Integrated end-to-end well construction automation system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12158065-B2
Application number	US-202318387708-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 7, 2023
Priority date	Oct 2, 2020
Publication date	Dec 3, 2024
Grant date	Dec 3, 2024

Abstract

An end-to-end well construction system includes an e-program for receiving a first input selected from well planning data, rig historical performance data, rig parameters, drilling engineering input, management of change, and a combination thereof, and configured to produce a first output selected from a machine and/or human readable sequence, a time depth curve, a drilling program, and a combination thereof, and a second output including analytics data. Further, the end-to-end well construction system includes a drilling control layer, configured to receive the first output from e-program, and to produce a third output including an automated sequence, and a smart well analytics system configured to receive the analytics data from the e-program and a second input selected from drilling data, downhole data, base data from the e-program, a modeling software, and a combination thereof, and to produce a fourth output to the drilling control layer for automated adjustment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An end-to-end well construction system for planning and performing well construction operations, the system comprising:
an e-program configured to:
receive a first input including historical well data and well input data, the historical well data including at least an amount of material used for previous well constructions; and
produce, based on the well input data and an analysis of the historical well data, an optimized well operations plan, the well operations plan including a specified quantity of material to be used for well construction; and

a drilling control layer configured to receive the well operations plan from the e-program, and to produce, by translating the received well operations plan, an automated sequence including specific operational instructions to rig equipment for automated performance of the operational instructions.

2. The end-to-end well construction system of claim 1 , wherein the material includes tubulars.

3. The end-to-end well construction system of claim 2 , further comprising a smart tally system configured to track tubulars used for the well construction and output tracking data to the drilling control layer.

4. The end-to-end well construction system of claim 3 , wherein the tracking data includes locations of the tubulars.

5. The end-to-end well construction system of claim 2 , wherein the tubulars includes casings.

6. The end-to-end well construction system of claim 5 , wherein well input data includes a planned quantity of casings.

7. The end-to-end well construction system of claim 1 , further comprising a smart well analytics system configured to receive analytics data from the e-program and feedback from the rig equipment and to output, to the drilling control layer, automated adjustments to the operating parameters of the rig equipment.

8. The end-to-end well construction system of claim 1 , wherein the historical well data further includes instructions to be implemented to avoid delays associated with previous well constructions.

9. The end-to-end well construction system of claim 1 , wherein the e-program is further configured to suggest changes to the well input data based on the historical well data.

10. A method of making a well at a drill site, the method comprising:
receiving, by an e-program, a first input including historical well data and well input data, the historical well data including at least an amount of material used for previous well constructions;
producing, by the e-program based on the well input data and an analysis of the historical well data, an optimized well operations plan, the well operations plan including a specified quantity of material to be used for well construction; and
sending, by the e-program, the well operations plan to a drilling control layer configured to translate the received well operations plan into an automated sequence including specific operational instructions that can be executed by rig equipment.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the material includes tubulars.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising tracking tubulars used for the well construction and outputting tracking data to the drilling control layer.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the tracking data includes locations of the tubulars.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the tubulars includes casings.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein well input data includes a planned quantity of casings.

16. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
receiving, by a smart well analytics system, analytics data from the e-program and feedback from the rig equipment;
outputting, by the smart well analytics system to the drilling control layer, automated adjustments to the operating parameters of the rig equipment.

17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the historical well data further includes instructions to be implemented to avoid delays associated with previous well constructions.

18. The method of claim 10 , further comprising suggesting, by the e-program, changes to the well input data based on the historical well data.

Assignees

• Transocean Sedco Forex Ventures Ltd

Inventors

• Braniff Barry
• Baker Jason
• Coady Michael
• Mcclaugherty Shane
• Mckaig Scott
• Pereira Luis R
• Mccormick Craig
• Thomson Kenny
• Pelley Darrel

Classifications

• G08B21/187

  Machine fault alarms · CPC title

• E21B2200/20

  Computer models or simulations, e.g. for reservoirs under production, drill bits · CPC title

• 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