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein when the processor determines, the program further causes the processor to read a position from a mobile cellular device, the mobile cellular device wirelessly coupled to the logging system by way of the communication interface.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein when the processor determines, the program further causes the processor to read a position from a mobile cellular device, the mobile cellular device comprising a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, and the mobile cellular device wirelessly coupled to the logging system by way of the communication interface.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein when the processor determines, the program further causes the processor to read a position from a mobile cellular device, the location determined based on triangulation of cellular signals.

19. The well logging system of claim 11 wherein when the processor reads information related to the physical location, the program further causes the processor to read by way of an Internet connection at least one selected from the group consisting of:

an indication of a country where the logging systems is located;

an indication of a state where the logging system is located;

an indication of a county where the logging system is located;

an indication of a city in which the logging system is located;

an indication of a nearest city to which the logging system is located;

an indication of a hydrocarbon lease name on which the logging system is located;

in indication of a well identifier of the wellbore at the physical location;

a weather report for an area that includes the location of the logging equipment;

a temperature from a reporting station proximate the physical location;

a humidity from a reporting station proximate the physical location; and

dew point from a reporting station proximate the physical location.