METHOD FOR USING GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONING SYSTEM DATA TO SKETCH THE SITE FOR SCOUTING JOB

• US 20160187490A1
• Filed: 10/23/2013
• Published: 06/30/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Original Assignee: Landmark Graphics Corporation (Halliburton Company)
• Inventors: Anghelescu, Florin Mugur, Crawshay, David
• Granted Patent: US 9,851,451 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/51 Relative positioning

Abstract

The disclosed embodiments include a method, apparatus, and computer program product for identifying locations associated with a well site. For example, one disclosed embodiment includes a system that includes at least one processor, a global positioning system unit configured to receive satellite signals, and at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor performs operations that include determining location data based on the satellite signals and indicating a location of interest associated with a well site on a map based on the location data. Certain of the disclosed embodiments may include a manual and/or an automatic tracking option for determining the location of interest associated with the well site. Non-limiting examples of locations of interest associated with a well site include a well site'"'"'s perimeter, an access road to the well-site, and locations of well-site equipment.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

a global positioning system unit configured to receive satellite signals; and

at least one memory coupled to the at least one processor and storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor performs operations comprising;

determining location data based on the satellite signals; and

indicating a location of interest associated with a well site on a map based on the location data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprises receiving a user-input that indicates a marking option, the marking option selected from a marking option group comprising of add lines, add markers, and remove one of lines and markers on the map.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the operations further comprises displaying recording options to a user in response to receiving the marking option of add lines, the recording options consisting of a manual location tracking option and an automatic location tracking option.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein responsive to receiving a user-input indicating the automatic location tracking option, the operations further comprise:

initiating the determining location data based on the satellite signals in response to receiving a user-initiated start input to identify a starting location;

determining location data based on the satellite signals to identify intermediate points until receiving a user-initiated stop input;

identifying an end point in response to receiving the user-initiated stop input; and

determining the location of interest associated with the well site based on the starting point, the intermediate points, and the end point.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein responsive to the user-input indicating the manual location tracking option, the operations further comprise determining location data based on the satellite signals only in response to receiving a user-initiated input to mark a location.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the operations further comprise connecting a plurality of user-initiated marked locations to indicate the location of interest.

7. The systems of claims 4 and 6, wherein the location of interest is a perimeter of the well site.

8. The systems of claims 4 and 6, wherein the location of interest is an access road to the well site.

9. The system of claim 4, wherein the location of interest is drawn on the map as the intermediate points are identified.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein the location of interest is a location of an equipment at the well site.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprises displaying the map in a user-selected format option, the user-selected format option selected from a map format option group comprising a standard map, a terrain map, and a satellite map.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprises displaying different types of locations of interest using different colors.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprises displaying longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates of the location data while displaying the map.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprises receiving user-input that describes the location of interest and labeling the location of interest on the map using on the user-input.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions for identifying locations associated with a well site, the computer executable instructions when executed causes one or more machines to perform operations comprising:

receiving satellite signals;

determining location data based on the satellite signals; and

indicating a location of interest associated with the well site on a map based on the location data.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

initiating the determining location data based on the satellite signals in response to receiving a user-initiated start input to identify a starting location;

determining location data based on the satellite signals to identify intermediate points until receiving a user-initiated stop input;

identifying an end point in response to receiving the user-initiated stop input; and

determining the location of interest associated with the well site based on the starting point, the intermediate points, and the end point.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise determining the location data based on the satellite signals only in response to receiving a user-initiated input to mark a location.

18. A computer-implemented method for identifying locations associated with a well site, the method comprising:

receiving satellite signals;

determining location data based on the satellite signals; and

indicating a location of interest associated with the well site on a map based on the location data.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise:

initiating the determining location data based on the satellite signals in response to receiving a user-initiated start input to identify a starting location;

determining location data based on the satellite signals to identify intermediate points until receiving a user-initiated stop input;

identifying an end point in response to receiving the user-initiated stop input; and

determining the location of interest associated with the well site based on the starting point, the intermediate points, and the end point.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, wherein the operations further comprise determining the location data based on the satellite signals only in response to receiving a user-initiated input to mark a location.