System and console for monitoring and managing well site drilling operations

US10301923B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Per Arild Andresen · Kristiansand, NO
• Mark Adrian Honey · Westhill, GB
• Rune A. Skarbo · Hillsboro, US
• Stephen Tean Edwards · Felton, GB
• Nigel Charles Last · Weybridge, GB
• Colin James Mason · Tokyo, JP
• Trond Waage · Kristiansand, NO
• Rajarajan Narayanasamy Naidu · Milton Keynes, GB
• Jan Kare Igland · Lyngdal, NO
• Kevin Perry Richardson · Spring, US
• Sigurd Tjostheim · Kristiansand, NO
• Thomas Hestenes Jakobsen · Homborsund, NO

Key dates

• Filing date: May 4, 2015
• Grant date: May 28, 2019
• Expiry date: Jun 16, 2036

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G05B15/02
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A well advisor system and console for monitoring and managing drilling operations at a well site. The system may be accessed through one or more workstations, or other computing devices, which may be located at a well site or remotely. The system is in communication with and receives input from various sensors. It collects real-time sensor data sampled during operations at the well site. The system processes the data, and provides nearly instantaneous numerical and visual feedback through a variety of graphical user interfaces (“GUIs”), which are presented in the form of an operation-specific console. The input and data provides information related to drilling operations at a well site, including, but not limited to, hole cleaning status and wellbore stability.