System and methods for integrating and using information relating to a complex process

• US 9,268,773 B2
• Filed: 12/06/2010
• Issued: 02/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes Company)
• Original Assignee: Baker Hughes Incorporated (Baker Hughes Company)
• Inventors: Arango, Guillermo Francisco, Heaton, James
• Primary Examiner(s): Casanova, Jorge A
• Application Number:
  US12/961,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20120143899A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,905 Days
• Field of Search: 702/6, 340/853.1, 707/736
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 49/00 Testing the nature of borehole walls; Formation testing; Methods or apparatus for obtaining samples of soil or well fluids, specially adapted to earth drilling or wells
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/40 of multimedia data, e.g. slideshows comprising image and additional audio data retrieval of still image data G06F16/50; retrieval of audio data G06F16/60; retrieval of video data G06F16/70

Abstract

In aspects, the disclosure herein provides a method of obtaining and integrating information relating to a process. The method, in one configuration, includes obtaining information relating to the process in a first form that includes a plurality of images generated over a selected time period, obtaining information relating to the process in a second form, time synchronizing the information in the first form and the second form, integrating the time-synchronized information, and recording the integrated time-sequenced information in a suitable storage medium.

Claims

1. A method of performing a well process, the method comprising:

obtaining a first set of information in a first form of downhole measurements generated at a well platform over a selected time period as a result of the well process;

obtaining a second set of information in a second form indicative of a decision made at the well platform in running the well process that affects the generation of the downhole measurements;

time-synchronizing the first set of information in the first form and the second set of information in the second form;

integrating the time-synchronized first set of information in the first form and the second set of information in the second form; and

providing the integrated information to a well service operator based on an authorization of the well service operator to allow the well service operator to analyze the information to decide on a further action related to the well process, wherein the integrated information is provided without interfering with a bandwidth of the well process.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second set of information in the second form includes one of:

(i) audio information; and

(ii) text information.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising correlating place of origin corresponding to at least one of the plurality of images and the second set of information in the second form.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising correlating identity of individuals with the information those individuals have contributed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein integrating the time-sequenced information further comprises correlating decisions made relating to particular information in at least one of the first set of information in the first form and the second set of information in the second form.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of information further includes sensor measurements taken downhole or at the surface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of information is obtained in real time or near real time.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising allowing access to the integrated time-sequenced information to persons based on a selected criterion.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein allowing access comprises allowing access by a query selected from a group consisting of:

a word, an activity, a time period, an identity of a person, a parameter relating to the process;

information relating to a place, an interaction between one or more persons; and

an interaction between a person and an activity.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising enabling the well service operation to perform a function on the accessed integrated time-sequenced information, which function is selected from a group consisting of:

pausing the accessed information;

fast forwarding the accessed information;

going back to a point in the accessed information; and

editing the information.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

providing integrated time-sequenced information to one or more persons;

receiving edited integrated time-sequenced information from the one or more persons; and

updating the time-sequenced integrated information in response to the received edited integrated time-sequenced information.

12. An apparatus for performing a well process, the apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

obtain a first set of information in a first form of downhole measurements generated at a well platform over a selected time period as a result of the well process;

obtain a second set of information in a second form indicative of a decision made at the well platform in running the well process that affects the generation of the downhole measurements;

time-synchronize the first set of information in the first form and the second set of information in the second form;

integrate the time-synchronized first set of information in the first form and second set of information in the second form; and

provide the integrated information to a well service operator based on an authorization of the well service operator to allow the well service operator to analyze the information to decide on a further action related to the well process, wherein the integrated information is provided without interfering with a bandwidth of the well process.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the second set of information in the second form includes one of:

(i) audio information; and

(ii) written information.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to identify a place of origin of at least one of the plurality of images and second set of information in the second form.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to identify an individual with at least one of the first set of information in the first form and the second set of information in the second form to which such individual has made a contribution.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein to integrate the time-sequenced information, the controller is further configured to correlate decisions made relating to a particular information to one of the first set of information in the first form and the second set of information in the second form.

17. The apparatus of claim method of claim 12, wherein the first set of information further includes sensor measurements taken downhole or at the surface.

18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first set of information is obtained in real time or near real time.

19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the controller is further configured to allow access to the integrated time-sequenced information to persons based on a defined criterion.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the controller provides access in response to a query selected from a group consisting of:

a word, an activity, a time period, an identity of a person, a parameter relating to the process;

information relating to a place, an interaction between one or more persons; and

an interaction between a person and an activity.

21. The apparatus claim 12, wherein at least some of the information is obtained using one of:

a data drizzle technology; and

in a compressed form.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including a set of instructions relating to a well process and accessible to a processor for executing the instructions, the instructions including:

obtain a first set of information in a first form that includes a plurality of images of downhole measurements generated at a well platform over a selected time period as a result of the well process;

obtain a second set of information in a second form that includes one of audio and text of a decision made in running the well process that affects the generation of the downhole measurements;

time-synchronize the first set of information obtained in the first form and the second set of information in the second form;

integrate the time-synchronized first set of information in the first form and the second set of information in the second form;

provide the integrated information to a well service operator based on an authorization of the well service operator to allow the well service operator to analyze the information to decide on a further action related to the well process, wherein the integrated information is provided without interfering with a bandwidth of the well process; and

store the integrated time-sequenced information in a suitable storage medium.