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Navigating to failures in drilling system displays

  • US 9,946,445 B2
  • Filed: 08/10/2012
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • storing a plurality of data records in a memory, wherein the data records comprise data about a drill string in a well and wherein each data record comprises;

    a depth zone, wherein the depth zone comprises a range of depths in the well,a description of a component in the drill string in the depth zone for the data record, anda failure flag that, when set, represents a failure in the drill string at the depth zone for the data record;

    setting a failure flag for a data record for a depth zone when a change by a user to a drilling system parameter results in the failure in the drill string at the depth zone;

    using a processor with access to the memory to generate and transmit for display on a graphical user interface a schematic of a portion of the drill string; and

    using the processor to emphasize on the schematic of the portion of the drill string on the graphical user interface a representation of an emphasized depth zone, wherein a failure flag in a data record for the emphasized depth zone is set; and

    wherein, when emphasizing the representation of the emphasized depth zone, the processor displays text adjacent to the representation of the emphasized depth zone on the graphical user interface, the text indicating a type of failure and a range of depths at which the failure in the drill string occurred.

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