GENERATING A SCRIPT FOR PERFORMING A WELL OPERATION JOB

• US 20180060455A1
• Filed: 08/25/2016
• Published: 03/01/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes Company)
• Original Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes Company)
• Inventors: Castillo, Homero Cesar
• Granted Patent: US 10,452,794 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/00 Survey of boreholes or wells monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/007 Measuring stresses in a pipe string or casing for locating blocked portions of pipes E21B47/09
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/04 Measuring depth or liquid level
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 47/06 Measuring temperature or pressure
• 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: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30

Abstract

Examples of techniques for deployment risk management are disclosed. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method may include: receiving, by a processing device, operating parameters for simulating a well operation job; simulating, by the processing device, the well operation job based on the operating parameters to generate a script for performing the well operation job, wherein the script comprises an ordered plurality of tasks and corresponding task parameters; and performing the well operation job based on the script generated by the simulation.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for deployment risk management, the method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, operating parameters for simulating a well operation job;

simulating, by the processing device, the well operation job based on the operating parameters to generate a script for performing the well operation job, wherein the script comprises an ordered plurality of tasks and corresponding task parameters; and

performing the well operation job based on the script generated by the simulation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the operating parameters comprise a logging tool parameter, a drilling fluid type parameter, a cable type, a cable load rating, a wellbore geometry.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the operating parameters further comprises receiving well parameters.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the corresponding task parameters comprise a task duration, an elapsed time parameter, a measured depth parameter, a cable speed parameter, a capstan state parameter, a production rate parameter, a wellhole pressure parameter, and a surface weight parameter.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the ordered plurality of tasks are identified by a task number.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein simulating the well operation job comprises calculating mechanical and hydraulic forces along the length of tools and a cable used to perform the well operation job and a mechanical stress profile on the tools.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein simulating the well operation job enables an analyst to simulate the well operation job using different combinations of corresponding task parameters to optimize the job script to meet defined objectives.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising logging data in a wellbore of the well operation while the well operation job is performed.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein performing the well operation job based on the script generated by the simulation further comprises performing the well operation job according to an order of the ordered plurality of tasks.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a graphical representation of the script, wherein the graphical representation plots elapsed time along a horizontal axis.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable instructions further comprise:

generating, by the processing device, a report comprising simulated values of the operating parameters and corresponding statements describing how well each value of the operating parameters complies with a set of pre-defined target ranges for each of the operating parameters.

12. A system for deployment risk management, the system comprising:

a memory having computer readable instructions; and

a processing device for executing the computer readable instructions, the computer readable instructions comprising;

receiving, by the processing device, operating parameters for simulating a well operation job;

simulating, by the processing device, the well operation job based on the operating parameters to generate a script for performing the well operation job, wherein the script comprises an ordered plurality of tasks and corresponding task parameters; and

logging, by the processing device, data about the well operation job while the well operation job is performed based on the script generated by the simulation.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the operating parameters comprise a logging tool parameter, a drilling fluid type parameter, a cable type, a cable load rating, a wellbore geometry.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the corresponding task parameters comprise a task duration, an elapsed time parameter, a measured depth parameter, a cable speed parameter, a capstan state parameter, a production rate parameter, a wellhole pressure parameter, and a surface weight parameter.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein simulating the well operation job comprises performing a Newtonian physics analysis on the operating parameters.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein performing the well operation job based on the script generated by the simulation further comprises performing the well operation job according to an order of the ordered plurality of tasks.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer readable instructions further comprise:

generating, by the processing device, a graphical representation of the script, wherein the graphical representation plots elapsed time along a horizontal axis.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the computer readable instructions further comprise:

generating, by the processing device, a report comprising simulated values of the operating parameters and corresponding statements describing how well each value of the operating parameters complies with a set of pre-defined target ranges for each of the operating parameters.