INTEGRATING FIELD DATA

• US 20100312536A1
• Filed: 01/20/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/05/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Original Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation (Schlumberger NV)
• Inventors: Vaal, Randy J., Lucas-Clements, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US12/864,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20100312536A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 703/10
• CPC Class Codes: E21B 43/12 Methods or apparatus for controlling the flow of the obtained fluid to or in wells E21B43/25 takes precedence; valve arrangements E21B34/00

Abstract

An example method of integrating field data that includes obtaining the field data associated with a field and performing a production analysis on the field data to generate a production output, the production analysis performed by a production engineering tool. The method further includes transforming the field data to obtain transformed field data requested by a field application and sending the transformed field data from the production engineering tool to the field application, the field application performing a field analysis using the transformed field data to generate a field output. The method further includes generating a comparison of the production output and the field output.

Claims

1. A method of integrating field data, comprising:

obtaining the field data associated with a field;

performing a production analysis on the field data to generate a production output, the production analysis performed by a production engineering tool;

transforming the field data to obtain transformed field data requested by a field application;

sending the transformed field data from the production engineering tool to the field application, the field application performing a field analysis using the transformed field data to generate a field output; and

generating a comparison of the production output and the field output.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the field data associated with the field further comprises:

receiving a request message associated with the field data from the field application;

in response to the request message, using a field catalog to determine a location of the field data in a field repository; and

obtaining the field data from the location.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the field application is an earth model simulator.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the comparison is used to adjust a field operation.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the field data is a location versus a depth and the transformed field data is an underground position versus the depth.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the production output and the field output are decline curves.

7. A system for integrating field data, comprising:

a field application configured to perform a field analysis on the field data to generate a field output;

a production engineering tool communicatively coupled to the field application and configured to;

obtain the field data and perform a production analysis on the field data to generate a production output, and

generate a comparison of the production output and the field output; and

a plug-in configured to receive the field data from the production engineering tool for the field application.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the production engineering tool comprises:

a field repository storing the field data;

a field transformation engine configured to selectively perform one or more calculations using the field data;

a field catalog comprising a list of wells in a field and lookup information for locating the field data in the field repository;

a field forecasting tool configured to forecast production of the field based on the field data; and

a field messaging interface configured to translate a request message and initiate a response to the request message, the response being generated by the field catalog, the field transformation engine, and the field repository.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the production engineering tool is further configured to send a response message with the field data in response to the request message.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the production engineering tool further comprises a field cache operatively connected to the field transformation engine and configured to populate the field catalog using the field data received from the field repository.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the field data comprises production history of a well in the field and the production output is a decline curve of the well.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein the field data is associated with well tubing.

13. The system of claim 7, wherein the field application is an earth model simulator.

14. A computer readable medium storing instructions for integrating field data, the instructions comprising functionality to:

receive a request message associated with the field data from a field application;

in response to the request message, use a field catalog to determine a location of the field data in a field repository;

obtain the field data from the location;

perform a production analysis on the field data to generate a production output, the production analysis performed by a production engineering tool;

transform the field data to obtain transformed field data requested by the field application;

send the transformed field data from the production engineering tool to the field application, the field application performing a field analysis using the transformed field data to generate a field output; and

generate a comparison of the production output and the field output.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, the instructions further comprising functionality to:

receive a request initialization message from a plug-in,

populate a field cache using a plurality of requests for field data from the field repository,

populate the field catalog based on the field cache, the field catalog including a list of wells in a field, and

respond to the request initialization message by sending data from the field catalog to the plug-in prior to receiving the request message.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the comparison is used to adjust a field operation for the field.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the field application is an earth model simulator.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the request message corresponds to requesting a trajectory, and wherein the instruction comprising functionality to transform the field data comprises translating a location versus a depth to an underground position versus the depth.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the instruction comprising functionality to transform the field data comprises transforming a volume using a mathematical formula in the production engineering tool, wherein the request message corresponds to requesting a volume.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the request message corresponds to requesting equipment, and wherein the instruction comprising functionality to transform the field data comprises associating the data item with a casing string.