Systems and methods for drilling productivity analysis

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11047214-B2
Application number	US-201715419026-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2017
Priority date	Jan 30, 2017
Publication date	Jun 29, 2021
Grant date	Jun 29, 2021

Abstract

There is provided a system for analyzing and controlling a productivity of a drilling apparatus. The exemplary system includes a processor and a memory including instructions that cause the processor to perform certain operations. The operations can include receiving information from a control system of the drilling apparatus and determining a key performance metric based on the information. The operations can further include performing a comparison between the key performance metric and at least one other key performance metric. Furthermore, the operations can further include instructing, based on the comparison, the control system to alter the productivity of the drilling apparatus.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for analyzing and controlling a productivity of a drilling apparatus deployed at a location, the system comprising:
a control system comprising:
a processor;
a memory including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:
receiving information via the control system of the drilling apparatus specifically identifying an ongoing process currently being performed by selecting from a set of identifiable processes, along with sensor data associated with the ongoing process identified;
determining a key performance metric of the ongoing process based on the information and assessing the productivity of the drilling apparatus;
performing a comparison between the key performance metric of the ongoing process associated with the drilling apparatus and another key performance metric associated with another drilling apparatus deployed at another location, the other drilling apparatus being a similar system as that of the drilling apparatus; and
based on the comparison when the key performance metric of the drilling apparatus is below the other key performance metric associated with the other drilling apparatus, then altering, via the control system, equipment parameters associated with the ongoing process currently being performed by the drilling apparatus to that of the other key performance metric associated with the other drilling apparatus automatically via a feedback loop, to optimize operation of the ongoing process currently being performed by the drilling apparatus, and thereby alter the productivity of the drilling apparatus.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the ongoing process is selected from the group including drilling, tripping in, tripping out, running riser, pulling riser, running casing, and wireline.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the key performance metric is associated with a sub-process of the ongoing process.

4. The system of claim 1 , further including a human machine interface, and wherein the operations further include displaying the ongoing process on the human machine interface.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the ongoing process is displayed in the human machine interface in one of a fishbone graphic, a pie chart, and a time graph.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the human machine interface is configured to display one or more other ongoing processes associated with the at least one other drilling apparatus.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the human machine interface is further configured to display operational data.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include generating an alert based on the comparison.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the alert is generated based on the comparison exceeding or falling below a predetermined threshold.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the key performance metric is selected from the group including weight on bit (WOB), block position, block weight, active heave compensation (AHC) Mode, AHC position, rate of penetration (ROP), top drive speed, top drive torque, stand pipe pressure, mud pump strokes per minute (SPM), mud pump discharge pressure, total SPM, mud return, gain/loss alarms, mud pump designation, average ROP per stand, WOB to WOB, and net ROP improvement.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the key performance metric is determined based on one or more equipment tags reported by the control system.

12. A method for analyzing and controlling a productivity of a drilling apparatus deployed at a location utilizing a control system interfaced with the drilling apparatus, the method comprising:
receiving information via the control system of the drilling apparatus, specifically identifying an ongoing process currently being performed by selecting from a set of identifiable processes, along with sensor data associated with the ongoing process;
determining a key performance metric of the ongoing process based on information received by the control system, the information being indicative of a state of the drilling apparatus;
performing a comparison between the key performance metric of the ongoing process associated with the drilling apparatus and another key performance metric associated with another drilling apparatus deployed at another location, the other drilling apparatus being a similar system as that of the drilling apparatus; and
based on the comparison when the key performance metric associated with the drilling apparatus is below the key performance metric associated with the other drilling apparatus then altering, by the control system equipment parameters associated with the ongoing process being performed by the drilling apparatus to that of the other key performance metric associated with the other drilling apparatus automatically via a feedback loop, to optimize operation of the ongoing process currently being performed by the drilling apparatus, and thereby alter the productivity of the drilling apparatus.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the key performance metric is associated with the ongoing process selected from the group including drilling, tripping in, tripping out, running riser, pulling riser, running casing, and wireline.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the key performance metric is selected from the group including weight on bit (WOB), block position, block weight, active heave compensation (AHC) Mode, AHC position, rate of penetration (ROP), top drive speed, top drive torque, stand pipe pressure, mud pump strokes per minute (SPM), mud pump discharge pressure, total SPM, mud return, gain/loss alarms, mud pump designation, average ROP per stand, WOB to WOB, and net ROP improvement.

Assignees

• Ge Energy Power Conversion Technology Ltd

Inventors

• Gray Stuart
• Johnson David
• Huezo David
• Uppuluri Krishna

Classifications

• E21B45/00

  Measuring the drilling time or rate of penetration · CPC title

• E21B41/00

  Equipment or details not covered by groups E21B15/00 - E21B40/00 · CPC title

• E21B47/00

  Survey of boreholes or wells (monitoring pressure or flow of drilling fluid E21B21/08) · CPC title

• E21B41/0092 Primary

  Fixed Constructions · mapped topic

• E21B44/00 Primary

  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