Planning drilling operations using models and rig market databases
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- querying a database of a drilling rig market using one or more non-technical parameters of a drilling operation;
determining technical capabilities of one or more drilling rigs in the database identified in response to the querying of the database;
determining a plurality of well paths for the drilling operation based on the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs in the database;
analyzing a result of the querying by comparing a plurality of technical parameters with the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs in the database, wherein the technical parameters are required to complete the plurality of well paths;
selecting a drilling rig from the one or more drilling rigs in the database for acquisition from the drilling rig market based on the plurality of well paths and the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs;
acquiring the selected drilling rig from the drilling rig market; and
performing the drilling operation of a well path of the plurality of well paths using the selected drilling rig.
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and media for planning drilling operations using modeling and simulation systems, and information obtained from drilling rig markets. Method, systems, and computer program products perform operations including querying a database of a drilling rig market using non-technical parameters of a drilling operation. The operations also include determining technical capabilities of one or more drilling rigs identified in a response to the querying of the database. The operations further include determining well paths for the drilling operation based on the technical capabilities of the drilling rigs. Additionally, the operations include selecting a drilling rig from the one or more drilling rigs for acquisition from the drilling rig market based on the plurality of well paths and the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs.
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16 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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querying a database of a drilling rig market using one or more non-technical parameters of a drilling operation; determining technical capabilities of one or more drilling rigs in the database identified in response to the querying of the database; determining a plurality of well paths for the drilling operation based on the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs in the database; analyzing a result of the querying by comparing a plurality of technical parameters with the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs in the database, wherein the technical parameters are required to complete the plurality of well paths; selecting a drilling rig from the one or more drilling rigs in the database for acquisition from the drilling rig market based on the plurality of well paths and the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs; acquiring the selected drilling rig from the drilling rig market; and performing the drilling operation of a well path of the plurality of well paths using the selected drilling rig. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computing system, comprising:
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one or more processors; and a memory system comprising one or more non-transitory′
computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising;querying a database of a drilling rig market based on one or more non-technical parameters of a drilling operation; determining technical capabilities of one or more drilling rigs in the database identified in response to the querying of the database; determining a plurality of well paths based on the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs in the database; analyzing a result of the querying by comparing a plurality of technical parameters with the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs in the database, wherein the technical parameters are required to complete the plurality of well paths; selecting a drilling rig from the one or more drilling rigs for acquisition from the drilling rig market based on the plurality of well paths and the technical capabilities of the one or more drilling rigs; acquiring the selected drilling rig from the drilling rig market; and performing the drilling operation of a well path of the plurality of well paths using the selected drilling rig. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product comprising non-transitory computer-readable device storing program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
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determining a well path of a drilling operation based on target information of an environment; simulating drilling of the well path using a model of the environment; determining a plurality of technical parameters required for a drilling rig to complete the well path based on the simulating; obtaining one or more non-technical parameters of the drilling operation; and selecting the drilling rig from a database of a drilling rig market based on the plurality of technical parameters and the one or more non-technical parameters, wherein the selecting comprises; querying the database of the drilling rig market; and analyzing a result of the querying by comparing the plurality of technical parameters with technical capabilities of the drilling rig in the database; acquiring the selected drilling rig from the drilling rig market; and performing the drilling operation of the well path using the selected drilling rig. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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