Apparatus and methods to manage wellbore fluid properties

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10612374-B2
Application number	US-201515568879-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 10, 2015
Priority date	Jun 10, 2015
Publication date	Apr 7, 2020
Grant date	Apr 7, 2020

Abstract

A corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment to a wellbore fluid is based on performing an artificial intelligence technique and/or a closed form solution with respect to one or more fluid properties. Pilot testing and operational testing to operatively dose a fluid at a drilling site may be integrated into the corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment to a wellbore fluid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
measuring a fluid property of a wellbore fluid such that a measured value of the fluid property is provided;
determining whether the measured value is within an assigned specification of the fluid property;
determining a product addition treatment or a surface treatment for the wellbore fluid by performing an artificial intelligence technique or a closed form solution upon determination that the measured value is not within the assigned specification of the fluid property, wherein the artificial intelligence technique and the closed form solution utilize a test data set;
updating the test data set with the measured value and a known composition value of the wellbore fluid, wherein updating the test data set adjusts the artificial intelligence technique or the closed form solution; and
executing corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment based on performing the artificial intelligence technique or the closed form solution.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the product addition treatment or surface treatment for the wellbore fluid includes determining whether the fluid property with the product addition treatment or surface treatment meets an operational criterion in addition to the assigned specification of the wellbore fluid.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the operational criterion includes one or more of a hydraulics constraint, torque and drag, filtration control, or lost circulation material concentration targets.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes determining a new product addition treatment or a new surface treatment for the wellbore fluid by performing a second artificial intelligence technique or a second closed form solution upon determination that the current product addition treatment or the current surface treatment is not executable in time to meet expected upcoming formation issues ahead of an operating drill bit.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method includes updating a database with data for the executed corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment as a function of a drilling parameter.

6. A machine-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations, the operations comprising:
measuring a fluid property of a wellbore fluid such that a measured value of the fluid property is provided;
determining whether the measured value is within an assigned specification of the fluid property;
determining a product addition treatment or a surface treatment for the wellbore fluid by performing an artificial intelligence technique or a closed form solution upon determination that the measured value is not within the assigned specification of the fluid property, wherein the artificial intelligence technique and the closed form solution utilize a test data set;
updating the test data set with the measured value and a known composition value of the wellbore fluid, wherein updating the test data set adjusts the artificial intelligence technique or the closed form solution; and
executing corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment based on performing the artificial intelligence technique or the closed form solution.

7. The machine-readable storage device of claim 6 , wherein determining the product addition treatment or surface treatment for the wellbore fluid includes determining whether the fluid property with the product addition treatment or surface treatment meets an operational criterion in addition to the assigned specification of the wellbore fluid.

8. The machine-readable storage device of claim 6 , wherein executing corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment based on performing the artificial intelligence technique or the closed form solution is conducted in time to meet expected upcoming formation issues ahead of an operating drill bit.

9. The machine-readable storage device of claim 6 , wherein the operations include determining a new product addition treatment or a new surface treatment for the wellbore fluid by performing a second artificial intelligence technique or a second closed form solution upon determination that the current product addition treatment or the current surface treatment is not executable in time to meet expected upcoming formation issues ahead of an operating drill bit.

10. A system comprising:
one or more processors;
a memory module operable with the one or more processors, wherein the one or more processors and the memory module are structured to operate to:
measure a fluid property of a wellbore fluid by use of a measurement tool to provide a measured value of the fluid property;
determine whether the measured value is within an assigned specification of the fluid property;
determine a product addition treatment or a surface treatment for the wellbore fluid by performance of an artificial intelligence technique or a closed form solution upon determination that the measured value is not within the assigned specification of the fluid property, wherein the artificial intelligence technique and the closed form solution utilize a test data set;
update the test data set with the measured value and a known composition value of the wellbore fluid, wherein updating the test data set adjusts the artificial intelligence technique or the closed form solution; and
execute corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment based the performance of the artificial intelligence technique or the closed form solution.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the one or more processors and the memory module are structured to operate to determine a new product addition treatment or a new surface treatment for the wellbore fluid by performance of a second artificial intelligence technique or a second closed form solution upon a determination that the current product addition treatment or the current surface treatment is not executable in time to meet expected upcoming formation issues ahead of an operating drill bit.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the system includes a database to store data for the executed corrective product addition treatment or surface treatment as a function of a drilling parameter.

13. A system comprising:
a fluids supply system to extract fluid from a mud pit at a drilling rig site;
an automatic mud measuring equipment operatively coupled to the fluids supply system;
a dosing system to inject one or more additives into the mud pit;
a modeling module to generate input to the dosing system based on data from the automatic mud measuring equipment; and
a pilot tester operatively coupled to the fluids supply system and operatively coupled to the automatic mud measuring equipment, the pilot tester having an input to receive the one or more additives.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the modeling module includes an artificial neural net, an adaptive model, closed form, or an artificial intelligence model to generate the input to the dosing system in real time using data from the automatic mud measuring equipment.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the modeling module includes a hydraulics model and a geomechanics model to determine operating parameters and fluid composition for a drilling scenario.

16. A method comprising:
receiving a sample of mud from a fluid supply system with a known volume and initial properties;
adding one or more additive materials in known concentrations to the sample to generate a new fluid;
mixing and conditioning the new fluid;
sending the mixed and

Assignees

• Halliburton Energy Services Inc

Inventors

• Kleinguetl Kevin Gregory
• Jamison Dale E
• Bell Jason Glen

Classifications

• E21B49/088 Primary

  combined with sampling · CPC title

• E21B44/00

  Automatic control systems specially adapted for drilling operations, i.e. self-operating systems which function to carry out or modify a drilling operation without intervention of a human operator, e.g. computer-controlled drilling systems; Systems specially adapted for monitoring a plurality of drilling variables or conditions · CPC title

• E21B21/062

  by mixing components · CPC title

• E21B49/08 Primary

  Obtaining fluid samples or testing fluids, in boreholes or wells · CPC title

• E21B2049/085

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic